the first 3 rounds are local tournaments in your respective cities and states, then the FINALS (round 4) is in SAN JOSE, CA.
I am definitely going to participate in this (I am average at Madden but you can only hope right) lucky thing for me, 4 gamestops are 5 miles of my home so I can get locked and loaded any time.
I suggest some of you college guys (I am in high school so no worries for me) that are broke to SERIOUSLY consider participating in these tournaments, hey free money man free money.