[sam9ball]

After my last update on 3/1 commending the top 4 payers for staying true to form
it looks like ArunSH is trying to take over the lead from JAKEPEAVY21 with only 1000 points
separating the two.
playersonly69 with an impressive increase in position from 16th to 6th,

But the largest increase goes to Triple_D_Bet currently 11th all the way up from 38th

Keep up the Great Work Boys!!

	3-Mar
#	User	Total Points	Cashes
1	JAKEPEAVY21	3050	9
2	ArunSh	2050	8
3	stevek173	2000	7
4	AutoDonk	1800	7
5	NOYEBOY	1800	7
6	playersonly69	1750	5
7	GUMMO77	1700	6
8	BiTeMeUsAdOj	1650	7
9	sportfan	1500	6
10	mp5070	1400	8
11	Triple_D_Bet	1400	5
12	Honeybadger44	1350	8
13	imack	1350	6
14	milwaukee_mike	1350	5
15	shane	1300	4
16	GaryDN	1250	6
17	gauchojake	1250	7
18	mikemca	1250	4
19	kidk	1200	4
20	ninjagorn	1200	5
21	oiler	1200	5
22	Stefan	1200	5
23	zacharyj53	1200	4
24	dankelly	1150	5
25	sinmiedo	1150	3
26	spider	1150	6
27	BigDaddy	1100	5
28	bobbywaves	1100	5
29	thetrinity	1100	6
30	aggieshawn	1050	5
31	ericthegangster	1050	3
32	pokerpro44	1050	5
33	zwoeins	1050	5
34	Blacke	1000	2
35	jack_matz	1000	6
36	juanquintero	1000	2
37	katstale	1000	4
38	bet_that_all	950	5
39	spurginobili1	950	7
40	JediMindPicks	900	6
41	oneunder	900	4
42	philthethrill	900	3
43	Heandog	850	4
44	laz	850	5
45	theantfather	850	5
46	brooks85	800	4
47	d2bets	800	4
48	frankzig	800	3
49	MillerTime99	800	3
50	Stifler	800	3
51	empiremaker	750	3
52	kjh	750	3
53	Poker_beast	750	5
54	BeerDog99	700	5
55	cabo	700	4
56	panamabrad	700	2
57	ShogunRua	700	3
58	slanina	700	5
59	HomerSimpson2	650	2
60	pureajb	650	2
61	willpower	650	5
62	xJetFanx	650	3
63	deadphish	600	7
64	eSTOXX	600	2
65	goofyre	600	2
66	JayTris07	600	2
67	joevig	600	4
68	konck	600	5
69	sportsfun	600	2
70	yisman	600	3
71	dakujito	550	2
72	vladfan	550	3
73	BackInTimee	500	1
74	brutal	500	1
75	codone69	500	1
76	dare	500	1
77	JMUplayer1	500	1
78	SomeDayinBuffalo	500	3
79	theinevitable	500	1
80	toughone	500	1
81	vivekpandey	500	1
82	Brainfreeze	450	4
83	DCTrue	450	3
84	hhsilver	450	3
85	JohnGalt2341	450	3
86	convick	400	3
87	horja1	400	4
88	BestPlay2day	350	3
89	Chaz22	350	3
90	dogkatcher	350	3
91	SharpAngles	350	2
92	blackbart	300	3
93	greenymann	300	2
94	head4thehills	300	2
95	secretstash	300	4
96	untied	300	2
97	zjohnzzz	300	4
98	b1slickguy	250	2
99	defender	250	2
100	downsouth	250	2

[JAKEPEAVY21]

I think you need to work on your arithmetic, sammy...

no surprise that Arun is shooting up the rankings

[horja1]

it looks like ArunSH is trying to take over the lead from JAKEPEAVY21 with only 100 points
separating the two.

[sam9ball]

I think you need to work on your arithmetic, sammy...

no surprise that Arun is shooting up the rankings

Opps your correct missed a 0 in there.

[PhilTheTHRILL]

Don't mind my jump from off the charts to 42 in the past week.
Good luck gents

[SharpAngles]

Not to throw shade on anyone but why keep calling out players for one cash bumping them 30 spots?

Thats what happens when the payouts are so off. 1 first pays barely less than 2 2nds and a 3rd and I think we all know which is more impressive.

This contest should have a prize for most cashes imo

[bobbywaves]

Opps your correct missed a 0 in there.

Why are there sticky threads for old updates?

[PaperTrail07]

nice work peavy....to be expected

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Where is TheGiant? I bet betpoints on that motherfukker.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Not to throw shade on anyone but why keep calling out players for one cash bumping them 30 spots?

Thats what happens when the payouts are so off. 1 first pays barely less than 2 2nds and a 3rd and I think we all know which is more impressive.

This contest should have a prize for most cashes imo

no doubt about it, more weight or separate prizes should be for the qualifying period. I mean we spend 2-4 months qualifying and then it comes down to 1 tourney for all the marbles. So it goes from a skill based qualification period to complete luck for 1 tournament.

Poker is luck in the short-term and skill in the long-term.

[thechaoz]

I wish my Kings stopped running into aces

[Triple_D_Bet]

Not to throw shade on anyone but why keep calling out players for one cash bumping them 30 spots?

Thats what happens when the payouts are so off. 1 first pays barely less than 2 2nds and a 3rd and I think we all know which is more impressive.

This contest should have a prize for most cashes imo

Agreed again that calling people out for "jumping a bunch of spots" in a day is silly when they just got 1st place. Again, payouts aren't really off, going by the rest of the poker world.

And what's the point of a prize for most cashes? In a properly-structured format like this, being able to get to the money the most probably means you stand a good chance to win (as Jake is leading both). But the whole point of awarding more points for 1st, 2nd, etc is that they take greater skill to achieve

no doubt about it, more weight or separate prizes should be for the qualifying period. I mean we spend 2-4 months qualifying and then it comes down to 1 tourney for all the marbles. So it goes from a skill based qualification period to complete luck for 1 tournament.

Poker is luck in the short-term and skill in the long-term.

If anything, the WSOP seat should go to whoever wins the series, not the end tournament....make that one for some points or just eliminate it, problem solved.

Following this format for all challenges would make for much better contests.

[sinmiedo]

i insist on a final tournament only with 20 players.
still a lot of bad players in the 50 so far, players that their only move is all in or fold style of poker, going all in when we are at the early stages of the tournament ,when blind levels are very low, sadly , they represent the bingo poker style. i m happy for the opportunity, and follow the rules as had been established, i just making an observation.

[bobbywaves]

i insist on a final tournament only with 20 players.

You insist? Good luck with that.

[Triple_D_Bet]

i insist on a final tournament only with 20 players.
still a lot of bad players in the 50 so far, players that their only move is all in or fold style of poker, going all in when we are at the early stages of the tournament ,when blind levels are very low, sadly , they represent the bingo poker style. i m happy for the opportunity, and follow the rules as had been established, i just making an observation.

20 or 25 would certainly make more sense sin...blinds would have to be lengthened as well, bu in the end it's a single tourney, and variance will be high. Give this seat to whoever wins the series! SBR will probably be best represented by this.

[GUMMO77]

I still think at the end of it all SBR will have someone decent represent the site at the WSOP.

[Triple_D_Bet]

I still think at the end of it all SBR will have someone decent represent the site at the WSOP.

Better than average chance...but there's more left to chance than there could be

[GUMMO77]

Better than average chance...but there's more left to chance than there could be

Always.

But like you and a lot of people said, extending the blinds would be best. You get to the final table here and it's just a crapshoot. Not that I'm complaing (Shari!) with a 1/50 chance of a free Main Event.

[Triple_D_Bet]

Always.

But like you and a lot of people said, extending the blinds would be best. You get to the final table here and it's just a crapshoot. Not that I'm complaing (Shari!) with a 1/50 chance of a free Main Event.

For sure, 2% more of a chance than I'm offered elsewhere...but probably won't stop me from pointing out how it should be better

[GUMMO77]

No doubt, brotha.

Sometimes SBR does listen

[PhilTheTHRILL]

A possible solution could be to make it kind of like PGA golf playoffs. Simply make the final tourney to where it will pay out points as well, and whoever has the most in the end wins. So, basically if someone like Jake pulls off a 2nd or 3rd or something in the final tourney, he could potentially still be the overall winner. Something along those lines. just rambling and adding insight here.

[USCPHILLYGUY]

A possible solution could be to make it kind of like PGA golf playoffs. Simply make the final tourney to where it will pay out points as well, and whoever has the most in the end wins. So, basically if someone like Jake pulls off a 2nd or 3rd or something in the final tourney, he could potentially still be the overall winner. Something along those lines. just rambling and adding insight here.

Phil how are you remotely commenting on this when you're one of the many who abide by the all in fest that Sin spoke about in this thread. I played at your table on 3/3 and watched you go all in no less than 4 times when we were at level 2 & 3. I guess that bingo game you won on 3/2 must have gone to your head

[broadway6]

when does this end

[bobbywaves]

when does this end

April 19th: http://www.sportsbookreview.com/foru...event-buy.html

[broadway6]

April 19th: http://www.sportsbookreview.com/foru...event-buy.html

Thanks

[sam9ball]

I really feel that you guys could, would & do complain about anything and everything. Jesus guys how many of you are willing to post up 10 dimes for a shot to the WSOP Main Event. Who cares whether the structure of the tournament is the best or the worst. It's still a chance at a $10,000.00 entry fee and it doesn't cost you a cent. Just the time you devote to playing.

Free is Free be glad you have the opportunity to have a chance to Win It!

[broadway6]

I really feel that you guys could, would & do complain about anything and everything. Jesus guys how many of you are willing to post up 10 dimes for a shot to the WSOP Main Event. Who cares whether the structure of the tournament is the best or the worst. It's still a chance at a $10,000.00 entry fee and it doesn't cost you a cent. Just the time you devote to playing.

Free is Free be glad you have the opportunity to have a chance to Win It!

i'm not complaining..just wanted to know when it ended...

[SharpAngles]

Agreed again that calling people out for "jumping a bunch of spots" in a day is silly when they just got 1st place. Again, payouts aren't really off, going by the rest of the poker world.

And what's the point of a prize for most cashes? In a properly-structured format like this, being able to get to the money the most probably means you stand a good chance to win (as Jake is leading both). But the whole point of awarding more points for 1st, 2nd, etc is that they take greater skill to achieve

Come on Trip, with the blind structure the way it is the final table average has been around 10bb stacks when it starts. There is no way the most skilled player is cashing every time, let alone getting top 2, with such shallow stacks. If we were starting the FT 100bb deep I would agree with you that its not such an issue.

If anything, the WSOP seat should go to whoever wins the series, not the end tournament....make that one for some points or just eliminate it, problem solved.

Following this format for all challenges would make for much better contests.

100%. I've been saying since this format rolled out that we should forget the final tourney and pay out the prizes based off of qualifying position. Best way to reward skill over luck.

[SharpAngles]

I really feel that you guys could, would & do complain about anything and everything. Jesus guys how many of you are willing to post up 10 dimes for a shot to the WSOP Main Event. Who cares whether the structure of the tournament is the best or the worst. It's still a chance at a $10,000.00 entry fee and it doesn't cost you a cent. Just the time you devote to playing.

Free is Free be glad you have the opportunity to have a chance to Win It!

You're the poker mod and don't know poker players are the whiniest group of gamblers in the world?

And for the record, only suckers put up the whole 10k to get in. 1k sng's have and always will be the best way in.

[bobbywaves]

Come on Trip, with the blind structure the way it is the final table average has been around 10bb stacks when it starts. There is no way the most skilled player is cashing every time, let alone getting top 2, with such shallow stacks. If we were starting the FT 100bb deep I would agree with you that its not such an issue.

Tripe can't comprehend your common sense point.

100%. I've been saying since this format rolled out that we should forget the final tourney and pay out the prizes based off of qualifying position. Best way to reward skill over luck.

Either forget final tourney, or at least allow the total qualifying pts to translate into your starting stack for final tourney. Either option wouldn't benefit me, but is most fair.

[SharpAngles]

The site that can't change H4H at 15 is going to administer varying stack sizes in the final

[Triple_D_Bet]

Come on Trip, with the blind structure the way it is the final table average has been around 10bb stacks when it starts. There is no way the most skilled player is cashing every time, let alone getting top 2, with such shallow stacks. If we were starting the FT 100bb deep I would agree with you that its not such an issue.

For sure the blind structure doesn't make this traditional poker...but it does favor skill, if with more variance than skilled players would prefer. The "skill" being rewarded changes with the format; in the old format, it was skewed so the "skill" was the ability to show up more often and fold to a mincash. The new format payout more closely resembles ones where "regular" skills are required, with the fast pace requiring a bit more aggression. It's not ideal ideal and certainly not rewarding the most skilled every time, but poker can't do that anyways; all it can do is reward over time. With this format much more so than the old one, you can see a much bigger divide between playing abilities than the points show.

Tripe can't comprehend your common sense point.



Either forget final tourney, or at least allow the total qualifying pts to translate into your starting stack for final tourney. Either option wouldn't benefit me, but is most fair.

Thanks for your "expert" opinion (seemingly based on nothing, as I hadn't responded to him yet)...we get that you'd prefer being able to fold to a mincash in a more bottom-heavy payout structure, but surely it makes more sense to just say that, instead of looking foolish? Maybe not, you are kinda the expert on these things but just my two cents.

Nice of you to agree with those smarter than you in the formatting at least, that's the first step on a long long road to becoming better.

[Triple_D_Bet]

The site that can't change H4H at 15 is going to administer varying stack sizes in the final

Varying stack sizes could be interesting, but yeah, this ain't happening

[bobbywaves]

Thanks for your "expert" opinion

You're welcome.

you are kinda the expert on these things

[Triple_D_Bet]

You're welcome.

Good for you for at least recognizing your weaknesses....might be a glimmer of hope for you after all