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    daneblazer
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    What should be the next SBR Poker Contest/Promotion ?

    I'm Thinking the triathlon during football season

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    I would vote for something "newish", the formats that we seem to have every year have gotten old imo (especially the World Cup). Something new/interesting!
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    Newish would be nice, but what hasn't been done before and is within SBR's ability to do is the question?

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    how bout a mixed game champ.....

    Omaha Hi
    Omaha hi low
    NL HOLD EM

    could do three tourneys and come up with points system based on finish with heavy emphasis on top 3

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    make it biathlon

    no end tourney

    season long standings for sports plus season long standings for poker

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    Quote Originally Posted by BetweenHerCheeks View Post
    how bout a mixed game champ.....

    Omaha Hi
    Omaha hi low
    NL HOLD EM

    could do three tourneys and come up with points system based on finish with heavy emphasis on top 3
    Doesn't appear to be within the capability of SBR software. Emphasis on the top positions was briefly tried in the dailies in early 2015, feedback was largely negative; most people want participation awards.

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    Top 3 in each daily earn a spot in a weekly weekend tourney.

    Winner of each weekend tourney goes into the annual players championship.

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    Last year was the $5k poker Championship

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    One that doesn't let AJ lose to KJ on the first day back for dailies. Haha.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Optional View Post
    Top 3 in each daily earn a spot in a weekly weekend tourney.

    Winner of each weekend tourney goes into the annual players championship.
    That would be kinda cool, but frustrating, even more variance than the current format. Plus I think it would be tougher requiring weekend participation.

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    Guts and in-between.

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    Would like to see something where smaller awards given on a weekly basis in addition to final big tournament.

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    Just a thought

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    Triathlon? The British would dominate that

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    I vote Triathlon. Even something with season long standings and no playoffs or just a small player field playoffs. Even a heads up tournament would be nice.

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    Shari's Strip Poker Invitational?

    top 9 on next leaderboard fly to the land down under to get stripped nude and viciously laughed at by our goddess.

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    bad beat competition....

    I'll finally win something

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    Quote Originally Posted by Auto Donk View Post
    bad beat competition....

    I'll finally win something
    This would be great. To add to this if you are not in the top 5 of the bad beat competition and you complain about a bad beat. Or rigged or anything that generally happens to everyone. Then you can't post for 2 weeks!

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    WOuld be nice if the software could handle a bad beat jackpot so everyone could start cheering for them to happen

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    nothing..............we all bitch too much

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    Would love to see format of the dailies change.

    Same # of free points from SBR, but with 1 rebuy 1 add-on that actually have to be paid for by bet points. 10+10... so a PRO could play and win with zero spend as earlier, but a small investment would be necessary to increase one's chances. Of course, this would immediately double or triple prize pools - something I've been suggesting for a while now.

    I mean, who wouldn't want Carseller to be able to rebuy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by EmpireMaker View Post
    Last year was the $5k poker Championship
    it will be this again probably

    i dont like the idea of weekend games during football season especially

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grivas_Digeni View Post
    Would love to see format of the dailies change.

    Same # of free points from SBR, but with 1 rebuy 1 add-on that actually have to be paid for by bet points. 10+10... so a PRO could play and win with zero spend as earlier, but a small investment would be necessary to increase one's chances. Of course, this would immediately double or triple prize pools - something I've been suggesting for a while now.

    I mean, who wouldn't want Carseller to be able to rebuy?
    The problem is most poker players aren't willing to pay much more to participate...there's absolutely no chance prize pool would double let alone triple. I'm sure CS4 would rebuy, but he won't have the points to do it

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    Would love to see the following format for the final tournament:

    60 Players
    6 Max Tables
    10K Starting Stack
    Blinds Start at 50/100
    15 Minute Levels
    Pay top 12 (Final 2 Tables)

    The 6 max tables would force the action and of course the resizing of tables would have to work better than it has in the past. I think this format would help identify and reward the players that play the best.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BigOrange View Post
    Would love to see the following format for the final tournament:

    60 Players
    6 Max Tables
    10K Starting Stack
    Blinds Start at 50/100
    15 Minute Levels
    Pay top 12 (Final 2 Tables)

    The 6 max tables would force the action and of course the resizing of tables would have to work better than it has in the past. I think this format would help identify and reward the players that play the best.
    6 max would be great but never happen, 6 10 player tables is somewhat feasible though

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigOrange View Post
    Would love to see the following format for the final tournament:

    60 Players
    6 Max Tables
    10K Starting Stack
    Blinds Start at 50/100
    15 Minute Levels
    Pay top 12 (Final 2 Tables)

    The 6 max tables would force the action and of course the resizing of tables would have to work better than it has in the past. I think this format would help identify and reward the players that play the best.
    According to sam the software can't run tournaments with 6 handed tables. Besides, since when has SBR poker been about rewarding players that play the best? Not since I've been playing. SBR Poker is about quantity over quality, and who has been getting fisted by the software for so long that it quickly tries to even out the percentages by allowing them to hit everything under the moon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Triple_D_Bet View Post
    The problem is most poker players aren't willing to pay much more to participate...there's absolutely no chance prize pool would double let alone triple. I'm sure CS4 would rebuy, but he won't have the points to do it
    Maybe not right away, but it would pick up. Give us a choice of how to lose the points - sports book, casino, prop bets with astro or POKER REBUYS. The end result is the same. But choices is GOOD.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grivas_Digeni View Post
    Maybe not right away, but it would pick up. Give us a choice of how to lose the points - sports book, casino, prop bets with astro or POKER REBUYS. The end result is the same. But choices is GOOD.
    I'm in favor of more choices and more variety, but if I'm SBR, I'm not thinking it's worth the effort. People wanted sit n gos, so SBR rolled em out...and barely anyone played them. Somewhat predictable, as they couldn't be played with the rollover points that drives 90%+ of the poker traffic...but that's my point: most people aren't paying points to play in a participation-structure, high-overlay high roller tournament; why believe they'd buy and rebuy at the level needed to double a prize pool? (For a 2500 point overlay and max 40 players, you're talking 4 10-point rebuys/addons per person average...average person isn't putting 40 points into a tourney, simply because they won't have the points for long if they do.

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    There are things that could be done to pick up the poker room traffic, even for risk-averse players who don't want to pony up points just to play....but a combination of software, labor and poor expected returns make it difficult if not impossible for SBR to justify acting imo.

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    I don't play SBR poker because 1) I play for real money and 2) The rake is wayyy too high

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    Quote Originally Posted by Optional View Post
    WOuld be nice if the software could handle a bad beat jackpot so everyone could start cheering for them to happen
    problem with this is the "jackpot" would never reach even 100 pts, as it would be given out 10-15 times per day.....

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    we need spice, too....

    sbr should enter into a contract with Bang Bros or Dog Fart to introduce virutal game girls with POV doggy style (vag or anal) and POV blowjobs for all players except waves.....

    waves gets only a non-english street ho who doesn't put out because of his "minusculo verga"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Triple_D_Bet View Post
    There are things that could be done to pick up the poker room traffic, even for risk-averse players who don't want to pony up points just to play....but a combination of software, labor and poor expected returns make it difficult if not impossible for SBR to justify acting imo.

    You could have some rake race or +/- contest in ring games where the top 10 or whatever winners for a duration of time receive a prize. I know they can track it because they use to give us the biggest winners of the day. Still keep daily tournaments in some capacity. Would drive a lot of action to the tables.

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    How about do a team competition similar to World Cup but instead of geographical regions just let the top 4 players during qualifying act as team captains.

    Have them draft their team out of the remaining qualifying player pool. Maybe even allow them each to add a 'ringer' out of the players that missed the cut (based on poker skills, bribes, sexual favors- IDGAF why just let them add a random)

    I would even prefer 'captains' be based on average cash instead of total points, who doesn't want to be the first round pick for Team Sinmeido?

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    ^ excellent idea. I only joined for the points baller badge back in the day

    bring it back SBR!

    Ps dammit bosco, I meant daners idea. Team poker sucks!

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