Free SBR Poker Tourney: Help us test new feature!

[SBR Contests]

Free SBR Poker Tourney at 3PM ET

By popular demand, we have added the hand-for-hand feature for tournaments. Hand-for-hand play is activated near the bubble of each tournament.

• When: 3PM ET
• Where: SBR Poker room
• Buy-in: FREE

Prizes
1st. 350 points
2nd. 250 points
3rd. 200 points
4th. 175 points
5th. 150 points
6th. 125 points
7th. 100 points
8th. 75 points
9th. 50 points
10-15th. 25 points

Fineprint
1. All prizes are SBR Poker points with 3X rollover.

[sweep]

Im in

[PaperTrail07]

sounds good

[milwaukee mike]

i would rather have hand-to-wiener than hand-to-hand but i will play anyway

[d2bets]

What's a hand for hand feature?

[SBR Forum]

What's a hand for hand feature?

Wiki sums it up best:

Hand-for-hand situations in the card game of pokier arise exclusively during tournaments at times in which multiple tables are in play and the tournament is nearing an increase in the prize payouts, and/or there must be a definitive player ranking.

In poker tournaments, the order of elimination is the means of determining player rank. Because rank directly amounts to a particular payout, at times during a tournament play is slowed down to ensure accurate measurement of player elimination. Hand-for-hand play requires all hands be dealt at the same time. When a table has finished a hand, the dealer must wait until all tables have finished to commence the next hand. This does not affect how a particular table 'plays' their hands; only the deals must be simultaneous.

Another reason for the use of hand-for-hand play is to prevent players from stalling, or deliberately taking as long as possible to act on their hand in the hope of moving up in the prize structure when players at other tables bust out. By ensuring that each table plays the same number of hands, the incentive to stall is removed.

[sweep]

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[milwaukee mike]

eberetta does not like this feature

[BigDeem5]

unreal, kids dont know what hand-hand is... SBR poker at its finest.

[turtlejc]

Hand for hand is good for when there is a group of payouts at a tier..how is hand for hand gonna work out in sbr tourney?

21 people left, hand for hand
20 people left, hand for hand
19 people left, hand for hand

Gonna be 3 hours once 20 people are left in

[TheCentaur]

While ur changing things how about eliminate the default auto post when you join a table

[d2bets]

Hand for hand is good for when there is a group of payouts at a tier..how is hand for hand gonna work out in sbr tourney?

21 people left, hand for hand
20 people left, hand for hand
19 people left, hand for hand

Gonna be 3 hours once 20 people are left in

I guess that's why this is being tested. The point of this is to speed things up, not slow them down. Regular tourneys have been taking just short of 2 hours as is, hopefully this will speed things up.

[SBR Forum]

unreal, kids dont know what hand-hand is... SBR poker at its finest.

It's certainly not going to add considerable time as suggested by some. This feature is activated right around the bubble, and is a feature that every major poker site I'm aware of utilizes for their MTTs. The feature should be celebrated by everyone except clock wasters.

[shaunovery]

also will the chat feature be disabled when in hand for hand mode

[pavyracer]

Hand for hand means I give you a hand job while you simultaneously give me one.

[zjohnzzz]

cool