SBR FORUM, here are a few ideas for the next poker series/competition!

BigDeem5 · 04-10-13, 06:50 AM

You have tournaments 10, 3, 7, 9, 11.. Why not add a noon tournament?

Give non-pros a shorter starting stack, 1500 to Pros 2000, that's an idea to get non-pros to go pro.

Hand for hand will be a good feature added, so people can't sit on thumbs.

Russian Rocket · 04-10-13, 06:52 AM

Daily tournaments are great, but maybe make the entry fee 10 or 11 points like it was last year. This will eliminate some of the NONPROS from playing each day. Because of this, maybe a few of them will become PRO in order to play

2. Please pay out only 10 places instead of 20. While it is nice to be paying 20 places, it is a waste of time having prizes of 20-50 points to roll over. Just pay out 10 places and maybe each on of those places could be paid a little more.

3. Please, enough with the Ryder Cup format. Sure it was the series where I made the most points of all, but that format is just asking for trouble. No one really likes the Ryder Cup format more than the one used in November

4. I actually like the format that was used back in November of 2012. Well except that paid 20 places as well

5. Dont boot players who cant make it to the tournament in the first 20 minutes. Give everyone at least 45 minutes to make it to the tournament since everyone paid an entry fee

6. Any chance of maybe one bigger tournament each week at the end of the week that also counts for the standings? Maybe Friday night since it is the end of the week

Russian Rocket · 04-10-13, 06:55 AM

Give non-pros a shorter starting stack, 1500 to Pros 2000, that's an idea to get non-pros to go pro.

I like that idea Deemer

konck · 04-10-13, 06:59 AM

I like the way it is....It gives everyone a chance for many pts if anything make it a pros only tourny to
help SBR this would create quite a few sign ups (which you should do any ways)
Make Wednesday Omaha day! Plus I think you should have the option to roll in the Sportsbook also say 5 or 8 times would be ok. Overall thanks for the Poker

sweep · 04-10-13, 07:00 AM

6. Any chance of maybe one bigger tournament each week at the end of the week that also counts for the standings? Maybe Friday night since it is the end of the week

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Come on PO69, Friday night

I hope you're joking cuz..... Land of the free, home of the brave.. get out and see it pal

konck · 04-10-13, 07:00 AM

Race book roll 10X's hey check my Racebook loses I think you would want me in there

konck · 04-10-13, 07:02 AM

Originally posted by sweep

6. Any chance of maybe one bigger tournament each week at the end of the week that also counts for the standings? Maybe Friday night since it is the end of the week
And suks for Casino workers to huh sweep

Come on PO69, Friday night

I hope you're joking cuz..... Land of the free, home of the brave.. get out and see it pal

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konck · 04-10-13, 07:02 AM

Wow our comments traded places hahahhahahah

BigDeem5 · 04-10-13, 07:03 AM

I think only paying 10 places would be a much better idea, getting 20 in a 40-46 person tournament and getting rewarded isn't very challenging.

I would make the places something like this

1st: 450
2nd : 325
3rd : 275
4th: 250
5th: 225
6th: 200
7th: 175
8th: 150
9th: 125
10th: 100 pts

Wulfman14 · 04-10-13, 07:11 AM

Ryder cup is next. Don't know what you are babbling about po. But I agree top 10 should get point prizes. Not top 5 like before and not top 20 as of late.

hhsilver · 04-10-13, 07:40 AM

Originally posted by playersonly69

1. Daily tournaments are great, but maybe make the entry fee 10 or 11 points like it was last year. This will eliminate some of the NONPROS from playing each day. Because of this, maybe a few of them will become PRO in order to play

2. Please pay out only 10 places instead of 20. While it is nice to be paying 20 places, it is a waste of time having prizes of 20-50 points to roll over. Just pay out 10 places and maybe each on of those places could be paid a little more.

3. Please, enough with the Ryder Cup format. Sure it was the series where I made the most points of all, but that format is just asking for trouble. No one really likes the Ryder Cup format more than the one used in November

4. I actually like the format that was used back in November of 2012. Well except that paid 20 places as well

5. Dont boot players who cant make it to the tournament in the first 20 minutes. Give everyone at least 45 minutes to make it to the tournament since everyone paid an entry fee

6. Any chance of maybe one bigger tournament each week at the end of the week that also counts for the standings? Maybe Friday night since it is the end of the week

Any other poster can feel free to add more suggestions

my thoughts about the above:

1. keeping it at 6 so non-pros can play more will lead to more of them sticking around and becoming interested and, in time, turning pro.

2. "waste of time" is your opinion, PO. Having fewer cashes might suit your reckless all-or-nothing style. I like it the way it's been. Poor players like me are encouraged to continue playing because we can get a small 'reward' once in a while and eventually get hooked. Isn't that that idea? What do others think?

3. I pretty much agree. Much has been said about this the past two years and, depending on the format soon to be announced, maybe much more will be said.

4. why do you care so much about the 20 places thing? "waste of time"?? I've seen you waste a lot of your time complaining about it over the past year. And I'm sad to say I've wasted my time reading your continuing posts about it.

5. no opinion

6. bad idea -- different world wide time zones , different job, family, life situations etc would make this unfair. The 5 time choices m-f is great -- don't mess with it , other than possibly some tweaks in the future. They already provide bigger weekend ones that do not count in the standings keep it that way.

And unrelated to the above:

PO, I've seen you say you are a professional gambler. It's hard to imagine a pro gambler spending as much time as you do on the trivialities involving points, ghosts, trivia, contests, stiffs, etc. Other than maybe checking out the think tank and the industry forum, I can't see a pro gambler devoting the amount of time that you spend here. I could be wrong. Maybe it's possible to be a pro gambler AND have one's entire social life be about SBR minutiae.

sweep · 04-10-13, 07:46 AM

^ this dude just buried PO IMO

blankoblanco · 04-10-13, 07:51 AM

Paying out 10 places good idea, bigger tourney every Friday night (when most people have plans) bad idea.

Those who enjoy the thrill of min-cashing might defend the paying 20 spots out of 40ish, but there's no reason for it. The only tourneys with that kind of payout rate are double-or-nothing sit 'n gos. Plus having a single, uncombinable rollover for 20 pts is silly. Please listen to reason and pay 10 places.

RealMadrid · 04-10-13, 08:07 AM

Originally posted by BigDeem5

Give non-pros a shorter starting stack, 1500 to Pros 2000, that's an idea to get non-pros to go pro.

"Paying out 10 places..." partial agree. My suggestion is: prizes for 11-20 places must be enough to compensate the buy-in (f.e buy-in 6 - prize 10 for all 11-20 places)

slikec · 04-10-13, 01:18 PM

Pay 25-30% of entries. DOnt make it limited for 46 players and 2k prize poll make it unlimited and each player adds 43-50 to prize poll(which is same as now). That way you will also see when mots players prefer to play and can adopt for sunday and saturday tourneys.

easyliving · 04-10-13, 01:29 PM

you guys are forgetting the major reason for these tournaments. It is for the overall leaderboard and because of this everyone in the top 20 should be getting points for finishing in the top 20. If only 10 places got paid the overall rankings might be over within the 1st month because people will realize they have no chance as they keep finishing short of the top 10.

raydog · 04-10-13, 01:30 PM

hhsilver, there is a better chance that dinosaurs drove cars than poshit being "pro" anything besides killing animals....

EmpireMaker · 04-10-13, 02:17 PM

How about 1 tourney a day until a new format is decided upon ?

sweep · 04-10-13, 02:30 PM

How about a tournament about the tournaments to decide what to do with the tournaments

MoneyLineDawg · 04-10-13, 02:34 PM

Originally posted by sweep

How about a tournament about the tournaments to decide what to do with the tournaments

Also....PO69 BURIED

GUMMO77 · 04-10-13, 02:43 PM

I think SBR cashes 20 people in the tournaments to keep some action in the ring games. Also, I think that because so many degens on here go point broke, even min-cashes can keep them afloat.

Anyway, I'm sure it's too late and this has been discussed before, during, and after every Ryder Cup (or is it World Cup?): We need to have more than one group for the entire United States. As we saw in last years totals leading up to the finals, the guys from the U.S. get a raw deal in this series.

Nonetheless, thanks for the free points and $$ giveaways, SBR.

TheMoneyShot · 04-10-13, 02:55 PM

It's all rigged anyways... no matter what format.

d2bets · 04-10-13, 03:10 PM

Originally posted by TheMoneyShot

It's all rigged anyways... no matter what format.

/thread closed

EmpireMaker · 04-10-13, 03:14 PM

Originally posted by GUMMO77

I think SBR cashes 20 people in the tournaments to keep some action in the ring games. Also, I think that because so many degens on here go point broke, even min-cashes can keep them afloat.

Anyway, I'm sure it's too late and this has been discussed before, during, and after every Ryder Cup (or is it World Cup?): We need to have more than one group for the entire United States. As we saw in last years totals leading up to the finals, the guys from the U.S. get a raw deal in this series.

Nonetheless, thanks for the free points and $$ giveaways, SBR.

USA 1 and USA 2 teams is a good idea considering the large number of posters from the USA. Maybe team 1 has the 1,3,5,7,9 ranked players and team 2 has 2,4,6,8,10

playersonly69 · 04-10-13, 03:16 PM

Ok I will give up on the Friday tournament idea or Saturday, but I am not giving up on the paying of 20 places. It is crazy to pay more than 10 places for ANY TOURNAMENT with less than 50 players.

pavyracer · 04-10-13, 03:21 PM

The only suggestion I have is that the teams allowed per region are proportional to the players placing in previous tourneys.

For example take the poker standings from triathlon (only the poker part). Check the Top 200 players. Then assign them a region (USA, Canada, Europe, etc) based on their IP's. Then you can figure which region placed the most and at what percentage based on ranking and then determine teams per each region.

daneblazer · 04-10-13, 03:22 PM

Paying 20 keeps your cash games alive, paying 10 might cut the cord on them.

That heads up tournament we had was fun despite it's obvious bugs.

SBR Forum · 04-10-13, 03:25 PM

Thank you all for your valued feedback. We did incorporate.

SBR World Poker Cup 2013: 1.2M points + iPad 3

Schedule of play:

SBR World Poker Cup 2013: Tournament schedule

pavyracer · 04-10-13, 03:25 PM

Originally posted by playersonly69

Ok I will give up on the Friday tournament idea or Saturday, but I am not giving up on the paying of 20 places. It is crazy to pay more than 10 places for ANY TOURNAMENT with less than 50 players.

It is also crazy getting a 62 offsuit and seeing a 5K10 flop, shoving all in and being called and hitting a 4 on the turn and 3 on the river to beat KK.

broadway6 · 04-10-13, 03:28 PM

Originally posted by pavyracer

It is also crazy getting a 62 offsuit and seeing a 5K10 flop, shoving all in and being called and hitting a 4 on the turn and 5 on the river to beat KK.

pair of 5s beats a boat?That is crazy.

nebunul · 04-10-13, 04:05 PM

Originally posted by BigDeem5

You have tournaments 10, 3, 7, 9, 11.. Why not add a noon tournament?

Give non-pros a shorter starting stack, 1500 to Pros 2000, that's an idea to get non-pros to go pro.

Hand for hand will be a good feature added, so people can't sit on thumbs.

we all pay the same entry fee. Why should be this defference?

thetrinity · 04-10-13, 04:41 PM

like the new format much better, even though i have no real shot of making team usa, im going to miss at least 15 tournaments off the bat, paying 12/40 in the dailies is an improvement. i do like the idea of group winner picking his team from a pool of the top 20 or 30 though.

Enkhbat · 04-10-13, 07:55 PM

I have some suggestions as well

1. Make the qualifying period a littler shorter, I think 3 months should be the max

2. Give rest of the world players more flexible time, maybe a 3 am or a 5 am ET tourney

3. Make the prizes in the finale SBR points, gotta be brutal to roll over 2000 points

DJ Dalamar · 04-10-13, 09:44 PM

I rolled over 6.5K not too long ago not bad just played a lot at the higher table was fun.