SBR World Poker Cup! Coming down to the wire!

[SBR Contests]

The 2013 SBR World Poker Cup is underway.

Here are the top 12 for each country if everything ended today:

#	User	Total Points	Cashes	Country
1	foxx	6120	39	World
2	wulfman14	5570	24	World
3	brad89	5560	32	World
4	Enkhbat	4440	28	World
5	Optional	4430	24	World
6	WillC	4400	13	World
7	CookieMonster	3450	23	World
8	panamabrad	2380	12	World
9	katstale	1940	12	World
10	Augustus	1900	14	World
11	blacklady	1740	6	World
12	Pegasus	1410	10	World
1	d2bets	10830	45	USA
2	JAKEPEAVY21	9180	34	USA
3	GUMMO77	8850	34	USA
4	ShogunRua	8770	30	USA
5	shock11	8570	35	USA
6	ArunSh	8490	37	USA
7	downsouth	8420	40	USA
8	thecentaur	8340	32	USA
9	sportfan	8020	35	USA
10	chili_powder	7850	37	USA
11	Ian	7770	33	USA
12	TheGiant	7770	29	USA
1	moretti	7250	29	Europe
2	Stefan	6550	40	Europe
3	Diesel79	6240	38	Europe
4	Stifler	5920	29	Europe
5	hax	5010	19	Europe
6	dare	4710	22	Europe
7	nebunul	4660	20	Europe
8	horja1	4490	15	Europe
9	RealMadrid	4400	23	Europe
10	slikec	4210	19	Europe
11	dikefale	4210	17	Europe
12	zwoeins	3940	23	Europe
1	boeingpower	8590	41	Canada
2	sinmiedo	7970	24	Canada
3	the_situation	7830	27	Canada
4	ireland1946	6520	28	Canada
5	the_locksmith	6490	32	Canada
6	imack	6280	32	Canada
7	BeerDog99	5240	27	Canada
8	aggieshawn	5220	27	Canada
9	k13	4790	22	Canada
10	r3coil	4500	17	Canada
11	akatdog	4240	23	Canada
12	Soxsfan9	4070	19	Canada

[GUMMO77]

12th place on the U.S. side jumped 850 points from the previous week

[BeerDog99]

Wow, good job all of the >7000 point guys!

[pavyracer]

Wow! World Team looks exactly the same as 4 months ago. Some really tough competition to make that team.

[hhsilver]

Mainly for USA guys who may be within distance of top 12:

If you don't know your point total, I have a file saved from the previous contest which will let me get your score for this one if you post your poker lobby total for 2013. The final Sat big one for that tourney also plays a role (not part of lobby score) if you cashed in that. I have that list also.

So, if you post your lobby number I will give you your current score (at the time of your post) . It might to interesting to see who still has a chance.

I'll start -- I'm at 6610 for this contest. Not close enough, I believe there are plenty ahead of me and not in top12.

[sinmiedo]

Wow, good job all of the >7000 point guys!

congrats on your back to back 1st places. You are on fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GUMMO77]

BD won back to back? RIGGED!


but congrats

[BeerDog99]

LOL, thanks guys, definitely Rigged (tm) but I will take it!

[yisman]

Mainly for USA guys who may be within distance of top 12:

If you don't know your point total, I have a file saved from the previous contest which will let me get your score for this one if you post your poker lobby total for 2013. The final Sat big one for that tourney also plays a role (not part of lobby score) if you cashed in that. I have that list also.

So, if you post your lobby number I will give you your current score (at the time of your post) . It might to interesting to see who still has a chance.

I'll start -- I'm at 6610 for this contest. Not close enough, I believe there are plenty ahead of me and not in top12.

thanks, I'm 11,880

[daneblazer]

to the winner goes the badge

[hhsilver]

thanks, I'm 11,880

11880 - 4790 = 7090

[daneblazer]

or this one

[boeing power]

Thanks for the update and love the format.



Go Canada Go

[d2bets]

Why are you all so bad at poker? hahaha #rigged

[pavyracer]

It's not rigged. The problem is most people don't fold low probability hands and go all in and end up winning the hand. This strategy works for a 10 point (50 cents) entry fee but if you were playing with a $1000 entry fee in real life will get you killed.

[GUMMO77]

[ATTACH]58894[/ATTACH]

to the winner goes the badge

I'm buckling down now!

[d2bets]

It's not rigged. The problem is most people don't fold low probability hands and go all in and end up winning the hand. This strategy works for a 10 point (50 cents) entry fee but if you were playing with a $1000 entry fee in real life will get you killed.

Not sure I quite buy what you're explaining. Cards are cards. You play bad, you do bad. Sure, you'll luck out sometimes (or get screwed sometimes), but over a longer term that stuff evens out, whether it's a 50 cent entry fee or a $1,000 entry fee. The people doing the best over the 5 month run are the ones (a) playing the most, and (b) playing the best.

[Triple_D_Bet]

Not sure I quite buy what you're explaining. Cards are cards. You play bad, you do bad. Sure, you'll luck out sometimes (or get screwed sometimes), but over a longer term that stuff evens out, whether it's a 50 cent entry fee or a $1,000 entry fee. The people doing the best over the 5 month run are the ones (a) playing the most, and (b) playing the best.

...and most importantly of all, (c) enjoy playing an incredibly long, anti-climatic format for teeny tiny prizes

[no1here]

Thanks 11560 poker lobby total

Mainly for USA guys who may be within distance of top 12:

If you don't know your point total, I have a file saved from the previous contest which will let me get your score for this one if you post your poker lobby total for 2013. The final Sat big one for that tourney also plays a role (not part of lobby score) if you cashed in that. I have that list also.

So, if you post your lobby number I will give you your current score (at the time of your post) . It might to interesting to see who still has a chance.

I'll start -- I'm at 6610 for this contest. Not close enough, I believe there are plenty ahead of me and not in top12.

Really sucks being booted from poker last night knowing that I still have a chance here.

[Wulfman14]

i havent played for 3 days straight and im still second on team world . LMAO

also if pegasus and blacklady are MIA when the ryder cup starts can the top players of the team play multiple slots ?

[hhsilver]

Thanks 11560 poker lobby total


Really sucks being booted from poker last night knowing that I still have a chance here.

11560 - 4580 = 6980

[d2bets]

...and most importantly of all, (c) enjoy playing an incredibly long, anti-climatic format for teeny tiny prizes

Play it for the love o' the game.

And it's not that tiny. I've cashed 10 of last 11 for 3,120 pts. That's 283 points per game played....or put another way, a $15 pizza card (283 pts) each tourney. At maybe 75 minutes per avg, that's like $12/hour and I can sit there eating last night's pizza while watching the game at the same time.

[Triple_D_Bet]

Play it for the love o' the game.

And it's not that tiny. I've cashed 10 of last 11 for 3,120 pts. That's 283 points per game played....or put another way, a $15 pizza card (283 pts) each tourney. At maybe 75 minutes per avg, that's like $12/hour and I can sit there eating last night's pizza while watching the game at the same time.

3120 in your last 11 is a slightly-better-than-average streak, but anything done on SBR is only for the enjoyment of it anyways. But I'm not talking about the points won in the dailies themselves (which have always had good overlays); I'm referring to the World Cup format for which people are theoretically competing. World Cup is painfully unbalanced and awards such tiny prizes relative to the length of the series that the daily tourny prizes are the only real reason to play them, and it's easy for just about anything else in life to seem more fun.

In my case I used to play every day religiously as I enjoyed the competitive aspect; with this long drawn out, minimally rewarding format it got boring quick and I switched to a daily real $$ tournament. It looks like quite a few others are similarly absent, so the contest isn't as competitive as others. Hoping SBR learns a lesson from this and the abysmal participation rates, but judging from 2012's world cup format it doesn't look good

[d2bets]

3120 in your last 11 is a slightly-better-than-average streak, but anything done on SBR is only for the enjoyment of it anyways. But I'm not talking about the points won in the dailies themselves (which have always had good overlays); I'm referring to the World Cup format for which people are theoretically competing. World Cup is painfully unbalanced and awards such tiny prizes relative to the length of the series that the daily tourny prizes are the only real reason to play them, and it's easy for just about anything else in life to seem more fun.

In my case I used to play every day religiously as I enjoyed the competitive aspect; with this long drawn out, minimally rewarding format it got boring quick and I switched to a daily real $$ tournament. It looks like quite a few others are similarly absent, so the contest isn't as competitive as others. Hoping SBR learns a lesson from this and the abysmal participation rates, but judging from 2012's world cup format it doesn't look good

Yeah, it's rather long. I'd like to see it switched to monthly tournaments (or maybe 4-5 weeks), in which you can play any 3 tourneys each week (same day or different day). That way most everyone can, if they want to, play their 3 per week and it will be more equal in terms of participation opportunity and less demanding for scheduling. Maybe limit them further to 25 per tournament and then only pay the Top 5 with better prizes. Take the Top 5 in total points from each month and have a semi-annual tournament for the winners. If you win multiple months, you get more chips in the tourney. Just a thought.

[GUMMO77]

3120 in your last 11 is a slightly-better-than-average streak, but anything done on SBR is only for the enjoyment of it anyways. But I'm not talking about the points won in the dailies themselves (which have always had good overlays); I'm referring to the World Cup format for which people are theoretically competing. World Cup is painfully unbalanced and awards such tiny prizes relative to the length of the series that the daily tourny prizes are the only real reason to play them, and it's easy for just about anything else in life to seem more fun.

In my case I used to play every day religiously as I enjoyed the competitive aspect; with this long drawn out, minimally rewarding format it got boring quick and I switched to a daily real $$ tournament. It looks like quite a few others are similarly absent, so the contest isn't as competitive as others. Hoping SBR learns a lesson from this and the abysmal participation rates, but judging from 2012's world cup format it doesn't look good

Where are you playing real $$ if you don't mind me asking?

And yea, this series is way too long. If you live in the U.S. and take the normal vacation without your computer -- or do bring your computer but actually spend some quality time with your family-friends-mistress-gay secret lover (in my case)-- then you're out of the running, barring a d2bets kinda run.

Nonetheless, the overlay is good in the daily tournaments, as you said, and I'll take all the points I can get.

As the great James D. Morrison said:

[yisman]

got kicked out of poker last night during the tournament, lost 300 chips

[Triple_D_Bet]

Where are you playing real $$ if you don't mind me asking?

And yea, this series is way too long. If you live in the U.S. and take the normal vacation without your computer -- or do bring your computer but actually spend some quality time with your family-friends-mistress-gay secret lover (in my case)-- then you're out of the running, barring a d2bets kinda run.

Nonetheless, the overlay is good in the daily tournaments, as you said, and I'll take all the points I can get.

As the great James D. Morrison said:

Not a lot of good optios out there, but I'm messing around on Lock. Given their atrocious payout times and some uncertainty about their future, it's not clear how much better those tournies might be than an SBR daily

[Carseller4]

I've played less than 4 weeks and would currently qualify for the World Team.

I want that spot.

[BeerDog99]

I've played less than 4 weeks and would currently qualify for the World Team.

I want that spot.

I am surprised that a self proclaimed Republican would beg as much as you do, I thought you blamed Democrats for begging?

[Carseller4]

I am surprised that a self proclaimed Republican would beg as much as you do, I thought you blamed Democrats for begging?

I ain't begging for shtt.

I'm demanding it.

[BeerDog99]

I ain't begging for shtt.

I'm demanding it.

LOL, you are deluded!

[yisman]

gave up after the day where I got booted from the tournament. Didn't even play Friday.

[blankoblanco]

In my case I used to play every day religiously as I enjoyed the competitive aspect; with this long drawn out, minimally rewarding format it got boring quick and I switched to a daily real $$ tournament. It looks like quite a few others are similarly absent, so the contest isn't as competitive as others. Hoping SBR learns a lesson from this and the abysmal participation rates, but judging from 2012's world cup format it doesn't look good

Couldn't agree more. I played the dailies consistently for the first 2-3 weeks, was in good place in the standings, then realized how long the format was for such little prizes, just didn't feel like an exciting competition and I ended up not playing for a couple months. I've been back in the games a bit lately but only because I've had time and felt like playing for the daily freeplay prizes, nothing to do with the world cup promotion (since I already skipped far too many to have a shot anyway)

I really hope they will just listen to all the complaints and make this thing shorter next time around especially if they're gonna offer such low prizes. I can win a 600 freeplay in one daily, which is the same bonus the 4th place team will get after playing four months of dailies to make world cup?? Even if your team is fortunate enough to get 1st place, 3k each is not much better. There's just not much incentive particularly for US players, and it's drawn out so long it becomes monotonous and not as exciting as a promotion like this should be.