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  • SBR Forum
    Administrator
    • 12-02-06
    • 4559

    #1
    SBR Poker Sharps Championship: $5,000 & 150K Betpoints, Saturday 5PM ET
    The below users have qualified for entry into Saturday's SBR Poker Sharps Championship!

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    Rank
    Player Total Points Cashes
    1 BiTeMeUsAdOj 7845 29
    2 snapperman2 6240 16
    3 playersonly69 6225 17
    4 thetrinity 6220 30
    5 GUMMO77 6145 35
    6 astro61200 6095 26
    7 oneunder 6060 37
    8 JAKEPEAVY21 6010 28
    9 chico2663 5970 23
    10 chili_powder 5915 28
    11 bobbywaves 5825 34
    12 AutoDonk 5780 27
    13 jack_matz 5685 30
    14 ArunSh 5590 30
    15 Grivas_Digeni 5560 20
    16 Cross 5510 34
    17 Optional 5420 32
    18 mpaschal34 5400 31
    19 milwaukee_mike 5335 17
    20 b1slickguy 5310 39
    21 sportfan 5285 27
    22 JediMindPicks 5195 22
    23 laz 5175 30
    24 deadphish 5110 34
    25 franklee168 5085 28
    26 MrKLC 5080 28
    27 downsouth 5015 25
    28 JayTris07 5005 18
    29 Lex_icon 4995 31
    30 GaryDN 4935 28
    31 spider 4835 29
    32 ChiefWahoo 4705 23
    33 empiremaker 4665 27
    34 Enkhbat 4630 31
    35 Crypt 4540 38
    36 uscphillyguy 4530 21
    37 MCherry281 4505 30
    38 slanina 4490 36
    39 boscokid 4440 17
    40 ChuckyTheGoat 4440 24
    41 d2bets 4440 31
    42 Stefan 4415 37
    43 tradeout 4400 24
    44 blackbart 4340 22
    45 craigpb 4295 26
    46 dtp 4240 15
    47 joeking99 4125 20
    48 qwertvt 4090 22
    49 aggieshawn 4020 28
    50 no1here 4020 32
    51 Manosdepiedra 4000 26
    52 sportsfanatic 3975 26
    53 lobo369 3950 27
    54 friedcheese 3925 11
    55 pabonaparte 3875 17
    56 codone69 3860 24
    57 mayberry 3835 38
    58 daneblazer 3820 12
    59 Czu81 3810 12
    60 stuler 3795 18
    61 zwoeins 3790 36
    62 pokerpro44 3775 24
    63 defender 3745 23
    64 Krashman 3740 38
    65 MalikHusam 3720 14
    66 NoBrainor 3695 20
    67 russianrocket 3685 19
    68 startm 3670 25
    69 MillerTime99 3635 19
    70 imack 3610 22
    71 TheGiant 3610 27
    72 katstale 3575 23
    73 hhsilver 3545 32
    74 Basement 3535 26
    75 funnyb25 3530 27
    76 Igor_1965 3470 17
    77 WQuine 3465 21
    78 dhristov211 3450 19
    79 qukubau 3450 22
    80 brndg23 3445 25
    81 jose21_us 3435 17
    82 Mannyfan 3405 25
    83 panamabrad 3400 29
    84 taz01 3400 20
    85 dogkatcher 3350 22
    86 gunslinger572 3340 20
    87 BestPlay2day 3305 33
    88 BeerDog99 3255 25
    89 brock 3225 11
    90 AustinRussell 3190 14
    91 dankelly 3160 19
    92 smitch124 3120 30
    93 slikec 3100 17
    94 horja1 3030 21
    95 garvardntl 3015 12
    96 mikemca 2980 9
    97 Fieldysnuts44 2950 17
    98 thechaoz 2930 15
    99 DGG23 2850 20
    100 dare 2820 25




    Championship Prizes
    1st. $5,000
    2nd. 35,000 betpoints
    3rd. 27,000 betpoints
    4th. 23,000 betpoints
    5th. 17,500 betpoints
    6th. 12,500 betpoints
    7th. 10,000 betpoints
    8th. 6,500 betpoints
    9th. 5,000 betpoints
    10th. 3,500 betpoints
    11th. 3,000 betpoints
    12th. 2,500 betpoints
    13th. 2,000 betpoints
    14th. 1,500 betpoints
    15th. 1,000 betpoints

    The $5,000 Cash prize will be paid in bitcoin. On the morning of Monday, January 9, SBR will send payment to the winner via bitcoin. The exchange rate used will be the price SBR paid to acquire the bitcoins that same morning.
  • slikec
    SBR MVP
    • 01-11-11
    • 1032

    #2
    Thx for structure Looks promising with 10k starting stack and after hour and half soon lvls become 30min long.
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    • pabonaparte
      SBR MVP
      • 01-21-16
      • 3566

      #3
      Not quite the hyper turbo I was hoping for

      Comment
      • JAKEPEAVY21
        BARRELED IN @ SBR!
        • 03-11-11
        • 29267

        #4
        ty for a better structure and starting stack!!
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        • downsouth
          SBR Posting Legend
          • 01-13-11
          • 11580

          #5
          Gonna be brutal. Will love being the guy that sits for 3 hours and wins 1000 betpoints.
          Comment
          • thechaoz
            SBR Posting Legend
            • 10-23-09
            • 12154

            #6
            Nice.... Real poker now... I think a lot guys won't be able to adjust from coinflip fests after a while
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            • d2bets
              BARRELED IN @ SBR!
              • 08-10-05
              • 39995

              #7
              Originally posted by downsouth
              Gonna be brutal. Will love being the guy that sits for 3 hours and wins 1000 betpoints.
              Better than sitting for 2:55 and winning 0.
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              • BiTeMe UsAdOj
                SBR Hall of Famer
                • 08-18-11
                • 7537

                #8
                Originally posted by downsouth
                Gonna be brutal. Will love being the guy that sits for 3 hours and wins 1000 betpoints.
                Respectfully, kinda missing the point. The Big Picture point is that the guy that pockets 5k should actually have to play some poker... this being a poker tourney & all. Anyone that deems it not worthy of their time is more than welcome to bow out... no one being forced to play. The final tourneys in the past weren't poker, just luckfest stack flips. SBR has run enough of those, time to play a tourney with at least a modicum of poker strategy needed to gain an advantage. Kinda like the rest of the poker world does. Imagine that, on SBR even. If anyone is too bigtime to conclude it's not worth their time to potentially make over 1k an hour on a random Saturday afternoon... well, maybe they need to think of better things to do other than SBR poker. That's fair enough, and GL to all that feel that way. Most, however, will welcome the structure change and give SBR a big THANK YOU for changing it.
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                • boscokid
                  SBR MVP
                  • 04-03-10
                  • 1496

                  #9
                  This will be interesting - no mindless flipping, also no need to show up for the first 40 minutes
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                  • mpaschal34
                    SBR Posting Legend
                    • 02-04-13
                    • 12087

                    #10
                    I remember playing in some 6 plus hour tournaments on Bovada way back in the day and loved them. Either I was a poker nut or just a degenerate. I have always found it strange about people complaining about a 2 hour tournament. I welcome this new structure and hope this is just a start for this format in upcoming final tournaments.

                    Then again this is coming from the guy that after playing almost 14 hours in the WSOP and getting knocked out after getting my AA cracked, I went back to my hotel and played cash game for 4 more hours.
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                    • astro61200
                      SBR MVP
                      • 09-15-07
                      • 4843

                      #11
                      Originally posted by thechaoz
                      Nice.... Real poker now... I think a lot guys won't be able to adjust from coinflip fests after a while
                      Ever played in the high roller? It has higher starting stacks and the low amount of players in it means poker has to be played, not bingo. It's pretty entertaining watching people betting 20x the BB early, or pushing all in repeatedly to win 40. They don't adjust to go from the daily turbos to a slower paced tournament.

                      Thanks, SBR! I know many many people have wanted a real tournament. Hopefully the bitching can be kept to a minimum afterward and this will be the format from now on.
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                      • funnyb25
                        BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                        • 07-09-09
                        • 39663

                        #12
                        Thank you for the contest!
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                        • astro61200
                          SBR MVP
                          • 09-15-07
                          • 4843

                          #13
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                          • Russian Rocket
                            SBR Aristocracy
                            • 09-02-12
                            • 43910

                            #14
                            Originally posted by astro61200
                            Ever played in the high roller? It has higher starting stacks and the low amount of players in it means poker has to be played, not bingo. It's pretty entertaining watching people betting 20x the BB early, or pushing all in repeatedly to win 40. They don't adjust to go from the daily turbos to a slower paced tournament.

                            Thanks, SBR! I know many many people have wanted a real tournament. Hopefully the bitching can be kept to a minimum afterward and this will be the format from now on.
                            While I totally agree with your points, we still gotta keep in mind what we're playing here for.
                            Only one of us has a shot at 5K...while the other 14 will score some SBR tokens.

                            So a 5-6 hour tourney on a Saturday (it will be a night time for some of us on the other side of the globe) is a bit ridiculous imo.
                            Most of us are only playing daily tourneys, because they're turbos...so it would be nice to have the same format in this final tournament as well.
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                            • astro61200
                              SBR MVP
                              • 09-15-07
                              • 4843

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Russian Rocket
                              While I totally agree with your points, we still gotta keep in mind what we're playing here for.
                              Only one of us has a shot at 5K...while the other 14 will score some SBR tokens.

                              So a 5-6 hour tourney on a Saturday (it will be a night time for some of us on the other side of the globe) is a bit ridiculous imo.
                              Most of us are only playing daily tourneys, because they're turbos...so it would be nice to have the same format in this final tournament as well.
                              Ridiculous? Nah. Would have been better if the format was announced sooner, but the date has been set for months. Requiring some type of skill for the final tournament is a very nice change, as the only final to a contest, since I've played poker here, that required skill was the World Cup. Of course, it's a luck fest to get on to a team in the first place in that.

                              All of the donkaroos have had their share of turbo final tournaments that end up being all in/fold with half the field left. Now the people who want to actually play some poker get their turn. The good news, for those who want a bingofest instead, is that there is bound to be a bingo hall open at 5pm EST on Saturday that they can go attend instead.


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                              • playersonly69
                                SBR Posting Legend
                                • 01-04-08
                                • 12827

                                #16
                                The format is close to being perfect. The blinds are fine, but we are starting with about 3000 more chips than really necessary with these long blinds levels and by starting off at 10/20. But we will just be watching the Wild Card games while playing so that will make it even better
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                                • Russian Rocket
                                  SBR Aristocracy
                                  • 09-02-12
                                  • 43910

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by astro61200
                                  Ridiculous? Nah. Would have been better if the format was announced sooner, but the date has been set for months. Requiring some type of skill for the final tournament is a very nice change, as the only final to a contest, since I've played poker here, that required skill was the World Cup. Of course, it's a luck fest to get on to a team in the first place in that.

                                  All of the donkaroos have had their share of turbo final tournaments that end up being all in/fold with half the field left. Now the people who want to actually play some poker get their turn. The good news, for those who want a bingofest instead, is that there is bound to be a bingo hall open at 5pm EST on Saturday that they can go attend instead.


                                  No Bingo halls open in Moscow at 1AM tho...Setting a final tourney date months in advance without disclosing a format is a meaningless argument here.
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                                  • astro61200
                                    SBR MVP
                                    • 09-15-07
                                    • 4843

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by Russian Rocket
                                    No Bingo halls open in Moscow at 1AM tho...Setting a final tourney date months in advance without disclosing a format is a meaningless argument here.
                                    I agree, should have been disclosed. Unfortunately, there are going to be some people who are left in a bad spot time wise. Hopefully you can play the whole thing
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                                    • Russian Rocket
                                      SBR Aristocracy
                                      • 09-02-12
                                      • 43910

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by astro61200
                                      I agree, should have been disclosed. Unfortunately, there are going to be some people who are left in a bad spot time wise. Hopefully you can play the whole thing
                                      I'll be following your lead dude...so you better do good
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                                      • grey area
                                        SBR MVP
                                        • 05-17-14
                                        • 1187

                                        #20
                                        Hey Rocket how are you doing my friend, are we allowed to talk about another poker site to set up a friendly match for beers or what lol
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                                        • jjgold
                                          SBR Aristocracy
                                          • 07-20-05
                                          • 388179

                                          #21
                                          I think we see some no name take this title
                                          Comment
                                          • astro61200
                                            SBR MVP
                                            • 09-15-07
                                            • 4843

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by jjgold
                                            I think we see some no name take this title
                                            It's possible, but I like some of the 2016 top 15 to do well in this since it will require poker play and not dumb luck. JediMindPicks at #22 is going to be tough.
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                                            • Russian Rocket
                                              SBR Aristocracy
                                              • 09-02-12
                                              • 43910

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by grey area
                                              Hey Rocket how are you doing my friend, are we allowed to talk about another poker site to set up a friendly match for beers or what lol
                                              hey man Happy New Year!
                                              I think it's a pretty grey area when it comes to talking about other sites here. You should be good to go, as long as the site is not a scam and you're not promoting it.
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                                              • RudyRuetigger
                                                SBR Aristocracy
                                                • 08-24-10
                                                • 65084

                                                #24
                                                good luck men, fukkin hate I didn't qualify
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                                                • chico2663
                                                  BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                                                  • 09-02-10
                                                  • 36915

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by Russian Rocket
                                                  hey man Happy New Year!
                                                  I think it's a pretty grey area when it comes to talking about other sites here. You should be good to go, as long as the site is not a scam and you're not promoting it.
                                                  I got censured for talking about a different site even though I didn't think they were related. Was asked if I have half a brain which is a great thing to tell a stroke survivor.
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                                                  • Auto Donk
                                                    SBR Aristocracy
                                                    • 09-03-13
                                                    • 43558

                                                    #26
                                                    Oprah, immediately after asking Drew Brees who on her tv production crew kissed him and left lipstick on his cheek when he came out and met the fat black bitch for trhe first time, feels bad about SBR's foot in mouth "half a brain" comment.....

                                                    on a somewhat tongue-in-cheek, hope you can appreciate the humor note, it says a lot about the sbr poker "talent pool" when a guy SBR alleges only has half a brain can finish in the top 10 of a four-month long poker promo......
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                                                    • SharpAngles
                                                      SBR Hall of Famer
                                                      • 04-15-14
                                                      • 9467

                                                      #27
                                                      Damn if some players knew it would be a reasonable structure compared to the usual shovefest style they might've tried to qualify. Hopefully this starts a new trend of poker play mattering in finals

                                                      Good job SBR crew
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                                                      • AUSTINRUSSELL
                                                        SBR Sharp
                                                        • 09-11-15
                                                        • 440

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by SharpAngles
                                                        Damn if some players knew it would be a reasonable structure compared to the usual shovefest style they might've tried to qualify. Hopefully this starts a new trend of poker play mattering in finals

                                                        Good job SBR crew
                                                        This is why I did the min to qualify and once I hit 3k I only played for giggles once or twice a week.
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                                                        • daneblazer
                                                          BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                                                          • 09-14-08
                                                          • 27861

                                                          #29


                                                          Anyone else get a blank page when they go to this thread now?
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                                                          • astro61200
                                                            SBR MVP
                                                            • 09-15-07
                                                            • 4843

                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by daneblazer
                                                            Anyone else get a blank page when they go to this thread now?
                                                            HTML issue from a post, I'm out right now. Shoot SBR Forum a PM, they'll be able to fix it by editing Austin's post
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                                                            • thetrinity
                                                              SBR Posting Legend
                                                              • 01-25-11
                                                              • 22430

                                                              #31
                                                              heads up guys should have about 20-30 bbs each, not 3 so this is an improvement.

                                                              the beginning is going to be SLOWWW though
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                                                              • AUSTINRUSSELL
                                                                SBR Sharp
                                                                • 09-11-15
                                                                • 440

                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by daneblazer
                                                                Anyone else get a blank page when they go to this thread now?
                                                                I tired to edit my post and the computer froze must have somehow messed it all up..... my bad.
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                                                                • thetrinity
                                                                  SBR Posting Legend
                                                                  • 01-25-11
                                                                  • 22430

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by playersonly69
                                                                  The format is close to being perfect. The blinds are fine, but we are starting with about 3000 more chips than really necessary with these long blinds levels and by starting off at 10/20. But we will just be watching the Wild Card games while playing so that will make it even better
                                                                  Cosign this post.

                                                                  When 1st place is worth about 5 times as much as 2nd, you need to let the last 2 guys play it out. Slow play at the beginning is fine by me, especially since I will be pushing it to be home at 5pm.
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                                                                  • downsouth
                                                                    SBR Posting Legend
                                                                    • 01-13-11
                                                                    • 11580

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by BiTeMe UsAdOj
                                                                    Respectfully, kinda missing the point. The Big Picture point is that the guy that pockets 5k should actually have to play some poker... this being a poker tourney & all. Anyone that deems it not worthy of their time is more than welcome to bow out... no one being forced to play. The final tourneys in the past weren't poker, just luckfest stack flips. SBR has run enough of those, time to play a tourney with at least a modicum of poker strategy needed to gain an advantage. Kinda like the rest of the poker world does. Imagine that, on SBR even. If anyone is too bigtime to conclude it's not worth their time to potentially make over 1k an hour on a random Saturday afternoon... well, maybe they need to think of better things to do other than SBR poker. That's fair enough, and GL to all that feel that way. Most, however, will welcome the structure change and give SBR a big THANK YOU for changing it.
                                                                    So why run the format as such for the qualifiers. Make them all last 5-6 hours if we really want to let the "real" poker come to the front. The faster structure is real poker, its just a different variation. Stars, party and all had faster/turbo blind limit structures and the same people seemed to continue to make money with the "bingo" game. Remember Boku (cant remember rest) guy made both his nothing to 100k runs playing primarily turbos. And you guys want to call the structure bingo but seem to forget the same people finish near the top of the standings every year so there is obviously something strategy wise to it (and daily play of course)

                                                                    If we were playing a series of tourneys I could see doing it with a changed structure but to change formats this drastically for one tourney makes no sense. Its literally one tourney with a $5,000 prize, a few prizes approaching value of maybe a grand and then a drop down to a few hundred bucks tops with around 100 players. And then we got 50 Phil Iveys yelling that a longer structure will allow their " real" poker skill to outshine the "bingo" players.

                                                                    I'll play it, not above anything of course I just think if were gonna play these as tournaments we should make something similar for the daily tournaments as well. Maybe 4-5 hour dailies and then the 6 plus hour final won't seem so extreme. This way the REAL poker can come out.
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                                                                    • astro61200
                                                                      SBR MVP
                                                                      • 09-15-07
                                                                      • 4843

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Originally posted by downsouth
                                                                      So why run the format as such for the qualifiers. Make them all last 5-6 hours if we really want to let the "real" poker come to the front. The faster structure is real poker, its just a different variation. Stars, party and all had faster/turbo blind limit structures and the same people seemed to continue to make money with the "bingo" game. Remember Boku (cant remember rest) guy made both his nothing to 100k runs playing primarily turbos. And you guys want to call the structure bingo but seem to forget the same people finish near the top of the standings every year so there is obviously something strategy wise to it (and daily play of course)

                                                                      If we were playing a series of tourneys I could see doing it with a changed structure but to change formats this drastically for one tourney makes no sense. Its literally one tourney with a $5,000 prize, a few prizes approaching value of maybe a grand and then a drop down to a few hundred bucks tops with around 100 players. And then we got 50 Phil Iveys yelling that a longer structure will allow their " real" poker skill to outshine the "bingo" players.

                                                                      I'll play it, not above anything of course I just think if were gonna play these as tournaments we should make something similar for the daily tournaments as well. Maybe 4-5 hour dailies and then the 6 plus hour final won't seem so extreme. This way the REAL poker can come out.
                                                                      33% of SBR's contests go from 40 person turbos to 4 handed for the finals. I'm, of course, talking about the World Cup. You can't get any more different from the qualifier than that.

                                                                      Turbos favor aggressive players, when you stretch the blinds out and raise the starting stack then you allow other styles of play to actually stand a chance. You can't play conservatively in the dailies and expect to do well. Nothing wrong with giving other styles a chance, it's a nice change.

                                                                      Seeing as how this is the first non-turbo since Shari's tournament back around Christmas of 2015, I don't see all the fuss. Turbo lovers get their tournament every day, four times a day except for when the WC finals is running.

                                                                      Again, if you want bingofest then go to a bingo hall and skip the tournament.
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