Next Poker Event Planning Stage

[funnyb25]

[pavyracer]

New format was a big hit. Less time playing poker means more time to make money betting sports. Let is stay for a year before you tweak it again. The old format was long and boring.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Why is it always determined by one silly tournament. You play for x amount of months to qualify then have to win the tournament to have a decent return. Why not just pay the cash prizes based on leaderboard finish? Makes too much sense to me. Anyone can get lucky and win one tournament.

must admit, i like this idea...makes too much sense.

[ArunSh]

Why is it always determined by one silly tournament. You play for x amount of months to qualify then have to win the tournament to have a decent return. Why not just pay the cash prizes based on leaderboard finish? Makes too much sense to me. Anyone can get lucky and win one tournament.

As has been said before, in theory this idea would be the best imo - not basing it on one final, obviously very high variance, single tourney. Problem is the potential for abuse if they base prizes solely on qualifying standings. Folks can too easily have others/ghosts dump to them - especially late in the contest when say two people are battling it out for first place, too easy for someone to give their "friend" an easy boost.

We see accusations of dumping a reasonable amount already. Most of these I don't think are true honestly - sometimes people just get bored/make crazy plays or are simply being ultra aggressive. But imagine some type of crazy looking play happens, and the beneficiary is someone battling to take the top spot in the overall standings. Even if it wasn't actually anything shady on their part, just some crazy looking play, accusations are going to start flying all over the place for sure.

[dlowilly]

Why is it always determined by one silly tournament. You play for x amount of months to qualify then have to win the tournament to have a decent return. Why not just pay the cash prizes based on leaderboard finish? Makes too much sense to me. Anyone can get lucky and win one tournament.

Anti climactic

Same reason there is a Superbowl champion instead of the team with the best record and point differential being champion

[Igor_1965]

New format was a big hit. Less time playing poker means more time to make money betting sports. Let is stay for a year before you tweak it again. The old format was long and boring.

Sounds good.

[Igor_1965]

Why is it always determined by one silly tournament. You play for x amount of months to qualify then have to win the tournament to have a decent return. Why not just pay the cash prizes based on leaderboard finish? Makes too much sense to me. Anyone can get lucky and win one tournament.

Why not just ditch SBR Poker and introduce SBR Chess then

[ArunSh]

Why not just ditch SBR Poker and introduce SBR Chess then

Yes!! Let's do this, I'd love to play this with points at stake

[thechaoz]

We will shelve the World Cup Poker for this year.

That is the best tournament we have! Why would you do that? Such a fun structure and the 4 handed battles are awesome. I really hope this is a joke.

This is a huge mistake.

[Optional]

That is the best tournament we have! Why would you do that? Such a fun structure and the 4 handed battles are awesome. I really hope this is a joke.

This is a huge mistake.

It was controversial every year as one team always had easier qualifying. But the finals series was far and away the most fun and popular thing poker has done.

Maybe something with a similar finals format but different qualifying would be good.

[funnyb25]

World Series all you really needed was a heartbeat to qualify for certain teams.

[pavyracer]

World Series all you really needed was a heartbeat to qualify for certain teams.

I remember one year one dude on World Team signed up to play the last week of the 4 month tourney and qualified because only 8 people in World Team have cashed. And that was back when they were paying out top 18 players at the qualifiers. That was the last straw for me.

[thechaoz]

It was controversial every year as one team always had easier qualifying. But the finals series was far and away the most fun and popular thing poker has done.

Maybe something with a similar finals format but different qualifying would be good.

World, confeds and USA are solid. Canada is ridiculous. How about World, USA, Confederates and Rebels. The last 3 include all of North America.

[thechaoz]

I remember one year one dude on World Team signed up to play the last week of the 4 month tourney and qualified because only 8 people in World Team have cashed. And that was back when they were paying out top 18 players at the qualifiers. That was the last straw for me.

Hmmmm ok. Maybe need to revise this. So Team World includes every not in the US, and the Rest are USA/Confeds/Rebels?

That might balance it out, no?

[Fire in da hole]

Post this shit in the poker board

why is it in players talk?

Have enough garbage in PT, if the poker players cared, they would check the poker board

[thechaoz]

They cut the dailies in half and now trying to wreck the highly fun and competitive world cup.

I've never had so much interaction with posters, cheering me on, private messaging, talking strategy, etc.

They can tweak it but canning it all together is a huge mistake

[reigle9]

anything, any structure, any payout

3rd party software

as per usual the last 5 years of these useless threads

your software fukkin sucks sbr, if you cant maximize to full screen with your shit ass software, it's time to invest into 1999

[reigle9]

for real, a software that simply maximixes to full screen could be bought for 99 cents off someone

[ArunSh]

Bump, it's been a couple weeks since the call for ideas was done. Whatever SBR is going to end up doing, I think lot of us are curious to know when it will happen! Been three weeks or so since the last one ended and summer is kind of a dead time for sports compared to most other parts of the year so would be nice if it were done soon!

[PaperTrail07]

IMO that's the point.....if they play well enough to sneak into the tournament....they should have a shot at the top...

Why is it always determined by one silly tournament. You play for x amount of months to qualify then have to win the tournament to have a decent return. Why not just pay the cash prizes based on leaderboard finish? Makes too much sense to me. Anyone can get lucky and win one tournament.

[MrSink]

one tourney , no qualification

[d2bets]

Nice. Maybe just shorten one month and go 5 per month for 4 months?

[RudyRuetigger]

one tourney , no qualification

Bang

Think of the draw and anticipation for that

Must be pro to start though

[MrSink]

Bang

Think of the draw and anticipation for that

Must be pro to start though

indeed.

and another idea SBR HU Championships for all pros. Cannot get any greater ego booster than that. One round per day only. This will bring even spectators to the tables

[leovegas]

Combine the usual daily qualifying thing with betting on who wins/advances furthest in WSOP main event? Whoever gets most combined points, wins?

[PaperTrail07]

Bang

Think of the draw and anticipation for that

Must be pro to start though

[PaperTrail07]

This- Could be odds for heads up ect.....would be fun If I get 1 Vote---the heads up tournament gets it......

indeed.

and another idea SBR HU Championships for all pros. Cannot get any greater ego booster than that. One round per day only. This will bring even spectators to the tables

[pavyracer]

Relax guys. It takes time to plan an event of this magnitude where some of the best poker players in the world use their skills to win betpoints in a game of chance.

[RudyRuetigger]

anything??????

[5mike5]

Taking a while

[5mike5]

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[Grivas_Digeni]

This is where Drew shocks the crowd by announcing ....








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wait for it....



















the 2019 edition of SBR WORLD CUP!

[ArunSh]

So where is the next promo Drew? Cmon, the suspense is killing me here!

[mpaschal34]

No promo.....just bring back the old payout system.

[ArunSh]

No promo.....just bring back the old payout system.

I certainly wouldn't be opposed to that, but I sure don't see it happening!

Whatever it is though, would be nice to get a clear answer - has been nearly a month now with no word.