Pick the next Contest: Get 250 SBR points

[Iwinyourmoney]

Poker tourney like we did for the poker table.

3 tournaments, with 1k point prize pool each. Pay final table, but get qualifying points for top 16. Top 32 compete for a 10k point point tourney, 5k to winner. 100 posts to play

[SamsNCharge99]

honestly, don't like the HUGE tourneys, like 128 or 256, takes 6-7 weeks or something.

Plus, the prizes for the 256 man tourney are less than the NBA month long contest or the NCAA MoneyLine contest, that sucks.

But, for a new tourney...how bout.....

Props Tourney for NFL Playoffs....IDK if you can do that, but...
each game in the NFL Playoffs will have 5 props to choose from and they will be the same for each game
1. Team to score first
2. Will there be a score in final 2 minutes of 1st or 2nd half
3. A spread on QB Passing yrds.. Team A QB vs. Team B QB
4. Longest FG of gm will be O/U #
5. Total Number of Sacks O/U

Those can be changed or keep those 5 or add some, subtract, w-e. Point is, each game in playoff gets 5 props and you must choose all 5 props for each game and each game gets 1 BB. After each round of playoffs, top 3 get paid in some money and top 10 in some points

After next round, same thing and so on

Superbowl round will have 15 props and 2 BB...and every contestant must choose every prop, just like previous rounds
After Superbowl, the top 5 get big payouts

TOP PRIZE
1. $5000 Spread b/t 5 books and 500 pts
2. $4000 Spread b/t 5 books and 400 pts
3. $3000 Spread b/t 5 books and 300 pts
4. $2000 Spread b/t 5 books and 200 pts
5. $1000 spread b/t 5 books and 100 pts

After each round prizes.
1. $500 spread b/t 5 books and 100 pts
2. $250 spread b/t 5 books and 50 pts
3. $100 spread b/t 5 books and 25 pts.

4-10th place in rounds also get 25 pts, but no cash

Would be pretty sweet, if you like this MODS and it's a little confusing, let me know if I win and PM me for better explanations

[StraitShooter]

the prize break down for my suggestion would be top 16

also I suggest an sbr christmas bonus for posters of 10 points per thousand post

or 10 points for every year of membership

I am damn sure the casino has helped control the ghost invasion

[daggerkobe]

Team Dodge Ball

16 - 4 member teams.

Teams go head-to-head.

Each member makes 1 pick per day.

The team with most wins and/or units at the end of the day get to "picks off" a member from the losing team. But only the member(s) with a losing pick can be picked off. So if the losing team goes 2-2, you get to choose which of the two members that posted the loser is picked off.

The winning team would then have a 4 to 3 members advantage and would have to sit one out. If it's 4 to 2, they must sit two out. Once the team with the advantage loses, they can bring back the members that sat out to replace the one that was picked off.

The winning team is the side that picks off every member of the opposing team.

The winning team advances to the next round.

Prizes (Revised):

Winning the 1st RD: 50 pts to each member
Winning the 2nd RD: 100 pts to each member
Winning the Final RD: 250 pts to each member

[THEGREAT30]

Elimination Chamber Contest where we have teams of 3 people that have atleast 150 posts each. They work together to eliminate the other teams and when there is only one team of 3 left they face each other for the top spot but all 3 get paid. NBA,NCAAB,NCAAF,NCAAB, SOCCER, AND TENNIS would all be allowed. The teams would be picked randomly by me then submitted to SBR in a trustworthy manner.

P.S. Teams are eliminated after every round a round last 1 Day or 3 Days and that's determined by the number of teams. 50 or more teams I would recommend that elimination take place Daily.

[GELATINOUS CUBE]

Well, i like the frequent poster only idea. Maybe 250 post minimum.

Then i would do a 32 bracket tournament.

Final 8 get paid a little, final 4 get 12% or so, then 2nd gets 22% and winner gets 50% or so.

One or two week time frame max.

Different sports, moderator decides.

[acarmelo1]

Team Dodge Ball

16 - 4 member teams.

Teams go head-to-head.

Each member makes 1 pick per day.

The team with most wins and/or units at the end of the day get to "picks off" a member from the losing team. But only the member(s) with a losing pick can be picked off. So if the losing team goes 2-2, you get to choose which of the two members that posted the loser is picked off.

The winning team would then have a 4 to 3 members advantage and would have to sit one out. If it's 4 to 2, they must sit two out. Once the team with the advantage loses, they can bring back the members that sat out to replace the one that was picked off.

The winning team is the side that picks off every member of the opposing team.

The winning team advances to the next round.

Prizes:

1st place: 500 pts to each member
2nd place: 250 pts to each member
3rd place: 100 pts to each member

That is Sweet Idea men!!

[goldengoat]

don't be a loser

pick 5 games every day sides, totals, ML

if you have negative units for that day you are out

if everyone has positive units for that day only the lowest units gets the boot

anyone that gets booted wears the tag loser for a day

the contest could go real quick or prolonged

unpredictable is fun

[Iwinyourmoney]

don't be a loser

pick 5 games every day sides, totals, ML

if you have negative units for that day you are out

if everyone has positive units for that day only the lowest units gets the boot

anyone that gets booted wears the tag loser for a day

the contest could go real quick or prolonged

unpredictable is fun

Love it

[Flying Dutchman]

Action point Contest in NBA.

Add as many players that want to play into 16 or 32 Divisions and have each player play a "game" against each other by forecasting all the games in each night. Each player plays a "game" against all the other players in the division each at least 1 time. The winner of each "game" is the player closest to the actual scores in total action points.

After each player has played a "game" with everyone in the Division, playoffs begin with the winners of Divisions playing off against the other Division winners. The eventual winner will have knocked out all the other Division Winners and ultimately in an NBA "Super bowl" where the two best winners play-off against each other.

FD

[Bread]

Whoever can catch a glimpse of Robyn's boobulars wins 1000 pts.

Oh man me, Blitty, Taco and DanceGirl are IN THERE!!!

[B1GER1C828]

Whoever can catch a glimpse of Robyn's boobulars wins 1000 pts. Oh man me, Blitty, Taco and DanceGirl are IN THERE!!!

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[yisman]

Tug teams of two posters per team.

[yisman]

Survivor MLs contest. You pick one ML a day. If it wins, you survive.

Last five standing (or six or whatever if it can't be broken down like that) get prizes of varying amounts of points.

[cobalt king]

An all parlay contest 50 picks total so 25 2 teamers or 10 5 teamers or a mixture its all on units whoever racks up the most wins. it can be multiple sports but you can only parlay the same sport. pays top eight so it can be bracketed or not

[cobalt king]

Poker tourney like we did for the poker table. 3 tournaments, with 1k point prize pool each. Pay final table, but get qualifying points for top 16. Top 32 compete for a 10k point point tourney, 5k to winner. 100 posts to play

i love this idea maybe mixing in sports and nfl would be cool like you can do weekly prizes of points and then the top ten at the end of three weeks can play a single table for cash prizes

[TWEETS]

2 person Team Survival, Random Teams

Each team member makes 1 pick a day, as long as 1 of the 2 wins, you stay alive.

[WillC]

I'd probably keep it simple as it's only going to be for two weeks.

Competition: 2009 SBR End of year Championship

First 6 days:
League format: no max person to keep everyone happy
Style: Totals and Spreads only (ML's possibly for NHL). NBA, NCAAB, NCAAF, NFL ,NHL
Min 25 picks. Max 30 picks. 3 optional Best bets.
Info: Top 32 based on units progress to week 2.

Next 8 days:
Double Elimination Format: The remaining contestants are then seeded 1-32 based on their week1 results. Since its the last week of the year, nothing better than having a strategic H2H battle where 1v32, 2v31 etc ...
Style: Totals and Spreads only (ML's possibly for NHL). NBA, NCAAB, NCAAF, NFL ,NHL
Min 5 picks. Max 6 picks. 1 optional Best bets per day. 1 match per day.
Info: Lose 2 matches and you're out!

I'd suggest a double elimination bracket (lose 2 times before eliminated) for this (if possible), many of us have the odd bad day and we want to keep it as interesting and challenging as possible for the remaining 8 days

I won't bother explaining the double elimination bracket in detail, but if we have it 1 day per match, the 32 man DE Bracket will be done by 8 days. The final will be on the last day where the last person left on the 'winners' bracket will play the last person left on the 'losers' bracket with a minus 1 unit handicap.
Example: http://www.foosballheaven.com/pdf/tournament32bc.pdf

Top 32 get paid. Win this competition and you deserve all the credit you get

Just an idea, needs a bit of tweaking still.

[Enogsiwon]

Have 10 captains.. each pick a 10 person team...winning team divides up a 10,000 point grand prize.. 1000 points each...

Fishhead, Pavy, Bread, and about 7 other genius' could be captains..they would "Draft" posters in a snake style draft.. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1...

[cobalt king]

The object is to have the worst record at the end you try and pick the losing sides and whoever is in the negative the most in units wins

[GELATINOUS CUBE]

Yeah, keep it short. Have captains of teams. If someone is at work all day and can't post a pick in a time frame, then have whoever (anybody who picks first )on the team post a pick.

Then that loser idea would be cool. Loser teams are out.

See how quick it goes.

But I beat 70% of cappers in last NHL tourney with a +.95 unit, so it could be embarrasing.

[SamsNCharge99]

when will the winner be released Billy

[StraitShooter]

when will the winner be released Billy

I already got the 250 sent to the sportsbook

your idea was rejected immediately

two of the busiest sports weeks of the year and all you could come up with was an NFL props contest?

[SamsNCharge99]

IDC if I win or not straightshooter, just wanna know who won

[StraitShooter]

IDC if I win or not straightshooter, just wanna know who won

I know man

tell you what..I wish i did win

I also kinda hope they give a few points to the good ideas

Ya never know, sometimes they get generous

wishfull thinking I guess

good luck though!

[rjt721]

Kill Dac/Rush.

Murder Dac/Rush and you win 3 SBR points.

[hhsilver]

Live Speed Spelling Bee :

First : since we all can't be here all the time , make a schedule of rounds at various times of the day and night ---- not real close to starting times of big games --- and schedule the mods to handle the questions.
People with lives away from SBR might not be able to play many rounds, but let's hope everyone will have a chance to play at some point. Of course the fool timers will certainly be playing every round.

Object of game: The mod identifies a sports figure without using his first or last name. The first one to enter the CORRECTLY spelled name into the thread gets points. For example: mod enters "galloping ghost" --- first one to enter "red grange" into the thread gets points.

The example was an easy one. I didn't want to spoil the fun by using one of the trickier names that would be in the contest. The hints used to identify the person could be hard or easy - a nice mix would be good..

How many points? SBR can decide this based on number of rounds, number of questions per round, and current financial (points) state of SBR. No entry fee -- wouldn't be feasible for people to know in advance exactly when then would be able to play, even with a schedule published in advance.

This will require some preparation by the mods -- to make the schedule , decide on the names to be spelled and make up the hints. I guess there is a danger that if their time is used on this, the forum will become chaotic without proper moderation.

[BarkingToad]

A couple of ideas. First contest, pick the straight up winner of 20-25 college football bowl games. Each winning pick is worth 1 point. Each winning pick that is an underdog is worth 2 points. It should be easy to grade, and rewards those taking a chance on an underdog, but not so much to encourage wild speculative plays. ALL picks need to be made before the 1st bowl game of contest, so those that fall behind can't pick all underdogs later.

Second idea is a horse racing contest. Everyone starts with a mythical $1,000 bankroll for a race card or two. Win, place, and show wagering only with a minimum $20 bet per race, and a minimum $20 per bet type (i.e., you can't wager $5 win and $15 place on a horse. If you play a particular horse to win & place it must be $20 win & $20 place minimum). In the last 3 races of the contest, the maximum wager would be 20% of your bankroll with a maximum payoff of 12/1. Keep a running leader board after each race.

[THEGREAT30]

So, when will we know something Bull Dozier

[minet123]

How about a simple play of the day contest
no money lines
no best bets
1 play a day
and a big buy in to make it interesting 35 to 50 points

[Dark Horse]

A contest should have something that can be carried over into sports betting.

'String and wing it'.
- Everybody gets a limited number of bets. Doesn't matter if it's 20, 30, or 50.
- No best bets.
- ATS, ML, and Totals. All sports.
- Key to contest: plays are strung together into synthetic parlays.
- qualifier: before the contest each contestant must give the exact number of plays for his longest synthetic parlay (streak). If he reaches that key number anywhere during the contest, he can pick his most profitable string. The profit from that synthetic parlay determines his standing in the contest. If he does not meet his key number of consecutive wins that he entered before the contest, he is disqualified. If he meets a higher number of consecutive wins, that string is limited to the key number he entered before the contest.
- Surprise element. The key number that each contestant entered is only revealed at the end of the contest. Until then, standings are kept in the regular format.

The contest teaches people to string plays into profitable parlays. Requires quite a bit of strategy. Players can 'park' strings when they reach certain numbers, and continue them later, etc.

Variation:
- give each contestant the same bankroll. Object is to string together parlays for maximum profit. It is up to each contestant to decide how much to bet on each new string. He can start one string with 100% bankroll, or ten strings with 10% bankroll, etc. The string that produces the most profit wins. And of course a string ends with a single loss.

[LLXC]

An sbr raffle would be cool though

But you have to sweat the picks they give you.

[LLXC]

Props only bets.

[LLXC]

Longest Losing Streak Contest.

[LLXC]

I remember a Bingo contest somewhere...where you had to be fastest to eliminate the teams on your card ATS, choosing only a few a day.