2015 SBR Bash Poker Tourney: $5,000 in CASH, sponsored by Bovada

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2015 SBR Bash Poker Tourney: $5,000 in CASH, sponsored by Bovada

Sign up for the SBR Punta Cana Bash today.

No Limit Texas Hold Em Freeroll:

• Where: Hard Rock Hotel, Punta Cana, DR (View website)
• Location: Hard Rock Poker Room
• When: Sunday, February 1, 2015 @11:00am local time
• Players: Max 50; first 36 SBR posters to show seated immediately. Must bring SBR name tag.

$5K Cold, Hard Cash Prize-pool (sponsored by Bovada Sportsbook)
1. $2,000
2. $1,000
3. $600
4. $450
5. $375
6. $250
7. $150
8. $125
9. $50

[jose21_us]

Nice cya fellas at the tables.

[mpaschal34]

Count me in...great tourney SBR!

[Auto Donk]

In the true spirit of a "Bobby Waves Organized Boycott," I'm going to boycott the f'n Bash if SBR doesn't program me to win a few dailies each week between now and the end of the year..........

[Reload]

Sounds great!

[bobbywaves]

In the true spirit of a "Bobby Waves Organized Boycott," I'm going to boycott the f'n Bash if SBR doesn't program me to win a few dailies each week between now and the end of the year..........

In that case, we won't be seeing your donkey ass at the bash.

first 36 SBR posters to show seated immediately.

Please elaborate on this clause, as the 50 max field should be all set prior to 11am. Is there preferred seating for the first 36 players to arrive? Basically is there any advantage in being seated at 10:30am, opposed to players 37-50 being seated at 10:50am? Nice tourney.

What is the local time of Superbowl kickoff? I assume the poker tourney will be wrapped up prior to kickoff?

[Kaabee]

punta cana one hour ahead of east coast. super bowl kicks at 6:30 eastern.

[USCPHILLYGUY]

Awesome! See everyone there!

[SBR Forum]

Please elaborate on this clause, as the 50 max field should be all set prior to 11am. Is there preferred seating for the first 36 players to arrive? Basically is there any advantage in being seated at 10:30am, opposed to players 37-50 being seated at 10:50am? Nice tourney.

What is the local time of Superbowl kickoff? I assume the poker tourney will be wrapped up prior to kickoff?

Hi bobbywaves,

Good questions.

The tournament starts at 11:00AM local time with 36 SBR posters across 4 tables. I think it's a lot like having late registrations as is done with some MTTs. Bash history suggests 5 or 6 posters will have been up all night partying and miss the tourney, so most likely there will be a few guys who start a few minutes later as the field gets smaller. Basically the reason the format is that way is that the hotel can only accommodate 36 seats when the tourney starts. They say additional tables cannot be added citing government safety regulations.

The poker tournament will definitely be wrapped up well before Super Bowl kicks off. We have the poker room from 11am to 2:30pm, which in ET is 10am to 1:30pm, I don't recall a bash tourney running longer than that and the field may be a little smaller this year so there should be at least around 4 and a half or 5 hours before the big game starts. We will post the full itinerary and dates/times soon.

[bobbywaves]

Thanks for explanation...So if there's more than 36 players they have to wait for a seat to open via knockout, missing hands & blinds. I assume missed blinds will be tracked & deducted from their starting stack, otherwise ithere may be an advantage by starting late.

Hopefully the poker field will be disclosed by Saturday night 1/31, so we can set alarm/wake up call accordingly. If there's 36 or less, no need to wake up early. Allowing for more crucial shut eye.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

looking forward to the bash video of Autodonk and bobbo singing Kumbaya

[bobbywaves]

looking forward to the bash video of Autodonk and bobbo singing Kumbaya

[downsouth]

Thanks for explanation...So if there's more than 36 players they have to wait for a seat to open via knockout, missing hands & blinds. I assume missed blinds will be tracked & deducted from their starting stack, otherwise ithere may be an advantage by starting late.

Hopefully the poker field will be disclosed by Saturday night 1/31, so we can set alarm/wake up call accordingly. If there's 36 or less, no need to wake up early. Allowing for more crucial shut eye.

Again what feasible advantage could you possibly get by sitting out and starting late unless your sole goal is to fold your way down as far as possible. You want to play the early stages as it gives you chances at double ups, increasing your stack, etc.

Come on Bobbo, an expert such as yourself should have these sort of concepts well mastered by now.

[BigDaddy]

bobby

a alt would start with full stack

at least any live tourney i've ever played they do.

[playersonly69]

bobby is already trying to angelshoot and the tournament is almost 2 months away!

[bobbywaves]

Again what feasible advantage could you possibly get by sitting out and starting late unless your sole goal is to fold your way down as far as possible. You want to play the early stages as it gives you chances at double ups, increasing your stack, etc.

Come on Bobbo, an expert such as yourself should have these sort of concepts well mastered by now.

You can just as easily suffer bad beats playing early stages, crippling your stack. So your logic is flawed.

Let's say there's 50 signed up & late players have the same starting stack, I may accept the last starting spot at around 12-12:30pm. What advantages? Dealing with a starting field of 36, instead of 50. Having more sleep than the rest of you hungover lushes. Now if there's 36 or less entrants, then it's obviously a moot point.

My goal has always been cash first win second....Having the most cashes over the last two years, clearly indicates that.

[bobbywaves]

bobby is already trying to angelshoot and the tournament is almost 2 months away!

If asking about tourney details is angle shooting to you, then so be it. Guilty as charged.

Coming from a scammer who unethically played four dailies in two days.

[downsouth]

You can just as easily suffer bad beats playing early stages, crippling your stack. So your logic is flawed.

Let's say there's 50 signed up & late players have the same starting stack, I may accept the last starting spot at around 12-12:30pm. What advantages? Dealing with a starting field of 36, instead of 50. Having more sleep than the rest of you hungover lushes. Now if there's 36 or less entrants, then it's obviously a moot point.

My goal has always been cash first win second....Having the most cashes over the last two years, clearly indicates that.

But what your failing to calculate (not surpising) is that you starting with a stack that is already less then the average stack at your entry point into the tourney. Blinds are also a higher percentage of your initial starting stack, and you have missed the point to increase your stack missing out on cheap (blinds) opps to increase your stack. So your starting a tourney at what is a guaranteed lesser stack. Dodging an early bad beat makes my point for me, would you want your chips in early as an 80-20 favorite
or 70-30 favorite in a tourney where the majority of the money is at the top? Or would you rather start an hour later with a guaranteed below average stack in hopes of 15-20% of the field eliminating itself as you attempt to limp to a min cash?

[tatddy]

Still waiting for Downsouth's wife to send him to the couch so I can be his +1. Need revenge on SBR John's young slice of life that bad beat me out of the tourney at the last bash.

[bobbywaves]

But what your failing to calculate (not surpising) is that you starting with a stack that is already less then the average stack at your entry point into the tourney. Blinds are also a higher percentage of your initial starting stack, and you have missed the point to increase your stack missing out on cheap (blinds) opps to increase your stack. So your starting a tourney at what is a guaranteed lesser stack. Dodging an early bad beat makes my point for me, would you want your chips in early as an 80-20 favorite
or 70-30 favorite in a tourney where the majority of the money is at the top? Or would you rather start an hour later with a guaranteed below average stack in hopes of 15-20% of the field eliminating itself as you attempt to limp to a min cash?

I realize your points. My point was you can just as easily be dealt KK vs AA in early stages, & be sent packing. But may have avoided that fate by starting late, there's just no way to know how the cards will play out. It's also possible to start late & double up within minutes, giving you a greater than average stack. If it's a deep stack tourney like it should be, starting late would have a nominal effect if any at all. If there's 36 or less, nobody will be forced to start late.

[Auto Donk]

If it's a deep stack tourney like it should be, starting late would have a nominal effect if any at all..

wwaves once again show's his ignorance/inexperience when it comes to live play, based on what sbr has already stated as to the estimated length of the trny and stated reservation of the poker room times........... do you even know the blind structure, wwaves? if it's a "deep stack," it would certainly run longer than they're estimating, unless an insane blind structure negates the depth of the stacks........... if they truly only have it slotted for a three hour tnry, it's gonna be quick.......... very detrimental to your style of play..........

[Auto Donk]

and, for all the chatter about no shows/ late shows/ unseated players..... no shows who have stacks at the tables are hit with the blinds; if you're not playing b/c it's filled, ie, your no 42, and not seated at the start, you start with the starting stack when you are seated......... from the sound of it, and i haven't read any of htis b.s. closely, there aren't going to be any stacks being blinded out, as they would seat an alternate as opposed to having an unclaimed seat sitting empty.... .ie, it will go off full at 36. Anyone waiting to get in once a players busts out, will take that seat in order of the wait list, with a full stack of the starting number of chips. If sbr intends to wrap this trny up in a mere three hours, it's going to be a quasi-turbo last hour shove fest, with very little "poker" being played in the last hour. In other words, alot like the donkfest dailies we're so accustomed to here.....

[Auto Donk]

bobby

a alt would start with full stack

at least any live tourney i've ever played they do.

totally agree, wwaves showing he's probably never played a minute of live trny poker in his life.......

[bettilimbroke999]

Im swimming to Punta Cana!

[Auto Donk]

Im swimming to Punta Cana!

be careful of sewage outlets as you come to port; you don't want a bad case of Montezuma's revenge for five days.........

[bobbywaves]

wwaves once again show's his ignorance/inexperience when it comes to live play, based on what sbr has already stated as to the estimated length of the trny and stated reservation of the poker room times........... do you even know the blind structure, wwaves? if it's a "deep stack," it would certainly run longer than they're estimating, unless an insane blind structure negates the depth of the stacks........... if they truly only have it slotted for a three hour tnry, it's gonna be quick.......... very detrimental to your style of play..........

They have the poker room for 3.5 hours. If you think a deep stack tourney can't be run with the smaller turnout expected, you're delusional as usual.

[Auto Donk]

dumbass, a true "deepstack" has a blind structure associate with it such that it can't be completed in three hours with four full tables....... clearly you have no experience playing such.........

[bobbywaves]

dumbass, a true "deepstack" has a blind structure associate with it such that it can't be completed in three hours with four full tables....... clearly you have no experience playing such.........

Blind structures are obviously time based, so it can easily be structured to finish n 3.5 hours.

Why you even in this thread? Your broke dikk donkey ass isn't showing up.

[BeerDog99]

Every tourney SBR has ever done is a turbo style tourney.

3.5 hrs is not enough time to have any sort of deepstack tourney. Deepstack is not just a larger than average starting stack, it is longer time and slower escalation of blinds.

I believe that that format would suit your general playing style Bobby.

After the first few levels it will likely be an all in fest.

Wish I could attend, good luck all!

[mpaschal34]

My poker group plays with about 30-40 players and the average tournament is 6-7 hours with the deep stack tourneys running about 9-10 hours (these are with 30 min blind levels). I won't make any judgements on the tourney until I see the starting stack and blind levels, but more than likely it will become somewhat an all-in fest on the final table. I've been in these structures in the tourneys in OK and I've actually had full table chops as people felt the skill level was taken away and it became nothing more than a gamble. Obviously payouts were often skewed to the chip stack size.

I'm not going to complain either way as it's a free tourney. I APPRECIATE the efforts by SBR. This is a vacation for me, so I'm just coming to have fun. Sure I'd take the money, but I'm coming for the fun/letting off steam more than anything.

[playersonly69]

bobby, you are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy overmatched in this thread!! Just give it up

[playersonly69]

I cant wait until some posters post a picture of the real bobbywaves

[BeerDog99]

I'm not going to complain either way as it's a free tourney. I APPRECIATE the efforts by SBR. This is a vacation for me, so I'm just coming to have fun. Sure I'd take the money, but I'm coming for the fun/letting off steam more than anything.

I totally agree, I wish I was going!

[mpaschal34]

I totally agree, I wish I was going!

Beerdog, wish you were able to make it too. You are definitely one of the guys I'd like the opportunity to meet. Maybe another bash down the road.

[Triple_D_Bet]

Good stuff SBR! You guys looking for tourney commentators?