[SBR Forum]

The below users have qualified for entry into Saturday's SBR Poker Sharps Championship!

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]

Thx for structure Looks promising with 10k starting stack and after hour and half soon lvls become 30min long.

[pabonaparte]

Not quite the hyper turbo I was hoping for

[JAKEPEAVY21]

ty for a better structure and starting stack!!

[downsouth]

Gonna be brutal. Will love being the guy that sits for 3 hours and wins 1000 betpoints.

[thechaoz]

Nice.... Real poker now... I think a lot guys won't be able to adjust from coinflip fests after a while

[d2bets]

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.

[BiTeMe UsAdOj]

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.

[boscokid]

This will be interesting - no mindless flipping, also no need to show up for the first 40 minutes

[mpaschal34]

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.

[astro61200]

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.

[funnyb25]

Thank you for the contest!

[astro61200]

http://www.sportsbookreview.com/foru...p-contest.html

[Russian Rocket]

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.

[astro61200]

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.

[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

[Russian Rocket]

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.

[astro61200]

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

[Russian Rocket]

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

[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

[jjgold]

I think we see some no name take this title

[astro61200]

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.

[Russian Rocket]

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.

[RudyRuetigger]

good luck men, fukkin hate I didn't qualify

[chico2663]

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.

[Auto Donk]

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......

[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

[AUSTINRUSSELL]

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.

[daneblazer]

http://www.sportsbookreview.com/foru...p-contest.html

Anyone else get a blank page when they go to this thread now?

[astro61200]

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

[thetrinity]

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

[AUSTINRUSSELL]

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.

[thetrinity]

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.

[downsouth]

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.

[astro61200]

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.