[Chili_Powder]

Wow, will take 100 +/- hours to qualify for team USA. I was too busy at work during the last promotion so was fired up by all the hype surrounding this promo, oh well, more time to enjoy the fine things summer has to offer. Good luck fellas.

[sportfan]

Is this going back the old poker format as of last year ? the new one is a huge disappointment

[Enkhbat]

Nothing wrong with the promo, just little too long. But at least we have something now.

[b1slickguy]

Nothing wrong with the promo, just little too long. But at least we have something now.

Something is always better than nothing.
Thanks, SBR.
Good luck everyone!

[thechaoz]

Yeah no reason to reinstall.

Summer is for sun, water, grab ass, hookers and bourbon /blow.

It's my swan song as I will not be renewing in September.

Best of luck to those who play.

[cincinnatikid513]

how much will each daily pay in points ?

[EmpireMaker]

This is only OK if SBR goes back to the previous daily payouts (those that were in effect prior to the previous promo). Otherwise it is a horrible disappointment.

[mikejamm]

Suggested themes for this once again spectacle of a biased against USA players rag ass Tournament!

World cup of peanuts is more fuk'in like it! Time invested divided by rigged roll overs equals peanuts!
World cup of broke dik fuks!
World cup of time wasters! 4 months of your life you'll never get back!
World cup of foreigners who play one fuk'in tourney and qualify! That's why you fuks love this tourney!
World cup of the slow play'in bobby puss! The agony of the mini cash bitach!

Come on! I got a million of 'em...feel free to add your own

[thechaoz]

This is only OK if SBR goes back to the previous daily payouts (those that were in effect prior to the previous promo). Otherwise it is a horrible disappointment.

True I might reconsider playing occasionally.
Zero percent chance like last promo with reduced daily points

[Grivas_Digeni]

World Cup wooooo

[turtlejc]

it was hard enough to suck it up and play the last promo with the new horribly structured dailys/payouts

see you in the fall poker guys

[bobbywaves]

this idea was nixxed due to sbr's new found sensitivity.... waves complained, as he would be ridiculed as the last pick, that no one wanted on their team.....

Last pick in a draft would typically be some Donkey who posted 0 pts in the last World Cup.

Does that ring a bell jackass?

[bobbywaves]

AND the payouts for winning this WC are LESS than last year

How does 1st & 2nd place payouts get reduced from last year, while 3rd & 4th place payouts get increased?

Why are the crappy WC teams being rewarded?

[big joe 1212]

Us Americans get screwed again!

only way to qualify in the USA is to play every day

[cincinnatikid513]

curious how many spots daily pays and how much 1st any guesses

[PanamaBrad]

SBR has always had a sick sense of humor, but Drew is taking it to new levels. Think Rickles/Dangerfield/Kinison unleashed

[thechaoz]

Funny how no one seems to be defending sbr here this time.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Funny how no one seems to be defending sbr here this time.

I usually do not complain but why promise certain things and not deliver? I think people would roll with the punches a lot more if there was a little more honesty and transparency.

[5mike5]

I usually do not complain but why promise certain things and not deliver? I think people would roll with the punches a lot more if there was a little more honesty and transparency.

[slikec]

Yeeeeeeessssss good promo Eventually someone will give up hehe. Players or SBR. But SBR can give up two way sadly 1. is increase payouts again or 2. go Titanic and sink poker).

Unless daily MTTs will have old payout than is still okeish i guess---> Aprils fools 3 weeks late :P

[SharpAngles]

I usually do not complain but why promise certain things and not deliver? I think people would roll with the punches a lot more if there was a little more honesty and transparency.

[ArunSh]

I have been semi on SBR's side in recent debates on things (not that that was my intent - I just try to give my objective opinion about things, whichever "side" that might place me on). But I have to say, I'm really not very pleased about this announcement.

As I've said in earlier threads, we the players do not have any right/entitlement to a particular promotion/daily payout etc. Beyond the cost of pro membership, it's free to participate in and any player who does not feel it is worth it can simply choose not to participate or potentially choose to not renew their pro membership if they don't feel they are getting the appropriate value for the time/$/points they are spending on it.

That said, while that is the case, what I do not like is what I consider to be (and I think most on this thread agree) false promises/hype. Announcing near the beginning of the year how "this will be the best year for SBR poker" then drastically cutting the daily payouts, and then before this announcement saying how "SBR is committed to new + dynamic contests" and then announcing a format which is the exact same style as the last few years (only worse cause of smaller prizes both at end and in dailies) - well what kind of reaction was SBR expecting from the poker community I wonder?

Why not just be honest about it to begin with? If you decided to cut the amount of $ SBR puts into poker because of budget issues, not receiving the appropriate value compared to what you were putting in, the sponsor cutting back, whatever it might have been - fine. Obviously that would have been disappointing to players, but that's business and folks would act accordingly.

What I don't understand is, why build up people's hopes with false hype as I've mentioned above and then announce something which will obviously be a big disappointment to nearly the entire community? All that will do is cause people to lose faith in the site/be less apt to trust any announcement/promise that is made in the future. Again is it really so hard just to be honest about it?

Just my opinion of course...

[HurryUpAndDrink]

I dont know if this worth being excited for?

Cliff notes?

[mpaschal34]

I dont know if this worth being excited for?

Cliff notes?

Cliff notes....since you are team world, you will easily qualify if you play about 25% of the tournaments. So it’s a pretty good deal for you.

[bonzaii]

Lucky for me, I live on planet earth. Team World lets go

[HurryUpAndDrink]

Cliff notes....since you are team world, you will easily qualify if you play about 25% of the tournaments. So it’s a pretty good deal for you.

Holy shit, OK im IN!

[Grivas_Digeni]

Maybe someday we will see Downsouth’s idea of the top 48 overall and then the top 4 would be captains and do a draft.

Hopefully we won't.

But also from what I've seen from Drew in recent past, there's every chance World Cup-2019 will be the only promotion next year and qualification will run 12-25-2018 to 02-14-2019

[Grivas_Digeni]

Don't know about you, but if my team gets better than 4th I'll consider it the greatest year for SBR Poker ever. Hopefully mannyfan practiced a lot of shorthanded games.

I have been semi on SBR's side in recent debates on things (not that that was my intent - I just try to give my objective opinion about things, whichever "side" that might place me on). But I have to say, I'm really not very pleased about this announcement.

As I've said in earlier threads, we the players do not have any right/entitlement to a particular promotion/daily payout etc. Beyond the cost of pro membership, it's free to participate in and any player who does not feel it is worth it can simply choose not to participate or potentially choose to not renew their pro membership if they don't feel they are getting the appropriate value for the time/$/points they are spending on it.

That said, while that is the case, what I do not like is what I consider to be (and I think most on this thread agree) false promises/hype. Announcing near the beginning of the year how "this will be the best year for SBR poker" then drastically cutting the daily payouts, and then before this announcement saying how "SBR is committed to new + dynamic contests" and then announcing a format which is the exact same style as the last few years (only worse cause of smaller prizes both at end and in dailies) - well what kind of reaction was SBR expecting from the poker community I wonder?

Why not just be honest about it to begin with? If you decided to cut the amount of $ SBR puts into poker because of budget issues, not receiving the appropriate value compared to what you were putting in, the sponsor cutting back, whatever it might have been - fine. Obviously that would have been disappointing to players, but that's business and folks would act accordingly.

What I don't understand is, why build up people's hopes with false hype as I've mentioned above and then announce something which will obviously be a big disappointment to nearly the entire community? All that will do is cause people to lose faith in the site/be less apt to trust any announcement/promise that is made in the future. Again is it really so hard just to be honest about it?

Just my opinion of course...

[franklee168]

Please have a new category for team China.

[HurryUpAndDrink]

So, how are the teams gonna be picked/decided? or is just USA vs world?

[funnyb25]

Yes. You just need to have a pulse is all to make Team World.

[GUMMO77]

So, how are the teams gonna be picked/decided? or is just USA vs world?

Four teams: World, Canada, USA, and Confederates.

[Mr KLC]

What do guys expect for $8.33/250 points a month?

[GUMMO77]

Please have a new category for team China.

We need to be represented.

[cincinnatikid513]

curious out of the people who made top 100 spring finals numbers on usa canadians world my guess

90 american
8 world
2 canadian