[Stefan]

Should limit qualifying points to the weekday tournaments only. Those facebook/weekend buy in/other specialty tournaments really seemed to skew the 2011 standings once they were added.

I agree with that. Points from one special tournament might turn everything upside. Weekend buy in tounament is okay, but the facebook tournament is only open for facebook users and not for everyone. I will never ever open a facebook account under the current terms and conditions facebook has.

[SBR_John]

Right. The facebook and gear and other promo tournaments do not count towards qualifying for this even or any of the SBR major events.

[Glitch]

im gonna try really hard to do well in the 'daily' tournaments often. this is going to be a lot of fun for whoever gets in.

-i hope you still wont hesitate to adjust payout schedules as you see fit within this timeframe despite fear of complainer backlash.

[Glitch]

also in-play coaching should be allowed. nobody can see the opponents' cards anyway plus they still have to make a choice as to if they want to listen- so how much can they really help? its not disallowed but some people might consider it bad manners unless it explicitly Is allowed.

[aceking]

you will need at least 5000 points to qualify for Team USA .

Team World would be easier at 1000 points .

[tanner40]

How often will the leaderboard be updated?

[Shaudius]

5,000 pts seems like a lot to guess you will need. There are 60 daily poker tournaments in the contest period that's an average of between 8th and 9th place points every single day, put another way you would need to win ~14% of the tournaments in the contest period to get to 5,000 points. You really think the 10th place US player is going to average enough points to have won a 14% of the tournaments? I would wager the highest scorer might get close to 5k pts, but no way 10th place needs that much.

[secretstash]

shadius yes.

and no its not averaging 8th or 9th place every day because if u hit 2 1st's 2 2nds handful of 3rd and top 5s and u have 3-5k pts already bud.

ur underestimating these poker guys here greatly

-stash

[playersonly69]

Lou, any chance that you could offer a prize for the overall point earner after the qualifying period? Maybe a IPAD for that guy who does the best over the 2 month period? Or maybe 1000 points to the top 5 finishes over the 60 qualifying period?

Hell how about a prize for the player who did the best for the first 3 days of the contest?? I wonder that would be............

[SBR Lou]

Lou, any chance that you could offer a prize for the overall point earner after the qualifying period? Maybe a IPAD for that guy who does the best over the 2 month period? Or maybe 1000 points to the top 5 finishes over the 60 qualifying period? Hell how about a prize for the player who did the best for the first 3 days of the contest?? I wonder that would be............

Hi,

Thanks for the idea. We are actually already awarding an iPad 2 to the Team MVP in the championship event.

[SBR Lou]

How often will the leaderboard be updated?

We'll have weekly Sat. updates until we get closer to crunch time, then we'll move to daily updates.

[playersonly69]

Hi, Thanks for the idea. We are actually already awarding an iPad 2 to the Team MVP in the championship event.

Fair enough! Well I will settle just for my anniversary points from last year as well as those that I would have gotten tomorrow and call it even.

I have to be the leader after 3 days by at least 400 points

[aceking]

Lou, any chance that you could offer a prize for the overall point earner after the qualifying period? Maybe a IPAD for that guy who does the best over the 2 month period? Or maybe 1000 points to the top 5 finishes over the 60 qualifying period?

Hell how about a prize for the player who did the best for the first 3 days of the contest?? I wonder that would be............

I will bet with you 1000 points that you can't get into Team USA .

odds at +100

[ProfaneReality]

would be cool if your incorporated a captains pick like they do for the Ryder Cup.

[playersonly69]

I will bet with you 1000 points that you can't get into Team USA .

odds at +100

I would need odds of like +175 for 500 points and you have a deal

[Shaudius]

shadius yes.

and no its not averaging 8th or 9th place every day because if u hit 2 1st's 2 2nds handful of 3rd and top 5s and u have 3-5k pts already bud.

ur underestimating these poker guys here greatly

-stash

Its still an average of 8th to 9th place points every day. The number of points you would have in your example, 2 1sts, 2 2nds and 5 3rd-5ths(lets average that at 4th and say a handful is 5) would be 1200+740+1000=2940 pts. 3,000 pts is a far cry from 5,000 and the comment was that 5,000 would be 10th place, so given your hypothetical that person in order to get to your 5,000 pts which you think will be 10th place, that person would then have to win another 2 tournaments, so this hypothetical 10th place person would have, 4 wins, 2 2nds and 5 finishes between 3rd and 5th, for 11 top 5 finishes in 60 tournaments. Put another way, in order for this 10th place person to be 10th place every single person ahead of him would need more points than him, so they would need to have more points than someone who had 11 top 5 finishes, so they would also need an average of 11 top 5 finishes. That's 10 people finishing in the top 5 18% of the time they play.

3,000 pts for the 10th place person is probably believable. But 5,000, it might happen but I wouldn't bet on it. Its not just about skill its also about odds and the odds are not in 5k being the cutoff for placing on the American team.

Lets put this another way, every day you don't cash, you have to come in 6th or higher just to make up the points from that day. If you win you are set for awhile, but if you come in even 2nd you only get a reprieve from having to cash for 4 days.

[yisman]

Shaudius is right, 10th place is not going to have 5,000. I'd bet against it heavily.

[k13]

If I don't make it this time I'll have to reevaluate myself as a poker player.

Hmm, that's only around 50 tourneys correct?

Not a huge sample but no excuses.

[aceking]

Fair enough! Well I will settle just for my anniversary points from last year as well as those that I would have gotten tomorrow and call it even.

I have to be the leader after 3 days by at least 400 points

I would need odds of like +175 for 500 points and you have a deal

come on , you sound so confident , +100 is easy money for you .

[playersonly69]

+150 is the lowest that I will go ace-king. You seemed so confident yesterday. I risk 500 points to win 750 points if I make it

[LUCKYCHUCK]

i hope i play enough to qualify

[Roadtrip635]

Probably going to be around 3200+ to make Team USA. It'll be tough to make the team, that's for sure.

[aceking]

+150 is the lowest that I will go ace-king. You seemed so confident yesterday. I risk 500 points to win 750 points if I make it

ok deal .

you win 750 points if you get into Team USA , or lose 500 points if not .

settlement of bet will be in March.

Good Luck!

[playersonly69]

ok deal .

you win 750 points if you get into Team USA , or lose 500 points if not .

settlement of bet will be in March.

Good Luck!

We have a deal. I am not getting great odds here, but gives me a reason to try and play everyday now. Last year I didnt even play more than 2-3 days a week.


But now I will attempt to come in near the end. I do think that one will need at least 3500 points to finish in the top 10. The leader of the US team will probably have around 6500 points.

[aceking]

We have a deal. I am not getting great odds here, but gives me a reason to try and play everyday now. Last year I didnt even play more than 2-3 days a week.


But now I will attempt to come in near the end. I do think that one will need at least 3500 points to finish in the top 10. The leader of the US team will probably have around 6500 points.

ok good luck .

yisman you want the same bet at same odds ?

[cobalt king]

ok I already cashed in one lets do this america!!!!

[Cabo]

i hope i play enough to qualify

Only SBR pros can qualify.

[Optional]

ok good luck .

yisman you want the same bet at same odds ?

I'll bet on me making the World Team if you like?

[yisman]

I don't think I ever indicated I'd want to bet on myself to make team USA because team USA is going to be nearly impossible to qualify for, as I previously stated by myself and others. Not sure why you're offering me to bet on that, because you can't find a post by me saying I'm going to make team USA, or even that I have a good shot.

Give me 20/1.

I will bet on people to make team world because there aren't close to as many world posters.

It's pretty crazy how you have one team with hundreds trying to qualify for it and another with like 30-40.

[secretstash]

I'll bet on me making the World Team if you like?

lol funny optional

world will only need 1500 to guarantee. lol

-stash

[aceking]

usa = 313 million people
canada = 35 million people
europe = 739 million people
others = 5805 million people

Thank God most of them don't have $200 , understands English or play poker .

I don't think I ever indicated I'd want to bet on myself to make team USA because team USA is going to be nearly impossible to qualify for, as I previously stated by myself and others. Not sure why you're offering me to bet on that, because you can't find a post by me saying I'm going to make team USA, or even that I have a good shot.

Give me 20/1.

I will bet on people to make team world because there aren't close to as many world posters.

It's pretty crazy how you have one team with hundreds trying to qualify for it and another with like 30-40.

[Glitch]

usa = 313 million people
canada = 35 million people
europe = 739 million people
others = 5805 million people

Thank God most of them don't have $200 , understands English or play poker .

or dont have a computer or american sports readily available and displayed.

[yisman]

Yes, the world has many times the number of USA residents. However, people in the Middle East, South America, Africa, and Asia don't tend to be playing poker on American sports gambling websites for some reason. We do have a few Aussies here, though, and they might be like half the 'world' group. Ha.

I think on SBR, world is actually last behind both Europe and Canada in terms of active poker playing members.

[Optional]

USA should have 2 teams. Yankees and Confederates.

Every US player just needs to nominate which team they are on before a certain date. To avoid the id issues.

[Optional]

lol funny optional

world will only need 1500 to guarantee. lol

-stash

You can always set the odds to reflect that!

Although I think your estimate is low.

Want to go 100 points on over/under 1500? I'll go over.