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  • thetrinity
    SBR Posting Legend
    • 01-25-11
    • 22430

    #1
    are contests done here
    just wonderin
  • Auto Donk
    SBR Aristocracy
    • 09-03-13
    • 43558

    #2
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    • ArunSh
      SBR Hall of Famer
      • 09-24-07
      • 6801

      #3
      I have a feeling come football season, in just a few weeks, we might see something new. If not, so be it, the dailies themselves aren't bad and having two amazing football contests - can't complain about that!
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      • bobbywaves
        SBR Posting Legend
        • 05-06-08
        • 13280

        #4
        Poker has been put on the back burner for awhile now. It's never taken this long for a new poker promo to be announced, so we can assume they're gone for good. In addition, all poker related badges have stopped: 2017 Angelman, 2017 World Cup, cashes from dailies.

        Doesn't make any sense to add a second football promo & take away the poker promos.
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        • downsouth
          SBR Posting Legend
          • 01-13-11
          • 11580

          #5
          Originally posted by bobbywaves
          Doesn't make any sense to add a second football promo & take away the poker promos.
          Id guess they bring another poker promo at some point but this statement is another example of how you just dont get it.
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          • bobbywaves
            SBR Posting Legend
            • 05-06-08
            • 13280

            #6
            Originally posted by downsouth
            Id guess they bring another poker promo at some point but this statement is another example of how you just dont get it.
            You obviously don't get it. Since you ignorantly think adding a second football promo, is somehow a fair exchange for taking away poker promos.
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            • astro61200
              SBR MVP
              • 09-15-07
              • 4843

              #7
              Football coming up. Fantasy football is very popular. Those have drafts. How about the top 60 in the standings all go into a pool and the top 5 scorers draft the remaining 55 for a week of 5 handed tournaments. 4 points for 1st, 3 for 2nd, 2 for 3rd, 1 for 4th, 0 for 5th.

              Probably not.
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              • USCPHILLYGUY
                SBR Posting Legend
                • 12-15-12
                • 21746

                #8
                Sbr poker tourney in Costa Rica. 5 table turbo. $1000 prize pool each table

                Yeah SBR pokers dead
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                • astro61200
                  SBR MVP
                  • 09-15-07
                  • 4843

                  #9
                  Originally posted by USCPHILLYGUY
                  Sbr poker tourney in Costa Rica. 5 table turbo. $1000 prize pool each table

                  Yeah SBR pokers dead
                  Yeah, not dead. My guess is they're waiting so the end date falls on a certain day.
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                  • downsouth
                    SBR Posting Legend
                    • 01-13-11
                    • 11580

                    #10
                    Originally posted by bobbywaves
                    You obviously don't get it. Since you ignorantly think adding a second football promo, is somehow a fair exchange for taking away poker promos.
                    Which contest do you think generates broader interest and has a chance at bringing in additional users, new blood, etc? Who said anything about fair?
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                    • thetrinity
                      SBR Posting Legend
                      • 01-25-11
                      • 22430

                      #11
                      a monthly leaderboard would be cool, they could do that pretty cheap

                      not really a fan of the 100 person bingo or the world cup weighted against america so much anyways
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                      • Enkhbat
                        SBR MVP
                        • 04-18-11
                        • 3145

                        #12
                        It is fine as it is, I prefer another football contest over something like World Cup.
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                        • bobbywaves
                          SBR Posting Legend
                          • 05-06-08
                          • 13280

                          #13
                          Originally posted by downsouth
                          Which contest do you think generates broader interest and has a chance at bringing in additional users, new blood, etc?
                          A WSOP poker seat contest obviously would have, but that ship has sailed.


                          Who said anything about fair?
                          You responded to my comment saying I don't get it. That implies you think it's fair to add a second football promo & take away poker promos.
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                          • Auto Donk
                            SBR Aristocracy
                            • 09-03-13
                            • 43558

                            #14
                            Originally posted by downsouth
                            Which contest do you think generates broader interest and has a chance at bringing in additional users, new blood, etc? Who said anything about fair?
                            i've noticed, over the past week or so, a fair amount of "new blood" in the daily trnies....... new blood, or chip dumpin' ghosts...... but several new id's nonetheless......
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                            • thetrinity
                              SBR Posting Legend
                              • 01-25-11
                              • 22430

                              #15
                              Does seem like we have some new players here lately. Some tournies even were sold out.

                              The world cup after football is done could be the only contest left for poker
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                              • Auto Donk
                                SBR Aristocracy
                                • 09-03-13
                                • 43558

                                #16
                                i need to hold a 100 pt contest for who can come up with the best name for MY f'n ghost.....

                                my new online russian friends Olga and Katiana think, after seeing my photos, it should be MR. American Big _____..... well.... i don't need an infraction this early in the day.....
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                                • ArunSh
                                  SBR Hall of Famer
                                  • 09-24-07
                                  • 6801

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by downsouth
                                  Which contest do you think generates broader interest and has a chance at bringing in additional users, new blood, etc? Who said anything about fair?

                                  Have to agree 100% with downsouth here. I mean Beat the Prick often has 1000+ people participating at the beginning, while poker has maybe 100 or so regulars. No question, another such football contest is far more likely than poker to bring in more memberships to SBR, more pros, and more depositing in sportsbooks via SBR links.

                                  And "fair", well let's be objective here. If SBR closed down the entire point system tomorrow, that would be 100% within their rights, and "fairness" aside we'd have to live with it. SBR owes us nothing, and while I certainly have no problem with people giving constructive criticism to what they do, them adding another amazing football contest, really surprised that could be met with a complaint of any kind.

                                  I may be in the minority on this, but I very much prefer having a second great football contest compared to some poker promotion for a whole list of reasons. First off, what I wrote above in regards to being better for the site. Also, both offer great prizes but realistically the football contests require much less of a time commitment (can make your picks in any given week in 30 seconds compared to playing 60-90 minute poker tourneys every day!) and are far more fun to follow and so forth. Plus while I enjoy the dailies and will continue to play them since they are very generous, when there is a contest going on (the World Cup is a clear example), it was semi-necessary to compete in a tournament every day if you wanted to give yourself a good chance to qualify (at least for US players for sure). Now, with no contest, don't have to feel badly about missing a daily here or there as I have each of the last few weeks.

                                  It could well be worse for my bottom line to have the second football contest compared to a poker promotion since I have done well in past some of their poker promotions (been a few years since I hit anything big, but I still have fond memories!) while I have never done especially well in Beat the Prick. But even if it's potentially worse for me, I still prefer and think if it's a choice between a poker promotion and adding this second great football contest that doing the latter is better for all the reasons mentioned.
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                                  • astro61200
                                    SBR MVP
                                    • 09-15-07
                                    • 4843

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by ArunSh
                                    Have to agree 100% with downsouth here. I mean Beat the Prick often has 1000+ people participating at the beginning, while poker has maybe 100 or so regulars. No question, another such football contest is far more likely than poker to bring in more memberships to SBR, more pros, and more depositing in sportsbooks via SBR links.

                                    And "fair", well let's be objective here. If SBR closed down the entire point system tomorrow, that would be 100% within their rights, and "fairness" aside we'd have to live with it. SBR owes us nothing, and while I certainly have no problem with people giving constructive criticism to what they do, them adding another amazing football contest, really surprised that could be met with a complaint of any kind.

                                    I may be in the minority on this, but I very much prefer having a second great football contest compared to some poker promotion for a whole list of reasons. First off, what I wrote above in regards to being better for the site. Also, both offer great prizes but realistically the football contests require much less of a time commitment (can make your picks in any given week in 30 seconds compared to playing 60-90 minute poker tourneys every day!) and are far more fun to follow and so forth. Plus while I enjoy the dailies and will continue to play them since they are very generous, when there is a contest going on (the World Cup is a clear example), it was semi-necessary to compete in a tournament every day if you wanted to give yourself a good chance to qualify (at least for US players for sure). Now, with no contest, don't have to feel badly about missing a daily here or there as I have each of the last few weeks.

                                    It could well be worse for my bottom line to have the second football contest compared to a poker promotion since I have done well in past some of their poker promotions (been a few years since I hit anything big, but I still have fond memories!) while I have never done especially well in Beat the Prick. But even if it's potentially worse for me, I still prefer and think if it's a choice between a poker promotion and adding this second great football contest that doing the latter is better for all the reasons mentioned.
                                    I also prefer the football contests. It's nice that you can do well the entire season and actually get a reward for it. Whereas you can dominate in a poker promo and then end up with nothing because there's either a) a 100 person tournament where luck is the biggest asset or b) you have teammates in the WC that don't pull their weight.

                                    The poker promos are the equivalent to if BTP took the top 100 of the first 16 weeks then told them those were out the window and the final week is all that mattered. Oh and the top 25 from each region only get in, so you could be #27 overall and miss out but because someone lives in India they can be #700 and get in.
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                                    • mpaschal34
                                      SBR Posting Legend
                                      • 02-04-13
                                      • 12087

                                      #19
                                      as long as they continue to roll out the daily's....I have no problem without a promotion.

                                      i'd rather go with no promotions, but bring in some special weekend tournaments throughout the football season. and lets not forget the sunday "rebuy" tournament. used to enjoy playing that on sunday while watching the games. unfortunately it went away last season (along with the saturday beat the prick poker tournament).
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                                      • thetrinity
                                        SBR Posting Legend
                                        • 01-25-11
                                        • 22430

                                        #20
                                        FWIW, I've never been a fan of the 100 person bingo and the world cup. The other football contest is good with me.

                                        It just feels like the competitive aspect is gone for these poker tournaments, which is what I liked the most, playing towards the end goal.
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                                        • bobbywaves
                                          SBR Posting Legend
                                          • 05-06-08
                                          • 13280

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by thetrinity
                                          It just feels like the competitive aspect is gone for these poker tournaments, which is what I liked the most, playing towards the end goal.


                                          Let's look at the facts:

                                          There's already a BTP contest, no need for another similar contest.

                                          Poker is already dead, so how is taking away poker contests going to remedy that?

                                          No poker contest announced, or poker communication of any kind for over a month.
                                          No Saturday high roller tourney.
                                          No Sunday re-buy tourney.
                                          No poker badges of any kind: dailies, World Cup, Angelman

                                          At this rate, it's just a matter of time before the dailies are gone.
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                                          • ArunSh
                                            SBR Hall of Famer
                                            • 09-24-07
                                            • 6801

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by bobbywaves


                                            Let's look at the facts:

                                            There's already a BTP contest, no need for another similar contest.

                                            Poker is already dead, so how is taking away poker contests going to remedy that?

                                            No poker contest announced, or poker communication of any kind for over a month.
                                            No Saturday high roller tourney.
                                            No Sunday re-buy tourney.
                                            No poker badges of any kind: dailies, World Cup, Angelman

                                            At this rate, it's just a matter of time before the dailies are gone.

                                            Really don't understand lot of this logic.

                                            "There's already a BTP contest, no need for another similar contest." - Beat the Prick is by far the most generous promotion SBR runs, and now they are being doubly generous in running two of them essentially, giving posters double the chance to win a very nice prize, and you imply that this is a bad thing??

                                            "Poker is already dead, so how is taking away poker contests going to remedy that?" If poker is dead as you say, why should SBR continue to run promotions for it? Obviously their main goal is to draw more people to the site and so forth, and if it's dead as you say, not accomplishing what they want it to, then why would they keep it around?

                                            Don't get me wrong, I'd be sad if dailies went away, but if SBR decides it's not in their business interest to do them, well that's entirely understandable. If they think something else (e.g. another football contest) will be better for their bottom line, how can you blame them for doing that?
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                                            • Enkhbat
                                              SBR MVP
                                              • 04-18-11
                                              • 3145

                                              #23
                                              Of course NFL and NCAAF are 1000 times more popular than poker so SBR is doing the logical thing.

                                              Online poker will not draw more people to the site, so the daily tourneys are all that's needed. Just be happy that SBR continues to offer it.
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                                              • BigOrange
                                                SBR Hall of Famer
                                                • 08-13-09
                                                • 6745

                                                #24
                                                In Costa Rica Lou said that there was an issue with the software that needed to be fixed before the next promo would start. He said it would start at the beginning of football season. The promo itself had not been determined yet.
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                                                • bobbywaves
                                                  SBR Posting Legend
                                                  • 05-06-08
                                                  • 13280

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by ArunSh
                                                  Really don't understand lot of this logic.
                                                  Then I'll explain further to help you understand.

                                                  "There's already a BTP contest, no need for another similar contest." - Beat the Prick is by far the most generous promotion SBR runs, and now they are being doubly generous in running two of them essentially, giving posters double the chance to win a very nice prize, and you imply that this is a bad thing??


                                                  If the added football promo is in addition to poker contests, then that would be generous & gr8. If the exchange for this additional football promo is no more poker contests, then it's obviously a bad thing for anyone who likes poker.

                                                  "Poker is already dead, so how is taking away poker contests going to remedy that?" If poker is dead as you say, why should SBR continue to run promotions for it? Obviously their main goal is to draw more people to the site and so forth, and if it's dead as you say, not accomplishing what they want it to, then why would they keep it around?


                                                  Poker is more dead without the contests, are you really going to try & argue that point?

                                                  If they think something else (e.g. another football contest) will be better for their bottom line, how can you blame them for doing that?
                                                  Quite easily, since there's an obvious lack of communication regarding the delay of poker promos.

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                                                  • beavis13
                                                    SBR MVP
                                                    • 06-18-14
                                                    • 2823

                                                    #26
                                                    More dead???
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                                                    • ArunSh
                                                      SBR Hall of Famer
                                                      • 09-24-07
                                                      • 6801

                                                      #27
                                                      Well bobby, you can continue to twist things as you see fit, I know you like to do that. However, it seems pretty clear from others' statements on this post that not a single other person who has chimed in agrees with you, but obviously you are entitled to your own opinion.

                                                      Very simply again, as someone who does like poker and has done all the poker promotions in recent years, given the choice between a second football contest of Beat the Prick/Beat the Bag style vs having a poker promotion, I would choose the former for sure (and it seems others agree with me as they have posted). BTP/BTB have just as good (if not better) rewards than poker and require far less of a time commitment so if I had to choose between them it would really be a no brainer to me.

                                                      More dead vs dead - who cares? Point is if 1% of SBR's population (speculatively, no idea what the actual # is) participate in poker regularly, it clearly makes very little difference to their bottom line to change/remove something which doesn't affect 99% of their members, instead adding something which a far greater % of their members will embrace. And add to that, of that 1% or whatever it is who play poker, those like myself and others who have chimed in above still would opt for the latter choice. Thus, do you really think the 0.1% (you might be the only one lol) who might prefer a poker promotion to beat the bag given the choice should be catered to when 99.9% prefer it the other way??
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                                                      • bobbywaves
                                                        SBR Posting Legend
                                                        • 05-06-08
                                                        • 13280

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by ArunSh
                                                        do you really think the 0.1% (you might be the only one lol) who might prefer a poker promotion to beat the bag given the choice should be catered to when 99.9% prefer it the other way??


                                                        Fact remains, there's already a BTP promo. No need to add a similar promo, if it means removing all of the poker promos in exchange. Since there's no communication regarding poker promos, no way to know their intentions.

                                                        My entertainment value on this site comes from slow rolling chumps on the green felt & playing the poker promos. Not from making 5 football picks, which I can easily do at the sportsbook & win a hell of a lot more than what the football promo pays.
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                                                        • downsouth
                                                          SBR Posting Legend
                                                          • 01-13-11
                                                          • 11580

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by bobbywaves


                                                          Fact remains, there's already a BTP promo. No need to add a similar promo, if it means removing all of the poker promos in exchange. Since there's no communication regarding poker promos, no way to know their intentions.

                                                          My entertainment value on this site comes from slow rolling chumps on the green felt & playing the poker promos. Not from making 5 football picks, which I can easily do at the sportsbook & win a hell of a lot more than what the football promo pays.
                                                          You want some side entertainment? I'll go 5000 points each who has better finish in BTP and Beat the Bag for the whole season. Post up points with Yisman, Try or whoever. We can hammer out number of picks, rules etc if you dont come up with some BS excuse why you cant play.
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                                                          • mikejamm
                                                            SBR Posting Legend
                                                            • 08-24-09
                                                            • 11045

                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by bobbywaves
                                                            Poker has been put on the back burner for awhile now. It's never taken this long for a new poker promo to be announced, so we can assume they're gone for good. In addition, all poker related badges have stopped: 2017 Angelman, 2017 World Cup, cashes from dailies.

                                                            Doesn't make any sense to add a second football promo & take away the poker promos.
                                                            Awe, what will poor bobo do when poker goes away? His very existence depends on it! Gonna be so sad, bobo just sitting there, jack'in off with one hand and nothing to do with the other. Don't worry bobo puss, you'll always have zynga poker.
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                                                            • Enkhbat
                                                              SBR MVP
                                                              • 04-18-11
                                                              • 3145

                                                              #31
                                                              Is bobby really good at poker or really bad at sports betting?
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                                                              • no1here
                                                                SBR Hall of Famer
                                                                • 03-23-09
                                                                • 5914

                                                                #32
                                                                Bobby is actually very good with any betting and excellent in poker. In number of poker cashes he has always been on top and quite unbeatable. Only player that I envy here besides sinmiedo.

                                                                Originally posted by Enkhbat
                                                                Is bobby really good at poker or really bad at sports betting?
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                                                                • bobbywaves
                                                                  SBR Posting Legend
                                                                  • 05-06-08
                                                                  • 13280

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by Enkhbat
                                                                  Is bobby really good at poker or really bad at sports betting?
                                                                  The following stats should help answer your question:

                                                                  https://www.sportsbookreview.com/poker/

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                                                                  • downsouth
                                                                    SBR Posting Legend
                                                                    • 01-13-11
                                                                    • 11580

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by bobbywaves
                                                                    The following stats should help answer your question:

                                                                    https://www.sportsbookreview.com/poker/

                                                                    Lets go heads up 5k each, Beat the Prick and Beat the Bag. 5 picks a week for season should be fun.
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                                                                    • jackpot269
                                                                      SBR Posting Legend
                                                                      • 09-24-07
                                                                      • 12842

                                                                      #35
                                                                      agree with you I remember when beat the prick only had a few hundred players and they mailed you a hand written check to your house WEEKLY!! man have things changed!!
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