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    thechaoz
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    Come on Sammy! When is the next poker event?

    That's all. Give us the inside scoop. It's been a NY minute. 😆
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    If you were waiting for me, I'm back now!

    Let's play some poker!!!

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    Yes, please

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    You'd think we'd of at least heard rumblings by now

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    Too much complaining left SBR with no motivation for this sub forum
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    A little Costa Rican birdie told me that the beat the prick and bag contests are giving away so many points they cannot afford to throw the poker players anymore participation trophys. At the rate these two are capping SBR could be broke by the end of football season.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SharpAngles View Post
    A little Costa Rican birdie told me that the beat the prick and bag contests are giving away so many points they cannot afford to throw the poker players anymore participation trophys. At the rate these two are capping SBR could be broke by the end of football season.
    does this mean espn is going to cancel my new show I just inked this morning???

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    Quote Originally Posted by SharpAngles View Post
    A little Costa Rican birdie told me that the beat the prick and bag contests are giving away so many points they cannot afford to throw the poker players anymore participation trophys. At the rate these two are capping SBR could be broke by the end of football season.
    Both football contests are watered down with broke dikk non pros, who shouldn't even be allowed to participate. Which should give non pros incentive to turn pro. Isn't the idea to get more pro memberships?

    Makes no sense catering to these non pros who can't use their pts, by taking away poker contest just to add a second football contest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SharpAngles View Post
    A little Costa Rican birdie told me that the beat the prick and bag contests are giving away so many points they cannot afford to throw the poker players anymore participation trophys. At the rate these two are capping SBR could be broke by the end of football season.
    I'm meeting with Lou next week. Will have an update

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    The next poker contests might appeal more to US players now that points have 'equivalent to cash' value once again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Krashman View Post
    The next poker contests might appeal more to US players now that points have 'equivalent to cash' value once again.
    what do you mean

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    Quote Originally Posted by sinmiedo View Post
    what do you mean
    His statement was very self explanatory, he means Americans can cash out via bitcoin.

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    I think is available for all pro users as it should. Have to check a bit more to be sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slikec View Post
    I think is available for all pro users as it should. Have to check a bit more to be sure.
    i don't believe so but please check that out

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    Neva eva

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    I get this so i think i could order. Still is only half of value i would get for sportsbook cash so i wont try.



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    I'm ahead of my time

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    Quote Originally Posted by slikec View Post
    I think is available for all pro users as it should. Have to check a bit more to be sure.
    Not sure what they have to gain lying about it?

    Hi bhoor, Yes that is correct. The...

    Apparently SBR decided to give in to all the international cry babies.

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    it's 10am somewhere

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    Was normally just after New year. Like 1st weekend in 2018?

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    Quote Originally Posted by slikec View Post
    I get this so i think i could order. Still is only half of value i would get for sportsbook cash so i wont try.




    Not even an option in our Canadian Store merchandize.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sinmiedo View Post
    Not even an option in our Canadian Store merchandize.
    So this begs the question: Why is bitcoin available to some international users like Slikec & not available to other international users? Or does SBR just not like Canadians?

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    Try write into search on store bitcoin i got it that way lol. So i guess is not available.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slikec View Post
    Try write into search on store bitcoin i got it that way lol. So i guess is not available.
    If bitcoin were available to you, it would appear in the store.

    There's no need to write it into search bar.

    Canadians don't have access to bitcoin, so international users don't have bitcoin access as you claimed.
    Last edited by bobbywaves; 09-19-17 at 12:18 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChuckyTheGoat View Post
    Was normally just after New year. Like 1st weekend in 2018?
    They always ran one during the fall /football season

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    Well that is bullshit 1 of purposes of bitcoin is no borders and than lol 1 forum decide to make borders hehe funny.

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    Strange..not a peep....Sbr poker was really hitting it's stride with all the participation and contests. To abandoned it during the entire NFL season seems like such a backwards things to do. Sammy is mute at this point. All we'd like is an update and honesty

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    Reading the signs Poker might be done here at SBR. Zero promotion or even a response. BTP was awesome last year but they added a second one and the returns suck. My gut feeling is Poker is done for. They'll probably keep the dailies up simply because you have to clear to get any points. The dailies are flooded with a lot of non-pros so there are many points they never have to pay out. Not much of a loss to them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RudyRuetigger View Post
    I'm ahead of my time


    Quote Originally Posted by thechaoz View Post
    Strange..not a peep....Sbr poker was really hitting it's stride with all the participation and contests. To abandoned it during the entire NFL season seems like such a backwards things to do. Sammy is mute at this point. All we'd like is an update and honesty

    Quote Originally Posted by Crypt View Post
    Reading the signs Poker might be done here at SBR. Zero promotion or even a response. BTP was awesome last year but they added a second one and the returns suck. My gut feeling is Poker is done for. They'll probably keep the dailies up simply because you have to clear to get any points. The dailies are flooded with a lot of non-pros so there are many points they never have to pay out. Not much of a loss to them.
    Why would SBR NOT run another football contest instead of a poker one? Getting people to go pro (and more importantly, deposit with affiliated books) is a viable revenue stream and a sensible business model; giving away poker points for negligible returns isn't a particularly good business model. Everyone complains about non-pros, but if these things didn't attract new people to the site, they'd have a lot less reason to run them with decent prizes.

    Poker here isn't "done for"...as long as they're running dailies, people will play (dailies have more value than any contest they've ever run anyways). Again, the non-pros playing in them help SBR to have a reason to do them. If you're playing for fun, it shouldn't matter all that much anyways...if you're playing for the cash value, you're doing it wrong (with the possible exception of one or two people for whom betpoints are the main source of income).

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    most of these non pro pukes won't go pro no matter what. I think dwight schute was doing well in the prick and wouldn't go pro last year

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    Quote Originally Posted by Triple_D_Bet View Post







    Why would SBR NOT run another football contest instead of a poker one? Getting people to go pro (and more importantly, deposit with affiliated books) is a viable revenue stream and a sensible business model; giving away poker points for negligible returns isn't a particularly good business model. Everyone complains about non-pros, but if these things didn't attract new people to the site, they'd have a lot less reason to run them with decent prizes.

    Poker here isn't "done for"...as long as they're running dailies, people will play (dailies have more value than any contest they've ever run anyways). Again, the non-pros playing in them help SBR to have a reason to do them. If you're playing for fun, it shouldn't matter all that much anyways...if you're playing for the cash value, you're doing it wrong (with the possible exception of one or two people for whom betpoints are the main source of income).
    I get that. I play at Bovada, ignition, various other soft gambling/poker sites, it's not for money.

    It's just "fun" to compete for a position in a tourney, for a team, etc x have a goal. I multiple tabled poker for years in the glory days. I'm a much better cash game player, plus tourneys involve so much more variance anyway... I'll admit though, they are more exciting because of the working your way towards first, then the final table.

    I'm just not motivated at all to play without a contest. You're right about the revenue stream, the non pros. Just with the trivia and BTP alone it way more than covers becoming a pro, at least for me.

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    Lot of people play the daily tourneys, so there is no need for another poker contest, the final of which is a crapshoot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thechaoz View Post
    I get that. I play at Bovada, ignition, various other soft gambling/poker sites, it's not for money.

    It's just "fun" to compete for a position in a tourney, for a team, etc x have a goal. I multiple tabled poker for years in the glory days. I'm a much better cash game player, plus tourneys involve so much more variance anyway... I'll admit though, they are more exciting because of the working your way towards first, then the final table.

    I'm just not motivated at all to play without a contest. You're right about the revenue stream, the non pros. Just with the trivia and BTP alone it way more than covers becoming a pro, at least for me.
    I hear ya...been playing cash games regularly last few months for my poker fix. Makes it harder to care about SBR poker!

    People looking for a competition can always set one up on their own without SBRs help...the fact is that most people aren't interested in competing unless SBR is throwing free prizes out. Just the way it has been, is and probably will always be; not enough guys here even semi-serious enough to care about such things.

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