Forum game report......

[Tony2005]

Only 6 players but what a field............quiet first hour (except for Chik being drunk)...Well into the second hour and things started to change with ....

First to go.....Legin1961 (was going well in the 100k)

Next to exit...Tony 2005 (last weeks champ suffers the Laddies curse)

Third out.......Only1herbie (another past winner bites the dust)

Fourth to go...Bennythedip (good showing this week...)

Runner up......Chikadee (one of the very best women players online, very ul )

Tonights winner......... THE CAPTAIN (Played great a deserved win Lee)

Well played everyone good game....

[bennythedip2]

Class game , well played an well done Tony for organizing the game again

[chikadee]

Drunk? Drunk i was bloomin blathered !!!

lool good game though enjoyed very much wd el captaino

[TheCaptain]

Thank you Chik, although I should have been out when my 66 improved against your JJ -

I'd already got my coat and was almost out the door when the 6 hit!

Well played

Lee

[TheShark72]

Well played everyone...sorry I couldnt make last nights game, but will be back in the Ladbrokes fishy ocean snapping at your legs again next Sunday evening as usual.

No surprise to see TheCaptain prevail (no disrespect to anyone else of course!) - well done mate!!

Tony, is there scope to have a league table running alongside the weekly performances so we can see who over the course of say 8/10 weeks performs the best overall??? I will do this if you like...?

Thinking we award points for finishing places, bonus points for finishing in top 3 - weekly cash payouts stay the same of course, maybe see if theres some way we can award the overall league winner? This would maybe incentivise people to play on a more regular basis???

Just a thought....

[Tony2005]

Sounds like a very good idea.....but i think the fairest way of a league table etc...would be to start again so everyones on a level playing field.

It would be great if you could give me some of your thoughts on the best way to do this...

Thanks..

[TheShark72]

Will do Tony - will have a think and post on here later today or tomorrow morning.

[Tony2005]

ok Sharky nice one.....

[TheShark72]

OK, hows about the following :-

We play a private MTT game every Sunday evening, exactly the same as we are doing now.

Players are free to play any time they wish - they are not committed to playing every week, but will obviously give themself more chance of succeeding in the league format the more they play.

TalkSport Poker League to run over a 10 week period, using the weekly Sunday games, from any given Sunday (22 June onwards?).

League points are scored according to your finishing weekly position - 10 points per place, with bonus points being gained for finishing in the top three - 3rd place gains 25 bonus points, 2nd place gains 50 bonus points, winner of the event gains 100 bonus points. So in a ten runner game the following points would be available :

10th - 10 points
9th - 20
8th - 30
7th - 40
6th - 50
5th - 60
4th - 70
3rd - 80 + 25 = 105
2nd - 90 + 50 = 140
1st - 100 + 100 = 200

In a 6 game event, it would be :

6th - 10
5th - 20
4th - 30
3rd - 65
2nd - 100
1st - 160

Basically it doesnt matter how many people play per week - first out scores ten points, and then ten point increments to top 3 - obviously the more people that play the more points on offer - but thats right, as its harder to win.

Cumulative league system - calculated and published on forum ASAP by TheShark72 after completion of weekly event as follows :

EXAMPLE after Week 4

POSITION PLAYER GAMES WEEKLY TOTAL
NAME PLAYED POINTS POINTS AVERAGE

1 THE CAPTAIN 4 200 640 160
2 BENNY THE DIP 3 60 580 193.33
3 TONY 4 120 580 145
4 CHIKADEE 4 20 550 137.5

(Looks like i'll have to find a way to properly format a league table for the forum!)

Average is used solely to decide tied places - if that is tied, it will be who has most 1st places, then 2nd places, and so on.

Overall highest points winner at the end of the ten weeks declared the Talksport Poker League Winner

Game 1 will be a usual format game ($5 rebuy etc) - propose though that each weekly winner can decide on format for following weeks game - open to debate though that one.

Otherwise, just a bit of added spice and value to the weekly games we currently enjoy, and give people something else to think about and consider when deciding to push or wait!?!

I would offer to arrange for a plaque/shield to be created where the league winners can be entered onto and keep for the duration of the league they are champion for....obviously this suggested on a trust/honour system that it will be returned to myself/Tony for the next winner to be engraved onto it and handed to subsequent winner?

Thoughts?

[Tony2005]

Like the idea Shark.....think it will make our Sunday night games a lot more interesting......i will have a closer look at this later and get back to u with my thoughts......Off for a couple of hours sleep as im wacked after hacking it round the golf course today.......