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Welcome to the league:

As of today the blondepoker league begins! The league is going to run for four weeks using the events listed below only. The final league night of THIS league is Thursday 15 June. Only your top 8 most valuable scores will count towards the final  league standings.


The points will be awarded as follows as follows:

Finishing position   Points

1                         10
2                          8
3                          7
4                          6
5                          5
6                          4
7                          3
8                          2                 
9                          1

Points will then be multiplied by the number of entrants to give a larger weighting to comps with more runners.

So for example:

Player X wins a 15 player comp and get 150 points. Player Y comes 3rd in a 20 player comp and gets 140 points.



The tournaments:
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Starting today and every Monday thereafter at 8PM BST:

$10 NLHE freezeout - "bounty special" - 15 minute level up on the blinds.

$25 bounties on El Blondie and tikay.
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Starting Weds 24th and every Wednesday thereafter 7PM BST:

$5 NLHE freezeout - 15 minute level up on the blinds.

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Starting Thurs 25th and every Thursday thereafter 9PM BST:

$3 NLHE rebuy (with rebuys for 20 mins) - 15 minute level up on the blinds.

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The prizes are as follows:

3rd Prize - blonde merchandise - $50 into BPL account

2nd Prize - Ron Rose book "Poker Aces" signed by Dave Colclough - $100 into BPL account

1st Prize - An hour of questions and answers in person with Dave "El Blondie" Colclough at bB3 answering your questions at any level and using practical examples. Plus $100 into your BPL account, blonde merchandise and a "Poker Aces" book signed by Dave Colclough as well!

N.B. Please note that due to the wide range of skill levels of blondeites who may win, the winner of the comp should have questions lined up to ask Dave in a Q&A format at bB3, as Dave doesn't want to teach you things that are not relevant to you and your level of poker.

the winner can have the honour of buying me a pack of fags too

Brilliant Baron - kudos to Blonde again.

Have I missed something - has BB3 date and place been announced ?

It hasn't yet but the prize holds true for whenever and wherever it is.

great work


im backshift nxt week

so u can all relax


 >:?

Thanks for nudging up the blinds from 12 minutes to 15 minutes. ;)

I'd better see you there! May as well have called them "floppy" blind levels.

I don't like the scoring system.

Someone who wins a 20 player comp should get more points than some who finishes 10th in a 30 player comp.

Agree with wardonkey...   not too worried about it though as its just fun for me..   maybe a bonus few points for first second and third in any competition... tricky though and you will never please everyone   hehehe     great work though  excellenty

agreed

As I spotted the problem, I will contribute a potentail solution for discussion.

How about a system where set points are give to the top 9 finishers in an event.

These points are then multiplied by the number of entrants.

Finishing position   Points

1                         10
2                          8
3                          7
4                          6
5                          5
6                          4
7                          3
8                          2                 
9                          1

Then multiply the points awarded by the number of runners to give more weight to those comps with larger fields.

Good point Mr Key (if that is your real name!)

I want to reward regular runners though. People who play all 12 comps deserve points also.

Make all points count, not just the best X results. Give anyone that plays 9 or more events a free blonde T-shirt. Throw in a cap if they play all 12.

If someone plays all 12 and gets no points then maybe they don't deserve them. Communism and poker do not mix well....

Karl Marx?

I see your point but some people wont want to pay $20 odd bucks per week to play all the events before rebuys. Some people simply wont be able to make all of the events. So it will definately be the top 8 scores rewarded in the interest of fairness.

The real test is to try and get people rewarded for regular play AND for winning.

I agree that best 8 is fairer. I was just scratching around for ways to encourage participation.

I've gone with your solution Mr Key unless someone comes up with something fairer to the regular runners....

Let me win.

Poker is the religion of the masses?

Engels?

I stand corrected, now pass me the opium

Edgar Allen Poe?

Ok, I'll smoke it with my Red Masque on, now you are confusing me.

"...quoth the Homer never more."

"Doh".... as the great man said

More of a 'Cask of Amontadillo' man myself.

Why not use the Tank patented Sunday League format.

Can't remember it myself but don't think there were any complaints at the time

He multiplied scores by the number of tables in use which I think it too broad. Is winning a 29 player comp so different from wiining a 30 player comp?

Good News!!

Count me in!!


 Td Th

Dunno we never reached 30 runners  :D

Thats a fair point, twas only a suggestion  :)up

A good one too. I did speak to Tank about his league format but ours had to be one in relation to the exact number of runners.

All advice is welcome! :)

Funny i was going to post the same idea as Donkey but i was multi tabling, it is the fairest way IMO. Although i would weight the finishing points diffrently.

First should get a decent jump

I can see 15 pages of debate about how top heavy the points structure should be...

Shades of the Vic debate.  rotflmfao

maybe a choice of prizes too :D

Stiop blathering, & get signed up. I'm in, so the value is there. By which, I mean Colch Kev is in too.

I aint played the bounty for a while as been playin the BlueSq league tournies, So really looking forward to this.

See ya'll there.

El Blondie cannot make tonight so Pot Limit Hold'em World Champion Brian "the rookie" Wilson will be our 2nd bounty instead.

oooooooh    "A fish called Wison"    bring him on !!!

I have signed up for the$10 tonight ... and the $5 on wednesday ... and the $3 on thursday :)   do i get a prize as the first to register for all 3 ??

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=10588.new;boardseen#new

Kev - no. :D

I think you should give yourself the prize of getting out more!

LOL ive had more away trips in the last 2 years than Judith Chalmers ;)

you'll be pleased to know the value has entered the tourney... go easy on me pls.... 8) :D

There is a thread started in Internet Poker for the first comp.

The league standings are up in Internet Poker.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=10625.new#new

BUMP for Wardonkey!

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The league table is up in Internet Poker.

Coz it's patented  :D

Results for event number 3 are up.