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Hi guys,

Well I'd like to think the league was a moderate success for those who participated. It was fun, there was some great banter and some better performances.

Over the following week there will be no league events whilst we review the league set up. It will be changing slightly so that you can only have 5 scores count towards your total, to give others who don't play as much an equal shot at the league prizes.

Please post any other league suggestions here in this thread for discussion.

One thing mentioned a lot was an Omaha event. So this Weds at 9PM during our "league free" week there will be a $10 PL Omaha freezeout to guage the demand. If it doesn't sell well we wont include it in the league. Simple as that really.

For those who don't play Omaha, don't worry too much as in the next league only your top 5 scores will count for your total - so you don't have to play the Omaha events to still have a shot at it. (Also the Omaha events will typically have smaller fields so will be worth less points.)

What I really want to know about the league is:

Are there enough/too many events?

Are the start times ok?

Is everyone happy keeping the $3 rebuy? (I quite like it myself)

Is there anything we can change to improve it?

Please note that also during this week there will be a HUGE give away on blondepokerleague (which tikay will explain more about) and also note that there is another WSOP Freeroll coming up, with satellites already in progress - see my other post on it, or check out www.blondepoker.com.

Thanks,

Aaron

Hello Aaron,
I thought the league was great fun, competitive and profitable! Congrats to b-strider who played consistently well.
The timing fits well for me on those days I can play. House quiet -dog's fed etc. The addition of omaha is a good idea. I don't play normally - or normally play, but others who do have their chance. I will join in if I can. The 5 best tourney points table is also a good idea.

 

Hi Seamus,

Thanks for the feedback. The night of the comps will not change unless we add another event as these were decided by poll.

Thanks

Just a suggestion about the $3 re-buy...

Being a re buy it will always last longer than a F/O so i was a little puzzled as to why it startd later than the others (9pm).

Id suggest that it started at 8pm so poor saps like me who get up at 6am can get a semi decent nights sleep.

I like this event aswell as its where my best points return came from.

Good post Jim. Unless it is argued by someone else I will have it changed.

I think the 7pm start is too early. 9 is good but obv this is different for everyone.

I think 9 should be for one of the freezeouts instead as a rebuy lasts longer.

The 7 start is being scrapped.

If PLO gets the go ahead, can the $3 rebuy be PLO?

If people are happier with this instead of a PLO Freezeout then yes.

 ;iagree;

Agree with all of the above:

rebuy for Omaha instead of freezeout

earlier start for the rebuys, later starts for the freezeouts works for me (although I quite liked the 7pm start, I understand why others don't. 8pm'll be fine too, although it will clash with next month's Blue Square league... which will give me a difficult decision ;) )

I really enjoyed the league.

I only cashed once but it was worth it for the friendly nature and people I played with.

Can you not put one on at the weekend?
Omaha definitely NOT a rebuy, it makes the game a joke.

 :D

agree, although it might be fun.

If there is enough interest then yes - do people want a 4th event on the weekend?

After the rebuy period wouldn't the Omaha game be better with so many more chips in play?

I am being totally selfish about the weekend thing, i can only physically play in 6 out of 12 events because of shift work.
Omaha rebuys are just not funny or fair IMO, deep pockets will just gamble every hand.
You will not attract people to it if it's a rebuy (i definitely won't) whereas $3 freeze will.
If you give it a decent clock then the chips will be fine.

Suggest a $3 rebuy will suit most pockets deep or shallow :)

I'm more than happy to add a weekend event if we get the interest.

Omaha rebuy or freeze is a tough one. I'll go with the masses, if it's unclear I'll do a poll on Thurs before next week's league.

I would like to see most tourneys start at 8/9. I dont get home from work each night until 7ish so quite often I miss the start. I would also like to see more omaha events but definately not rebuys. perhaps Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo both pot limit or limit woud be great

I don't play so not really fussed, but just a suggestion.
If you want to make it fairer for those who play less events, instead of just reducing it to top 5 scores... perhaps consider the first 5 scores people make?
otherwise those that play every event still have an advantage as their best 5 scores will be better.

A weekend one would be good, I can't make Mondays or Tuesdays and the 7pm on Wednesday was just too early which ment the only one I could play in was the $3 rebuy.

Great suggestion but impracticable as the numbers would drop after 5 events.

5 top scores does sound like a better idea and I too could never make the 7pm so I'm glad thats going to be later.

Omaha.....mmm....haven't learnt to play it yet so by my reckoning I am a dead cert to win this. I used to win ALL the time on texas when I didn't know how to play  :D

Wasn't going to mention this but....it does seem a little ironic that the winner gets a poker lesson.  rotflmfao

Thanks Stallyon,

I'll see how the PLO high goes first before anything else but I hope we can get some variation in there eventually.

Thanks Josh

The idea of the 5 top scores was to make it more exciting. So come game 12 people still have much to play for. The first 5 scores would stop this happening.

Thanks Silo,

That's two for a weekend event. Any more?

Unfortunately weeknights wont be changing due to the fact the current ones were voted for by the majority. I'd love to put a 4th event on for you though.

I didn't get much of a chance to play in this series, I was digging myself out of a hole

Duly dug out, I'll play any event during the week, but none on the weekend. Any time/buyin/structure is fine with me, although I prefer rebuys as deeper stacks make it much more fun after the rebuy period (and quite a bit of fun during as well) and when the buyin is this size, havin a bit of fun is goin to be my main goal

Ive never understood the attitude that people hate those that gamble up during the rebuy, they inflate the prize-pool and are willing to get their chips in as pretty big dogs.. this seems like heaven for those on shorter rolls on both counts. True enough, you risk getting your AA cracked, but its a pretty fair trade-off, and at $3 a pop, its not overly expensive (plus the omaha tourneys are PL, and with deepish stacks, the gamboolers cant get much of their stack in preflop a reasonable % of the time, so you can nut peddle galore)

thats only my personal preference though, whatever the majority want, the majority should get

regards

I'd definately prefer the Omaha to be a $3 rebuy, gets more peeps in, plus Omaha can be so volatile that a rebuy comp would suit all better.

Thanks Totalise,

Personally I'm with you for the Omaha event, it should be a rebuy for a level or two IMO due to the way a hand is outdrawn so easily in Omaha.

The majority rules though.

as the current champion , i think my opinions count double, i agree about the earlier start time for rebuy,and the addition of a omaha game,and only 5 scores counting for youre total ,as i would still have won using those rules ;D

Just out of curiosity, how would people react to 'later' start times instead of earlier ones?

say, 11pm? I ask because I usually see threads on here like "anyone up for an extended $5 stt" and they're usually started after 11pm (and most often more like midnight)

Plus, if Blonde games start at 11pm, there would likely be no clash for me with the Blue Square games (which start at 8.30pm), if only because a weak-tight herring like me is usually blinded out by then  ;D

Thanks Brad.

You would have won (comfortably) but going into game 12 it'd have been very exciting between 6 or 7 players!

Thanks Zimbra,

The comps on average take 2+ hours so I think this will only reduce our numbers on weeknights.

Fair enough.

The next league's prizes will be very good! I shall say no more for now.

I am happy people seem content with the cost of the entry to the various league tournements, it gives everyone a chance regardless of bankroll.

It would be great to have a Omaha or Stud comp once a week also to mix it up. What with only the top 5 results counting people dont feel the pressure to enter every comp.

I agree - but first, I have to say it would be great if Tribeca actually started doing stud comps!  :D

I enjoyed the league events although i only managed to compete in two or three due to tournaments at the casino and home games which i play in very frequently. Therefore i think the idea of only the 5 best points totals scoring towards your tally is a great idea.  ;applause;

This also means that some people who don't like the banded around idea of Ohama rebuys/tournaments don't neccessarily have to compete in these events (I'm a Stud fan myself, need to play more omaha to learn it properly) and this won't totally hurt their chances in the league standings.

Are you still on the fence between rebuy/freezeout for Omaha comp.

If so, you may wish to consider that the freezeout option may encourage more new players. If they know exactly how much it will cost them, they might be more inclined to try something new.

Thanks Tank,

I am leaning towards Omaha freeze. My current thinking is variation is the spice of life.

1 NLHE freezeout $10 (with bounties) this will always be on a Monday for tikay and Dave's appearances - I'm toying with the idea of bounties coming as points for the league.

1 NLHE rebuy (small buy-in - $3) - as it lasts longer this will be a Thurs and start earlier.

1 PLO freezeout - probably $5 - leaving this event for the Weds night, just like our trial run this week, amazing that.;)

This all depends on the Omaha filling well tomrrow night. If it doesn't it back to Hold'em.

Hello Aaron

I was lucky enough to hit 4 bounties in the last tourney and it was correct that I didn’t receive points. I think tournament points should reflect overall play and final positions in individual games is the best measure of this. There might be a case for points distribution to follow a payout percentages format. 

Thanks Seamus - I will look into this.

I never played many of the events but I agree with most of the suggestions on here about the play.

Omaha is a defo freezeout event for me.  I really liked the $3 rebuy.

I still have a few issues with Tribecca though first one is the Clock can we not have that changed so it works on our time??  BST.

Secondly is the carry on when withdrawing why do these have to be manually withdrawn, it frustrates me big time that when I decide I have had enough that I still have money sitting in mya ccount 24 - 48 hrs after I have sent a withdrawal request.  Why can't they come into line with most ther sites in that whne you withdraw once you click the submit button you can no longer have that cash in your account?

Anyway enough moaning lets finnish on a positive.

I am happy with the options but wuld like to see a full monthly schedule posted so I know what dates everything is on.

Bring it on Blondes!

Perhaps it may be an idea to take a % of the cash and have an overall cash prize to the winner at the end?

Go to options and tick "Display local time."

Thanks Bandit,

First off on options - "display local time" will set you right.

Your second point about withdrawls is being changed but it's a large piece of kit to change so may take a little while.

Your third point about the cash has been sorted by the DtD guys giving $600 for our league. See the "blonde goes DtD" thread.

Where do I find options???

Got it thats genius!!