TP league(s)

THINKmcfly · #1 07-13-07, 05:00 AM

We really should get a league or two developing at least. Maybe some kind of MTT or ring game league... I think we could set it up using win rates and ROI%s so that it could span many of the readers' bankrolls... I was just wondering cuz I think you guys have talked about this before, if you had any ideas on how you were going to do it... if not give me a day or two and I bet I could come up with a few solid guidelines as how to do it, I already have a few ideas.

Wes · #2 07-13-07, 07:39 AM

We have had this many times before, but it always turns out to be a waste of time. We play like 25 events, and like 15 members play the first one, 10 play the 2nd, and then 3 play the next 26 until the final event when 20 show up. So the leaderboard usually reflects how little of a social life each person has.

Got 1st in last league! SHIP IT BITCHES

Nikita · #3 07-13-07, 07:42 AM

We usually run the league for tournaments, but I see you mentioned ring game league, that might be interesting. Although, part of the league is to play with fellow TPers, so it might be hard to do for a ring game league.

Either way, I'm in.

Invigilator · #4 07-13-07, 08:40 AM

Do any sites support private cash tables?

Reel Deal · #5 07-13-07, 09:26 AM

Definite correlation there.

THINKmcfly · #6 07-13-07, 12:23 PM

How about using it as a promotional tool and advertising it... A few of us who have enough online agreeing to put up X$ of money and there will be bonuses/etc to try and drag some people from 2p2/p5s here possibly?

Talking Poker · #7 07-13-07, 01:42 PM

The Storm's response was a little bit exaggerated, but not way off the mark. The leagues we've run in the past have definitely fun, but the turnouts weren't quite as strong as I hoped. One suggestion I would have if we do a MTT style league (where we all play together for $5 buy ins or whatever) would be to only play once per week. I think with less events, more people will make time for them. I used to think that with more events to choose from, it would be ok if people missed some (we only used the top 6 finishes out of 20 events total - something like that), but now I think one night per week - same night, every week - would be better.

I'm curious to hear your ring game suggestion... not sure how that would work. Remember, expected win rates aren't exactly consistent through the different levels, so we'd need to normalize them somehow. I really don't know how we'd do that... and we wouldn't be playing together, which is kind of the whole point. Otherwise, it's just an elaborate prop bet.

FYI - We've had three leagues before. Here is a link to , in case you'd like to see how it was set up, the results, and so on. We've also had , and our own forum . These were pretty cool. We even and made side bets on those.

Lastly, I love the idea of doing absolutely anything that would get us some new, solid members here... but we have to remember that there is a fine line between inviting people here, promoting some special event, and spamming. I think bunny got banned from 2+2 for posting about the TP Open last week. Complete BS, IMO. I mean, people link to 2+2 from here every day, but if someone from here posts there about a tourney we are having - oh no! Ban stack!!!

Invigilator · #8 07-13-07, 02:27 PM

I really like the idea of a MTT league played on the same night each week. In theory, we don't even have to decide. We could set something that goes for a while, take a break for a month, then do the next thing (leaving WSOP season untouched).

I mention this, because I would also like to see a series of other events. (Stud, Omaha, O8, 2-7 triple draw, 5 draw, HORSE, etc).

Maybe later in the year we could run a series of these with a certain number of finishers getting into a NL final.