Speaking of gank... (TLB points)

Talking Poker · #1 08-24-05, 02:34 AM

I'm impressed that he seems to be near the top of the Stars TLB month after month - current #3 for the year. I wonder how many tournaments one needs to play to achieve a decent monthly rank? I wonder how many hours per day of poker we are talking here... I honestly don't even know how the TLB points are calculated.

Ok, just found this on their site:

Ok, so it's only MTTs, and they have some crazy formula for calculating the points:

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Here’s how it works: The top 15% of finishers will receive points towards the PokerStars Tournament Rankings standings, based the number of entrants, the tournament buy-in, and place of finish. Note: "Sit-and-go" tournaments, heads-up tournaments, restricted-entry tournaments, private tournaments, play money buy-in tournaments, and satellite tournaments do not count towards the rankings.
The formula used to determine the total points awarded to a player (in the top 15% finishers) for any given tournament is:

Points = 10 * [sqrt(n)/sqrt(k)] * [1+log(b+0.25)]

Where:

n is the number of entrants
k is the place of finish (k=1 for the first-place finisher, and so on)
b is the buy-in amount in dollars (excluding administrative fee). For freerolls the buy-in is $0, and for FPP tournaments 1 FPP is counted as $0.05.
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I don't think I'd have the time it would take to really ever take a stab at this, but it would be fun to try sometime... at least for a week. Just play in every MTT you could, day after day after day....

Penguinfan · #2 08-24-05, 12:09 PM

Gank's tournament resurlts:

Total Winnings: $162,318
Total Final Tables: 115
Date Tournament/Event Place Winnings
Sat, Aug 13th Omaha PL $200+$15 1 $2,600
Fri, Aug 12th Hold'em NL $50+$5 11 $254
Sat, Aug 6th Omaha PL $100+$9 1 $1,800
Fri, Aug 5th Hold'em NL $100+$9 5 $2,496
Wed, Aug 3rd Hold'em NL $100+$9 16 $539
Mon, Aug 1st Hold'em NL $100+$9 16 $392
Sun, Jul 31st Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $200+$15 4 $1,872
Sat, Jul 23rd Omaha PL $100+$9 5 $328
Thu, Jul 21st Hold'em NL $10+$1 43 $77
Tue, Jul 19th Omaha PL $10+$1 12 $52
Sat, Jul 9th Omaha PL $200+$15 3 $1,000
Fri, Jul 1st Hold'em NL $50+$5 7 $611
Fri, Jul 1st Omaha PL $10+$1 12 $55
Fri, Jul 1st Omaha Hi/Lo PL $50+$5 7 $236
Sun, Jun 26th Hold'em Limit $100+$9 2 $1,260
Sun, Jun 12th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $200+$15 17 $293
Sun, May 29th Hold'em NL $100+$9 13 $792
Fri, May 27th Omaha PL $20+$2 6 $140
Thu, May 26th Hold'em NL $10+$1 11 $380
Thu, May 26th Hold'em NL $50+$5 3 $1,692
Wed, May 25th Hold'em Limit $30+$3 4 $259
Wed, May 25th Omaha Hi/Lo PL $10+$1 2 $462
Wed, May 25th Omaha PL $100+$9 5 $256
Tue, May 24th Hold'em Limit $50+$5 8 $223
Tue, May 24th Hold'em NL $5+$0 36 $70
Tue, May 24th Hold'em NL $10+$1 5 $1,192
Tue, May 24th Hold'em PL $100+$9 5 $496
Sat, May 21st Hold'em NL $10+$1 11 $374
Sat, May 21st Omaha PL $100+$9 4 $490
Fri, May 20th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50+$5 3 $432
Fri, May 20th Hold'em NL $10+$1 17 $344
Fri, May 20th Hold'em NL $50+$5 33 $84
Fri, May 20th Hold'em NL $150+$12 26 $266
Fri, May 20th Hold'em NL $5+$0 30 $59
Fri, May 20th Hold'em NL $10+$1 6 $1,112
Fri, May 20th Omaha PL $20+$2 3 $278
Thu, May 19th Hold'em NL $5+$0 15 $142
Thu, May 19th Hold'em NL $10+$1 2 $2,792
Thu, May 19th Hold'em NL $50+$5 3 $1,932
Thu, May 19th Hold'em NL $50+$5 17 $144
Thu, May 19th Omaha Hi/Lo PL $10+$1 13 $53
Wed, May 18th Hold'em NL $100+$9 4 $2,544
Wed, May 18th 7 Card Stud Limit $20+$2 8 $96
Tue, May 17th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50+$5 15 $65
Tue, May 17th Hold'em PL $100+$9 3 $648
Tue, May 17th 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit $10+$1 14 $22
Tue, May 17th 7 Card Stud Limit $20+$2 8 $69
Mon, May 16th Hold'em NL $50+$5 9 $398
Mon, May 16th Hold'em NL $5+$0 1 $2,226
Fri, May 13th Hold'em NL $50+$5 1 $3,424
Fri, May 13th Hold'em NL $10+$1 26 $64
Thu, May 12th Hold'em NL $100+$9 7 $1,578
Wed, May 11th Hold'em NL $20+$2 37 $38
Wed, May 11th Omaha Hi/Lo PL $10+$1 7 $191
Tue, May 10th Omaha PL $10+$1 2 $952
Tue, May 10th Hold'em NL $20+$2 10 $255
Tue, May 10th Hold'em PL $100+$9 6 $592
Sun, May 8th Hold'em NL $50+$5 2 $1,620
Wed, May 4th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50+$5 3 $594
Sun, May 1st Hold'em NL $200+$15 71 $1,026
Sun, May 1st Hold'em PL $50+$5 4 $405
Sat, Apr 30th Hold'em NL $30+$3 26 $169
Fri, Apr 29th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50+$5 2 $540
Fri, Apr 29th Hold'em NL $150+$12 8 $940
Thu, Apr 28th Hold'em NL $100+$9 7 $917
Tue, Apr 26th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $20+$2 9 $43
Sat, Apr 23rd Hold'em NL $100+$9 3 $2,520
Thu, Apr 21st Hold'em NL $50+$5 1 $3,946
Tue, Apr 19th Hold'em NL $20+$2 3 $1,316
Tue, Apr 19th Hold'em NL $5+$0 51 $13
Tue, Apr 19th Hold'em NL $5+$0 42 $49
Tue, Apr 19th Hold'em NL $10+$1 8 $533
Tue, Apr 19th Omaha PL $20+$2 18 $25
Tue, Apr 19th Hold'em NL $20+$2 10 $63
Mon, Apr 18th Hold'em Limit $30+$3 5 $316
Mon, Apr 18th Hold'em NL $150+$12 37 $242
Sat, Apr 16th Hold'em NL $10+$1 16 $252
Fri, Apr 15th Hold'em NL $20+$2 16 $131
Fri, Apr 15th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50+$5 9 $92
Fri, Apr 15th Hold'em NL $5+$0 55 $34
Fri, Apr 15th Hold'em NL $10+$1 33 $124
Thu, Apr 14th Hold'em NL $100+$9 12 $282
Thu, Apr 14th Omaha Hi/Lo PL $20+$2 13 $35
Thu, Apr 14th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $20+$2 4 $216
Thu, Apr 14th Hold'em NL $50+$5 4 $1,144
Wed, Apr 13th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50+$5 5 $288
Sat, Apr 9th Hold'em NL $100+$9 22 $176
Sat, Apr 9th Hold'em NL $10+$1 27 $194
Fri, Apr 8th Hold'em NL $50+$5 2 $1,170
Wed, Apr 6th Hold'em NL $10+$1 11 $105
Thu, Mar 31st Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $40+$4 14 $76
Thu, Mar 31st Hold'em Limit $10+$1 3 $399
Wed, Mar 30th Hold'em NL $100+$9 6 $990
Sat, Mar 26th Hold'em NL $100+$9 1 $6,990
Sat, Mar 26th Hold'em Limit $200+$15 5 $1,488
Fri, Mar 25th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50+$5 3 $432
Thu, Mar 24th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $40+$4 6 $288
Tue, Mar 22nd Hold'em Limit $50+$5 6 $263
Tue, Mar 22nd Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50+$5 4 $445
Tue, Mar 22nd Hold'em PL $30+$3 1 $2,005
Sun, Mar 13th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $200+$15 18 $317
Sat, Mar 12th Hold'em NL $100+$9 4 $2,870
Sat, Mar 12th 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit $200+$15 5 $592
Fri, Mar 11th Hold'em NL $10+$1 25 $179
Fri, Mar 11th Omaha PL $20+$2 15 $32
Thu, Mar 10th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $40+$4 4 $461
Wed, Mar 9th Hold'em NL $30+$3 49 $45
Sun, Mar 6th Hold'em NL $100+$9 12 $700
Sat, Mar 5th Hold'em NL $100+$9 20 $181
Fri, Mar 4th Hold'em NL $50+$5 3 $2,342
Thu, Mar 3rd Hold'em NL $30+$3 10 $160
Sat, Feb 26th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50+$5 14 $65
Thu, Feb 24th Omaha Hi/Lo PL $20+$2 9 $72
Thu, Feb 24th Omaha PL $20+$2 8 $84
Tue, Feb 22nd Hold'em NL $5+$0 96 $9
Tue, Feb 22nd Omaha Hi/Lo PL $20+$2 7 $76
Tue, Feb 22nd Omaha PL $10+$1 8 $113
Sat, Feb 19th Hold'em Limit $200+$15 8 $603
Fri, Feb 18th Omaha Hi/Lo PL $50+$5 3 $504
Thu, Feb 17th 7 Card Stud Limit $20+$2 5 $115
Wed, Feb 16th Hold'em NL $150+$12 27 $413
Sun, Feb 13th Hold'em NL $200+$15 11 $3,744
Fri, Feb 11th Omaha Hi/Lo PL $50+$5 5 $380
Thu, Feb 10th Hold'em Limit $50+$5 2 $1,260
Thu, Feb 10th Hold'em NL $10+$1 20 $87
Wed, Feb 9th Omaha PL $20+$2 2 $520
Tue, Feb 8th Omaha Hi/Lo PL $20+$2 2 $576
Mon, Feb 7th Omaha PL $50+$5 6 $280
Mon, Feb 7th Omaha PL $20+$2 1 $702
Thu, Oct 28th Hold'em NL $100+$9 26 $160
Sun, Sep 19th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $200+$15 18 $245
Fri, Sep 17th Hold'em NL $10+$1 50 $89
Thu, Sep 9th Hold'em NL $30+$3 3 $1,662
Thu, Sep 9th Hold'em Limit $100+$9 3 $864
Mon, Sep 6th Hold'em Limit $30+$3 1 $1,906
Mon, Sep 6th Hold'em PL $50+$5 3 $1,264
Thu, Sep 2nd Hold'em Limit $50+$5 3 $803
Mon, Aug 30th Omaha PL $50+$5 3 $432
Tue, Aug 24th Hold'em Limit $50+$5 3 $643
Tue, Aug 3rd Hold'em PL $500+$30 11 $4,004
Sat, Jul 31st Hold'em NL $200+$15 85 $874
Wed, Jul 28th Omaha Hi/Lo PL $300+$20 47 $470
Sun, Jul 25th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $200+$15 3 $2,184
Wed, Jul 21st Hold'em NL $20+$2 15 $109
Fri, Jul 16th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50+$5 1 $945
Wed, Jul 14th Hold'em NL $100+$9 3 $1,975
Sat, Jul 10th Omaha PL $200+$15 1 $2,300
Mon, Jul 5th Hold'em PL $50+$5 2 $1,530
Thu, Jun 24th Omaha PL $20+$2 8 $73
Thu, Jun 24th Omaha Hi/Lo PL $10+$1 1 $1,146
Wed, Jun 23rd Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50+$5 3 $601
Fri, Jun 11th Hold'em NL $50+$5 1 $1,215
Thu, Jun 10th Hold'em Limit $100+$9 3 $720
Sun, Jun 6th Hold'em NL $50+$5 3 $1,357
Wed, Jun 2nd Hold'em Limit $30+$3 9 $96
Tue, Apr 27th Hold'em NL $50+$5 3 $456
Sat, Apr 17th Hold'em NL $100+$9 1 $5,160
Tue, Apr 13th Omaha PL $10+$1 1 $963
Sun, Apr 11th Hold'em NL $20+$2 3 $1,014
Wed, Apr 7th Hold'em NL $50+$5 3 $1,854
Thu, Feb 26th Hold'em Limit $100+$9 2 $1,260
Mon, Feb 16th Hold'em NL $20+$2 1 $8,100
Sat, Jan 3rd Hold'em PL $10+$1 2 $385
Wed, Dec 31st Hold'em NL $20+$2 1 $1,930
Wed, Dec 31st Hold'em PL $50+$5 1 $2,025
Tue, Dec 30th Hold'em NL $20+$2 1 $1,134
Sat, Dec 27th Hold'em NL $100+$9 1 $8,070
Wed, Dec 24th Hold'em Limit $10+$1 11 $32
Tue, Dec 16th Hold'em PL $100+$9 1 $3,450
Sun, Dec 14th Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $200+$15 8 $810
Sun, Dec 14th Hold'em NL $100+$9 14 $366
Sat, Dec 13th 7 Card Stud Limit $50+$5 1 $720
Fri, Dec 12th Omaha Hi/Lo PL $50+$5 2 $710
Fri, Dec 12th Hold'em PL $50+$5 26 $73
Thu, Dec 11th Hold'em PL $20+$2 1 $1,540
Sun, Dec 7th 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit $100+$9 1 $1,650
Wed, Dec 3rd Hold'em Limit $30+$3 2 $1,080

Talking Poker · #3 08-24-05, 01:35 PM

Holy crap. Where did you find that list?

What I'd REALLY like to see is the full list of tourneys he entered. Subtract all the buy ins, and let's see what the bottom line number is.

Penguinfan · #4 08-24-05, 01:48 PM

Yea, that list is just the cashes, or at least a partial list of them.

I know he plays several tournaments at once, I've heard stories of up to EIGHT at a time?!?!?