$400 up for grabs at TPF in September!!!
 

Ok guys, here are the contests I've come up with for September:

Contest #1: Start the longest thread, win $25.
Contest #2: Refer the most new and productive posters, win $25.
Contest #3: Be the best poster here, as voted on by your peers, win $50.
Contest #4: Last, but not least, we will be having a $300 freeroll at on Thursday, October 6th at 9:00 PM ET.


And now for the fine print.......

Contest #1
-This contest begins on September 1, 2005 at 12:00 AM ET and ends on September 30, 2005 at 11:59 PM ET. The winning thread must be started in that time frame.
-The thread starter's replies don't count when determining the total number of replies for the thread.
-The thread must be in one of the All Things Poker sections.
-If I feel like you abused this contest in any way (by starting tons of threads you don't really care about and hoping for the best all the while not replying elsewhere, for example), I will disqualify you at my own discretion.
-If you think you won, PM me on October 1st with what you think was the winning thread.
-I reserve the right to cancel this contest if things get out of control, as has nearly happened in the past.

Contest #2
This contest is going to be a bit tricky to track, so consider this a beta run. If it works, great, we'll do it again. If it doesn't, well, at least we tried.

To win this contest, you need to refer NEW posters to this forum AND they need to post. When they sign up, have them put your screen name in the referral box. The winner will be the person who's referrals made the most combined posts at the end of the month. If you think you might be the winner, PM me on October 1st with the names of the people you referred and I'll figure it out.

One side note here: You will only get credit for the number of posts from each of your referrals up to the number of posts that YOU made this month (beginning right now). For example, if you make 5 posts this month and refer three people who each make 100 posts, you'll only get 15 points (5 from each of them), not 300. Make sense?

Lastly, don't even think about making a fake account and referring yourself. I'll be chekcing IP addresses on the referrals, and I don't take kindly to people trying to scam me.

Contest #3
At the end of the month, I'll start a thread where you can nominate yourself or anyone else for this prize. Once the nominations are in, I'll set up a poll, and we'll take a vote. Only active posters will be allowed to vote, to prevent cheating. If the voting looks like it was on the up and up, that person will win the $50. If I suspect there was collusion going on and that the voting was rigged (I can see who voted for whom), I'll determine the winner myself, and my decision is final.

Contest #4
October 6, 2005, 9:00 PM ET. This $300 freeroll is open to all Titan Poker players who open an account though my link and make a deposit sometime this month. We need at least 15 people to kick this off, but that shouldn't be a problem, especially considering I will pay you $50 to open your account! For the details, go here:

so.... should i give you your reach around now.. or later?

Darn good ideas TP. Two thumbs up.

Just and fyi for Titan. They gave me and extra 10 dollars when i signed up on top of the bonus. Madison from support popped up after i registered and told me if i deposited soon i would get the extra 10. Haven't played yet but so far i like them.

hey
 

I like the support but I really dont like this skin, the games are soft but for some reason this skin just gets on my nerves. I also dont like that 90% of there tornies are rebuys.

I think you guys are posting in the wrong thread... The Titan one is here:


As for the $10, it sounds like they offer that to most people, making the deal even sweeter.

I have an account in Titan Poker, I am not been worth for the promocion? I can do an I place for talking poker having already an account?

ROFL

what did that guy even say

graidarswa

:confused: post it in spanish i'll translate

Looks like contest #1 goes to ....



30 posts (besides SJay2K's 3 posts)

Anyone see any with more posts?

I see one:


But I like the thread you linked to better, so I'm going to make it the winner.

Because I can.

4 More Days
 

The Titan - Talking Poker Tourney should be fun. I am looking forward to it. Since all my money is at Titan your coming to MY HOUSE. I will show you the proper respect as I take your money.

Forgive my ignorance (I don't have my list in front of me), but did you sign up to Titan through my link? I don't remember that you did.

What's up with contests 1-3?

#1 - Look up a few posts...

#2 - I think if you referred anyone that has been posting you should throw your name out there. Not sure if TP has a way to see referrals/posts by person who referred them.

#3 - We need to have nominations/voting.

Yours was certainly worthy, but it was more of a rail thread, IMO. You typically haven't counted those "here I go playing in another WSOP/WPT" threads :p so I looked for the next highest.

Is the freeroll this week?

Contest updates:

1. No one has contacted me saying they think their thread was the longest. I am happy to have sjay2k's 6 max limit quiz thread be the winner. He needs to PM me for payment.

2. Not a single entry for this one, as best I can tell. Again, no one contacted me. I'll roll this money into something better for next time.

3. Please make your nominations here:


4. If you sign up ASAP, I may be able to get you into the freeroll too. We're all set for Thursday night!

I had one referral with 8 posts.....not exactly prize material though

Contest Results...
 

#1: Winner: sjay2k for this thread:


#2: No winner. I wasn't sure if this would work or not... I guess not. I'm going to carry that money forward to the next contest(s), which will be announced in a few days.

#3: Vote here now:


#4: Lots of people are qualified. Don't forget to play: Thursday night, 9 PM ET!

Is the freeroll REALLY only if you signed up thru your link TP? Anyway to let me in? I signed up thru pso, couldnt resist the 300 chipset of Nevada Jacks.....
If its about the money, maybe you could stipulate that I would have to give money back or something for later contest or whatever.......
I just want to play in this. No biggie.

It's for the people who signed up through my link. You got your reward. This is the reward for my people (Well, on top of the cash I gave them).

Sorry...

Edit: For what it's worth, I'm not even sure I'm going to be able to get MYSELF in.

For the freeroll...Do there need to be 15 players REGISTERED to the freeroll for it to p;lay out or just that you had 15 signups through your link. If the 15 need to be registered, we only have 11 in the tourney now! Any way you can send a reminder to the ones that signed up through you that are not on the tourney list (since you know their site nicks) ? Would suck if there were only 14 in it and it gets cancelled...

Also, are they really going to pay top 15 with only 15 or so players, that is funny... :D :)

Now don't you go denying us a shot at taking down a big dog TP... if I can tell the guys in my monthly home game that I took out the guy that nearly busted Freddy Deeb in Aruba then I'll really have them quaking in their boots!! :D ;)

I don't know how they are doing payouts... What I do know is that we needed 15 signups. If people choose to not play for whatever reason, that's ok. More money for the rest of you!

I HOPE I can get in!

Just registered for the tourney...didn't realize I could yet. Guess I make 12...

I'll register tonight. I assume there's no password needed.

From the email I got from Titan

"All you have to do is register for this tournament, which is already listed in the Titan Poker software as Talking Poker. No password is necessary ? your name has been added to the exclusive list of eligible players. "

Dammit
 

Nope. Guess I am not playing then. Oh well. I was so looking forward to playing you. Chicken.

Call me crazy, but why do you feel that you are entitled to play in a freeroll for people who signed up through my link when you didn't sign up through my link?

Misunderstood
 

I misunderstood. I thought it was just a general TP forum activity. I wanted to play in a community thing. A Talking Poker Forum, a place I enjoy, participate in, and have brought people to. I misunderstood what the contest was for and was a little dissapointed not to be able to play against you guys. Not that I feel entitled to anything. It is your money and you can do whatever you want with it. No big deal.

I'll register tonight or tomorrow... so that makes 14, I think.

Actually, it's not my money, and I can't do whatever I want with it. I have little (if any) control over who is in this. The deal I worked out with Titan at the beginning of the month, as described in the first post of this thread, was that they would set up a $300 freeroll for the people who signed up through my affiliate link in September, assuming we had at least 15 people sign up. This tourney is to reward those people - not just anyone who enjoys TPF...

I hear ya..
 

I know. Like I said I misread the original post. It is cool. Only reason I was dissapointed at all like I said is because it is so much fun when we have the forum tourneys.

Oh, it's 9pm EST? I guess I'll see how much I lose from blinds in about 40 minutes then, because they weren't able to get someone to let me out of work earlier than 7:30 MST (2 hours behind). :P

1 more
 

we need one more to reach the 15 come on one more person sign up.

I'll sign up later today, so that's 15.

Oh yeah, and one other thing: Where's my money, Lebowski? :D

I just registered to make 15. I am ChiefBigtoke.

As I keep saying - we don't need 15 people to play in the tourney... We only needed 15 people to sign up through my affiliate link. We reached that number weeks ago. No need for people to register and get blinded off if they don't want to play (even though there is a free $7.50 in it for them, minimum).

It does say "min players:15" on the tourney screen on Titan, in any case we are all set though.

Really? Well, that's interesting. Maybe I should stand corrected!

Either way, GL to everyone. Hopefully I will be able to get in too...

oh
 

ok..

Registered... 16.

I see the transfer in PS, thanks TP. :cool:

And the winner is...................... Actually, the winners are....................

Aeq and Zybomb - $25 each. Congrats guys!

What did you all think of this contest? Personally, I like this one the best, and it really rewards people who contribute a lot around here. I think I'll scratch the Refer-A-Friend type one and maybe jack the prize for this one up a bit next time.

Opinions?

Since I was one of the winners, I actually like it. :) OH - and ty. :)

Same here! itd be great to have this again --

All contest money has been transferred..........