TP league(s)

THINKmcfly · #1 07-13-07, 01:23 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 · #2 07-13-07, 02:42 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 · #3 07-13-07, 03:27 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.

Talking Poker · #4 07-13-07, 03:47 PM

We need to have it all spelled out ahead of time though... If we plan on having prize money for the top finishers, there has to be an end date to award said money.

Check out the link I posted to the last league, and I think you'll see exactly what you are describing.

Invigilator · #5 07-13-07, 04:30 PM

Took a peak. Definitelyl down for that format

THINKmcfly · #6 07-13-07, 07:30 PM

What I suppose I'd be talking about are elaborate prop bets... but I think if its marketed decent we could draw interest from other people on other sites to come here if we have some decent prop bets. I would think if I was talking low limit MTTs or cash, this forum could be a better fit for a lot of those guys so if we offered some incentive (league with money put up by TP, and i would definitely donate a healthy sum for the fun) of prizes/cash to win added to their prop bets I think we could gander some members... I'll spend some time this afternoon trying to draw up some guidelines for my ring game idea...

Robbr25 · #7 07-13-07, 07:59 PM

I am up for another TP league.
Same opinions above about the turnout in the past.
I know I tried to make every one, but some just played in the first one and were never heard from again.
I also like the idea of mixing up the games.
One change could also be making them 6 max instead of 9 max.
Also it might be cool to put a heads up match(or two) in there.