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Gillybean72 wrote: »

I can't commit to the league as I have no one to mind the baby as my other half will no doubt be a bit busy :rolleyes: (only jesting FD )

Might manage the cup part though

LOL...sorry you feel that way ! I'll still find time to do my fair share of nappy changing. :pac:

phantom_lord wrote: »

are all the spots locked up? i'll go for a/b if they're not

Down in A for now Shane.

DAMO72 wrote: »

C or D for me Tony if there is still space

In C Damo.

one ill cat wrote: »

Serie A for Rob, B for me please Tony.
(Rob's not at home to post himself, I assume me posting for him is ok?)

yeah no probs Cat. Yeah i think rob would like to defend his crown alright!

fowlerDgrowler wrote: »

D please if there is any room left flushdraw

Stuck you in D.

EnzoScifo10 wrote: »

B please

Hmmm 2 posts. I won't be allowing any new accounts to play if we've too many interested but i've stuck you in B for now and i'll see how we roll.

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Consonant please Carol. B

B for you.

Conbro wrote: »

Stick me down for D please Tony

In D Conor.

LTL wrote: »

Stick me down for serie D if there's still space. Thanks.

Aslo in D

[nicK] wrote: »

A again please if it's available..

peteypop wrote: »

ill play c if its available,have an account on boyle but have never used it,if c is available;)if not d.

bannanababy14 wrote: »

i,ll have a go in D if there is room, cheers tony

connie147 wrote: »

B for me tony, but i dont mind if you move me to another league. Whatever is handy for you.

Connie

Wolves wrote: »

Inski. Looks like plenty of space in C so i'll go for that, but don't mind which really.

Everyone provisionally in the league they asked for.

* Can anyone who wants to play in the league, please get your account activated for player transfer while you wait for the league to be setup. Just contact Bolyepoker support and they will walk you through it.

I'm toying with the idea of having a $50 deposit for each player who enters the league, which will be sent back to everyone once the league is complete.

For every match people don't play, they lose $15 from their deposit. If they don't play 4 or more matches, they don't get their deposit back. Any deposits retained by Boylepoker would then we used as prizemoney for a freeroll open to all league entrants once the league is over.

Reason being, that 5/6 players dropped out during the league last year and caused a lot of difficulties for myself and other boardsies as some matches weren't played and had to be decided for them, which didn't go down too well with some people.

There's 7/8 people that have shown interest in the league this year that i can't vouch for, but i'm not singling (sp?) anyone out, as the fallout from last year was also from some reputable boardsies.

Anyone any strong opinions?

Ciaran_Corbett wrote: »

Or you can send me a PM with any issues and I'll get them sorted.

Just didn't want to swamp you with anything yet because i'll be doing that pretty soon

El Stuntman wrote: »

who cares as long as they pay their initial League fee?

dead money is good imo

Well a lot of people cared last year as towards the end, it got messy..

An example of last year......not naming names, but say i play my first 7 games or so and ge them out of the way, and i lose to you and Ollyk. Halfway through, Olly and yourself get bored and decide not to finish the league so everyone gets a walkover, should my defeats be overturned?

Should i be punished for playing games on time, or should i just wait till the last week incase people decide to drop out. This happened on a few occasions last year, and i'd be hoping that having a refundable deposit, might stop some people doing this, and try to complete games so that everyone is on a level playing field

So at the moment we have 67 players that have registered their interest in less than 1 day. I originally wanted 60 to be the max, as it's going to be extremely hard to work with any number bigger than this. The way things are going, and if everyone who asked actually plays, we could get more than this so i'll cap the league at 80

I'm looking for 20 players per league. The most i can accomade for a single league is 14, so once we go over this, i need to think of a new approach.

Where this will change from last year, is that each league will then be split into 2 groups of 10. They will play each other once, and the players that finish 1st/2nd in their groups will battle it out against each other in a knockout for the league prizemoney.

e.g Serie A1 and Serie A2 have 10 players each. In Serie A1 Suilen/Digiman finish 1st/2nd and in Serie A2 BigCityBanker/dougee19 finish 1st/2nd. Sulien plays Dougee and Digi plays BCB. The 2 winners will then play each other for 1st/2nd and the 2 losers will receive 3rd place.

The goalposts may move again on this, and before anyone asks..... it's not set in stone. It will depend on what numbers we have by friday. I'll then layout what the league format will be, and anyone who is not happy, is free not to play.

At the moment, we have..

Serie A - 20 - FULL
Serie B - 19
Serie C - 13
Serie D - 15


*Interest list

*Players aren't guranteed a place in the division they listed. If there's a lot of players looking for 1 particular league, we may split it into 2 as we did last year for Serie B, or ask players if they'd like to move up/down a league to balance it.

Serie A - $300
suilen
Digiman
BigCityBanker
dougee19
dannydiamond
TripleAce
TommyGunne
nicnicnic
HiCloy
smoothcall
DrJFF
Daithio
phantom_lord
NorwichFanRob
[nicK]
doke
PokerNit
Tony Montana
dagunman
MartySmyth

Serie B - $170
Flushdraw
El Stuntman
White Knight
strewelpeter
DeadParrot
afex
sickpuppy
FeetMagic
ollyk1
shano_88
one ill cat
EnzoScifo10
Chucky the tree
connie147
gkenny
jbravado
Hitchhiker's Guide to...
Tight Ted
Glowingmind

Serie C - $110
jack90210
aya14
jaysoose
ghostface ste
max_power
DAMO72
peteypop
Wolves
davidgti
tipp86
ionapaul
BOBBB
Lao Lao

Serie D - $60
northwestguy27
Sasha Stale Self-sufficient
dangerousdavid
jimi_t
Wreck
premierstone
zuroph
gorrrr72
Whyno
fowlerDgrowler
Conbro
LTL
bannanababy14
fatguy
spectre

From now on, i'll just thank posts to let players know that they have been added to the interest list.

jack90210 wrote: »

That makes optimal strategy waiting to the end? Obviously thats not in the spirit of the league.

Yeah that's what i want to avoid.

Isn't 8 weeks to finish only 8 matches very long. Make it much shorter IMO, strike when the iron is hot and people are still interested. Even make 4 matches be completed in the first few weeks then another interval for the next 4 or something? Just ideas.

8 weeks to finish 8 games isn't that long at all. It's only 1 game a week, and if it were to go on a week to week basis, if we have 80 players, thats 40 games to be played which means both people being online at a specific time and playing their games. It's my 3rd or 4th time running the league, and it's efo not a long time.

The first time i tried to get all week 1 matches played together, but we found that for one reason or another, the games couldn;t be played, but games further down the line could have been, so i think this is the fairest way to get everyone an equal opportunity to complete their games.

4 and 4 might be an idea (well depending on numbers) but splitting the league this way might push things a long so i may go with this.