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Looks a good promo if they can get the Leaderboard sorted, which has to be a doubt.
Shame it didnt start this week.
Shame it didnt start this week.
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This is the pokerstars method for STT leaderboards and I have been asking for this for 3 years.
Everyone who plays 20 STTs in a week has a chance of winning a prize which is great. Obviously people who play hundreds or thousands a week have more chance of winning but that is fair enough as at least under this system everyone has some sort of chance! |
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scoring will be ok, its a room wide promo, not a betfair only 1.
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question is what positin will chips mate sexysandy finish?
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could b an intresting spread bet.
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Maximum points is 1000, So if you win 20 x $5.50 10 person sit in go's the 500 is yours, unless someone else does it and you have to split
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Ahh thought it was BF only promo, didn't realise it was Ongame one. If it had run this week I'm pretty sure I would have been near the top, though just noticed it dont include 30 man games, which is a shame.
Yeah the bots sandy and schum are sure to be up near the top simply because law of averages mean they will get a hot streak.  |
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I am not quite sure I understand the rules, check this page:
http://www.ongamepromotions.com/xmas20streak/ Scroll at the end of the page where it says about blocks and how its calculated: Leaderboard Points are awarded every time you cash in a Sit & Go tournament. Your points are recorded in blocks of 20 sequential Sit & Go tournaments Every player can play up to 5 blocks where we only count the best completed block towards the leaderboard! What the hell does this mean ? |
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They take your best 20 consecutive game period from that week. So say you played 80 qualifying STT's that week and your best run of results came in games 20-39 those are the ones they would use.
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from my understanding only your first 100 game scount towards this, and only in blocks 1 to 20 21 to 40, so if u win everey gsame between 11 and 30 u wouldnt get max points, u would get 10 wins in block 1 and 2.
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1. Only Sit & Go tournaments are counted towards the leaderboard.
2. All Sit & Go tournaments will count towards the leaderboard except tournaments having more than 10 players and play money tournaments. 3. All game types are included in this promotion. 4. Each player’s points are recorded in blocks of 20 sequential Sit & Go tournaments. Every player can play up to 5 blocks where only the best completed block counts towards the leaderboard. 5. Round 1 of the leaderboard will run from Saturday 1 December at 00:01 GMT to Friday 7 December at 23:59 GMT. 6. Round 2 of the leaderboard will run from Saturday 8 December at 00:01 GMT to Friday 14 December at 23:59 GMT. 7. In the unlikely event that a position is tied between two or more players, the prizes for the places occupied will be combined and split equally. For example, if there is a tie for 3rd place, 3rd and 4th place prize money will be combined and split equally amongst the tied players. 8. Players can compete in both the Silver and Gold group and will be eligible for all the prize money earned in both leaderboards. 9. Players can track their progress and find rules and details about the promotion at www.ongamepromotions.com/xmas20streak. 10. The leaderboard will use the start date of a Sit & Go tournament to determine which block that tournament belong to. 11. The leaderboard will use the start date of a Sit & Go tournament when crediting tournament points. For example, if you enter a Sit & Go tournament within the promotional period but the tournament finishes outside the promotional period, then any points awarded counts towards the leaderboard. |
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Sit & Go Sequence's Blocks
1-20 First Block 21-40 Second Block 41-60 Third Block Highest Block Score counted 61-80 Fourth Block 81-100 Fifth Block |
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Q. What kind of Sit & Go tournaments are included in the Hot Streak Promotion? A. All real money Sit & Go tournaments with max 10 players, regardless of blinds structure or game speed.
Q. How can I participate in this promotion? A. The promotion is open to all real money players. Once you have played your first 20 Sit & Go tournaments, your score will be registered automatically on the relevant leaderboard. Q. Where can I see my leaderboard score? A. Your best score can be seen at www.ongamepromotions.com/xmas20streak Q. When does the promotion start? A. The promotion is divided into two runtime periods independently of each other. The first period starts 1 December 00:01 CET and ends 7 December 23:59 CET. The second period starts 8 December 00:01 CET and ends 14 December 23:59 CET. Q. What are the Gold and Silver leaderboards? A. The Silver leaderboard is only open for players on smaller stakes – buy-in levels between $1 and $5. Only tournaments on these buy-in levels are counted towards the Silver leaderboard. The Gold leaderboard is only open for players on bigger stakes – buy-in levels between $5,50 and $22. Only tournaments on these buy-in levels are counted towards the Gold leaderboard. Q. Is it possible to participate in both the Gold and Silver leaderboard? A. Yes, you are free to participate in both leaderboards. If you cash in both leaderboards, you are eligible for all the prize money. Q. When will I get my prize money? A. Prize winners in round one will receive their prize latest 11 December. Prize winners in round two will receive their prize latest 18 December. Q.There is a tie – what happens? A. In the unlikely event that a position is tied between two or more players, the prizes for the places occupied will be combined and split equally. For example, if there is a tie for 3rd place, 3rd and 4th place prize money will be combined and split equally amongst the tied players. Q.Is it the start time or the end time of a Sit & Go tournament that sets which block it counted against? A. The leaderboard will use the start date of a Sit & Go tournament to determine which block that tournament belong to. Q.How many blocks are counted towards the leaderboard? A. Every player can play up to 5 blocks. Only your best completed block is counted towards the leaderboard. |
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lol, this sux then, 100 games is such a small sample thats not even worth to mention it.
But its a huge value, IMO, one can play 100 x 1$ SNGs thats about 20$ of rake and can win 100$...this does not make sense again. And on BF promo page it says: You may play just one block or as many blocks of 20 Sit and Go tournaments as you like but, for the purposes of the leaderboard, only your best completed block of 20 Sit and Go's will be counted. |
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I would back myself to finish reasonably high up on both leaderboards, and at the end of the day it's something for nothing so ain't complaining. It also favours decent players over the cake wh0res on a sample of 100 games. Essentially its incentivising the recreational players to play at least 100 games so good idea imho.
On a related note some Russian D2N player was banging on about his skin giving him 90% RB plus LB money at the tables earlier, and another claimed to be on 60%. No wonder them D2N tables are always busy. Ongame is effectively paying people to play. |
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The only difficulty is keeping your own records ie. you might have a decent 20 game streak but it might overlap 2 qualifying periods.
Some good promotions from Betfair atm, just a pity the software crashes so often. |
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HU or short handed SNGs have a variance that can lest several hundret games, so one can do pretty good on his streak and be a fish, but other can be a "pro" and do very bad.
I think that only D2N games have small variance, so that is clearly a game to play for this promo. But again, it does not make sense to me, usually promotion means poker room will win money because of extra rake players will rake when trying to win promo money, but for this promo, it is not so, so im kinda lost in understanding it. Like...Play 100 1$ D2N and rake only 20 dollars, but you can win a lot more. |
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think its aimed at the occasional player to get them to paly a bit more than normal, not the cake ****s who still have their cake race[sorry skill and go]
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Yea, seems so, still info on BF promo page is different, it says "as many blocks as you like".
I guess I'll do a batch of 100 SNGs one day, should not take more than a few hours, then I can hope for best :) |
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Every other promo on here is aimed at the cake wh0res. It's Christmas and they should be looking to reward the bread and butter players who have stuck with the site through thick and thin. Like gnasher says the Eastern European rake monkeys and the bots will play all the hours god sends anyway. So why give them even more ?
The promotional pot of money Ongame have to spend should give everyone a chance to win something now and again, not just the few dozen STT players that play for a living. We all contribute so we should all have the chance to get something back. |
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Yea, chip, not that im complaining, its basicly free money, but its just very strange to me, Im not used to promotions where poker room loses :)
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They win in 2 ways. Firstly you will get people like me who will play 100 more Stt's than I would have done if the promo wasnt running, in turn making the lobby busier- and its been quiet on a morning of late.
Secondly it rewards precisely those sort of customers they like best, the regular folk who play a bit of poker, do a bit of sports betting, and play the arcade. Give a pro player 200 bucks of promo money and he/she will withdraw it to pay the rent. Give it to a regular and he/she will put it back into the BF economy via sports betting, roulette, and more poker. Yeah they need a few cake wh0res to keep the tables busy, but their core customers are the ones who come on here week in and week out losing 50 or 60 quid, but more importantly generating a lot of turnover across all of their products. |
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btw, leaderboard on ongame is already live.
Already a guy with 500 points on silver :) |
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The problem with it being Ongame wide, is that 3 or 4 mates can sit at 20 low stakes 5 max games together and essentially ensure one of them consistently cashes, and given the number of Eastern Europeans on the site, its probably bound to happen.
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So how you doin on this promo, chip? I see people on top are either bots or regulars, so "recreational" players are not gainig here :)
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I've 15 points FFS and still to complete my first block.
Good players will benefit from this and bots and players who play like them won't win. |
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I've already finished 100 games and it was on a regular speed 10 men tables, so I guess my work is done, back to cash tables now :)
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I got 305 points from my first block of 20. This was showing in the top 30 most of the day. Just checked again, and my first block now shows 280, so its mysteriously gone down 25 without me doing anything. Usual garbage Leaderboard fk ups that we have come to expect from these clowns, after the non appearance of tickets for Bounty promo last week, and another fk up on the weekly STT Leaderbaords which havent been updated for days.
If they cant get Leaderboards right why do they bother running these sort of promos ? Cant be arsed with it now. I wouldnt have bothered with the Silver one anyway to be honest. Oh and why bother having Gold and Silver Leaderboards when the min buyin for the Gold is only 5 bucks ? Is there that much difference in standard between 3 and 5 dollar games ? As for the recreationals, Bruce Willis off here was in the top 20 last time I looked, doubt he would have been grinding peasant stakes STT's if it weren't for this promo, dunno bout the rest of them near the top, but you got to bear in mind it will take recreational players the full 7 days to play 100 games, so you would expect the grinders to be up there early.. |
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Oh and as for the bots, sexsandy is 32nd and shumrich isnt even in the top 125, so they deffo havent benefitted from this promo.
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Just calculate how much you should win and compare it to your results.
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My calculations shows it wrong, I should be well in top6, so if they dont correct it by tomorrow, they will get my email :)
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Like I said my first attempt I got 305 points, which is the right amount, now they have amended it to 285 points, which is wrong.
To get into the top 20 you clearly need to play 10 man games, but I cant be boshed playing any more if you have to mail them to get your scores corrected. Im up $120 playing them, so it wasn't a complete waste of time, but pointless carrying on if they cant get the maths right. No doubt there will be a week long stewards enquiry at the end of it before anyone gets paid out. |
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Well my total points change quite a lot this couple of days, so maybe they are still working on it :)
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Well last weeks STT Leaderboard has vanished altogether now. Farcical.
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Results are still wrong, and they changed 3 times during my night time and I have not played a single game during that time. I have completed my 100 games yesterday.
Mail sent to BF, lets see what they'll say about it. |
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My first block has gone down from 305 to 250 now.
Every time I log in it gets lower. They havent been able to run a bog standard leaderboard correctly for over 12 months so why in the name of the Lord they thought they could run something MORE complex I do not know. The usual omnishambles.Playing another 60 this week has all the appeal of a rotting teddy bear by a graveside. As Malcolm would say. |
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Im thinking of doing both leaderboards, but now that I dont know how ongame calculates points, I dont dare to do it.
I hope they respond soon. |
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Poor Mr Bruce Willis looks to be suffering the same as me, points on the slide.
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1 question, is a 5 dollar plus 50c game count for gold or silver? bit misleading?
ive not played any yet, cant decide if i can b @rsed 2. |
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I believe 5$ + 0.5$ rake counts for Gold leaderboard, technically its a 5.5$ buyin.
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