THE DBB/BBP ONLINE SERIES OF POKER (or DBBBBPPSOP)

[LAPPIN]

what say we start organising a badbeats/dublinbellybuster series of poker with semi-big buyins... and run satellites for the tourneys for the weeks leading up.
they could start as soon as the current season's are over or alternatively run concurrently.

****UPDATE****

WE TRY TO HAVE THIS SERIES FROM SUNDAY TO SUNDAY, SOMETIME IN MID-APRIL. WE WILL GET THE ADVERTISING DRIVE GOING ASAP. WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DO 10-12 EVENTS NOW - THE SCHEDULE LOOKING SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

SUNDAY:
15.00: EVENT 1 - $100 6-HANDED NLHE - 12 minute levels - 5K stack
17.00: EVENT 2 - $24 9-HANDED NLHE - 10 minute levels - 3K stack

MONDAY
19.00: EVENT 3 - $20 9-HANDED NLHE REBUY - 10 minute levels - 1500/2000 Top-Ups

TUESDAY
19.00: EVENT 4 - $50 9-HANDED PLO - 12 minute levels - 5K stack

WEDNESDAY
19.00: EVENT 5 - $100 NLHE TURBO - 5 minute levels - 3K stack
19.00: EVENT 6 - $100 NLHE HEADS-UP - 10 minute levels - 3K stack

THURSDAY
19.00: EVENT 7 - $50 8-HANDED HORSE - 6 minute levels - 5K stack

FRIDAY
19.00: EVENT 8 - $120 9-HANDED NLHE KO - 12 minute levels - 5K stack

SATURDAY
15.00: EVENT 9 - $50 PLO HEADS-UP - 10 minute levels - 3K stack
17.00: EVENT 10 - $100 6-HANDED NLHE 2X SHOOTOUT - 12 minute levels - 5K stack

SUNDAY
15.00: EVENT 11 - $200 9-HANDED NLHE MAIN EVENT - 15 minute levels - 6K stack
17.00: EVENT 12 - $24 NLHE 2ND CHANCE - 10 minute levels - 3K stack

[DevilFish73]

Yes I like it..Great schedule too.. And we should do it right after this season..

[thang911]

great idea Lappin. We should do this soon

[LAPPIN]

I'M THINKING IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL IF PEOPLE WOULD EXPRESS THEIR INTEREST LEVELS SO WE MIGHT COMPILE A LIST A PROBABLES. I THINK THIS WILL HELP TO KEEP THE INTEREST LEVELS UP AS A LIST OF 30+ PROBABLES WOULD HELP PROMOTE IT AND GIVE REASSURANCE TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT ITS GONNA BE WELL WORTH THE TIME AND EFFORT.

I ALSO RECOMMEND WE WORK OUT A SYSTEM TO JUDGE PLAYER OF THE SERIES SO THAT HE/SHE AND THE MAIN EVENT WINNER MIGHT GET SOME ADDITIONAL TRINKET OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENT.

I WILL SCRIBBLE A LIST OF NAMES BELOW OF THOSE I RECKON ARE LIKELY COMPETITORS. IF YOUR NAME IS NOT MENTIONED AND YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED, POST A REPLY TO THAT EFFECT (maybe you're a satellite possibility). ALSO, IF YOUR NAME IS ON THE LIST BUT YOU WOULD NOT BE INTERESTED LET US KNOW.

1 DAVID 'LAPPIN' LAPPIN
2 BEN 'GALACTUS X' SUVER
3 THANG 'THANG911' NGUYEN
4 NICK 'ROUNDER63' CARRILLO
5 SCOTT 'CHIPLESS WONDER' COOK
6 PADDY 'DR FILL GOOD' MCALLISTER
7 JESSE 'CHRONICATM' WIDELITZ
8 CHARLIE 'QUIRMBACH' QUIRMBACH
9 JOERG 'BREAK_EVAN' BOERNER
10 STEPHEN 'STINKY BUDZ' O'CONNOR
11 RYAN 'CLOVER23' MEYER
12 MICHAEL 'MICHAEL CRAIG' CRAIG
13 DAVE 'OTBDAVE' WALASINSKI
14 SOHEB 'WHYSOCEREUS' PORBANDARWALA
16 STEVE 'MICROPHONE HEAD' SUAREZ
17 MICHELLE 'PHISHINGIRL1' DUBOIS
18 JOSHUA 'PETIE_BIGSTACKS' SMITH
19 MIKE 'HOLDEMPLAYER81' GILBERT
20 CHRIS 'GOMUKYASELF' SPARKS
21 JESSICA 'FEISTYANGEL2' PAGAN
22 AMORY 'WILY MO' SCHWARTZ
23 SHAWN 'SPRSTONER' GLINES
24 MICHAEL 'MUOI1' THACH
25 MATTHEW 'SHORTMAT1444' GALUZZO
26 EJ 'CARDSFAN04' FOLKS
27 NICK '9FTNINJA' POTAMITUS
28 GABE 'DEFYODDZ' ANDRES
29 CORY 'STACKINSIDEWAYS' MARINO
30 STEVEN 'SJMIN' MCGRAIL
31 CHRIS 'CDAVI' DAVIES
32 JON 'KING6OFCLUBS' PORTALE

-----Added 7 Feb 2009 at 01:25:55-----

if we were able to get 30 for the main event, it would be awesome and the payouts would be tasty:

1st 2400
2nd 1600
3rd 1000
4th 600
5th 400

...or thereabouts! Not too shabby!

[DevilFish73]

I will def. play in all except maybe Horse... Also I am fine whenever we start this process.. Can we really request those starting stacks and blinds?

-----Added 7 Feb 2009 at 01:35:21-----

Also how will the satellites work?

-----Added 7 Feb 2009 at 01:53:31-----

Also lets add to your great list one or two small buyins for our low buy in guys and for bigger fields..??? I love the structure of the other events..

EVENT 1: $10 NLHE - 9 HANDED - 1500 starting stack - 6 minute levels
EVENT 2: $20 NLHE - 9 HANDED - 3K starting stack - 10 minute levels

[Chipless Wonder]

Excellent idea.

Let's finish our current seasons first, then we can promote this with a mass email, banners, etc.

[LAPPIN]

When does your season end? The bellybusters spring season hasn't a fixed end-date.

I think we need to do something to make this event stand out from our regular games/buy-ins. Therefore i think we shud not go below $50 as the min buy-in (a $20 rebuy will end being way over $50 per person on average)

however, i do think we should run satellites for players for whom a straight buy-in is too pricey (also i would try to sat in whenever possible to these events but i am well known for my nittery!)

i would however welcome other event ideas as i would a debate over scheldule...

Shud do them all over a single weekend? Maybe one a day for a week? Mayb over a couple of weeks? I think i would be in favour of one a day for a week with 2 on the saturday and sunday.

-----Added 7 Feb 2009 at 03:29:45-----

Also, i think mayb we shud synchronise it to be during the final week of the regualr seasons of each so that the final bellybuster and badbeats league games will also be on the same sunday as the final series games.

[cdavi]

My opinions:

I would love satellites...while I can afford to buy into these events, I'm nitty like lappin and prefer satelliting in to my tournaments over $26.

I would suggest doing what FTOPS and (M)WSOOP do and have an event (or 2) every day leading up to the main event on Sunday. You've suggested 7 events, so you can start Monday, have one every night until Sunday where you have the big main event. You can have a $26 satellite (or less like $11) the night before and if you feel really ambitious you can have a turbo one the day of as well.

Question: Are you going to make these passworded events or is this going to be an Open event? If it's passworded, we should get on other forums and advertise for it/the websites to get more interest (unless we're happy with our numbers). If it's open, we will have more donkeys, but an unknown can take all our money...

Finally, what about a shootout event if you want to go from Sunday to Sunday...2 or 3 or 4 table shootout where top 3 (or less depending on tables) make it to final table. It would bring out a totally different poker skill in having to finish top 3 instead of just top 1...

Just my thoughts

[otbdave]

Depending on time of day I might not be able to play the majority of them... I would guess that I make maybe 2 of 7...

[LAPPIN]

Some great thoughts by davi there....

I think they should all be passworded (even the satellites) and i agree that we should probably start them asap - maybe having one at the same time as our own weekly games. That said, i think we should still try to use these events to grow our membership and shouldn't refuse the password to anyone who wants to join one or both the sites.

I love the idea of a few satellites on the day also.

Sunday to sunday seems sensible given the popularity of sunday pokering - we could try to develop 10 tourneys then (2 for the two sundays and 1 for each of the other days)

that leaves room to get creative with 3 other tourneys - maybe:

A $24 nlhe tourney - (similar to the $1k wsop event this year) to encourage more entrants to play
a ko event - mayb a $120ko where $20 is the bounty
a 6-handed $100 2x shootout event - a 36 player tourney (hopefully) with satellites on the day making it a 3x for those players

Another matter that has to be worked out is start time. To give the euros a sporting chance, mayb we should aim for 19.00et starts (midnight for us) and if we do 2 on the sundays, i think 14.00et and 17.00et wud work well.