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1.   He/she is doing it ?
2.  As you say Vicki - and he/she is doing his/her best. ? ?
 

Everyone who plays this competition will appreciate the amount of work involved in its running, which BillyHills did, from compiling the results to putting up the weekly posting threads. Just so the Admin team here can get on top of things we are going to pause for a week, which will reduce the period of the first season comp by a week. This happens to coincide with an international break when the betting choices would be affected, so we hope you will bear with us on this.
We will update last weeks results as soon as possible.

Hi all,
Just a quick message to say that after the tragic news of Graham (BillyHills) passing this weekend we'll be asking you to bear with us for a period as we try to organise things that he managed so effectively. This Last Man Standing Consolation competition was one of those things. Hopefully, there'll be minimum disruption and we'll do our best to keep things running as smoothly as possible.
Thanks.

Most of the time my Chests won't even open - the ultimate bad beat 

Bounty games on Stars are called Knockouts. They split the prize pool, half to the pool (top 3 etc) and half on bounty. I've set it up as a Progressive Knockout so if you're knocked out half your bounty goes to the person who knocks you out, and half gets added to the bounty on that person's head. I've made it $3.30 as it's 'fun' week.
There is no added money for this   (unless someone is putting some up )

Liverpool v Leeds (X) 6.00
£10 single please.

Final Table
3 good winners for Thebestthere was enough to take the title for August
Well done to Glavintoby, Rupert and CS333 for filling the places with some terrific tipping.
Alastair got his tactics right and won the most winners award and Steve75 won the Cup 
96 players,  2116 Selections, 18% SR and a 90pt profit
 
Prizes
£60 Thebestthere
£30 Glavintoby
£20 Bathtime For Rupert
£10 CS333
£20 Alastair
£30 Steve75
£10 Tipsterix
PayPal address PL Name Prize being claimed Home Address Top 3 for Merchandise send to:  [email protected]  

If you are interested in playing in the new season and you have not already been given a place in the new divisions then put your name down here.
Please only apply if you can complete a 9 week season. We had 21 drop-outs last time
 
This would include NEW members
OR
Player that were eliminated from the last competition (but would like to waste my time again)
 
Season should kick off in early September, full details will follow asap.
In the meantime have a gander at the rules
 

Aug 27
A look at the Most Winners situation
Bymatrix needs one more decent winner in the last 4 days to get him over the £10 mark
If he fails its between Vangovin and Alastair with the former in the driving seat.
At least this mini-comp makes people bet throughout the month
Cracking effort by Marmalade by the way 84% SR
 

 

Just realised I had not set up the tournament.   However I am a believer that if sometimes you wait rather than rush in, things will change for the better, and I am pleased to say that PokerStars have added an option to adjust the late registration period!! We can have 0, 2, 4 or 6 levels, with our current setting of 'regular' speed this is 10min levels, so I have selected 2 levels which gives us 20mins late reg as I had suggested anyway. 
So game is set up and registering, hopefully see you there tonight .

Just to highlight that I have added this in in respect of the late registration which is now automatically available on Home Games. I hope everyone feels that this is an acceptable allowance (previously was automatically set at 10 mins) and allows players to join in late without it becoming an abuse of our points system.

The new football season will obviously be starting later than normal and although there is an International set of fixtures on Sept 5th, it makes more sense for us to start when the Premier season begins a week later on the 12th.
With that in mind and to keep the 4 mini-seasons this year's competition will be for 36 weeks, split into four 9-week seasons.
Proposed dates (subject to change)
TC 1: Sept 12th - Nov 7th
TC 2: Nov 14th - Jan 9th 
TC 3: Jan 16th - Mar 13th
TC 4: Mar 20th - May 15th
 
Full details to follow if anything changes.
 
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17:10 Windsor, Expedient EW @ 6.5 at Bet365

Omaha HiLo set up.   I've made it 3000 chips to keep it to fun time and usual 10 mins blinds.

12:40 Ascot, Mohawk King EW @ 6 at Bet365

Get well soon Helen!

It is great to have you have back Helen!
Sending good, healthy vibes your way!

Ok guys, I am back home after 2 weeks in hosp and will update the league table over this weekend once I feel up to getting my laptop going again.  Apologies,  it's not a shared document and is a bit of a dinosaur so unless I could get to it to send to someone it would be difficult for anyone to replicate.
Thank you to those ever presents who have supported the league without reminders and posted the results. Whilst it shows me that posting a reminder, particularly on facebook, is worth the time spent, it also highlights that most people are not that bothered about the weekly game per se.
I'm also sad that this thread developed into a bun fight. I will come back to the issues we need to address when I'm up to it. 

 
 

I'm not wrong, it wasn't me lol

If you lose money on the bet its a loser.
4/1 second at 1/5  odds = £1 staked - 90p returned = Loss of 10p 
Cant award you a winner for that i'm afraid.

Indeed...

God anybody would think we were playing for the World Cup.
After working a twelve hour shift being on the front line I could not enter on time and joined late.This is the first time I have done this.
When you have seen people dying of Co Vid it hits home home a little.I am a new member and use the poker as a stress release if I get home on time.Some ot the members want to get a grip as Life pails into insignificance.
Heres to all my fellow NHS worker’s.

A few observations.....
Point 1. I'm not an online player. Most of my modest successes have come from live tourneys, in fields of 100-300 players, with buy ins of a few hundred pounds. In these comps I believe I have a decent edge, As such, it is of no advantage to register late, so I always ensure I start as soon as possible. As far as I'm concerned, anyone entering the comp 1 or 2 hours later is playing sub-optimally, as they are missing out on the chance to win chips from the weaker players early on. So entering asap is optimal, and late reggers are playing this tourney sub-optimal.
Point 2. The PL League has a very generous £150 added to it, which, for a $5, is enormous, especially as the field is so small. In fact, it's usually the only online tourney I play all week. It's a bit of fun, right? There's some banter, and we get to meet up once in a while for some more banter and a few beers.
Now suppose I was a volume player and wanted to abuse the goodwill of the PuntersLounge team, here's what I'd do (not suggesting anyone is doing this). I'd register as late as possible and play shit or bust. If I get knocked out early I've only invested $5 and 5 minutes of my time, so no big deal.
As I stated earlier, I am not against late registration per se, but we could be open to abuse at some point, so we do need to talk about it.
Out of interest, is there an option on PokerStars for no late registration ? This option, plus an 8.10pm start would be my preference.

@ian309 At no point have I said this didn't apply to me , I was literally just stating my thoughts on the comments you brought up. 
With regards to your meme we disagree on the potential impact of late registration on the league and I raised my opinion on it , there is a difference between arguing and providing an opposing opinion to what you believe.