2016 Fantasy Poker 2nd June-July 18th Discussion thread..

[fandango]

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/

So with the WSOP taking off again in a few months im gonna run the yearly Fantasy Poker league hopefully with Mr Murrays valuable assistance..

Plenty of time to start thinking of your players, but just need more input about possible changes to this years game..

I think each year we run it it gets better and better, but always room for improvement!..

I have my own personal thoughts this year on possible changes...

1. Scrap catergories.. Im thinking this handcuffs you if say you want to have a team made up of entirely random picks. (like a team full of women  ) or say a team full of Brits..

2. Increase from 8-10 players.

3. Allow 2 subs say up to and including event 34 (about halfway through).

4. Tweak scoring so any event with say over 3000 runners scores more for FT or Win?..

5. Allow a person to have more than 1 team but a maximum of 3

Just a few possible changes.. But looking for input from the rest of you.

[Curlarge]

Looking forward to this once again.

I"ll get on my usual soapbox about scoring this type of things.

It is incredibly difficult to cash and even more difficult to make the FT table of a WSOP event and even moreso to actually win one.

My personal opinion is that the points need to be heavily loaded towards those who FT and even more towards those who actually win a bracelet. I think the Formula 1 scoring system has this just about spot on and I"m sure it would work here

Maybe the following tweak might help things.

1st -  25 pts
2nd - 18 pts
3rd - 15 pts
4th - 12 pts
5th - 10 pts
6th -  8 pts
7th -  6 pts
8th - 4 pts
9th - 2 pts
cashing 1 pt

Just my opinion.

[fandango]

Looking forward to this once again.

I"ll get on my usual soapbox about scoring this type of things.

It is incredibly difficult to cash and even more difficult to make the FT table of a WSOP event and even moreso to actually win one.

My personal opinion is that the points need to be heavily loaded towards those who FT and even more towards those who actually win a bracelet. I think the Formula 1 scoring system has this just about spot on and I"m sure it would work here

Maybe the following tweak might help things.

1st -  25 pts
2nd - 18 pts
3rd - 15 pts
4th - 12 pts
5th - 10 pts
6th -  8 pts
7th -  6 pts
8th - 4 pts
9th - 2 pts
cashing 1 pt

Just my opinion.

I like this scoring system aswell, rewards the higher placings for sure.

[hi_am_chris]

I like points 1, 2 and 3 from Carl and also the scoring system proposed by Curlarge.

Not keen on point 4, think one scoring system keeps things simple  and i think it"s better that everyone just has one team, i think 3 teams would give the poker nerds far too much of an advantage and might put off some people from putting one team in for a bit of fun as they now have a worse chance of winning.

[fandango]

I like points 1, 2 and 3 from Carl and also the scoring system proposed by Curlarge.

Not keen on point 4, think one scoring system keeps things simple  and i think it"s better that everyone just has one team, i think 3 teams would give the poker nerds far too much of an advantage and might put off some people from putting one team in for a bit of fun as they now have a worse chance of winning.

Cool your prob right.. with Rich"s scoring system makes it better

[AlbusFawkes]

My hat"s in the ring

[fandango]

My hat"s in the ring

So many innuendos that I must resist!!

[MintTrav]

There were a few ideas suggested at the end of last year"s one, most of which are on Carl"s list : http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=18018.450

I would agree with scrapping categories and would be okay with increasing the number on a team and giving more points for more entrants, though I don"t really mind. Don"t like substitutions or having more than one team.

Some other suggestions were not having captains as it can distort scores too much, not including the Main as it could all drag on, including the Main but scoring per July chip-counts, excluding Negreanu and Hellmuth, giving extra points for a joker and holding a player auction. I would add that it seems odd that we didn"t include the National Championship, which is a WSOP bracelet event, especially as my pick Loni won it.

[dwh103]

My hat"s in the ring

So many innuendos that I must resist!!

In-your-endo

[fandango]

My hat"s in the ring

So many innuendos that I must resist!!

In-your-endo

Haha see what you did there!!

[dwh103]

My hat"s in the ring

So many innuendos that I must resist!!

In-your-endo

Haha see what you did there!!

Of all people I knew you"d appreciate it!

[hi_am_chris]

Auction so everyone has different players

[fandango]

There were a few ideas suggested at the end of last year"s one, most of which are on Carl"s list : http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=18018.450

I would agree with scrapping categories and would be okay with increasing the number on a team and giving more points for more entrants, though I don"t really mind. Don"t like substitutions or having more than one team.

Some other suggestions were not having captains as it can distort scores too much, not including the Main as it could all drag on, including the Main but scoring per July chip-counts, excluding Negreanu and Hellmuth, giving extra points for a joker and holding a player auction. I would add that it seems odd that we didn"t include the National Championship, which is a WSOP bracelet event, especially as my pick Loni won it.

Yeah don"t mind scrapping Captain, I think with Richards scoring system this works fine..
Would need to obv sort out system for HU events.

[Des]

I have a great solution for your WSOP fantasy game this year.  Honestly, this one is coming soon and with added prizes!!

[Curlarge]

Coming wheeeeeeeennnnnnnnnn?