ENGLAND - European Team Championships 2009

[kinboshi]

Much to the chagrin of many I am the team captain for England for the European Team Championships taking place in November 2009.

To have the role as captain is an honour, but it"s also a headache.  I have to select a team of just 4 players, and so it"s obvious that some excellent players who"d like to represent England are going to be disappointed.

I"m still determining the criteria I"ll use to select the team, but in the meantime please PM me if you"re interested in putting your name into the hat.  I"ve already had a few dozen people PM me expressing their desire to be part of the team and I will make sure I consider each and every one of you.

One thing"s for sure though.  I"m picking a team to win it.  We"re going to have a good few days as well, but the plan is to win it all.  If we don"t win, it won"t be through lack of commitment.  One thing"s for sure though, we"ll beat the sweaties .

[lukybugur]

One thing"s for sure though, we"ll beat the sweaties  

That"ll be a first  

[kinboshi]

One thing"s for sure though, we"ll beat the sweaties  

That"ll be a first  

Go and pollute your own thread.  English only at the table please.

[jbworldwide]

maybe running a mini league tournament for the english players would be the best way?

or perhaps, picking 2 players and then letting 2 players win their place.

I haven"t thought about the format or anything, but since we have a lot of good players it would be an opportunity for them to face off and find the best of the best maybe.

Something that could then be deployed year on year.

[kinboshi]

[mal666]

Ro-Sham-Bo for a place. All names in to a hat wich are then drawn in to pairs. Pm Kin your selection and he posts the result.
Play down to 4 obv. Piece of p innit.

[kinboshi]

Ro-Sham-Bo for a place. All names in to a hat wich are then drawn in to pairs. Pm Kin your selection and he posts the result.
Play down to 4 obv. Piece of p innit.

That was another method I thought of using.  Necking pints was a third.

[jbworldwide]

I considered something like this, but how would it account for variance?  It would have to be a series of STTs and HU matches, but to get a statistically valid sample we"d be talking hundreds if not thousands of games. 

There might be something in it though, possibly.

I did think about the variance issue, but playing a few games should counter this (WSOP Heads Up final is 3 games for this reason). Which is why i said maybe pick two in form players and let the others fight it out. Stars do it this way for the Poker Nations cup.

At least you will definitely know that two of your players have beaten a lot already to play there.

[Jon MW]

Ro-Sham-Bo for a place. All names in to a hat wich are then drawn in to pairs. Pm Kin your selection and he posts the result.
Play down to 4 obv. Piece of p innit.

Probably as statistically valid as running a mini series

I think players that win or go deep in APAT and other events are going to be the one"s in contention.

That"s not going to give a massive shortlist - after that it"s down to the captains judgement.

So we know who to blame if we don"t win.

[SirPercival]

Ro-Sham-Bo for a place. All names in to a hat wich are then drawn in to pairs. Pm Kin your selection and he posts the result.
Play down to 4 obv. Piece of p innit.

Probably as statistically valid as running a mini series

I think players that win or go deep in APAT and other events are going to be the one"s in contention.

That"s not going to give a massive shortlist - after that it"s down to the captains judgement.

So we know who to blame when we don"t win.

FYP  

[MintTrav]

If we don"t win, it won"t be through lack of commitment.

I"m sure you"re right. It"s more likely to be through lack of ability.

[kinboshi]

I think the Irish and Scots are worried about the England team.  Why else would they feel the need to come onto a thread about the England team and post their witty comments?  

[Jon MW]

I think the Irish and Scots are worried about the England team.  Why else would they feel the need to come onto a thread about the England team and post their comments?  

fyp

[Honeybadg]

I think the Irish and Scots are worried about the England team.  Why else would they feel the need to come onto a thread about the England team and post their witty comments?  

Is there an equivalent of the penalty shoot out for England to lose at?

L

[kinboshi]

I think the Irish and Scots are worried about the England team.  Why else would they feel the need to come onto a thread about the England team and post their witty comments?  

Is there an equivalent of the penalty shoot out for England to lose at?

L

If there was, the Scots wouldn"t even qualify for the main event.