Bitcointalk Poker Series format discussion - Let's keep them all in one place.

[efialtis]

Hey guys,

sorry for the silence - it's not like I am not doing things behind the scenes...

We are going to have a new series up shortly and we will be playing 8 qualifiers (one each Sunday) with a Grand Final as well as a runners-up tournament. The buy-in on SwC is still going to be 1 mBTC but we will have an extra 400 chips per tournament in order to introduce the lottery.

More details coming up asap.

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[figmentofmyass]

Just my 2 cent opinion on this, dragging the tournament into 8 qualifier which is 2 months might resulted in lower hype for the game. Some player might be losing their enthusiast compared with the early state of the tournament especially when they have no chance to get into Grand Finale already

In the 2nd series, the last two regular games has less than 15 players.

i don't think this aspect has to do with how long the series is. the final games of any series will always have the fewest players. by that point, some players who are out of contention will have given up. i believe we had the same phenomenon in the first series.

this is why we are adding the lottery incentive. between the regular prize pools, lottery which will ~ pay for all your qualifier buy-ins, and the consolation tourney, i am hoping there is enough incentive now to keep runners in the final qualifiers. we'll see how it goes!

We are going to have a new series up shortly and we will be playing 8 qualifiers (one each Sunday) with a Grand Final as well as a runners-up tournament. The buy-in on SwC is still going to be 1 mBTC but we will have an extra 400 chips per tournament in order to introduce the lottery.

More details coming up asap.

woohoo! i'll be sending over the 3200 chips for the whole series soon.

i didn't realize it's saturday already. we should get a new thread up and get the word out ASAP......unless it's kicking off next weekend?

[Steamtyme]

i don't think this aspect has to do with how long the series is. the final games of any series will always have the fewest players. by that point, some players who are out of contention will have given up. i believe we had the same phenomenon in the first series.
this is why we are adding the lottery incentive. between the regular prize pools, lottery which will ~ pay for all your qualifier buy-ins, and the consolation tourney, i am hoping there is enough incentive now to keep runners in the final qualifiers. we'll see how it goes!

Agreed. I know personally I'm not exactly hyping up the Championship unless I'm in contention. I still play tourneys if I'm out of the running but I'm just focusing on that prizepool. Don't get me wrong love to hear how it went, but I personally see it as an extra and focus on the individual qualifiers more. Probably why I either finish well or bust out without thinking of the grander scheme. I imagine there are quite a few who had played previously that would stick it out knowing there is a non-skill based lottery available.

We are going to have a new series up shortly and we will be playing 8 qualifiers (one each Sunday) with a Grand Final as well as a runners-up tournament. The buy-in on SwC is still going to be 1 mBTC but we will have an extra 400 chips per tournament in order to introduce the lottery.
More details coming up asap.

woohoo! i'll be sending over the 3200 chips for the whole series soon.
i didn't realize it's saturday already. we should get a new thread up and get the word out ASAP......unless it's kicking off next weekend?

I'm guessing it's next weekend, with the short notice but who know efialtis and SWC  are full of surprises. In the meantime let's spread the word. I will continue to drop it in the chat on SWC, as it should be right up most of their alley. The only difference is this is a freezeout and I don't think SWC hosts any of those.

Great new looking forward to seeing everyone at the tables again soon.

[efialtis]

Just my 2 cent opinion on this, dragging the tournament into 8 qualifier which is 2 months might resulted in lower hype for the game. Some player might be losing their enthusiast compared with the early state of the tournament especially when they have no chance to get into Grand Finale already

In the 2nd series, the last two regular games has less than 15 players.

i don't think this aspect has to do with how long the series is. the final games of any series will always have the fewest players. by that point, some players who are out of contention will have given up. i believe we had the same phenomenon in the first series.

this is why we are adding the lottery incentive. between the regular prize pools, lottery which will ~ pay for all your qualifier buy-ins, and the consolation tourney, i am hoping there is enough incentive now to keep runners in the final qualifiers. we'll see how it goes!

We are going to have a new series up shortly and we will be playing 8 qualifiers (one each Sunday) with a Grand Final as well as a runners-up tournament. The buy-in on SwC is still going to be 1 mBTC but we will have an extra 400 chips per tournament in order to introduce the lottery.

More details coming up asap.

woohoo! i'll be sending over the 3200 chips for the whole series soon.

i didn't realize it's saturday already. we should get a new thread up and get the word out ASAP......unless it's kicking off next weekend?

So sorry to disappoint but start is going to be next Sunday :/

[Trofo]

So sorry to disappoint but start is going to be next Sunday :/

This is actually a good news for me. Tomorrow I am driving 6+ hours to the summer house and wife would probably killed me if I said that I intend to play poker whole evening on our first day there while she has to unpack and clean everything

Thanks, for setting it up @efialtis.

See you all soon across the green table.

[arallmuus]

We are going to have a new series up shortly and we will be playing 8 qualifiers (one each Sunday) with a Grand Final as well as a runners-up tournament.

Now everyone will be happy with this 8 qualifiers .

So sorry to disappoint but start is going to be next Sunday :/

Next week is the ideal time for this to kick in. Some people might be missing this information

this is why we are adding the lottery incentive. between the regular prize pools, lottery which will ~ pay for all your qualifier buy-ins, and the consolation tourney, i am hoping there is enough incentive now to keep runners in the final qualifiers. we'll see how it goes!

Lets just hope for the best that this will attract alot of new guy to come and try. To be honest Im now more excited to win the lottery then get myself onto the Grand Finale lol

If we ended up using the exact same system that Tyki proposed for the lottery, those who play well during the qualifier will has better chance of getting it.  . I'd say triple profit on that, you get more tickets, higher points + you could be cashing in

This is actually a good news for me. Tomorrow I am driving 6+ hours to the summer house and wife would probably killed me if I said that I intend to play poker whole evening on our first day there while she has to unpack and clean everything

Thanks, for setting it up @efialtis.

See you all soon across the green table.

Quite impossible to set this up within 24 hours but consider this your lucky day Trofo   See you on the table

[figmentofmyass]

So sorry to disappoint but start is going to be next Sunday :/

no worries at all! we know you're a busy guy. we should do this right and get the word out first anyway. less than 24 hours notice would have netted a bad turnout.

i just shipped 3200 chips your way for all the buy-ins. please confirm receipt when you get a chance. i'm looking forward to seeing the new thread.

To be honest Im now more excited to win the lottery then get myself onto the Grand Finale lol

winning the lottery is kinda like getting 2nd place cash prize in a satellite that only awards 1 ticket---a nice consolation but definitely not the #1 goal.

you can win the lottery and qualify for the championship, right? i looked back through the thread and that isn't clear to me now. that seems ideal, otherwise i think we're segregating too much of the prize pool (half the extra buy-ins) for non-finalists. i think all the consolation stuff should provide additional opportunities to win money, but not at the expense of the finalists. they should get that EV too.

[Trofo]

you can win the lottery and qualify for the championship, right? i looked back through the thread and that isn't clear to me now. that seems ideal, otherwise i think we're segregating too much of the prize pool (half the extra buy-ins) for non-finalists. i think all the consolation stuff should provide additional opportunities to win money, but not at the expense of the finalists. they should get that EV too.

Yes, lottery is for all and better performing players get more tickets but participation is awarded heavily.
10 tickets per participation and one for each point you manage to get. If you won every tournament you would have double the tickets from the guy that participated in all of them and didn't win a single point. Feels like a perfect balance to award participation and give some extra points for ability as well.
Here follows the links for 2 most important posts on the subject by tyKiwanuka
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5247993.msg54576189#msg54576189
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5247993.msg54612710#msg54612710

By the way @tyKiwanuka, very nice thought out and I like the idea more and more, glad it made the cut for the new series.

[Betwrong]

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Yes, lottery is for all and better performing players get more tickets but participation is awarded heavily.
10 tickets per participation and one for each point you manage to get. If you won every tournament you would have double the points from the guy that participated in all of them and didn't win a single point. Feels like a perfect balance to award participation and give some extra points for ability as well.
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At first I missed this part completely. This scheme indeed encourages participation, and I think it should be written in bold letters in the upcoming #3 Bitcointalk Poker Series' thread.

[tyKiwanuka]

I made a little rule book to get a better overview and understanding about our complicated series @efialtis, feel free to use (parts of) them for the thread for #3 series. I am also calling especially the native speakers to improve the wordings, grammar, add missing information etc.


Index

• General Information & Series Structure
• Entry Fees & Passwords
• The Qualifier Tournaments
• Internal Point Structure
• The Grand Final
• The Small Final
• The Lottery
• The Spreadsheet
• Miscellaneous

General Information & Series Structure

The Bitcointalk Poker Series sponsored by SwC Poker can be joined by any interested poker player with a Bitcointalk account. If you don't have a Bitcointalk account yet, feel free to make one. We would be happy, if you engage in discussions about the series and/or Poker, but it's not mandatory. We welcome players of any skill level, any age, any gender, any colour. The tournaments will be played on Sundays 5PM GMT.

The series will feature 8 qualifier tournaments, a Grand Final, a Small Final, a lottery and hopefully lots of fun and suckouts. There is an internal points structure, where you accumulate points to qualify for the Grand Final. Every participation will also give you tickets to the lottery. If you are a regular player, you will automatically qualify for the Small Final.

We play Texas No Limit Hold'em, the starting stacks are 5,000 chips, blind levels are 10 minutes and there is no late registration available.

You might also want to join the Bitcointalk Poker Community Server on Discord: Join here.

The first two series:
Series #1
Series #2

Entry Fees & Passwords

The entry fee per tournament is 1,400 Chips or 0.0014 BTC.
1,000 chips you pay for registering for the tournaments directly at SwC.
400 chips you send to the SwC account "youcantwin" via P2P transfer. 200 of those chips go towards the prize pool for the Grand Final, the other 200 chips towards the lottery.

There are no entry fees for the Grand Final and the Small Final.

The tournaments are password protected, you will get the passwords via Personal Message (PM) in this forum, after you have sent the 400 chips per tournament to youcantwin. If you intend to join all 8 qualifier tournaments, it would be helpful, if you send all extra fees (3,200 chips) upfront.

The Qualifier Tournaments

A total of 8 qualifier tournaments will be played inside 8 weeks, Sundays 5PM GMT. If possible, register as early as possible, since there is no late registration available. Just send 400 chips to youcantwin, get the password and register for the tournament for a fee of 1,000 chips.

Q#1: 06/28/2020
Q#2: 07/05/2020
Q#3: 07/12/2020
Q#4: 07/19/2020
Q#5: 07/26/2020
Q#6: 08/02/2020
Q#7: 08/09/2020
Q#8: 08/16/2020

Internal Point Structure

To determine who will qualify for the Grand Final, we have an internal point structure, where you get a number of points for each tournament, when you finished inside the Top10.

10th = 1 Point
9th = 2 Points
8th = 3 Points
7th = 4 Points
6th = 5 Points
5th = 6 Points
4th = 7 Points
3rd = 8 Points
2nd = 9 Points
1st = 10 Points

If two or more players have the same amount of points after 8 tournaments, the average finishing position in all tournaments participated will be the tie-breaker.

The Grand Final

The 9 players with the most points from our internal point system will be eligible to play the Grand Final, which will take place on 08/23/2020. You will automatically get registered for this tournament and don't have to pay an entry fee. As in the past, SwC is sponsoring 0.05 BTC among other things for this tournament and the 200 chips per tournament and participant from the qualifiers will be part of the prize pool as well. This additional prize money for the Top3 will get sent to you via P2P transfer on SwC.

1st: 50% of Prize Pool + BIG BTC Ticket worth 0.01 BTC & a lovely SwC Flexfit Hat
2nd: 30% of Prize Pool
3rd: 20% of Prize Pool

The Small Final

Every player who joined at least 5 of the 8 qualifying tournaments, will be eligible to play in the Small Final, no matter how many points they accumulated. Players that didn't finish in the money (i.e. outside Top3) in the Grand Final, will be eligible to play in the Small Final as well. You will automatically get registered for this tournament and don't have to pay an entry fee.

The date and prize money is TBA.

The Lottery

To give anyone the chance to win some money, we introduced a lottery for the third series, which will be funded from the extra fees you send to youcantwin. With each participation you will get 10 tickets for the lottery. For every point you get via the internal point system, you will get one additional ticket. So if you played 6 tournaments and accumulated 18 points, you will have 78 tickets for the lottery. If you played only one tournament and did get no points, you will have 10 tickets. Etc.

After those 8 qualifying tournaments, the draw from a trusted member will take place via a random number generator. Each player can only win one prize from this lottery, so if you win a prize in first draw, the rest of your tickets will get voided. The number of prizes depends on the amount collected for the lottery. For every 10,000 chips, there will be one prize. If the total pool is 18,000 chips, there will be two prizes of 9,000 chips each. If the total pool is 24,000 chips, there will be three prizes of 8,000 chips each. Etc.

The prizes will get sent to your SwC account via P2P transfer. The date of the lottery is TBA.

The Spreadsheet

You can follow and monitor all happenings in the spreadsheet: Bitcointalk SwC Poker Championship Series

If you have any questions or find any mistakes, feel free to mention it in the dedicated threads or PM @efialtis or @tyKiwanuka.

Miscellaneous

If you paid extra fees upfront, but aren't able to participate in a tournament for whatever reason, the extra fee will be considered a donation, unless you request a refund. You won't get any tickets for the lottery, if you don't participate in a tournament, even if you donate the extra fee.

Any dispute should get resolved via majority decision.

[efialtis]

I made a little rule book to get a better overview and understanding about our complicated series @eifialtis, feel free to use (parts of) them for the thread for #3 series. I am also calling especially the native speakers to improve the wordings, grammar, add missing information etc.


Index

• General Information & Series Structure
• Entry Fees & Passwords
• The Qualifier Tournaments
• Internal Point Structure
• The Grand Final
• The Small Final
• The Lottery
• The Spreadsheet
• Miscellaneous

General Information & Series Structure

The Bitcointalk Poker Series sponsored by SwC Poker can be joined by any interested poker player with a Bitcointalk account. If you don't have a Bitcointalk account yet, feel free to make one. We would be happy, if you engage in discussions about the series and/or Poker, but it's not mandatory. We welcome players of any skill level, any age, any gender, any colour. The tournaments will be played on Sundays 5PM GMT.

The series will feature 8 qualifier tournaments, a Grand Final, a Small Final, a lottery and hopefully lots of fun and suckouts. There is an internal points structure, where you accumulate points to qualify for the Grand Final. Every participation will also give you tickets to the lottery. If you are a regular player, you will automatically qualify for the Small Final.

We play Texas No Limit Hold'em, the starting stacks are 5,000 chips, blind levels are 10 minutes and there is no late registration available.

You might also want to join the Bitcointalk Poker Community Server on Discord: Join here.

The first two series:
Series #1
Series #2

Entry Fees & Passwords

The entry fee per tournament is 1,400 Chips or 0.0014 BTC.
1,000 chips you pay for registering for the tournaments directly at SwC.
400 chips you send to the SwC account "youcantwin" via P2P transfer. 200 of those chips go towards the prize pool for the Grand Final, the other 200 chips towards the lottery.

There are no entry fees for the Grand Final and the Small Final.

The tournaments are password protected, you will get the passwords via Personal Message (PM) in this forum, after you have sent the 400 chips per tournament to youcantwin. If you intend to join all 8 qualifier tournaments, it would be helpful, if you send all extra fees (3,200 chips) upfront.

The Qualifier Tournaments

A total of 8 qualifier tournaments will be played inside 8 weeks, Sundays 5PM GMT. If possible, register as early as possible, since there is no late registration available. Just send 400 chips to youcantwin, get the password and register for the tournament for a fee of 1,000 chips.

Q#1: 06/28/2020
Q#2: 07/05/2020
Q#3: 07/12/2020
Q#4: 07/19/2020
Q#5: 07/26/2020
Q#6: 08/02/2020
Q#7: 08/09/2020
Q#8: 08/16/2020

Internal Point Structure

To determine who will qualify for the Grand Final, we have an internal point structure, where you get a number of points for each tournament, when you finished inside the Top10.

10th = 1 Point
9th = 2 Points
8th = 3 Points
7th = 4 Points
6th = 5 Points
5th = 6 Points
4th = 7 Points
3rd = 8 Points
2nd = 9 Points
1st = 10 Points

If two or more players have the same amount of points after 8 tournaments, the average finishing position in all tournaments participated will be the tie-breaker.

The Grand Final

The 9 players with the most points from our internal point system will be eligible to play the Grand Final, which will take place on 08/23/2020. You will automatically get registered for this tournament and don't have to pay an entry fee. As in the past, SwC is sponsoring 0.05 BTC for this tournament and the 200 chips per tournament and participant from the qualifiers will be part of the prize pool as well. This additional prize money for the Top3 will get sent to you via P2P transfer on SwC.

1st 50% of Prize Pool + BIG BTC Ticket + SwC Flexfit Hat
2nd 30% of Prize Pool
3rd 20% of Prize Pool

The Small Final

Every player who joined at least 5 of the 8 qualifying tournaments, will be eligible to play in the Small Final, no matter how many points they accumulated. Players that didn't finish in the money (i.e. outside Top3) in the Grand Final, will be eligible to play in the Small Final as well. You will automatically get registered for this tournament and don't have to pay an entry fee.

The date and prize money is TBA.

The Lottery

To give anyone the chance to win some money, we introduced a lottery for the third series, which will be funded from the extra fees you send to youcantwin. With each participation you will get 10 tickets for the lottery. For every point you get via the internal point system, you will get one additional ticket. So if you played 6 tournaments and accumulated 18 points, you will have 78 tickets for the lottery. If you played one only one tournament and did get no points, you will have 10 tickets. Etc.

After those 8 qualifying tournaments, the draw from a trusted member will take place via a random number generator. Each player can only win one prize from this lottery, so if you win a prize in first draw, the rest of your tickets will get voided. The number of prizes depends on the amount collected for the lottery. For every 10,000 chips, there will be one prize. If the total pool is 18,000 chips, there will be two prizes of 9,000 chips each. If the total pool is 24,000 chips, there will be three prizes of 8,000 chips each. Etc.

The prizes will get sent to your SwC account via P2P transfer. The date of the lottery is TBA.

The Spreadsheet

You can follow and monitor all happenings in the spreadsheet: Bitcointalk SwC Poker Championship Series

If you have any questions or find any mistakes, feel free to mention it in the dedicated threads or PM @efialtis or @tyKiwanuka.

Miscellaneous

If you paid extra fees upfront, but aren't able to participate in a tournament for whatever reason, the extra fee will be considered a donation, unless you request a refund. You won't get any tickets for the lottery, if you don't participate in a tournament, even if you donate the extra fee. (Does that make sense ?)

Any dispute should get resolved via majority decision.

You are simply amazing man - thanks mate!! Will definitely use (more than just a few parts).

[figmentofmyass]

The number of prizes depends on the amount collected for the lottery. For every 10,000 chips, there will be one prize. If the total pool is 18,000 chips, there will be two prizes of 9,000 chips each. If the total pool is 24,000 chips, there will be three prizes of 8,000 chips each. Etc.

thanks for putting this together.

can we generate a confirmed payout structure for the lottery, so there is no ambiguity/disputes about how it gets paid out?

payouts should be flat/even like a satellite. we just need to know the exact cutoff where 2 people get paid, vs 3 people or 4 people etc. for instance, what happens if the total pool is 21k chips? 3 people get paid 7k, or 2 people get 10.5k?

[tyKiwanuka]

can we generate a confirmed payout structure for the lottery, so there is no ambiguity/disputes about how it gets paid out?

payouts should be flat/even like a satellite. we just need to know the exact cutoff where 2 people get paid, vs 3 people or 4 people etc. for instance, what happens if the total pool is 21k chips? 3 people get paid 7k, or 2 people get 10.5k?

Hehe, I don't make the rules, I just propose them and then we can discuss them In my mind, a new prize is created as soon as we get over the next 10k threshold. So at 20k chips, you would have 2 prizes á 10k chips and at 20k+1 chip, there would already be 3 prizes á 6,667 chips. Then next/fourth prize would get created at 30k+1 chip.

In last series we would have had 29k chips in the lottery pool for 3 prizes á 9,666 chips. With a low 30k+ pool, we would have 4 prizes á 7,500+ chips. But I hope that we cross 40k barrier, which would mean 8,000+ chips for 5 different players.

But nothing is set in stone, we can change this easily of course, we should just find a consensus before next Sunday.

[figmentofmyass]

can we generate a confirmed payout structure for the lottery, so there is no ambiguity/disputes about how it gets paid out?

payouts should be flat/even like a satellite. we just need to know the exact cutoff where 2 people get paid, vs 3 people or 4 people etc. for instance, what happens if the total pool is 21k chips? 3 people get paid 7k, or 2 people get 10.5k?

Hehe, I don't make the rules, I just propose them and then we can discuss them In my mind, a new prize is created as soon as we get over the next 10k threshold. So at 20k chips, you would have 2 prizes á 10k chips and at 20k+1 chip, there would already be 3 prizes á 6,667 chips. Then next/fourth prize would get created at 30k+1 chip.

In last series we would have had 29k chips in the lottery pool for 3 prizes á 9,666 chips. With a low 30k+ pool, we would have 4 prizes á 7,500+ chips. But I hope that we cross 40k barrier, which would mean 8,000+ chips for 5 different players.

But nothing is set in stone, we can change this easily of course, we should just find a consensus before next Sunday.

that's the key, i just wanna get these things sorted now so nobody feels at a disadvantage after the first qualifier.

that structure looks fine to me. it hadn't occurred to me that as soon as each 10k chip threshold is crossed, a new prize would be created. so we should generally land in the 7k-10k range---that's a good number IMO, a big chunk of the total series buy-ins. i like it.

[Betwrong]

can we generate a confirmed payout structure for the lottery, so there is no ambiguity/disputes about how it gets paid out?

payouts should be flat/even like a satellite. we just need to know the exact cutoff where 2 people get paid, vs 3 people or 4 people etc. for instance, what happens if the total pool is 21k chips? 3 people get paid 7k, or 2 people get 10.5k?

Hehe, I don't make the rules, I just propose them and then we can discuss them In my mind, a new prize is created as soon as we get over the next 10k threshold. So at 20k chips, you would have 2 prizes á 10k chips and at 20k+1 chip, there would already be 3 prizes á 6,667 chips. Then next/fourth prize would get created at 30k+1 chip.

In last series we would have had 29k chips in the lottery pool for 3 prizes á 9,666 chips. With a low 30k+ pool, we would have 4 prizes á 7,500+ chips. But I hope that we cross 40k barrier, which would mean 8,000+ chips for 5 different players.

But nothing is set in stone, we can change this easily of course, we should just find a consensus before next Sunday.

I hope for that too. What's needed is around 35 participants playing most of the games, or 25 playing all the qualifiers. I think it looks realistic. And the fact that 5 different players will get 8,000+ chips each, as a side prize, surely can be attractive for the potential new participants.

As of now, the tournament isn't scheduled on SwC. Are we playing this Sunday or not?

[tyKiwanuka]

I hope for that too. What's needed is around 35 participants playing most of the games, or 25 playing all the qualifiers. I think it looks realistic.

Series #1 had 26 players per tournament on average, which would have resulted in 41,600 chips lottery pool and 5 prizes á 8,320 chips. Series #2 had only ~18 players on average then. My guess is, that we will have something inbetween for Series #3, but hope for more.

As of now, the tournament isn't scheduled on SwC. Are we playing this Sunday or not?

From all I know efialtis is at it, but waiting for response/confirmation from SwC.

[Trofo]

Series #1 had 26 players per tournament on average, which would have resulted in 41,600 chips lottery pool and 5 prizes á 8,320 chips. Series #2 had only ~18 players on average then. My guess is, that we will have something inbetween for Series #3, but hope for more.

I am hoping you are right and all the regulars will remain for this 3rd series. 18 players - 2 full tables are about as low as it can get and still be fun. I am a bit afraid that we will lose more people than attract going forward but hopefully we managed to stop the exodus by playing just one instead of 2 tournaments per week. Time will tell, can't wait for the series to start

[figmentofmyass]

i hope we get an update soon! announcing the series last minute won't exactly boost turnout for the first qualifier. the sunday game (if it's being played) is less than 4 days out at this point.

[Betwrong]

i hope we get an update soon! announcing the series last minute won't exactly boost turnout for the first qualifier. the sunday game (if it's being played) is less than 4 days out at this point.

Maybe we can do a headcount here to estimate the number participants?

If we are playing this Sunday, I'm in. Let's hear from others.

Also, I think it wouldn't hurt if a PM was sent to everybody who participated at least once in the previous Bitcontalk Poker Tournaments, saying to them that we are going to have another one.

[iv4n]

i hope we get an update soon! announcing the series last minute won't exactly boost turnout for the first qualifier. the sunday game (if it's being played) is less than 4 days out at this point.

Maybe we can do a headcount here to estimate the number participants?

If we are playing this Sunday, I'm in. Let's hear from others.

Also, I think it wouldn't hurt if a PM was sent to everybody who participated at least once in the previous Bitcontalk Poker Tournaments, saying to them that we are going to have another one.

Some of us didn't miss a game, and we will try to play all future ones! I am definitely in, and I wait for announcement every day! It's one of the first things I check every morning, and a few times per day.
The Sunday game is less than 3 days, and I am slowly losing hope that tournament will start this week! If there's no tournament are you for some casual tournament with 1mbtc buy in, like in the beginning? Nothing special, maybe Efi or Ty can organize that with SwC? I would play, that can be like warming up for upcoming series?