Thread: TSP Poker Club

A separate OCD sheet. I like that.

Originally Posted by k0nkuzh0n

Since this group likes to throw around nicknames, I'm going to propose one for que:

Captain

At ease.

This is the scoring I liked the best:
Poker League Calculator

interesting enough, the site claims this is the Pokerstar's method. Certainly doesn't match their home club method tho.

Points = 10 * [sqrt(n)/sqrt(k)]
Where:
n is the number of entrants
k is the place of finish (k=1 for the first-place finisher, and so on)

And I'd modify it slightly to be:

Points = [sqrt(n)/sqrt(k)] -1

Because I don't think last place should get any points. and the x10 was kind of arbitrary, it could be anything.

from now on i want to be called barney. short for barnacle. just along for the ride.

To confirm, it is pokerstars' method for tournaments, not including their club home games:
https://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tou...ard/explained/

But they only use it for the top 15% I believe. not everyone. I believe these tournaments are hundreds and thousands... not struggling to get 8.

We are indeed moving into Phase 3, I'm glad to see even more progress since this morning. not there yet, but definite progress. But in terms of Phase 2, we aren't out of the woods until no hidden or unhidden dissatisfaction remains, that is a true statement. The Captain reported this morning that at that point we were still in Phase 2. Agreed. As long as one person (or barnacle) on the ship thinks that, we're still in Phase 2.

I stated I thought we were moving into (towards) phase 3 this morning, prior to the Captain's statement clarifying we weren't there yet. But I said what I said, when I saw the offer to step down without intentionally sinking the ship, and the statement was also made that lack of a manager would not necessarily and automatically lead to demise of the club, that it could survive without a manager. that information had not been made available earlier. those 2 statements gave me hope for club survival and so I said.

And I also saw last night that there had been unexpressed concerns about back-to-back nights, and that the true preference by the original requester for either Sunday OR Monday had not been met up til now. That modification of club operation at club member request was met last night by the (now) former club manager. Another step in the right direction that gave me hope. UNLESS there are members that really do want to have more than one tournament night a week, just not back to back. Is there anyone who is unhappy about Monday night being dropped now? I'm fine with it myself. I only ever wanted to play one night, even if there were 2 nights scheduled.

And I like having a managerless club, myself. I think we'll survive, unless lack of a manager makes it difficult to gain new members? If we need a manager to grant admission to new members, we may need to allow for some future modifications of the program, and reopen the conversation if needed. That can wait. for now. the former incumbent got a bit too irritable and high-handed when the members started taking on overt shared-responsibility for OUR club's wellbeing. Still, it's part of the growth process, the ship is still right side up and sailing in a better direction,though I believe too there are still some storm swells subsiding. I also want to believe we aren't in the eye of a hurricane. Cap'n says "Make it so, Mr. McCoy". KO, who's Mr. McCoy? Do we need a Mr. McCoy?

boom. there it is. a living breathing animal of its own. on sundays, sunday night, we got tonight. let thunder roll.

Originally Posted by alevin

We are indeed moving into Phase 3, I'm glad to see even more progress since this morning. not there yet, but definite progress. But in terms of Phase 2, we aren't out of the woods until no hidden or unhidden dissatisfaction remains, that is a true statement. The Captain reported this morning that at that point we were still in Phase 2. Agreed. As long as one person (or barnacle) on the ship thinks that, we're still in Phase 2.

I stated I thought we were moving into (towards) phase 3 this morning, prior to the Captain's statement clarifying we weren't there yet. But I said what I said, when I saw the offer to step down without intentionally sinking the ship, and the statement was also made that lack of a manager would not necessarily and automatically lead to demise of the club, that it could survive without a manager. that information had not been made available earlier. those 2 statements gave me hope for club survival and so I said.

And I also saw last night that there had been unexpressed concerns about back-to-back nights, and that the true preference by the original requester for either Sunday OR Monday had not been met up til now. That modification of club operation at club member request was met last night by the (now) former club manager. Another step in the right direction that gave me hope. UNLESS there are members that really do want to have more than one tournament night a week, just not back to back. Is there anyone who is unhappy about Monday night being dropped now? I'm fine with it myself. I only ever wanted to play one night, even if there were 2 nights scheduled.

And I like having a managerless club, myself. I think we'll survive, unless lack of a manager makes it difficult to gain new members? If we need a manager to grant admission to new members, we may need to allow for some future modifications of the program, and reopen the conversation if needed. That can wait. for now. the former incumbent got a bit too irritable and high-handed when the members started taking on overt shared-responsibility for OUR club's wellbeing. Still, it's part of the growth process, the ship is still right side up and sailing in a better direction,though I believe too there are still some storm swells subsiding. I also want to believe we aren't in the eye of a hurricane. Cap'n says "Make it so, Mr. McCoy". KO, who's Mr. McCoy? Do we need a Mr. McCoy?

Truly impressive!

We should also answer whether we want to see if opening another PS room NOW (or for season TWO) would fix the stats question.

If we decide NOW, and the room still has no stats, it won't be a problem as k0n is also on stats duty. If the stats work, great. We can add k0n's stats to the 'official' stats at the end of the season. I say set a proper course for this ship and try a new room.

That particular idea would be ok by me. I just want a club so I can learn how to play this silly game well enough to beat somebody once in awhile. Need to hear from other people tho.

I finally put some skin into the game.

While we wait for the rest of the Members to speak, I've created a new club, it's called TSPtalk Poker Club, with Tom's approval. (Btw, Tom has also graciously offered to provide prizes, etc. No details just yet, still planning. Thanks Tom! )

With the Member's ("the Body's") approval/(or, perhaps, disapproval, if the Body remains silent), I expect (so far) the other differences will be:

• A central, static, location for Club information (joining information, stats, scheduling, etc.)--a webpage of sorts. (Will speak with Tom about this.) A scrolling chat forum is not ideal.
• Some TSPtalk flair (logos, color schemes) added to the room. (Again, ...Tom)
• ~500 chip buy-ins instead of 1050 to allow new members or members with zero chips to instantly play without asking others for chips etc.
• 3 month seasons instead of 12 months. (The only other option is 1 month.)
• Multiple contact persons for issuing Club credentials/web-links with which are used to join the club.

The original room is still there as of this writing so time is not of the essence currently. However, the new room is functional now, it's just not visible to everyone until they officially become a member of it.

I may periodically (re-)post this and additional messages here until a more static communications platform is established.

Thanks

i think that is a great idea. how can i join?