YRPL 2013-14 Championship Season
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York Region Poker League (YRPL) Newmarket: YRPL 2013/14 Championship Qualifying Tournament - (YRPL) York Region Poker League (Newmarket, ON) - Meetup
Get ready for the new YRPL 2013-14 Championship Season starting: Friday, September 13th 7 PM - 15 Qualifying Events, played on the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month in Newmarket.
The top 30 players qualify for the Championship based on points earned during the 15 qualifying events counting the best 14 of 15 events. The Championship is a free-roll event funded by the re-buys of the 15 qualifying events, as a free-roll there is no entry fee or monies taken from the entry fees of the qualifying events.
Estimated prize pool: 1st 5K, 2nd 3K, 3rd 2K, 4th 1K, all 30 qualifiers cash out.
Full details and rules: http://files.meetup.com/1333268/2013-2014%20YRPL%20Season%20Championship%20Rules.pdf
Each Qualifying Tournament is a standalone event with all entries 100% paid out in the nightly prize pool.
Good Luck and Good Fun,
Will you be there!
Get ready for the new YRPL 2013-14 Championship Season starting: Friday, September 13th 7 PM - 15 Qualifying Events, played on the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month in Newmarket.
The top 30 players qualify for the Championship based on points earned during the 15 qualifying events counting the best 14 of 15 events. The Championship is a free-roll event funded by the re-buys of the 15 qualifying events, as a free-roll there is no entry fee or monies taken from the entry fees of the qualifying events.
Estimated prize pool: 1st 5K, 2nd 3K, 3rd 2K, 4th 1K, all 30 qualifiers cash out.
Full details and rules: http://files.meetup.com/1333268/2013-2014%20YRPL%20Season%20Championship%20Rules.pdf
Each Qualifying Tournament is a standalone event with all entries 100% paid out in the nightly prize pool.
Good Luck and Good Fun,
Will you be there!
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It all starts Friday the 13th 7pm sharp.
15 Qualifying Events.
Top 30 in the Championship and all in the money.
$15,000 plus free-roll
Will you be there.
The 2013/14 Championship Series
Good Luck and Good Fun
Each qualifying event will be a standalone tournament with 100% of all entries paid out in the nightly prize pool. Each qualifying event will also have earned points leading towards the YRPL Championship.
Qualifying Events – YRPL 2013-2014 Championship
This will be a 15 event qualifying series played on the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month, starting Friday, September 13, 2013, ending on Friday, April 25, 2014, there will be no game on December 27, 2013.
The Championship will be played Friday, May 9, 2014.
The top 30 players qualify for the Championship based on points earned during the 15 qualifying events counting only the best 14 of 15 events. The Championship is a free-roll event funded by the re-buys of the 15 qualifying events. The regular event option of $25.00 will be paid from the championship prize pool on behalf of each qualifying player.
As a free-roll there is no entry fee or monies taken from the entry fees of the qualifying events.
Estimated prize pool 1st 5K, 2nd 3K, 3rd 2K, 4th 1K, all 30 qualifiers will cash out.
90 Players, (5 walk-ins, 12 no-shows)
Top 30 in points qualify for The Championship Free Roll Event
http://files.meetup.com/1333268/YRPL%202013%202014%20Championship%20Event%20%231%20Points.pdf
Congratulations to the final table (10) all in the money.
Trevor 2,000 now having won 3 YRPL events in a row eliminated Jag 1,400 in a short heads up battle.
Rounding out the final table, Chad C 800, Richard B 660, Ralph B 560, Lisa 400, Rocky 320, Tony C 260, Aviva 200 and Dave N 150.
Next Event Sept. 27th YRPL 2013/14 Championship Qualifying Tournament - (YRPL) York Region Poker League (Newmarket, ON) - Meetup
YRPL 2013/14 Championship Qualifying Tournament - (YRPL) York Region Poker League (Newmarket, ON) - Meetup
Event #1 had 90 players and paid the top 10 players.
YRPL 2013-2014 Championship (York Region Poker League)
Each qualifying event will be a standalone tournament with 100% of all entries paid out in the nightly prize pool. Each qualifying event will also have earned points leading towards the YRPL Championship.
Qualifying Events – YRPL 2013-2014 Championship
This will be a 15 event qualifying series played on the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month, starting Friday, September 13, 2013, ending on Friday, April 25, 2014, there will be no game on December 27, 2013.
The Championship will be played Friday, May 9, 2014.
The top 30 players qualify for the Championship based on points earned during the 15 qualifying events counting only the best 14 of 15 events. The Championship is a free-roll event funded by the re-buys of the 15 qualifying events. The regular event option of $25.00 will be paid from the championship prize pool on behalf of each qualifying player.
As a free-roll there is no entry fee or monies taken from the entry fees of the qualifying events.
Estimated prize pool 1st 5K, 2nd 3K, 3rd 2K, 4th 1K, all 30 qualifiers will cash out.
87 Players, Top 30 in points qualify for The Championship Free Roll Event
Congratulations to the final table (10) all in the money.
Terry P 2,000 eliminated Sheila 1,300 in heads up.
Rounding out the final table, Larry S 800, Andrew C 700, Steve K 500, Eitan P 400, Grant B 300, Michael P 245, Aviva 180, Kevin H 100.
Next Event October 11th YRPL 2013/14 Championship Qualifying Tournament - (YRPL) York Region Poker League (Newmarket, ON) - Meetup
YRPL 2013/14 Championship Points after Event #2. Top 30 in points make the Championship Free-Roll Event Estimated at $20+ with a $5,000 First Prize, top 30 are all in the money. Revised 9/28/13 http://files.meetup.com/1333268/YRPL%202013%202014%20Season%20Event%20%232%20Points.pdf
YRPL 2013/14 Championship Qualifying Tournament - (YRPL) York Region Poker League (Newmarket, ON) - Meetup
Event #1 had 90 players, Event #2 had 87 players = 116 players in 2 events.
Each qualifying event will be a standalone tournament with 100% of all entries paid out in the nightly prize pool. Each qualifying event will also have earned points leading towards the YRPL Championship.
This will be a 15 event qualifying series played on the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month, starting Friday, September 13, 2013, ending on Friday, April 25, 2014, there will be no game on December 27, 2013.
The Championship will be played Friday, May 9, 2014.
The top 30 players qualify for the Championship based on points earned during the 15 qualifying events counting only the best 14 of 15 events. The Championship is a free-roll event funded by the re-buys of the 15 qualifying events.
Estimated prize pool 1st 6K, 2nd 4K, 3rd 3K, 4th 2K, all 30 qualifiers will cash out.
The final Table of 10 paid out with congratulations to Richard L $2,000, taking down Tony C $1,400 after eliminating David F $800, Tim Taylor $700, Yvan B $550, Dave M $400, Dave N $320, Chris C $260, Larry S $200, Sean M $120
Full League Standings: Files - (YRPL) York Region Poker League (Newmarket, ON) - Meetup
http://www.meetup.com/YorkRegionPokerLeague/events/111997592/
Event #1 had 90 players, Event #2 had 87 players, Event #3 had 90 players.
Each qualifying event will be a standalone tournament with 100% of all entries paid out in the nightly prize pool. Each qualifying event will also have earned points leading towards the YRPL Championship.
This will be a 15 event qualifying series played on the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month, starting Friday, September 13, 2013, ending on Friday, April 25, 2014, there will be no game on December 27, 2013.
The Championship will be played Friday, May 9, 2014.
The top 30 players qualify for the Championship based on points earned during the 15 qualifying events counting only the best 14 of 15 events. The Championship is a free-roll event funded by the re-buys of the 15 qualifying events.
Estimated prize pool 1st 6K, 2nd 4K, 3rd 3K, 4th 2K, all 30 qualifiers will cash out.
Congratulations to John Portelance 2.2K taking the W after a heads-up battle with John Pratt 1.5K rounding out the final table Christine 900,
Brad B 720, Brian E 580, Jeff N 440, Morgan W 360, Dave M 280, TwoFeatarz 220 Jon M 150.
Next Event #5 November 8th, 7 PM Sharp.
- the final top 30 players in points qualify for the Championship
- the re-buys from each qualifying event are saved to fund the Championship
- one re-buy per event is used to pay for a final table dealer per event
- each of the 3 Championship tables will have a dealer ($600)
- minus the event option of $25.00 per championship player ($750)
- 30th place to 21st pay out $100 each ($1,000)
- 20th place to 11th pay out $200 each ($2,000)
The Estimated YRPL 2013/14 Championship Final Table
1st 30% = $8,000
2nd 20% = $5,000
3rd 12% = $3,000
4th 8% = $2,000
6th 6% = $1,500
7th 5% = $1,200
8th 4% = $1,000
9th 3% = $750
10th 2% = $500
Good Luck and Good Fun
Having worked in a casino, I know that many players just play for the halibut and don't mind losing a lot of money while being entertained, but since this is supposedly Canada's POKER forum, it is my duty as this forum's unofficial Anti-Shill to point out that from the players' perspective, not enough of their cost goes back to their prize pool so too many players will lose a lot of money by the end of the season. All 70+ players who do not make the finals will have wasted all the rebuys they spent, and almost all of the 30 finalists will not win enough to cover the $1,400-$2,000 that they spent playing 14-15 events.
If anybody does not believe me, I can try to find the time to show all the math. Just to give one complicated EV example, in a casino rebuy where 100% of the rebuyer's money goes to the prize pool, it is a win-win for all the players as the rebuyer gets to keep playing and gaining an EV of close to his buy-in cost while all the other players get a slight increase in EV with the bigger prize pool. In comparison with a player rebuying for 7,000 chips but none of his $60 goes to that night's prize pool, it becomes a terrible lose-lose for all the players; the rebuyer's EV is much less than his $60 cost, and all the other players actually lose EV because somebody gets 7,000 chips but the prize pool remains the same.
Just like casinos and online, all the rake and end-of-season funding should come from the initial buy-ins and NOT the rebuys or add-on. Scarborough Sharks (and others?) also makes this blunder of taking extra rake from players' rebuys AND add-ons, so I'm still searching for a club that charges reasonable rake from only the buy-in.
Total cost with Option: $100.00
Entry $75.00 100% to the prize pool.
Option $25.00 = $10.00 covers the cost of a great dinner buffet.
$10.00 goes to costs, Venue, equipment, staff etc. these things don't come free.
$5.00 goes to different charities e.g. York Region Poker League has donated $700.00 to The Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Fund, The event before we donated $600 to The Big Brothers/Sisters Organization. It's just who we are!
All re-buys are saved to fund the YRPL Championship Free-Roll Event.
The YRPL Championship is a free-roll we don't take money from the prize pool of each event, we don't charge an entry fee, we don't make qualifying players make up money from missed events, it's a free roll funded 100% from the re-buys of the 15 qualifying events.
York Region Poker League is a recreational poker league, where on any given night the final 10 are In The Money, and yes 90% of the players don't make the money, but from what we hear the all had a good time and look forward to the next night of Poker. Yes it's nice to make the money but most people are looking for a well organised tournament allowing them the entertainment of playing poker in a big poker tournament setting, we do our best to offer this and have fun doing it.
We also offer no-rake cash tables for players that have played in the tournament.
Mr. Blondfish you are welcome to your opinion as expressed above and are welcome to play in any tournament you like including YRPL, come on out and play one day and then take the time to wright a new YRPL review.
Good Luck and Good Fun
Who appointed you?
I'm a regular at the YRPL and I disagree with most of what you're saying about YRPL. Also not sure why you choose to berate YRPL in its thread, clearly designed to advertise for itself.
As rocky said try it then give a review. If you haven't tried it then your assessment is out of line.
I would consider Blondefish's post more of a quantitative review as opposed to qualitative. I haven't attended. It's out of my area. Thus I haven't reviewed the math, I think YRPL has posted a rebuttal above.
It's just discussion though. Review both and discuss; I love to read it. That's the idea of the forum. You don't have to be appointed. People want poker discussion, let's discuss. Being proactive shouldn't be frowned upon.
Excellent talking point. Thank you for adding to the discussion.
Seriously man, read what he said and discuss it if you want. YRPL did. That's great.
He rebutted Blondefish's statements. If they're wrong, so be it. It's worth talking about if you feel strongly about it.
I'm not concerned enough about it to get into the discussion as it's out of my area, but if you are as it appears... Fire it up.
If we want poker talk on here, let's talk poker in all its elements. Rake is one of them obviously. If people want to talk about rake, I don't see why that should be dissuaded.
Thank you for adding to the discussion.
As he stated, most recreational players won't care, so long as the tournament is well run, which Rocky's events are (I have played a few). But for those looking to maximize their ROI, reviews like BF's (not just for YRPL, but for Club games, too) are a consideration.
You seem more upset than Rocky, and I am at a loss to understand why . . .
You're being argumentative (again). I'm done with this for tonight. There was nothing to diffuse. I invited you to discuss talking points and you haven't. Period.
I'm sure YRPL runs a solid game that's very enjoyable to play at. I haven't been, so I can't comment. I was just hoping you had something of consequence to contribute.
I can't say if rocky is upset or not. If it was my league and someone was slinging mud at it in an open forum I'd probably be bothered. And likely rebut in a calm and professional manner.
I'm only a player at his league. So by association I take offence to the inaccurate mudslinging.
Done for tonight as well . . .
All players are fully aware that re-buys are not part of the daily prize pool, but are saved for the free-roll championship.
--First off, I would say Rocky's tournaments are among the top 3 underground tournaments I have ever played in 15 years of traveling the GTA -this is from an organizational, structure, web/rules/standings (admin of league), and overall experience perspective --considering he has 100 amateurs self-dealing and rulings needing to be made every so often he does an amazing job of keeping the game moving, starting on time and supervising as a whole... all while letting his own stack often dwindle down while he's addressing issues at other tables!
It's a home game turned big enough to host in an empty hall atmosphere, not a casino style dealer-provided, mid to high rake expected, tougher field type of tourney.
--Regarding much of BF's comments, the math on the surface makes sense, however there are numerous other factors that must be taken into account. Off the top of my head is the weak field you get with these type of games, the structure and blinds (10k/25min) the dinner which is very respectable week after week, the gas savings for anyone within a half hour drive, and the no-rake cash games which usually start as soon as 1 tourney table opens up and adds a 2nd table an hour or two later -generally plays like a 2-5 by 10pm, and runs until the tourney is almost complete, generally 1-2am on avg ...not to say that people are there for the cash games but many will enjoy that option when they bust the tourney.*
--Regarding the 1-time optional $60 rebuy which goes to the season ending freeroll --this will obviously be the most disputed point among those considering going and not. I for one have only needed to rebuy about half the time due to the weak field, and I have no problem letting weaker players jump back in with a rebuy and feed the freeroll. I also like the option to rebuy myself should I get a bad run of cards in the first 2 hours. That being said, it does frustrate me slightly knowing if I miss a handful of tournies I likely won't be able to qualify for the freeroll - this will be the determining factor for those looking to have an enjoyable night in a relatively deep field with a respectable structure to finish within 7-8 hours vs a true semi-pro looking to maximize ROI without committing to a 15-game series.
I for one will continue to play since it's a relatively close drive and you can get some good play in for a reasonable price. This has got to be the perfect place to try a few new moves in a good sized field without the worries of a pro/semi-pro trying to run-down the table... I hesitated making some of these comments knowing it may entice more skilled players to attend and ultimately making the field tougher, however considering the series/rebuy aspect I don't imagine it will change much.
Rocky, congrats on running a great tourney and series overall!
If I must give a criticism it is that the freeroll seems to be ballooning far beyond what you had initially anticipated and occasional players who can't make it quite so often will likely not qualify since it's such a long season... therefore the less-skilled players who simply attend and crack the top 30 on occasion will have far more points than the more skilled players.*
My suggestion here would be to return to a shorter 8-10 game series so you have more deserving and skilled players in the freeroll ...just because someone signs-up online and attends each tourney doesn't make them as deserving as someone who can only make half the tournies but makes the final table or cracks the top 30 regularly.
I realize you've just tried this longer series for the first time now, and I think it's great to tinker with things, but I know how disappointed i'll be after playing 10 or so tournies to know that a much weaker player who may never have made a final table is qualifying for the freeroll while I'm not... another option is to adjust the point system to ensure those that do make each bracket (30/20/FT) are compensated much more appropriately considering the large fields. I'm even in the fence regarding awarding each individual tourney winner a guaranteed seat in the freeroll.*
All in all a great place to play for anyone looking for a recreational game. Be patient with some of the slower/older players as they aren't often around after half the field is gone anyways yet continuously show-up and contribute to the prize pool.
Kudos again Rocky, don't let other people's perspectives take away from *the great job your doing! Without people like you many of us would be traveling hours away to find a decent tourney, or not playing at all.*
Cheers.
Absolutely, it's just discussion which is great.
If we lived closer, I'm sure my wife and I would be there regularly.
One of these days I'll make it out to one of these tourneys.
It might not make the rebuys to the championship night freeroll irrelevant.