Maybe we could vote on the games that are not hold'em. I truthfully seldom play anything else and probably a lot of people are that way. Thus those who do play will most likely dominate...it would be like putting an NHL team against a AA team. What does everyone else think???
I think this is a wicked idea.......I like the idea of different games but straight hold'em would be fine too. Just don't make it on a Sunday...the wife works (here's hoping I get on one of the KW teams that is?).
I would be in favour of voting on the games.  We could also make it 2 NL SNGs and 2 FL or even 4 NL SNGs.  I personally like the idea of the different variations to crown a true Poker Capital but I do agree there are a lot less players that play Stud and Omaha.  But given the fact it will probably take place in mid to late February it give us all a lot of practice time  :D
Maybe we could vote on the games that are not hold'em. I truthfully seldom play anything else and probably a lot of people are that way. Thus those who do play will most likely dominate...it would be like putting an NHL team against a AA team. What does everyone else think???
I like having all the games, but agree that for those weak in certain games, it's a killer. Â What about only having a couple matches of each type, so your specialists can play in the appropriate games. Â Also, we have 2 of the 3 types of poker covered (community/stud) but no draw games. Â Combining that with limiting the number of games, what about the following:
Once the team are made and confirmed why don't we open up a thread to those participating and vote on the games of choice, this way those not participating will not be in on the decision. I like Sandro's NL/L idea ,but the other games I will need A LOT of practice.
Going off the Ryder Cup structure...they play best ball, alternate shot, match play and stroke...
That screams to me that the Ryder Cup of Poker should contain...Limit Holdem, Stud, Omaha and NL Holdem.
You can stay away from the Hi/Lo (sorry Mark...I love them too) to keep the pace and limit scraps over sorting out pots.
But, when Kitchener takes this down...I don't want to hear a single thing about missing out on someones strongest game
so, lets get them in there.
Wolffhound is Polish for Omaha...(and French for As*hole in some peoples dictionaries).
I'm down for this! I will find something nice to throw in for prizes also, and I am for the voting of games, I have played one game of Limit and Stud before, other wise it is NL Hold'em But hey I'm open to new things...... BADUGI!
In keeping with the way the Ryder Cup is played, why not have the last round as NL Heads Up with all players playing (27 individual Heads Up games). With so many points available with all players playing, this should help keep all teams in it til the end too.
In keeping with the way the Ryder Cup is played, why not have the last round as NL Heads Up with all players playing (27 individual Heads Up games). With so many points available with all players playing, this should help keep all teams in it til the end too.
Yes that is the plan after the SNG stage there will be 27 Heads Up games.
In keeping with the way the Ryder Cup is played, why not have the last round as NL Heads Up with all players playing (27 individual Heads Up games). With so many points available with all players playing, this should help keep all teams in it til the end too.
Yes that is the plan after the SNG stage there will be 27 Heads Up games.
What about rather then 27 heads up games, you do the NL games where each team is represented by one player at the table? Playing 27 Heads up matches to finish the event opens up the door for people not to be serious if their team doesn't have a shot at the money any more? Could open the event with the 27 heads up games though, to get teams onto the board.
Sounds like a fun idea. I'm a little disappointed that the regions have all been predetermined. There are probably enough players in areas that are local enough to get there that have not been included, i.e. Peel.
In any case, if anyone is willing to take an outsider onto one of their teams, I'll declare myself a free agent. (btw, I frequently travel to KW for some of the tournamentz.)
I just want to ask, the winning team will have there hometown named poker capital of Southern Ontario right? I would hate to think that this is being discussed on a national forum by a bunch of people that think the whole f***ing world revolves around Southern Ontario. Of course, everyone knows that the best poker players in the country are from Saskatchewan. Just ask any of us.
Sounds like a fun idea.  I'm a little disappointed that the regions have all been predetermined. There are probably enough players in areas that are local enough to get there that have not been included, i.e. Peel.
In any case, if anyone is willing to take an outsider onto one of their teams, I'll declare myself a free agent. (btw, I frequently travel to KW for some of the tournamentz.)
I think Peel could be put into the Toronto team. And of course in reference to boxcard's post we know nothing will ever touch Saskatchewan in regards to poker.
I am going to try to pull this thing back in a bit for the sanity of everyone involved and other forum members that are not interested in this. I have asked Sloth if we can create a child board in order to clean up the home game section. I also have to apologize for all the threads but it is refreshing to see all this interest.
This competition is a regional battle with teams of 6 I have erased the original post to eliminate confusion.
Unfortunately this has nothing to do with WLU UW UoG MAC Ryerson, Lakehead etc.
The teams for the First Competition are set and no new teams will be added. Again apologizes to all areas excluded. We will make it good for the 2nd Competition. (see below)
People should be contacting their official/unoffical Captain's in the area they reside to express interest in this event. Compuease is working on a location and date and we will send this information to all Captains and they can arrange their selection criteria and competitions from there.
I posted a guideline of the regions in the original posting.
Captains list thus far are as follows
Kichener I Stp
Kitchener II Prophet22
Cambridge Lamb of John
Guelph Pokerdro
Milton Compuease
Toronto MDSGuy
London Withcdoctor
Waterloo I
Waterloo II
If Waterloo can nominate their two official captains and all other regions confirm the captains on the list by the end of the weekend we can proceed to the next stage.
Now in cases of University students they do have the option to try and join the area they originally grew up in or they region in which they are now at school.
Also in the Lamb of John's post one of his members resided in Cambridge all his life and is now in Kitchener. I would apply a 75% of your life rule. If you resided in an area for that period of time you will be eligible for that team as well.
Any limbo players can will be discussed by the Captains and ruled by vote.
Please only declare one as your potential team and go for it.
I have to apologize that this doesn't include some area but I had no idea of the interest of this type of event. To clarify for some, Peel will be lumped in to Toronto as I know Hork and BBC where posting about that. So BBC if your interested I think your in Mississauga and would be classified as Toronto.
Again this is the First time for this and I was thinking of making it a semi annual or annual event.
This is the idea for the following competitions team selection.
Again there is a logistics issue here that will need to be solved. Venues, peoples time and a coordinator will be needed from each group.
The top four teams in the first event will secure a spot for the next event. One team of the next 3 will also win an exemption through a playoff competition. After that the remaining four teams will have to go into a qualifying pool of other regional teams to pick the next 4 teams to qualify.
12 teams will be set up in 4 groups of 3. With each group winner advancing to the next Ryder Cup of Poker Final.
Potential Groups below with the 4 relegated groups filling in the other 4 spots. These groups may change depending on regions that are relegated.
New Potential regions
Group I
1 Mississauga/Etobicoke south of the 401 and West of 427
2 Brampton/Georgetown area
3 Toronto 2
I would like to propose we change it back to 8 members per team as originally discussed.
Also, lemme get this straight, Kitchener 2 teams, Waterloo 2 teams, Cambridge, London, Guelph and Milton 1 team each. Combined population is 1/10th that of Toronto, and yet Toronto only gets 1 team? To round out the number of teams to 10, I would like to propose Toronto having 2 teams as well.
Also, lemme get this straight, Kitchener 2 teams, Waterloo 2 teams, Cambridge, London, Guelph and Milton 1 team each. Combined population is 1/10th that of Toronto, and yet Toronto only gets 1 team? To round out the number of teams to 10, I would like to propose Toronto having 2 teams as well.
LOL - was waiting for this, and can't argue the reasoning. That's why I'm only contributing ideas and not helping organize this thing - way too many potential conflicts
Great post Beanie. I actually don't live in the GTA. I lived for a good part of my life in Toronto, worked in Toronto, but technically don't even live in Southern Ontario despite the 905 area code. I just love being different. Now for a university team there's me, moose and mrs moose representing queen's..... LOL
I want to enter a team from Saskatchewan for a future event. Anyone wanting to join Team Saskatchewan can pm me. I'll leave the organizing to you guys.
I would like to propose we change it back to 8 members per team as originally discussed.
Also, lemme get this straight, Kitchener 2 teams, Waterloo 2 teams, Cambridge, London, Guelph and Milton 1 team each. Combined population is 1/10th that of Toronto, and yet Toronto only gets 1 team? To round out the number of teams to 10, I would like to propose Toronto having 2 teams as well.
I understand your concern but the original thought was more of a regional competition in the Tri City - Guelph area now it has been expanded to include other areas.
There is also a few points to justify the selection of locations for the first competition.
I would say at least 60 to 80% of the home game tourneys posted on the forum take place in KW and Guelph. I am sure that a large percentage of the active Southern Ontario members are in this area as well. So I think based on those numbers I can live with the regional allocations for the first competition. Also more population would equal a better quality team which is what we are trying to accomplish. Toronto should be able to produce an all star poker team unless they are owned by Maple Leaf Sports.
Once the 9 captains get together we can discuss an additional team for Toronto based on venue size and length of the event.
Ok, points taken. I agree with your assesment of 60%-80% of the home games are in KW area, but almost all of the most profitable and competitive games are held within GTA. The Unit, The Training Room, The Nut House, The Airport Club, River Rat Josh's events, and others, are all held in GTA.
Wouldn't it make everything better and smoother if there were an even number of teams? Like 10? 10 is such a nice number isn't it?Â
Unless that meant Kitchener gets a 3rd team, then I think we should just stick with 9.
Think about it though, it's Karma. ToronTo, Team, Ten, TournamenT.
The 10th team would have to go to Toronto....... based on Karma.
Comments
This would be a great event to hold annually!!!
Well, where do you live Kitchener or Waterloo?
stp
6 NL
3 Limit
3 Stud
3 Omaha
3 5-card draw (or triple-draw)
This reduces the matches from 24 to 18 (3 games each instead of 4), but then everyone can play NL + 2 others (and avoid the games they don't know).
stp
That screams to me that the Ryder Cup of Poker should contain...Limit Holdem, Stud, Omaha and NL Holdem.
You can stay away from the Hi/Lo (sorry Mark...I love them too) to keep the pace and limit scraps over sorting out pots.
But, when Kitchener takes this down...I don't want to hear a single thing about missing out on someones strongest game
so, lets get them in there.
Wolffhound is Polish for Omaha...(and French for As*hole in some peoples dictionaries).
Lets PLAY!!!!!
Mark
I think you start with more then 2 cards in your hand to start? CRAZY!
Lets do it!
K-Town baby! sign me up!
In keeping with the way the Ryder Cup is played, why not have the last round as NL Heads Up with all players playing (27 individual Heads Up games). With so many points available with all players playing, this should help keep all teams in it til the end too.
Yes that is the plan after the SNG stage there will be 27 Heads Up games.
Steve S.
What about rather then 27 heads up games, you do the NL games where each team is represented by one player at the table? Playing 27 Heads up matches to finish the event opens up the door for people not to be serious if their team doesn't have a shot at the money any more? Could open the event with the 27 heads up games though, to get teams onto the board.
In any case, if anyone is willing to take an outsider onto one of their teams, I'll declare myself a free agent. (btw, I frequently travel to KW for some of the tournamentz.)
I just want to ask, the winning team will have there hometown named poker capital of Southern Ontario right? I would hate to think that this is being discussed on a national forum by a bunch of people that think the whole f***ing world revolves around Southern Ontario. Of course, everyone knows that the best poker players in the country are from Saskatchewan. Just ask any of us.
I think Peel could be put into the Toronto team. And of course in reference to boxcard's post we know nothing will ever touch Saskatchewan in regards to poker.
This competition is a regional battle with teams of 6 I have erased the original post to eliminate confusion.
Unfortunately this has nothing to do with WLU UW UoG MAC Ryerson, Lakehead etc.
The teams for the First Competition are set and no new teams will be added. Again apologizes to all areas excluded. We will make it good for the 2nd Competition. (see below)
People should be contacting their official/unoffical Captain's in the area they reside to express interest in this event. Compuease is working on a location and date and we will send this information to all Captains and they can arrange their selection criteria and competitions from there.
I posted a guideline of the regions in the original posting.
Captains list thus far are as follows
Kichener I Stp
Kitchener II Prophet22
Cambridge Lamb of John
Guelph Pokerdro
Milton Compuease
Toronto MDSGuy
London Withcdoctor
Waterloo I
Waterloo II
If Waterloo can nominate their two official captains and all other regions confirm the captains on the list by the end of the weekend we can proceed to the next stage.
Now in cases of University students they do have the option to try and join the area they originally grew up in or they region in which they are now at school.
Also in the Lamb of John's post one of his members resided in Cambridge all his life and is now in Kitchener. I would apply a 75% of your life rule. If you resided in an area for that period of time you will be eligible for that team as well.
Any limbo players can will be discussed by the Captains and ruled by vote.
Please only declare one as your potential team and go for it.
I have to apologize that this doesn't include some area but I had no idea of the interest of this type of event. To clarify for some, Peel will be lumped in to Toronto as I know Hork and BBC where posting about that. So BBC if your interested I think your in Mississauga and would be classified as Toronto.
Again this is the First time for this and I was thinking of making it a semi annual or annual event.
This is the idea for the following competitions team selection.
Again there is a logistics issue here that will need to be solved. Venues, peoples time and a coordinator will be needed from each group.
The top four teams in the first event will secure a spot for the next event. One team of the next 3 will also win an exemption through a playoff competition. After that the remaining four teams will have to go into a qualifying pool of other regional teams to pick the next 4 teams to qualify.
12 teams will be set up in 4 groups of 3. With each group winner advancing to the next Ryder Cup of Poker Final.
Potential Groups below with the 4 relegated groups filling in the other 4 spots. These groups may change depending on regions that are relegated.
New Potential regions
Group I
1 Mississauga/Etobicoke south of the 401 and West of 427
2 Brampton/Georgetown area
3 Toronto 2
Group II
1 Milton/Halton 2
2 Hamilton/Niagara
3
Group III
1 Kitchener 3
2 Waterloo 3
3 Guelph 2
Group IV
1
2
3
Also, lemme get this straight, Kitchener 2 teams, Waterloo 2 teams, Cambridge, London, Guelph and Milton 1 team each. Combined population is 1/10th that of Toronto, and yet Toronto only gets 1 team? To round out the number of teams to 10, I would like to propose Toronto having 2 teams as well.
LOL - was waiting for this, and can't argue the reasoning. That's why I'm only contributing ideas and not helping organize this thing - way too many potential conflicts
I understand your concern but the original thought was more of a regional competition in the Tri City - Guelph area now it has been expanded to include other areas.
There is also a few points to justify the selection of locations for the first competition.
I would say at least 60 to 80% of the home game tourneys posted on the forum take place in KW and Guelph. I am sure that a large percentage of the active Southern Ontario members are in this area as well. So I think based on those numbers I can live with the regional allocations for the first competition. Also more population would equal a better quality team which is what we are trying to accomplish. Toronto should be able to produce an all star poker team unless they are owned by Maple Leaf Sports.
Once the 9 captains get together we can discuss an additional team for Toronto based on venue size and length of the event.
Wouldn't it make everything better and smoother if there were an even number of teams? Like 10? 10 is such a nice number isn't it?Â
Unless that meant Kitchener gets a 3rd team, then I think we should just stick with 9.
Think about it though, it's Karma. ToronTo, Team, Ten, TournamenT.
The 10th team would have to go to Toronto....... based on Karma.