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Help Me / Re: Forumla help...
« on: July 10, 2010, 12:24:30 PM »
Our league is in it's 6th season. 40 members. weekly game. three / ten person tables. This formula has proven to be so good. We've tried others but this is bulletproof.
sqrt((buyinCost/totalcost*buyinCost*numberOfPlayers)/(rank))
The outcome is that anyone who re-buys or adds-on gets point for exactly double their ranking (ie. 1st place gets 2nd place points, 4th place gets 8th place points.) Unless that player does multiple re-buys or add-ons, then the penalty continues. The points curve is not linear. For instance:
This formula has proven to (from a points perspective) benefit solid players and penalize those who re-buy and add-on every week. Us solid players love the gamblers sweetening the pot every week.
$20 membership fee per year covers chips, cards, tables. No Rake. No profit.
Tourney Overview:
-$20 buy-in, re-buy or add-on gets you $10,000 in chips.
-15 minute blinds with BB of 50, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 800, 1000, 1,200, 1,600, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000, 6,000, 8,000, 10,000, 12,000, 16,000, 20,000
-Tourney lasts between 4 1/2 and 6 hours. Our season-ending 'Tournament of Champions' is 9 players, same levels but 30 minute blinds. It's an 8-hour game
-We allow buy-ins and re-buys for the first hour of play, before the first break. First season, we didn't allow re-buys which made an early bad beat a real bummer. Second season we implimented add-ons.
-Add-ons are allowed during the first break to anyone still holding chips. This was done to prevent chip dumping during the last few hands before break.
-Players RSVP via a web portal. Anyone who shows up late has to wait for the current level to end before buying in. If tables are full, sucks to be them.
-During a normal season, we play 15-19 games of which each player's top 9 scores are counted. That formulas look like this:
Overall Score 1 (renamed "Top 9 Games (ToC)"): sum(top(9, scores))
Overall Score 2 (renamed "Lowest Game in Top 8") : If(count(scores)>8,(Sum(bottom([count(scores) - 8],scores))-Sum(bottom([count(scores) - 9],scores))),0)
Overall Score 3: renamed "Top 8 Games"): sum(top(2,scores))
As the season wraps up, posting stats with these columns showing really helps players with strategy.
sqrt((buyinCost/totalcost*buyinCost*numberOfPlayers)/(rank))
The outcome is that anyone who re-buys or adds-on gets point for exactly double their ranking (ie. 1st place gets 2nd place points, 4th place gets 8th place points.) Unless that player does multiple re-buys or add-ons, then the penalty continues. The points curve is not linear. For instance:
This formula has proven to (from a points perspective) benefit solid players and penalize those who re-buy and add-on every week. Us solid players love the gamblers sweetening the pot every week.
$20 membership fee per year covers chips, cards, tables. No Rake. No profit.
Tourney Overview:
-$20 buy-in, re-buy or add-on gets you $10,000 in chips.
-15 minute blinds with BB of 50, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 800, 1000, 1,200, 1,600, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000, 6,000, 8,000, 10,000, 12,000, 16,000, 20,000
-Tourney lasts between 4 1/2 and 6 hours. Our season-ending 'Tournament of Champions' is 9 players, same levels but 30 minute blinds. It's an 8-hour game
-We allow buy-ins and re-buys for the first hour of play, before the first break. First season, we didn't allow re-buys which made an early bad beat a real bummer. Second season we implimented add-ons.
-Add-ons are allowed during the first break to anyone still holding chips. This was done to prevent chip dumping during the last few hands before break.
-Players RSVP via a web portal. Anyone who shows up late has to wait for the current level to end before buying in. If tables are full, sucks to be them.
-During a normal season, we play 15-19 games of which each player's top 9 scores are counted. That formulas look like this:
Overall Score 1 (renamed "Top 9 Games (ToC)"): sum(top(9, scores))
Overall Score 2 (renamed "Lowest Game in Top 8") : If(count(scores)>8,(Sum(bottom([count(scores) - 8],scores))-Sum(bottom([count(scores) - 9],scores))),0)
Overall Score 3: renamed "Top 8 Games"): sum(top(2,scores))
As the season wraps up, posting stats with these columns showing really helps players with strategy.