ouch's $150 Freeroll - 2nd Jan 2010

[ouchbadbeat]

This event is now over - see the attachment for the final result




ouch's $150 Freeroll - 2nd Jan 2010
$100 donated by me & $50 donated by Venice

IMPORTANT: THIS IS NOT AN OPEN FREEROLL. YOU MUST QUALIFY TO PLAY.

There will be 10 qualifiers. Each is a private $1.10 tournament on Pokerstars, and anyone may enter.
The winner of each qualifier is automatically through to the final. After all 10 games are up, the highest-finishing player from each qualifier who hasn't won a ticket to the freeroll will be given entry into the semi-final. This is a $1.10 turbo tournament on the same day as the freeroll. There will be up to 10 players in this semi-final and the top 3 will also get a ticket to the freeroll.


Schedule (all buyins are $1.10 except for the freeroll itself):

Qualifiers

• Saturday November 28 14:30ET NLHE #216039800 pw=qualifier1 won by smitts_lgp
• Wednesday December 2 16:30ET Stud Hi/Lo #216040386 pw=qualifier2 not enough entrants
• Saturday December 5 14:30ET NLHE #216040652 pw=qualifier3 won by Cashooc
• Wednesday December 9 16:30ET PL 5 Card Draw #216040985 pw=qualifier4
• Saturday December 12 14:30ET PLO #216041216 pw=qualifier5
• Wednesday December 16 16:30ET NLHE #216041609 pw=qualifier6
• Wednesday December 23 16:30ET Badugi #216041947 pw=qualifier7
• Saturday December 26 14:30ET Headsup NLHE #216042331 pw=qualifier8
• Monday December 28 16:30ET HORSE #216042560 pw=qualifier9
• Wednesday December 30 16:30ET NLHE #216043865 pw=qualifier10

Semi-final

• Saturday January 2 14:30ET TURBO NLHE #TBC

Final

• Saturday January 2 16:00ET $150 Freeroll - NLHE #TBC

This thread will be bumped approximately an hour before each game. Thanks go to Venice for his contribution and also for sorting out the semi-final and freeroll itself.
I reserve the right to create other competitions nearer the date of the freeroll which would allow extra players to enter.


Good luck to all players

[LeafsFan1122]

cool ouch.

dont think ill be participating, but nice gesture.

gl all

[veidtmeister]

are you going to at least put a cap on the # of entrants?

Dont want to try again and again to win a ticket, if the field is too large...might as well put it toward a mtt.

[ouchbadbeat]

Originally Posted by veidtmeister

are you going to at least put a cap on the # of entrants?

Dont want to try again and again to win a ticket, if the field is too large...might as well put it toward a mtt.

no but i honestly dont think there'll be a problem

the more games you play the higher your chance of getting in to at least the semi-final

i could be wrong but i think most freeroll whores won't bother to enter the qualifiers, i mean that would COST them money and they only want free stuff


another thing i forgot to mention in the original post is that the final is hopefully going to be deepstacked, although i cannot guarantee this.

[Minipokerzin]

if I won 2 tickts can I sell one ?

[ouchbadbeat]

Originally Posted by Minipokerzin

if I won 2 tickts can I sell one ?

nope if someone wins twice (or more) then no ticket will be given out for that game. this means that people who have won tickets can still enter further qualifiers in order to try to narrow the field for the freeroll.

semi-final tickets do not work that way though, every game will give out a semi-final ticket unless every single player who entered that game comes 1st in another game

[veidtmeister]

Originally Posted by Minipokerzin

if I won 2 tickts can I sell one ?

[Minipokerzin]

haha got it
i'm going take down all qualifs xD

[ouchbadbeat]

in theory, barring any extra tickets i give out, the minimum number of freeroll entrants is 4 (1 player wins 10 qualifiers and 3 others get through in the semi-final) and the maximum is 13 (10+3)

i do not want the number of entrants to exceed 20 - one pet peeve of mine is freerolls that have way too many players - the prizepool gets too diluted and you need too much luck to get ITM

[Minipokerzin]

Originally Posted by ouchbadbeat

in theory, barring any extra tickets i give out, the minimum number of freeroll entrants is 4 (1 player wins 10 qualifiers and 3 others get through in the semi-final) and the maximum is 13 (10+3)

i do not want the number of entrants to exceed 20 - one pet peeve of mine is freerolls that have way too many players - the prizepool gets too diluted and you need too much luck to get ITM

yaa 13 is ok
pretty nice

[ouchbadbeat]

the payout structure will almost certainly be:

$75 1st
$45 2nd
$30 3rd

so even if it takes you 10 qualifiers to get in, it's $11 of investments (and that's not including the money you cash in the qualifiers) for a shot at $30+

[smitts_lgp]

awesome idea ouch, and yeah final should be deepstack imo

[ouchbadbeat]

Originally Posted by smitts_lgp

awesome idea ouch, and yeah final should be deepstack imo

i have stated that to venice, but it depends which Pokerstars employee he deals with i guess - some of them are moody/lazy/stubborn and wont do it

[DQS80]

Ouch's BAS investors are automatically qualified by the way.

[BlueRain]

Originally Posted by DQS80

Ouch's BAS investors are automatically qualified by the way.

this?

[ouchbadbeat]

Originally Posted by DQS80

Ouch's BAS investors are automatically qualified by the way.

Originally Posted by BlueRain

this?

nope sorry
your reward is the nice profit from the shares

you have to earn your way into this freeroll

[NDYL19]

Brilliant idea ouch!
P.s keep the blog updated often so we can keep an eye on it

[DrJustice]

Great idea, ill join those qualifiers

[Hesaf]

Great idea Ouch!!
Invest a small fisch to catch a big one

That's what I like about Surfers: Teambuilding and competition

[xzc32]

Bling title to the winners?

Nice gesture though, although 13 seems like a weird number.

[DQS80]

Originally Posted by ouchbadbeat

nope sorry
your reward is the nice profit from the shares

you have to earn your way into this freeroll

Only a "Rob" could be so unthankfull to the ones that made this possible for him

go scare a deer you english flip!!!!

[ouchbadbeat]

Originally Posted by DQS80

Only a "Rob" could be so unthankfull to the ones that made this possible for him

go scare a deer you english flip!!!!

love you too

[PB-SP-SC]

WTF ouch?!

no O8 qualifier???


rigged imo




how am I supposed to get in?

(disconsider brag about winning something that hasnt happened)

[AK47BR]

nice! I'll be playing some of the qualifiers for sure

[jappie007]

Originally Posted by AK47BR

nice! I'll be playing some of the qualifiers for sure

PB brought us a freeroll whore

[Hesaf]

Originally Posted by jappie007

PB brought us a freeroll whore

The more women the better???

[DrJustice]

Originally Posted by jappie007

PB brought us a freeroll whore

Sounds like someone is afraid of the competition from the brasilians.

Come on Jappie! We dutchies will show these Brasilians what a real competition is!

[ouchbadbeat]

reminder that the first game is at 14:30ET later today

good luck all

[smitts_lgp]

Originally Posted by ouchbadbeat

reminder that the first game is at 14:30ET later today

good luck all

u playin it too ouch?

[badabing514]

NOOO NOT TODAY arrgh.. i asked them on nov 12th

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i might be playing this afternoon