[TheShark72]

OK, hows about the following :-

We play a private MTT game every Sunday evening, exactly the same as we are doing now.

Players are free to play any time they wish - they are not committed to playing every week, but will obviously give themself more chance of succeeding in the league format the more they play.

TalkSport Poker League to run over a 10 week period, using the weekly Sunday games, from any given Sunday (22 June onwards?).

League points are scored according to your finishing weekly position - 10 points per place, with bonus points being gained for finishing in the top three - 3rd place gains 25 bonus points, 2nd place gains 50 bonus points, winner of the event gains 100 bonus points. So in a ten runner game the following points would be available :

10th - 10 points
9th - 20
8th - 30
7th - 40
6th - 50
5th - 60
4th - 70
3rd - 80 + 25 = 105
2nd - 90 + 50 = 140
1st - 100 + 100 = 200

In a 6 game event, it would be :

6th - 10
5th - 20
4th - 30
3rd - 65
2nd - 100
1st - 160

Basically it doesnt matter how many people play per week - first out scores ten points, and then ten point increments to top 3 - obviously the more people that play the more points on offer - but thats right, as its harder to win.

Cumulative league system - calculated and published on forum ASAP by TheShark72 after completion of weekly event as follows :

EXAMPLE after Week 4

POSITION PLAYER GAMES WEEKLY TOTAL
NAME PLAYED POINTS POINTS AVERAGE

1 THE CAPTAIN 4 200 640 160
2 BENNY THE DIP 3 60 580 193.33
3 TONY 4 120 580 145
4 CHIKADEE 4 20 550 137.5

(Looks like i'll have to find a way to properly format a league table for the forum!)

Average is used solely to decide tied places - if that is tied, it will be who has most 1st places, then 2nd places, and so on.

Overall highest points winner at the end of the ten weeks declared the Talksport Poker League Winner

Game 1 will be a usual format game ($5 rebuy etc) - propose though that each weekly winner can decide on format for following weeks game - open to debate though that one.

Otherwise, just a bit of added spice and value to the weekly games we currently enjoy, and give people something else to think about and consider when deciding to push or wait!?!

I would offer to arrange for a plaque/shield to be created where the league winners can be entered onto and keep for the duration of the league they are champion for....obviously this suggested on a trust/honour system that it will be returned to myself/Tony for the next winner to be engraved onto it and handed to subsequent winner?

Thoughts?