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[Huckleberry]

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Best Brainies Cup was developed as a step tournament in late 2013. BBC has four steps with rankings for all games played per season. Initially it had 3 steps to win, but by September 2014 a 4th step was added. On October 22nd, 2016 new table settings were instituted for Step2 thru Step4 and can be found here . Points calculation for Season Ranking can be found here . A new season starts after every Step4 game is played and The Cup is awarded. There have been 44 Cup Winners before our data center burned on March 10th, 2021. Therefore, all previous tickets were cremated and buried.

[Huckleberry]

Registration is open for Step4 August 7, 2021
*New* Season 1 started March 13, 2021

• List of Game Admins
• Players Manual
• Table Settings for Steps
• Points and Scoring for Season Ranking
• Cup Winners

[Trombone]

Best Brainies Cup was developed as a step tournament in late 2013.

I suggest we do an special event "10year anniversary cup", Similar to New years cup. Maybe direct after summer like sept?

[Huckleberry]

Not a bad Idea Trombone, let me see what I can do. Thank you for bringing this up

[Supraglider]

Hello,

What are the difficulties between Step1 & Step4 ?

Everyone knows it's easier to play with a high stack and however Step1 is the weakest stack

Here the table Settings for Steps : https://bbc.pokerth.net/page/table

There is no major difference excepted the start cash & the first small blind. Step2 start with 4000$ & 20$ to the SB. It is not any easier than Step1 with only 3000$ & 15$ SB ?? After 45 minutes of play, SB is 120$ to S1 & 150$ to S2, that is pretty much the same but with 1000$ more. Step2 is logically easier to play no ? =)

To the Step3, start is 5000$ with SB 25$ & 200$ after 45min of play
Step4, start is 10 000$ with SB 50$ & 400$ after 45min of play

S4 with 5000$ more & although the blinds are increasing faster seems easier to play that S3 (same ratio with more cash start) it is also much more like the classic type of game in pokerth ranking.

Recap
S1 : Start 3000$ / SB 15$ & 120$ at 45min & 1000$ at 90min
S2 : Start 4000$ /SB 20$ & 150$ at 45min & 1200$ at 90min
S3 : Start 5000$ /SB 25$ & 200$ at 45min & 1500$ at 90min
S4 : Start 10000$ /SB 50$ & 400$ at 45min & 3000$ at 90min

I have really the impression that S1 is very difficult, S2 less difficult, S3 fairly easy & S4 the easiest of all.

Am I completely mistaken, or have I misunderstood the principle behind the difficulty?

[Huckleberry]

Hi Supraglider, I think you are misunderstanding things. Step one win and second place earns you step 2 ticket. Step 2 win or second place earns you a step 3 ticket. Step 3 win only, not second place earns a step four ticket. I'm sure in time you will realize that you win a lot more step two tickets then step three and step four. Step 4 tickets are the hardest to win and also the hardest game to win. You can look through other BBC players stats and see the number of tickets they have one each season and that will show you that what I'm telling you is the way it actually is. I hope this helps, if you have any more questions feel free to send me a message.

[Supraglider]

Hey Huckleberry,

I fully understand the logic behind tickets.

However in terms of pure playing technique, playing at a S1 table with a stack of 3000$, is it more difficult or more simple than playing at a S4 table with a stack of 10000$ ?

S1 could probably begin with 10000$, S2 5000$, S3 4000$ & S4 3000$. The Step4 tickets would be hardest to win and also the hardest game to win. The winning players continue to play together and must absolutely refine their playing techniques depending on the decrease of the game stack to win.

Play against the best players while being short-stack is, i think, much more difficult, no catch-up.

[Danek]

Hi Supraglider,

However in terms of pure playing technique, playing at a S1 table with a stack of 3000$, is it more difficult or more simple than playing at a S4 table with a stack of 10000$ ?

What you say is true for a single SNG, but does not suit with BBC logical, as Huckleberry explained you.

1. Step 1 are the most numerous games and the purpose is to win S2 ticket: Step 1 requires knowing the basic techniques of poker. A low stack allows to win quickly a Step 2 ticket.

2. The more the stack increases, the more the player must adopt different strategies and moves; then, winning a higher step ticket becomes harder and harder.

I have really the impression that S1 is very difficult, S2 less difficult, S3 fairly easy & S4 the easiest of all.

It is perhaps more a matter of patience or style than of difficulty

Play against the best players while being short-stack is, i think, much more difficult, no catch-up.

With a low stack, all player knowing classic techniques can win

[Supraglider]

Hey Danek,

Thanks for the additional answers,

Step 1 requires knowing the basic techniques of poker. A low stack allows to win quickly a Step 2 ticket.

Yep I would even say knowing how to play very very tight with a low stack, the game does not happen quickly, it takes two hours most of the time to win Players don't just give up their chips like that. =)

2. The more the stack increases, the more the player must adopt different strategies and moves; then, winning a higher step ticket becomes harder and harder.

All right, that's fine, i understand a little better the challenges of the different steps.

Thank you both for the clarification & see you to the BBC poker room !

[Huckleberry]

Hi Supraglider, I'm happy we were able to give you some info that may makes some sense to you. You will get your own feel for things as you play more games/steps. Good luck and hope to see you soon.

Thank you Danek