27 Oct 09
Top 250 & Top 20 October: Final Lap
The Top 250 and Top 20 races for October are almost over, as there are just a few more days left. sgosgo and smidlo are still the leaders of their respective rankings and they will most likely keep it like this until the end of the month.
Starting this October, PokerStrategy.com will be introducing you to the
new Top 20 promotion besides our well-known Top 250 race. This new promotion runs for three
months, until December,
and culminates in a final tournament with an expected prize pool of at least $30,000.
Here, the payout structure will see the top 20
players of the English community grab a share of the total prize pool
of $2,000. The first place finisher will be awarded with $500.
The goal for both of these races is simple: the more you play, the more
StrategyPoints you get. The more StrategyPoints you have at the end of the month, the higher your prize will be.
Read more about how StrategyPoints work
Top 20: smidlo for the win?
Even though
opal99 has slowed down a bit recently, the #1 spot still belongs to a fellow Slovak.
smidlo
keeps going strong this week as well and we see that he now has broken the 50,000 milestone. Overall, he is ranked 11th, which means that he can aim for the $2,000 prize.Our leader now has a total of 50,635
TwiceT. He currently has 26,936 In third place we have
kaplanovic82 with 26,608 These next few days will be very important for both
TwiceT and
kaplanovic82. Let's now take a look at our community's Top 10 as of October 25th:
| Top 20 October Race Current Rankings |
|||
| Rank | Name |
Strategy Points |
Prize |
| 1 | smidlo |
50,635 | $500 |
| 2 |
TwiceT |
26,936 |
$300 |
| 3 |
kaplanovic82 |
26,608 | $200 |
| 4 |
sm112 |
22,031 | $100 |
| 5 |
Peternoob123 |
19,008 | $100 |
| 6 |
verge |
15,511 | $100 |
| 7 |
TerrorBlade |
15,051 | $50 |
| 8 |
Laegooose |
14,848 | $50 |
| 9 |
TheLastNail |
10,807 | $50 |
| 10 |
Amirapuato |
10,772 | $50 |
| - |
- | - | - |
| 20 |
Snodreliss |
8,401 | $50 |
Just like in the earlier promotion, if a player in our community happens to win prizes in both the Top 250 Promotion and this Top 20 Promotion, then he or she is only eligible to claim the higher of the two prizes. The lower prize will then be put into a global pot where everyone gets a shot at winning a piece of it.
Over $30,000 expected in the global pot
Instead of giving the prizes out in the form of a jackpot lottery draw, this time around, PokerStrategists who wish to grab a share of the global pot will have to pit their poker playing skills against one another.In January 2010, a $1 buy-in tournament with an added-on prize consisting of all the money in the global pot will be organized and it will be open to any member who has a tracked account. The exact time, date and poker room for this tournament is yet to be decided, so keep your eyes out for the announcement.
Below you can find the detailed prize pool structure:

Top 250: sgosgo sgoing strong
French PokerStrategist
sgosgo is again in first place and it became harder and harder for anyone to catch up with him. So far this month, he has accumulated a total of 102,391
diesereine from the German community is still in second place and he now has 87,504 In third place we have another German member,
Ganstarapper. He managed to earn 76,082 Let's take a look at the top 10 international ranking as of October 25th:
| Top 250 October Race Current Rankings |
|||
| Rank | Name |
Strategy Points |
Prize |
| 1 | sgosgo |
102,391 | $10,000 |
| 2 |
diesereine |
87,504 | $6,000 |
| 3 |
Ganstarapper |
76,082 | $4,000 |
| 4 |
peterson506 |
65,801 | $4,000 |
| 5 |
infinity1000 |
59,842 | $3,000 |
| 6 |
cinoe |
58,685 | $3,000 |
| 7 |
F3rt |
55,256 | $3,000 |
| 8 |
54,540 | $3,000 | |
| 9 |
hartiedd |
53,485 | $2,000 |
| 10 |
gigi86 |
50,741 | $2,000 |
| - |
- |
- |
- |
| 100 |
mrdubrovsky |
21,327 | $200 |
| - |
- |
- |
- |
| 250 |
sosreuzer |
14,611 | $100 |



#1
TwiceT, 27 Oct 09 13:29
booooooooooooyatchaka what a fight for 2nd place :Ddamn, im gonna party thursday-sunday a lot this week. just playing tuesday and wednesday. well, maybe i put some sick sessions in :D
#2
vhallee, 27 Oct 09 16:13
gogo twicet! give smidlo some competition :D#3
dadude77, 28 Oct 09 02:41
damn if smidlo was on stars he would have gotten supernova this month....