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 StrategyPoints, almost twice as much as the runner-up, whose nickname is ironically TwiceT. He currently has 26,936 StrategyPoints and he is 58th in the international ranking.

In third place we have kaplanovic82 with 26,608 StrategyPoints, who is extremely close to getting second place. He is also ranked 62nd in our Top 250 race, where he can get $200 if he keeps it up.
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

Go to the Top 100 English rankings

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 StrategyPoints, which means that he will most likely grab the $10,000 prize.

diesereine from the German community is still in second place and he now has 87,504 StrategyPoints, which can earn him the $6,000 prize.

In third place we have another German member, Ganstarapper. He managed to earn 76,082 StrategyPoints so far, and if he keeps his spot until the end of the month, he will get $4,000.

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	Trader	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

Go to the Top 100 International rankings

2009: $100,000 promotion bonuses each month!

In this year as well we will distribute at least $1,200,000 in bonuses within the Top 250 promotion alone. The top finisher of this month will, as usual, receives a $10,000 bonus. We wish all of our community members good luck and a successful month ahead!