Guide

How to Start a League or a Season

A season counts every event of the club in a period. A league counts only the events that you choose. Each one has its own standings and its own scoring.

Seasons Are Ready from the Start

A season is a period of the club’s calendar, such as the year or the autumn.
Every event that the club plays within those dates counts. There is nothing to tick.
Every club starts with the year, the current season and the next. Add others on the Ranking page, under Seasons.
An event counts in every season whose dates include it, so seasons can overlap.

Start a League

Open the Ranking page. At the top, choose Leagues.
Press New League. Type the name of the league.
Under Scoring, keep the default or change it. Then press Create the League.
Add the events on the page of the league. On the event form, Add a League does the same.

One event can count for several leagues. In a league, an event can also count more than once, for example 2 times for a final.

How the Points Work

Each player scores once in each event, for their finishing place. A rebuy or an add-on does not give a second result.
By default, PokerSjef uses field-scaled points. It is PokerSjef’s own default, not ICM and not an industry standard.
More entries give more points. N is the entries: every player once, plus every rebuy. An add-on is not an entry. The most points in an event are 10 × √N.
With 16 players, the winner gets 40 points and the last player gets 2 points.
Each season and each league has its own scoring. Choose field-scaled, either logarithmic system, square root or linear points. You can also use a points table or your own formula.
Count only the best results of each player, give points for taking part, or give a bonus to the winner.
Before you save a change of scoring, the page shows what the change would do.

Points for Each PlaceAn event with 12 players, scored with the default system.

134.64
229.00
320.27
417.11
514.31
611.90
79.85
88.17
93.41
102.48
111.92
121.73

The default system gives more points when more players take part. A club can choose another system for each season and each league.

During and After an Event

The standings change as each player busts out. The result is final when the event is finalized.
While late entry is open, the points can change a little, because more players can join or rebuy.
Players who share a place split the points of the places that they cover equally. This applies to a shared win and to players out on the same hand of hand-for-hand. For example, if first place gives 50 points and second place 40, two players who share first place get 45 points each.
A private event counts in no season and no league. It still counts in the results of each player.
Download the results and the standings as a spreadsheet.

Finish a Season or a League

When the last event is finalized, finish the season or the league. Its events and its scoring are then locked.
You can finish a league only when every one of its events is finalized.
Only support can reopen a finished season or league. Only the owner deletes one, and that never deletes an event.