Best Custom Chipset of 2020 bracket (2 Viewers)

[WedgeRock]

Congrats to @madforpancakes, @Davism72, @RoyalBluff, @Sprouty, @SpaceMonkey, @arch3r, and @slisk250 for surviving the first round of the Rainier Room region! And with the double win, @slisk250 guarantees himself a spot in the Sweet Sixteen (he also guarantees an elimination this round).

Up next, Round 2 of the Rainier Room region.

Rainer Room cash v High Desert Cardroom cash [VOTE]

Se7en Deuce cash v Willie's Treasure Trove [VOTE]

Ambessa Poker Room cash v Side Show Poker tournament [VOTE]

Rosie's Bayou tournament v Rosie's Bayou limit set [VOTE]


Upcoming votes:
Coyote Gulch region: Round 1 (June 27) and Round 2 (June 30): @markleteenie, @MegaTon44, @Av8tion, @Frogzilla, Scrub Donkey Group Buyers, @Psypher1000, @Seeking Alpha Social Club,@jr8719, @Nuhockey, @Josh Kifer, @Bobb59, @Kid_Eastwood, @Pinball, @raynmanas, @wolfpack

 

[WedgeRock]

Congrats to @madforpancakes, @Sprouty, @SpaceMonkey and @slisk250 for surviving and advancing to the Sweet Sixteen!

There is only one more region to whittle down to four before the Sweet Sixteen is set!

The Rainier Room region will join the Vesper Club region and the Carnevale region on a break until the Sweet Sixteen voting opens on July 25. Up next, Round 1 of the Coyote Gulch region!

Coyote Gulch v The Doxie [VOTE]

Av8tion Poker cash v Club 711 [VOTE]

Scrub Donkey's group buy v Cavalry Club at the Armory [VOTE]

Seeking Alpha Social Club v New China Club tribute [VOTE]

Casino Inigo cash v Cactus Pete's [VOTE]

Jack's Room v Fino Allo Fine tournament (Sunfly Polyclay) [VOTE]

Black Diamond Ranch cash v Good 'Nuf tournament [VOTE]

Mirimar Casino & Resort tournament v Club 3820 tournament [VOTE]

Upcoming votes: Sweet Sixteen (July 25), @gopherblue, @WhiteMamba1646, @Jasap47, @MarquetteMonkey, @Hornet, @Mr Tree @Perthmike, @sheikh617, @madforpancakes, @Sprouty, @SpaceMonkey, @slisk250 and the four survivors from the Coyote Gulch region.

 

[ChaosRock]

@WedgeRock :

Eric, I'm not quite sure I said/posted this before so my apologies if I'm repeating myself: Thank you for being a BUILDER in this community. Thank you for your effort in actually adding something to our PCF's daily perusing. I know it takes a lot of work to run this thing but at least on my end, it is very much appreciated.

At a time when more and more posts are about negativity, complaining, destruction, etc, you consistently choose the opposite route. So again, thank you, my friend...

 

[JeepologyOffroad]

I could not be more confused, but I really appreciate the matchups and the voting too @WedgeRock

 

[WedgeRock]

Thanks for the comments, @ChaosRock.

I could not be more confused, but I really appreciate the matchups and the voting too @WedgeRock

So, its probably at least a symptom of me not fully deciding a direction before I started this thing, but you are not the only one that is confused.

Last year, when @bsdunbar1 ran a similar vote, I got to see alot of chipsets that were created in 2019 that I hadn't seen. I liked hearing about the design process and how/why decisions were made by the creators. The intention for this whole endeavor was driven by giving exposure to chipsets that were created in 2020 and perhaps, giving inspiration to future sets.

TLDR warning about how we got to where we are and what is left to do:

For 2020, everything was a bit in flux because I didn't know how many sets we'd have entered. I knew I wanted to do a main bracket with all the chipsets competing against one another, but I also didn't want the final 16 chipsets be custom CPCs, so I created four classes. There was some griping about how I chose to group chipsets into four classes, but we rolled with fully custom (CPCs, Matsuis, etc.), relabels, ceramic/hybrid, and hot-stamp/open.

We got 79 entries for chipsets that were made in 2020. One was a group buy, which I had pre-determined would only be part of the full bracket. The other 78 entries were randomly seeded into the four classes. After the four brackets were set, we got a late entry bringing the total chipsets in the main bracket to 80.

We did voting on the classes one at a time and each of the winners got a #1 seed in a region of the main bracket (and I named the main bracket region after that chipset). So if you couldn't guess, the four class winners were @gopherblue's Vesper Club (hot stamp/open), @Hornet's Carnevale (relabel), @madforpancakes' Rainier Room (fully custom) and @markleteenie's Coyote Gulch (ceramic/hybrid).

After the class voting was complete, I randomly seeded the main bracket (with only the class winners being pre-determined). With 80 entries, we needed to have 16 playin games to get down to 64 chipsets. So I ran those first. Once we were down to 64 sets, I began doing the first two rounds of a region every week (Round 1 on Sunday - 8 votes and Round 2 on Wednesday - 4 votes). We have completed 3 regions so far with only the Coyote Gulch region left to play out. Polls are open on the first 8 matchups now. On Wednesday, the eight winners will face off to leave the Coyote Gulch region with only 4 survivors and the Sweet Sixteen will be set.

We've taken 80 entries down to 28, and by Saturday, we'll be down to just 16 chipsets remaining. I'm on vacation starting Saturday, so the voting is taking a hiatus. When voting resumes on July 25, we'll run the Sweet Sixteen all together, so the third round in each Region will go to vote on Sunday. The following Wednesday (July 28), the voting for the final 8 chipsets will go live, leaving us with a winner of each region who will advance to the Final Four. Final Four voting starts on August 1 and on August 4, the final two chipsets will go head-to-head with the winner being crowned PCF's Best Custom Chipset of 2020.

 

[JeepologyOffroad]

The intention for this whole endeavor was driven by giving exposure to chipsets that were created in 2020 and perhaps, giving inspiration to future sets.

Without a doubt accomplishes that imo. Part of why I love it.

 

[WedgeRock]

Congrats to @markleteenie, @Av8tion, @Psypher1000, @Seeking Alpha Social Club, @Josh Kifer, @Bobb59, @raynmanas and @Nuhockey for surviving the first round of the Coyote Gulch region!

Up next, Round 2 of the Coyote Gulch region.

Coyote Gulch v Av8tion Poker cash [VOTE]

Cavalry Club at the Armory v Seeking Alpha Social Club cash [VOTE]

Cactus Pete's v Jack's Room [VOTE]

Good 'Nuf tournament v Miramar Casino & Resort tournament [VOTE]

Please note, I will be out of town when these votes end, so I will not be able to update the brackets when the Sweet Sixteen is set.

Upcoming votes:

• Sweet Sixteen (July 25), @gopherblue, @WhiteMamba1646, @Jasap47, @MarquetteMonkey, @Hornet, @Mr Tree @Perthmike, @sheikh617, @madforpancakes, @Sprouty, @SpaceMonkey, @slisk250 and the four survivors from the Coyote Gulch region.
• Elite Eight (July 28)
• Final Four (Aug 1)
• PCF Custom Chipset of 2020 Championship (Aug 4)

 

[WedgeRock]

Congrats to @Psypher1000, @Josh Kifer and @raynmanas for advancing to the Sweet 16! There is still one match-up to be worked out: Coyote Gulch v Av8tion Poker cash. We'll run a two-day runoff vote. If that doesn't break the tie, a RNG will decide who advances.

Here's what the Coyote Gulch Region looks like now:

Currently, the Round 2 run-off in the Coyote Gulch region is the only active vote:

Coyote Gulch v Av8tion Poker cash (Re-do) [VOTE]


Upcoming votes:

• Sweet Sixteen (July 25), @gopherblue, @WhiteMamba1646, @Jasap47, @MarquetteMonkey, @Hornet, @Mr Tree @Perthmike, @sheikh617, @madforpancakes, @Sprouty, @SpaceMonkey, @slisk250, @Psypher1000, @Josh Kifer and @raynmanas and the run-off winner from the Coyote Gulch region.
• Elite Eight (July 28)
• Final Four (Aug 1)
• PCF Custom Chipset of 2020 Championship (Aug 4)

 

[raynmanas]

*looks at next matchup*

shit

 

[WedgeRock]

Congrats to @markleteenie who won the runoff vote to complete the Coyote Gulch region and finalize the Sweet Sixteen.

Polls were supposed to go up yesterday, but I was tied up most of the day. With just sixteen teams remaining in the Best Custom Chipset of 2020, voting will open today and run for three days. The Elite 8 will then start on Thursday, with the Final Four back on schedule for next Sunday. Here are the current matchups:

Good luck to everyone!

Vesper Club region

Vesper Club v Havana Card Room cash [VOTE]

Fox's Cardroom cash v Story Hill [VOTE]

Carnevale region

Carnevale v The Hitching Post Wagon Wheel (High Roller) tournament [VOTE]

Vintage Vegas v Bean Town Poker solid Cali cash [VOTE]

Rainier Room region

Rainier Room v Willie's Treasure Trove [VOTE]

Ambessa Poker Room cash v Rosie's Bayou tournament [VOTE]

Coyote Gulch region

Coyote Gulch v Cavalry Club at the Armory [VOTE]

Cactus Pete's v Good 'Nuf tournament [VOTE]

 

[navels]

final matchup is going to be such a tough call

 

[WedgeRock]

final matchup is going to be such a tough call

You're already handicapping the final two chipsets?

 

[navels]

You're already handicapping the final two chipsets?

 

[WedgeRock]

Congrats to @gopherblue, @MarquetteMonkey, @Mr Tree, @Perthmike, @madforpancakes, @SpaceMonkey, @Psypher1000 and @Josh Kifer for surviving and advancing to the Elite 8!

We are down to just four matchups:

Vesper Club region Final: Vesper Club v Story Hill [VOTE]

Carnevale region Final: The Hitching Post Wagon Wheel (hi roller) tournament v Vintage Vegas [VOTE]

Rainier Room region Final: Rainier Room v Ambessa Poker Room cash [VOTE]

Coyote Gulch region Final: Cavalry Club at the Armory v Cactus Pete's [VOTE]

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

All I know is there were a heck of a lot of great sets made this year.

 

[Psypher1000]

All I know is there were a heck of a lot of great sets made this year.

Agreed. It’s a bit of a Murderer’s Row.

 

[WedgeRock]

Congratulations to our Final Four!

Vesper Club region: @MarquetteMonkey's Story Hill

Carnevale region: @Mr Tree's The Hitching Post Wagon Wheel (hi roller) tournament

The Rainier Room region: @madforpancakes' The Rainier Room

Coyote Gulch region: @Josh Kifer's Cactus Pete's

We are down to just two votes this round. The semifinals will go for three days, as as every other vote in the main bracket. The finals will start on August 4 as planned and will continue for seven days (not just three days) to make sure everyone gets a chance to vote.

Let's get the Semi Finals rolling!

Story Hill v The Hitching Post Wagon Wheel (hi roller) tournament [VOTE]

The Rainier Room v Cactus Pete's [VOTE]

 

[WedgeRock]

Congrats to @Josh Kifer and @MarquetteMonkey for advancing to the Finals!

Months of voting comes down to these two challengers. Let's take a look at the Tale of the Tape from these two heavyweight contenders:

@MarquetteMonkey's Story Hill, Milwaukee WI
Type: Cash, T5 base 2-table tourney, T25 base single table tourney
Size: 1,200
Breakdown: 200 x 25c, 300 x $1, 200 x $5, 140 x $25, 160 x $100, 80 x $500, 120 x $1000
Background
Entry into the contest: Nominated by @MarquetteMonkey
Fully Custom bracket (2-1)

Defeated @Sprouty's Willie's Treasure Trove (88-23) and @RoyalBluff's Se7en Deuce cash (43-7)​

Lost to @Josh Kifer's Cactus Pete's (57-56)​

Overall bracket (6-0)

Defeated @Goldfish's Animal House cash (49-8), @slisk250's Susie Q Saloon (13-12), @Himewad's Tigerhawk Cardroom tournament (29-12), @Jasap47's Fox Cardroom cash (62-7), @gopherblue's Vesper Club (73-69) and @Mr Tree's Hitching Post Wagon Wheel (High Roller) tournament (70-33)​

@Josh Kifer's Cactus Pete's, Boise ID
Type: Cash
Size: 1,100
Breakdown: 100 x 25c, 300 x $1, 400 x $5, 200 x $20, 80 x $100, 20 x $500
Background
Entry into Contest: Nominated by @Josh Kifer
Fully Custom bracket (2-1)

Defeated @Ben8257's Silver Tongue Devil (61-18) and @MarquetteMonkey's Story Hill (57-56)​

Lost to @madforpancakes' The Rainier Room cash (66-53)​

Overall bracket (6-0)

Defeated @PlayerADK's Saloon Taphouse and Casino cash (43-7), @Nuhockey's Casino Inigo cash (41-8), @Bobb59's Jack's Room (49-5), @raynmanas' Good Nuf tournament (71-11), @Psypher1000's Cavalry Club at the Armory and @madforpancakes' The Rainier Room (75-68)​

Without wasting another second, here are your final two contenders:

Story Hill v Cactus Pete's [VOTE]

Polls will be open for 7 days and when the dust settles, we'll finally know who created the Best PCF Custom Chipset of 2020™.

 

[Josh Kifer]

Congrats to @Josh Kifer and @MarquetteMonkey for advancing to the Finals!

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Months of voting comes down to these two challengers. Let's take a look at the Tale of the Tape from these two heavyweight contenders:

@MarquetteMonkey's Story Hill, Milwaukee WI
Type: Cash, T5 base 2-table tourney, T25 base single table tourney
Size: 1,200
Breakdown: 200 x 25c, 300 x $1, 200 x $5, 140 x $25, 160 x $100, 80 x $500, 120 x $1000
Background
Entry into the contest: Nominated by @MarquetteMonkey
Fully Custom bracket (2-1)

Defeated @Sprouty's Willie's Treasure Trove (88-23) and @RoyalBluff's Se7en Deuce cash (43-7)​

Lost to @Josh Kifer's Cactus Pete's (57-56)​

Overall bracket (6-0)

Defeated @Goldfish's Animal House cash (49-8), @slisk250's Susie Q Saloon (13-12), @Himewad's Tigerhawk Cardroom tournament (29-12), @Jasap47's Fox Cardroom cash (62-7), @gopherblue's Vesper Club (73-69) and @Mr Tree's Hitching Post Wagon Wheel (High Roller) tournament (70-33)​

@Josh Kifer's Cactus Pete's, Boise ID
Type: Cash
Size: 1,100
Breakdown: 100 x 25c, 300 x $1, 400 x $5, 200 x $20, 80 x $100, 20 x $500
Background
Entry into Contest: Nominated by @Josh Kifer
Fully Custom bracket (2-1)

Defeated @Ben8257's Silver Tongue Devil (61-18) and @MarquetteMonkey's Story Hill (57-56)​

Lost to @madforpancakes' The Rainier Room cash (66-53)​

Overall bracket (6-0)

Defeated @PlayerADK's Saloon Taphouse and Casino cash (43-7), @Nuhockey's Casino Inigo cash (41-8), @Bobb59's Jack's Room (49-5), @raynmanas' Good Nuf tournament (71-11), @Psypher1000's Cavalry Club at the Armory and @madforpancakes' The Rainier Room (75-68)​

Without wasting another second, here are your final two contenders:

Story Hill v Cactus Pete's [VOTE]

Polls will be open for 7 days and when the dust settles, we'll finally know who created the Best PCF Custom Chipset of 2020™.

Thank you for doing all of this!

 

[Mr Winberg]

Congrats to @Josh Kifer and @MarquetteMonkey for advancing to the Finals!

View attachment 748764

Months of voting comes down to these two challengers. Let's take a look at the Tale of the Tape from these two heavyweight contenders:

@MarquetteMonkey's Story Hill, Milwaukee WI
Type: Cash, T5 base 2-table tourney, T25 base single table tourney
Size: 1,200
Breakdown: 200 x 25c, 300 x $1, 200 x $5, 140 x $25, 160 x $100, 80 x $500, 120 x $1000
Background
Entry into the contest: Nominated by @MarquetteMonkey
Fully Custom bracket (2-1)

Defeated @Sprouty's Willie's Treasure Trove (88-23) and @RoyalBluff's Se7en Deuce cash (43-7)​

Lost to @Josh Kifer's Cactus Pete's (57-56)​

Overall bracket (6-0)

Defeated @Goldfish's Animal House cash (49-8), @slisk250's Susie Q Saloon (13-12), @Himewad's Tigerhawk Cardroom tournament (29-12), @Jasap47's Fox Cardroom cash (62-7), @gopherblue's Vesper Club (73-69) and @Mr Tree's Hitching Post Wagon Wheel (High Roller) tournament (70-33)​

@Josh Kifer's Cactus Pete's, Boise ID
Type: Cash
Size: 1,100
Breakdown: 100 x 25c, 300 x $1, 400 x $5, 200 x $20, 80 x $100, 20 x $500
Background
Entry into Contest: Nominated by @Josh Kifer
Fully Custom bracket (2-1)

Defeated @Ben8257's Silver Tongue Devil (61-18) and @MarquetteMonkey's Story Hill (57-56)​

Lost to @madforpancakes' The Rainier Room cash (66-53)​

Overall bracket (6-0)

Defeated @PlayerADK's Saloon Taphouse and Casino cash (43-7), @Nuhockey's Casino Inigo cash (41-8), @Bobb59's Jack's Room (49-5), @raynmanas' Good Nuf tournament (71-11), @Psypher1000's Cavalry Club at the Armory and @madforpancakes' The Rainier Room (75-68)​

Without wasting another second, here are your final two contenders:

Story Hill v Cactus Pete's [VOTE]

Polls will be open for 7 days and when the dust settles, we'll finally know who created the Best PCF Custom Chipset of 2020™.

 

[WedgeRock]

Two hours to go!