Dene Tribe's Poker Tournament Evaluation System is a Rip-Off

[tribet]

I am Dene Tribe and let me apologize for not responding to this thread earlier. I have been traveling the past few days and was unaware of it.

It was my oversight in not referring to Arnold Snyder in my article "Poker Tournament Evaluation System" as the original publisher of the blind off system.

I will contact the editor and ensure that this is corrected. The omission was completely unintentional, my fault and in no way reflects on the integrity of 2+2 publishing.

Thank You for bringing it to my attention and I will ensure it doesn't happen again.

I disagree with Arnold Snyders statement "Tribe's system is nothing more than a watered-down version of my patience factor method and the skill level system on my book. There is absolutely nothing original in his method"



The 2 systems are different and I would like to highlight some of them.

My system starts with an analysis of the starting "M" and blinds the chips for 1 hour and assigns a 1 hour "M". These are useful calculations and can be used to develop a strategic plan for the tournament. The poker tournament formula assigns a blind off time which i think is less useful

My system is much easier to calculate and this has the added advantage that players can quickly evaluate an unfamiliar tournament in short order.

The skill ratings are simplified and different

In summary I developed my system as a user friendly way to quickly analyse a tournament and on the importance of always knowing your "M" and how fast it is changing and the ability to quickly adapt. The article was only intended as an introduction to the system due to the space constraints of a magazine article, but I hope it gives readers a different way of evaluating a tournament. I have much more to say about the system in the future and perhaps this will be highlight how different it is.

Sincerely

Dene Tribe