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Gamblers,

I present to you One Villain Poker.  We're an entirely Heads-Up BTC pokerroom -- 2 players battling each other per table. More info on our OVP FAQ (https://onevillain.com/faq.html).

2% rake, collusion is impossible.

Our aim here is to offer a slightly different model; we don't have to spend resources policing collusion, so we can give you the best value without having to take any chances with game security. As Bitcoin poker grows, we think there's a large role for Heads-Up play, and we want to build a community where you can find this action.

We're owned and managed by poker players (About Us (https://onevillain.com/aboutus.html)) and constantly striving to give you what you want, please contact us with any feedback or requests.

Post in this thread with your OVP screen name and I'll send you 100 chips (0.1BTC). We also have 0.1BTC freerolls running at 6 different times throughout the day.

Kind of a weird idea to limit players to HU, even if I love HU, and understand the advantage to prevent collusion.
Where does the software comes from ? Is it an open source one ? (It looks like a copy of SealsWithClubs)

Will give it a try
screen name : labestiol

The software is Poker Mavens by Briggs Softworks. Ya, it's the same software SWC uses, not open source.

Ya it's definitely a unique idea, we figure that there isn't much point right now trying to do something other people are already doing, we want to offer something different and grow a base of players who like to play HU. If we spread other games it would be our obligation to police them, and it'd be hard to offer such low rake. 

Chips sent!

Nice to see lower rake compared to SWC  ;D

All the best to you.

ty! and to you at the tables  :P

I'll try it out.

sn: Junko

Sent! gl

Cool. Thanks!

Could you add faster structures ? (Turbos, Hyperturbos ?)

For SNGs? Sure. Right now our levels are 7 mins, I'll add some 5 min and 3 min and see what's popular. 

Also thinking about a structure that starts you at 50/100 or so blinds and maybe gives more time per level.

Sounds cool.  I'm chriswen.

Chips sent, good luck to you.

Interesting, I'll give it a try. Username is MasonIII

Sent, Mason. gl

Am I able to get 90 chips since you already gave me 10 chips for the 400? uppinsmoke1

Edit. Thanks for the 100 chips

haha, you can still get the full 100, sent.

lol.....thanks, got them a little while ago

cool i'll check it out, not the hugest fan of heads up poker but the value in the 400 guarantee makes it worth it.
my username is illpoet

Sent.  You never know, you could learn to love heads up, and one day we'll see you on NBC winning the National Heads-Up Championship like Phil Hellmuth once did.  

bencoder, thanks :)

you're welcome sir, sent

I got my chips, but, I'm going to do the free tournaments first.  This is a great excuse to practice my heads-up play!

Ya, practice it up.  The 10 chip 400-guaranteed tourney is a great way to practice too.

logging on to give this a go, username mem

Gotcha, good luck!

Raked hands race running this week, 20BTC in prizes up for grabs!

Simple: Most raked hands played on any ring game tables wins.

1st, 6BTC
2nd, 4.5BTC
3rd, 3BTC
4th, 2BTC
5th-7th, 1BTC
8th-10th, 0.5BTC

Contest ends Sunday 11:59pm EST.  Leaders posted on our promotions page (https://onevillain.com/promotions.html).  Good luck!  

And if you haven't done so yet you can still post ITT for 100 chips to kick you off.

Hi, I have not forgotten to checkout your site - I will back tonight hopefully :)

Cool!  No rush, we'd love to have you as part of our small but growing family whenever you have the time.  :P

Updated the leaderboard: https://onevillain.com/promotions.html

Very easy to get on the board right now.  Remember that our rake is so low (1% and rounded down -- so nothing is collected on pots under 100 chips) that a lot of the hands you play won't actually get raked :), but it's still very easy to get on the board and win these prizes.

I'm 'dooglus'.  Thanks.  :)

Chips have arrived! gl :)

That was quick.  Thank you.

I tried the freeroll.  Only 2 of us registered, and only 1 of us showed up.  I like that he was removed after just 5 minutes or so, so I didn't have to sit there clicking 'raise' over and over to blind him out.

The site could do with more players on it - there don't seem to be any games in progress at the moment at all.  There are 2 ring games with 1 person waiting for a game, but they're both Omaha tables.  Personally I'd prefer if the Omaha tables weren't listed first by default, but I guess that's your choice (or a result of the default alphabetical ordering of table names).

Is there a busier time of day?

Thanks for catching that.  Those tables were accidentally titled "1/2 PLO" rather than "PLO 1/2".  It does list them alphabetically, but the alphabet favors NLHE :), and it's fixed now.  

You can also sort by game type. Or, sort by the 'Play' field to bring tables with a player or two on them to the top, so you can quickly see if anyone's waiting for a game.  

Ya, we do need more players.  Just started a few days ago, trying very hard to get the word out.  We hope the rake race this week helps get things started, and we have some fun stuff planned for after that too.  Keep checking in, it's slowly but surely picking up a little.  Sitting and waiting helps too (perhaps while you play a freeroll), sometimes it might look like nobody wants to play the game you're interested in but then somebody decides it's a good idea when they see you sitting.

HUs are my favorite. My SN is : coinrider.

Credited your account, good luck!

I have a few comments:

* I signed up for a freeroll.  There were 3 of us registered.  I got a bye in the first round, then got to play the winner from the first 2.  When I got to play, I had 1500 chips, but the other guy had 3000 chips.  Doesn't seem very fair to me that he had double my stack.  I was expecting each match to start with both players having 1500 chips, but it seems you keep your stack from one match to the next.

* I signed up for the site yesterday.  When I came back today it was asking for my password again.  I thought I told it "remember password".  Maybe I'm mistaken.

* Yesterday I definitely told it to "auto muck" and use "4 color deck".  Both these settings were forgotten when I logged in today.

I think that's all.  That will be 300 chips please.  ;)

Oh, I forgot one:

* "Last updated: Tuesday 23:17" at the bottom of the promotions page.  Would be nice to see a timezone after the time, or it doesn't mean anything to me (unless it's always my local time, but it's Tuesday 23:12 here, so it's probably not my local time).

I just played some 1/2 NLHE.  After a bunch of hands we hadn't had a single raked hand, so agreed we would both go all-in pre-flop blind on the next hand to get a raked hand.  Is that kind of manipulation allowable?  Am I right to think the pot needs to get to at least 100 chips before it is raked?

Hey dooglus,

Ya, you keep your stack.  We think it's the best way to do it.  You have half the stack, but you only have to beat 1 opponent to win the whole tournament.  With half of his stack, mathematically you're 1 in 3 to beat him, so you and the other 2 players all have the same odds of winning the tournament. (It just manifests differently where they're 50% to win their first table and then 2/3 to beat you, and you're 1/3 to beat one person.)

If the player drawing the bye was given the same stack for the final table, he'd have a 50% chance of winning whereas the other 2 players each have 25%.

It's ultimately just a matter of preference since everyone has equal opportunity to draw the bye, so if it seems like your way is popular we may tweak the software to run the tournaments that way (or offer both formats). But hopefully that explanation makes sense for the meantime.

It's working fine for us, test it deliberately next time you log in and let us know.

Same computer and browser?  Mavens does remember these settings.  Can you login again and see if it's a one time issue or if it's still forgetting? Thanks.

Good call, we'll specify the time zone, fixed on the latest update.  It's EST by the way.

Ya, you're right, our rake is 1% rounded down.  So nothing is ever raked if the pot is below 100 chips.  

Agreeing to something like that with your opponent is fine. If we find that the raked hands promotion is being abused, we'll just try something different in the future.

100 chips credited to your account.  :)

That makes sense, sure.  I was just surprised, being used to how Stars does its heads-up tournaments.


Both these problems seem fixed now.  I'm wondering if perhaps Chrome crashed or my laptop ran out of power before it got to save the settings.  Actually, I think I remember the OS locking up hard shortly after I first played, and having to do a cold reboot.

Thanks for the 100 chip comp.  :)

Glad it's working correctly for you!

Pi314. If offer is still available

Can I get some chips, I'll provide valuable feedback. username: peter885

Sent to both of you, good luck!

Thanks a lot. Gotta say I'm loving this site.. Good luck man

Ok some questions about the rake.

- Are you using a no flop no drop policy?

- The maximum rake is actually pretty high for high stakes where you will reach the cap frequently. Are there any plans to bring this more inline with pokerstars or does the lower percentage rake for low stakes compensate for this in your eyes?

- Also what times is it the busiest on your site?

Right, no flop no drop. 

Ya, the cap on some of the intermediate stakes games might need some adjusting. Right now the cap is 100 chips across the board.  For the really high stakes, this is actually pretty cheap (especially in conjunction with 1% overall). The small stakes games basically play rake free most of the time and at 1% rake they don't really have an opportunity to pass what would be the cap on other sites, so it's sort of moot.  But for some of the mid-level stakes, the cap right now doesn't make sense, will adjust. Thanks.

Right now the busiest time really varies.  I'll see games going when I expect it to be empty, and I'll see it empty when I expect games to be going.  I would say 5-9pm EST is probably the best shot right now.

Thanks for the answers. I agree the lowest games are really cheap on rake now. Which is a good thing I think to get people to try it out. Furthermore even with higher rake you wouldn't make much from those stakes anyway

Ya, we want to give best value across the board.  It so happens that the lower stakes get an especially good deal, since we round down on collecting rake (so nothing is collected on any pot under 100 chips, and then not again until the next 100 increment).  And that's probably good, for the reason you mention.  Caps are all changed to 2 big blinds or less now.  

20 BTC Freeroll this coming weekend!  To qualify, play 100 raked hands (Sit & Go's will also count as 1 raked hand) between the beginning of Monday and the end of Saturday.

Raked Hands Race was fun, gonna tweak it by doing the freeroll. Additional 1BTC bonus to the top 5 on the list.

Tournament will be at 7pm ET on Sunday, September 23rd.  Raked hands list will be tracked and updated on our promotions page (https://onevillain.com/promotions.php).

'll check it out. The name is Shagnasty.

I would like to check it out, my nick is d3bil.

As I play HU SNG exclusively, any chance you make your weekly rake race to include SNGs as well? I mean SNG with fee > 0 will count as 1 raked hand...

Cool I credited you each with 100 chips, good luck guys.

Best site around with some of the nicest people you'd ever play against. Except cuntrag... He's a different story lol.

lol.  Cuntrag is a nice guy!  He's volunteering to create some images for us, a big help.  I think maybe he just acts rude at the table to throw his opponents off.  ;)

I have one issue with the software, when a new table opens, I have to move it bit up because I cannot see the buttons at bottom (my netbook has resolution 1024x600) and sometimes (about 10% of the time) the table freezes (I cannot move the table anymore) and I cannot do anything and I see no action on the table (I have to refresh the page and login again, and it opens the table and I can play - but in some cases it freezes again and I have to repeat  :-\). I using IE 8.0 and Google Chrome 21.0, both have the same issue about 10% of the time

I just tried a cash-out to see how well it worked.

I requested a withdrawal of 132 chips.  It told me it would take a couple of hours, but when I looked at my bitcoin client the payment was already there.

Very impressive - it couldn't have taken more than a minute.

Really sorry that's happening.  The freerolls we run have exposed some bugginess in the Mavens software, presumably because Heads-Up MTTs is a kind of unique concept that probably wasn't extensively tested when they created it.  I don't know if your problem is related to this or something different, but I'm gonna pass this info on to the developer so they can have it in mind when they're getting the kinks out. We want everything to be smooth for when we start offering more tournaments.

You could also try Firefox, or even a different version of Chrome, just as a new variable, you never know.  It's hard to know exactly what these machines of ours are thinking sometimes, hehe.

Glad it worked well for you dooglus!  We have a system in place that should generally make cashouts this quick, for security purposes it won't quite be 100% of the time.

Are you holding the majority of customer deposits in an offline 'cold' wallet, to protect from hackers, etc.?

just tried to go to website but google says security certificate is not trusted :(

Mozilla Firefox complains, but Internet Explorer and Google Chrome are without warnings

im using chrome and it shows the warning

How to collude on a collude proof site. Play the 500 Guarantee Tourney Buy-In 0+20. Pick a friend. Both sit out. Since you paid to get in, you'll never get booted. And since it takes nearly an hour for the blinds to kill you, you are almost guaranteed to place in the money while all the other poor chumps fight it out.


Fun times!




 :(

Ya, theoretically. Right now we can cover the funds in the hot wallet so essentially all players funds are cold. This is why we don't advertise instant cashouts, sometimes funds will have to be moved manually.

That's weird, sorry about that, I can assure you the site is secure, gonna figure out why this happens. Thanks for letting me know.  

What version of Chrome are you using?

You could sit out yourself if this is effective.  Either way it isn't collusion, it's just sitting out of a tournament and cashing if other people get eliminated before you.

The tournament you're talking about is designed to be value-added, so even if it's hard to beat away players, you're probably getting a good deal. If someone pays an entry I don't want them to get removed, sorry.  

love the site are you still giving away chips for newbies.

Ya.  Let me know your name on OVP, I don't see an account that matches your name here.

Thanks much! User: Kikkerdril

Put 100 in your account, good luck!

Hi OneVillian.
I'm fairly new to bitcoin. I have made a deposit about an 10 hours ago. There seems to bit something wrong because as of now it remains unconfirmed and the chips have not been added.
My user name is: duecejuice.

There's a deposit that was credited to you for 0.59BTC (590 chips) yesterday at 5:33pm (Eastern Time). Not talking about that one?

What's the amount of the deposit you're trying to make? What do you mean by "it remains unconfirmed", is it back in the wallet you sent it from? Can you link to the blockchain info showing what you sent and where? Thanks.

We're receiving deposits fine as recently as an hour ago, and just tested one that works, so I don't think there's a problem with our system receiving. We'll figure it out, whatever the problem is.

hello this is the transaction im talking about.

https://blockchain.info/address/15vCN3A5SRVzXK7K4XrCpuBddeugHgT83G

in my online blockchain wallet it says the transaction is unconfirmed.

It looks like the transaction hasn't been broadcast, so nobody sees it. Try leaving your Bitcoin software open until it rebroadcasts the transaction.  If it's still unconfirmed after a while we'll have to think more.

In the meantime I'll put 100 chips in your account for posting ITT.  :)

Thanks for the chips.

It was done on a online bitchain wallet so I have no control over the software. I hope this gets resolved soon. I was counted on it to make the top leader board.maybe i should try and contact the bitchain wallet support.

Ya, that's what I would recommend.  Tell them you have an unconfirmed transaction and link them to the blockchain info.  And then hopefully they can resolve it quickly.

EDIT: Weird that blockchain.info is getting the message but miners aren't. Any chance you're using blockchain.info wallet? Maybe they're having trouble, and that's why only they are seeing it.

the same issue with blockchain.info webwallet is here
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=111845.0

the reason is insufficient fee (0.0005) for a tx of this size (6372 bytes). To get included by majority miners the fees had to be in this case 0.0035

The tx is broadcasted and sonner or later will be included in a block by a miner who includes tx with less than recommended fees. It can take several hours most likely, sometimes several days. You just have to wait now

thanks for the help. now just a waiting game i guess,
Im glad i got the free chips to keep me busy a bit.

Thanks for the info, cambda.  I wish there was a way to add a fee to a pending transaction.  Someone posted in the linked thread that it will probably be an option in the future.. doesn't help us now lol.

I'm not sure you're right there.

If the transaction had been successfully broadcast and simply had insufficient fees included, it would show up on bitcoincharts' list of unconfirmed transactions here: http://bitcoincharts.com/bitcoin/txlist/

But it doesn't.

Here's the transaction at blockchain.info: https://blockchain.info/tx-index/27033506 - txid is c1ce03da3e7b86e93758c25e9494584e513faf68a9ead9f7841ae879827bb96b.


You can create a new transaction that spends the same inputs and includes a bigger fee if you like.  It will be considered a double spend but will probably be included in a block sooner that way.  I'd export the private keys from the blockchain.info wallet and import them into the satoshi client, then just make the same deposit again.  If by some miracle the new transaction didn't use any of the inputs from the original transaction then eventually the deposit would clear twice, and I'd simply withdraw one of them back to my wallet.

Hi.  I just created an account, but can't receive the validation code.

The account name is MistCat.

I get this dialogue box when I try to get the validation code:

An error occurred attempting to send the validation code to XXXXXXX@gmail.com.

Please check into this.  Thanks.

And give me 100 chips if you're still doing that, too.  Thanks for that as well.

EDIT:  Rather than throw in another post just to say thanks, I'll say it here.  Validation code arrived, account is activated.

Really sorry, thanks for letting me know.  I'm getting that error too when I test it, not sure what's wrong yet.  Gonna PM your validation code to you.  100 chips waiting in your account.

I guess this probably the wrong thread to post this cause it has nothing to do with how great of a poker site OneVillain.com is!


just an update on my situation with the transaction hat still hasnt gone through. (24 hours now) (extremely frustrated cause this means I have no chance of being in the top 5. but live and learn I guess)


I sent an email to blockchain and received this reply:

"If your transaction does not get accepted, you have a few options. Right now, at least for Bitcoin itself, there are still enough miners willing to include any valid transaction. So if you just keep waiting, it should eventually get confirmed.

You may also wish to stop your client and then restart it, manually forcing it to connect to a client known to accept transactions without fees. It can help to disable incoming connections to maximize the chances your transaction will go to the client that will accept transactions without fees. It can take several hours for the transaction to get out, even if you do everything right. (The client intentionally 'dribbles' out transactions to try to hide their origin. This completely fails for transactions with too-low fees, but the client still tries.)

Otherwise, you can abort the transaction attempt. Stop your client and then make sure the transaction is not in limbo by checking the list of pending transactions. If it's not there, you can stop attempting the transaction to recover the coins. Ideally, you made a backup of your wallet before you attempted to make the transaction -- reverting the wallet and restarting the Bitcoin client with the -rescan option will remove the transaction. Otherwise, you'll have to (ouch) edit your wallet file to remove the transaction."




but I still have no idea how to restart the client software since Im using their online Wallet.
I think ill keep to the wallet I have running on my computer from now on. It by default wont send out a transaction that does no have enough to cover the fees left in the account


how come when I first heard of bitcoin everyone advertised no fees but in reality this is false. low fees but but not no fees.


I guess this probably the wrong thread to post this cause it has nothing to do with how great of a poker site OneVillain.com is!

"You can create a new transaction that spends the same inputs and includes a bigger fee if you like.  It will be considered a double spend but will probably be included in a block sooner that way.  I'd export the private keys from the blockchain.info wallet and import them into the satoshi client, then just make the same deposit again.  If by some miracle the new transaction didn't use any of the inputs from the original transaction then eventually the deposit would clear twice, and I'd simply withdraw one of them back to my wallet."

I have no more bitcoins, so I don't think this is an option but thanks for your time---the other problem is I used the online wallet from bitchain.info so I dont know if I could do this---maybe----keep in mind I'm a newbie do this bitcoin thing.

Wow looks like the transaction has been cancelled or something cause the bitcoins are back in my wallet. Now for buying chips take two/
thanks for all your help

Haha, glad the saga finally ended for you.  You're already qualified for the freeroll, hopefully you still have time to make it into the top 5, I'll update the list now so you know where you stand. Good luck.

20 BTC Freeroll! Tomorrow/today (Sunday) at 7pm ET, congrats to everyone who qualified! final standings (https://onevillain.com/promotions.php)

Congrats also to 'deucejuice', 'iscoopu', 'crosby', 'vagabond', and 'God' for topping the list and winning a 1BTC bonus.

Extra congrats to deucejuice who had all his BTC tied up in an unconfirmed transaction for the early part of the weekend, and still stormed in to top the list.  

Good luck in the tournament, guys.

Gonna try not removing no-shows from the freeroll today.  They "paid" in a sense with time and rake to qualify, so doesn't seem right to pull them if they're late.  I think most people will show, but if it ends up hurting the game we'll probably remove them next time.  

Payout structure is 13BTC for first, 5BTC for second, 1BTC for third and fourth.  Thirteen qualifiers.

Next week: Two 10BTC freerolls.  100 raked hands to qualify for the first one, 500 raked hands qualifies you for the first one and the second one.  Week ends at the end of Saturday, current totals on the promotions page (https://onevillain.com/promotions.php).

May be boring and slow, but hand-for-hand play in the 500 gtd may help prevent slow play/collusion on the bubble and also when in the money.

Just sayin...

EDITED for grammar

Right now the software doesn't have the hand for hand feature, I could push the developer to add it, seems like the sort of thing that can be added fairly easily.  I agree though that it could be boring, not really sure which way is better.  

What do you think about a really short time to act, and then a very generous time bank (like 2 minutes) to give people enough buffer for the normal pauses and whatnot, but not as much room to waste time endlessly?  

Another option is winner-take-all. Or even 75% for 1st and 25% for 2nd would guarantee you have to play your way into the money.  

Will think about it a bit, let me know if you like either of those ideas.

I want free chips :)

Name:Sav

Got ya  :), enjoy.

Hmm… well, to be honest, I’ve only just started playing HU poker since joining OVP - which is awesome, btw. So with myself being new to HU poker, I would defer to someone who has more experience than me as far as suggestions other than hand-for-hand play to decrease the angle-shooting.

Maybe just keep it as is for now and watch how things go as the site grows. The escalating blinds eventually swallow up the slow players anyway, so they put themselves at a disadvantage that way and level things a bit.

Anyways, love your site and thanks again for the seed money. Been slowly building my roll and hopefully soon I’ll be able to play in the higher limit cash games and start generating rake.  :)

Cool, I'll keep an eye on it and think about what makes sense.  Good luck with the bankroll!  :)

I just played a 12-player freeroll.  I wanted to watch one of the other tables while I was playing, but the 'observe table' button only offered the choice of tables 1 through 3.  I wanted to watch table 6.  Is there some way to watch tables with numbers higher than 3?  I tried double-clicking the player's name, but that didn't work.

Oh, that box scrolls down. :)  It's a little quirky, I'd like it if double-clicking the player's name opened their table too.  But single-clicking the table is the only way.

Oh, OK then.  I didn't see a scroll bar, but maybe there is one.

Are people still having issues with being frozen out and being unable to login?

Just got slammed with those issues a bit ago. Wondering if there are any solutions.

I have tried IE 8.0, Google Chrome 21.0 and Mozilla Firefox 15.0.1 and all have the same issue, it sometimes freezes when new table is openned up. Nice to see Im not alone... I can refresh the page and login normally then though

Ya, I spoke with the software developer about it.  He thinks it's a computer performance issue.  He asks:

"Sounds like a PC performance issue. Are they running on a Windows machine?  How old is it?  What does Windows Task Manager show for the CPU load?  Do they have the latest version of Flash?"

Any info you can provide in response to these questions would be helpful.  I'll let him know more people are reporting the problem.

Could you be more clear?  I've never heard of anyone having trouble logging in.  What happens when you try to login?

And please see my above response to camda regarding the table freezing, any info you can give would help us figure out why this happens to some people.  Thanks.

What's your policy on two players playing from the same IP address?

Some places (e.g. Seals) are OK with it, most places ban it in the client.

I don't want to get into trouble if it's the case that your policy prohibits it but your software allows it...

We allow it, no worries.  I don't know what your wife's policy is though, if you win a lot of bitcoins from her maybe you could get into trouble that way.

Since collusion isn't possible playing Heads-Up, there's no harm that can be done, so we leave it open for friends and roommates and husbands/wives etc. to play against each other.

Her policy seems to be that she gets half of anything I win.  And I get - no, wait, that's all.

I had a dream last night that I was playing a hold'em hand.  All 5 community cards and all 20 player hole cards were the same suit.  It didn't strike me as odd at the time that there were 25 cards of the same suit.  I forgot about it until I started playing on OneVillian today.  On my first hand I flopped a flush and it all came back to me. :)

Haha. That's always fun when something IRL sparks a dream recall.  Of course, I wonder how many really awesome dreams could have been remembered but get totally forgotten. 

Flash Player is latest, ActiveX 11.4.402.265, module 11.4.402.278

Netbook Model: Acer eMachine eMD350-21G16i
Processor Intel Atom N450 processor (Dual Core, 1.66 GHz, 512 KB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB)
Chipset Mobile Intel NM10 Express
Memory 1GB DDR2 
Display Screen 10.1" WSVGA TFT CystalBrite LED (1024x600)
Video Type Intel Graphics Media Acceleator
Storage 160GB HDD SATA
Win XP Home edition Service pack 3


When I play, CPU is 9 out of 10 times in range 15%-30%, 1 out of 10 time in range 30%-75%. It freezes only sometimes when new table opens, but it does not freeze completly, I can click on options or leave and a submenu shows (though when clicking something from the submenu it does nothing) and the submenus hides as well when I click outside out of it - when it freezes I mean this: I cant move the window and i see no action anymore.

Thanks.  The software developer suggests "to check the Acer and/or Intel web sites and see if they have a newer video driver available".

To me it seems like more than a PC performance issue. It doesn't appear to be universal though either, so it seems like the software company is a little stumped right now what's causing it. Apparently this has happened in Mavens software for a while, according to one player. Playing Heads-Up though it's more of an inconvenience (cause you might lose a blind or two while you login again), and you're also changing tables more often so it has more of a chance to happen, so I'm gonna do everything I can to help get it figured out.  

Last day to qualify for the Sunday freerolls.  Might be a little late to get 500 raked hands in, but still plenty of time to crank out 100 imo.  Right now 7 players are qualified for the 100 hand, 10BTC freeroll.  Tournament is at 4pm ET tomorrow, followed by the 500-hand tourney at 5pm ET.

Starting now and running through the end of Saturday, old-fashioned Rake Race.  20 BTC in total prizes.

5BTC for first, 2BTC for 2nd, and 1BTC for third, fourth, and fifth.  Additionally, 10BTC freeroll on Sundaym October 7th for anyone with 250 chips or more of total rake.

A)  I have the issue of Chrome sometimes locking up when a new table is opened.  I generally have to reload or even restart the browser.  This problem appears to be with the Mavens software, as Seals also sometimes does this.

B)  Paying 1st and 2nd seems to work.  There is no playing slow to try to sneak into the money, as there is no advantage to it.  I'm not sure if paying an even number of players would tend to fix this problem, though it seems that with 4 players, there is still some opportunity for delaying.

Ya, we keep getting these reports, I've been in communication with Briggsoft (the software developer) about it.  He seems to be convinced it's a PC performance issue, or at least that's what he's saying while he's not sure what's causing it.  Seems pretty clear to me that it's something funky with the software.  I'm gonna forward your report to him as well, thanks.

We're actually gonna take down the 500 gtd. tourney after today.  It's effectively a value-added tournament, but even still I don't love running tournaments that cost money to play while so many people are having this glitch.  We're just gonna run some 10-chip hyperturbos around the clock, every half hour. We'll throw up a better tournament schedule later.

Agree with you though that paying 2 places makes sense, whenever it's loosely in line with the field size.

I have the same issue and once the page reloads I do not see my hand. It only last one hand but a little annoying.

Annoying either way, but try the 'Refresh table' option, under 'Options' in the game screen. 

New round the clock free rolls???  I can play One Villain free rolls anytime of day or night???  Liking the changes.   :)

Haha cool, glad you like it :).  Makes more sense this way, especially with the table freezing thing some people have been experiencing.  At least this way it doesn't cost you anything and there's a new game in <30 mins.

We're gonna run a new rake race starting tomorrow (Sunday).  Prizes will be a % of total OVP rake (not your personal rake -- the whole site's rake), as follows:

1st 20%
2nd 10%
3rd 5%
4th 5%
5th 5%
6th 5%

glglgl.

Chart will be updated on the promotions page (https://onevillain.com/promotions.php), and we're gonna run it through the end of next Sunday the 21st (so eight days total). May the best grinder win.  

OVP stopped paying cashouts?

No?  Sorry, I'm just seeing the thread bump now.  When did you request a cashout and what amount?  Still unpaid or all set?

start a thread here imo: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/58/heads-up-nl/

problem with getting regs to start having matches on OVP is they're gonna want to use a HUD.

They're very sensitive about posting in a way that promotes a website you own, so I won't start it, but anyone else should feel free.  Posting a hand that mentions it is probably good too.

Ya, some people will want to use a HUD, but hopefully it's an advantage to other people who don't like using them.

We're gonna try something soon, basically selling rakeback memberships. You can pay a one time fee to have a 100% rakeback account. Like, just as a temporary thing but good for life, to encourage some game building.  The fee will be really tiny at first and then probably raise when games are spreading more, details soon.  Sound interesting?  The point is basically to give the early players a good deal and build some momentum.

Suggestion: Have the rakeback memberships transferable. This would give some extra equity to early users.

By 'transferable' you mean you can sell it to anyone else?

Actually I screwed up that info.  :o  The accounts are gonna be a monthly thing, not for life. So we're just talking really small amounts.  And then they couldn't be sold for much since they expire in a month.  Maybe the transferable thing would still be fun, will have to think about it more.. would make more sense though if it was lifetime memberships. Mostly we want to give the rakeback accounts to people who like getting rakeback, and make the fee small enough that it's worth it.  

It's all good now. There were rumors flying around and it took awhile, but the payouts have been steady again.

You need something steady to keep people interested.

The every half hour 10 chips freeroll was interesting. Maybe even excessive.


Just steal from Seals with Clubs. 50 Chip Freeroll every hour, 45 +5 Half-hour with a small bonus...


Do something and stick with it....

Ya, turns out our system had a little hiccup while I happened to be AFKish, so didn't realize, sorry for the scare. :o


Ya, we do, we're always trying to think of ways.  It's hard to say how much the freerolls were helping grow the site, so we did cut back a little to the two 100 chip freerolls daily.  That seems better than the same amount of chips divided half hourly or even hourly.. maybe I'm wrong though of course.  Do you think a half-hourly for 5 chips would be fun, or too little to be worth it?  Hourly for 10 chips?  

If we grow I really would like to stick with something.. not trying to make you dizzy :).. just kind of a guessing game right now and trying to figure out the best way to balance expenses.

The biggest frustration is signing on and not being able to play something.

Something hourly would be nice. A freeroll from 10-20 would be fine, then do a buy in for 10-20 on the halfhour.

I mentioned Seals method because it's a good way to get people playing AND paying. Win a freeroll and you can hop right into another tourney for even more. It's a nice fit. Odds are you'd be getting most of the freeroll chips right back.

One problem with trying to compete with Seals, which also has HU, is that there are a number of regularly scheduled tournaments on Seals and often the start times on OVP conflict with them.  Especially without a two monitor setup (like I used to have before Black Friday), it is virtually impossible to play both sites at the same time. 

It might attract more people to schedule events both before and after major Seals tournaments, or at the very least avoid conflicting times.  For instance, a 10 or 50 chip freeroll for something to do on the half hour instead of the hour might get more Seals players (who are most of the BTC poker players at present).

When I've been there in a freeroll that attracted a number of people, a couple HU ring games usually tended to start up.  Lately, though, I've just showed up to see two or three people and no games, while Seals is active.

Not sure how to advertise it.  I've been very pleased with the site being snappy (perhaps because of few players) and cashouts being fast.  If I'd had better luck recently, I'd have kept at least a couple BTC there at all times.

The biggest way to attract people is with prizes.

Thanks for your suggestions.  One thing we hope is that our site would appeal to a lot of players on Seals, without competing with them per se.  Well, obviously we'd be competing, but in a sense that helps both. (Since it's so easy to transfer BTC back and forth, and our cashouts are usually right away.)

You're right that playing both sites at the same time can be tough.  Remember you can shrink the size of tables. (I'm sure you know this, but just speaking in general to everyone reading.)  Shrinking tables and shrinking your web browser around them is the best way. If you have multitables on both sites, or a lot of tables on one site, definitely can be cumbersome.

Advertising is tricky, it's really expensive on a mainstream poker site like 2p2.  If you want to help, you can mention us whenever it's appropriate on any forums you post on.  We were (and are) hoping word of mouth would build up over time. The tough thing about HU is the games don't stick.  So even when we had decent action brewing, games could quickly die. We definitely need a decent mass of players to make sure there's always action.

We're taking our games offline, guys.  Sorry it didn't work out, was fun while it lasted.  The website will stay up to accommodate withdraws for anyone with a balance.  

Thanks for the games. It was fun. Good Luck in your future endeavors. GG

Ty ty.  And to you as well, thanks for playing.

I don't know how many chips I have in my two accounts. I can't log in to find out and withdraw.

jjustinn
justinringer

Request a cashout for an amount higher than you have in there, and the error message will tell you the balance.