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BETNOMI (https://www.betnomi.com/) has opened the door for us to have a new poker series ran on their site. They ran a couple freerolls for everyone to test out the platform and try different starting stacks to see which suited everyone, now it's time to get the series started.

Information

The series will feature 8 qualifier tournaments, a Grand Final and a Runners Up Final. There is an internal points structure, where you accumulate points to qualify for the Grand Final. If you are a regular player, you will automatically qualify for the Small Final(not open for qualifiers into the Grand Final).

We play Texas No Limit Hold'em, the starting stacks are 20000 chips, blind levels are 10 minutes and there is no late registration available.

Also considered opening a telegram group if you guys wanted to talk about this without it being on the forum. I'll leave that up to you.

Telegram
TELEGRAM (https://t.me/joinchat/D3zX7RyPmWmJEhuY8T92sw)

Entry fee and PW Info

The entry fee per tournament is $15. The site allows BTC deposits but your currency is shown in USD.


There are no entry fees for the Grand Final and the Small Final.

The tournaments are password protected, you will get the passwords via Personal Message (PM) in this forum or on telegram. Just pm me.
Tourney Schedule

A total of 8 qualifier tournaments will be played inside 8 weeks, Sundays 5PM GMT. If possible, register as early as possible, since there is no late registration available.

Q#1: 11/15/2020
Q#2: 11/22/2020
Q#3: 11/29/2020
Q#4: 12/06/2020
Q#5: 12/13/2020
Q#6: 12/20/2020
Q#7: 12/27/2020
Q#8: 1/03/2020

How the points work

To determine who will qualify for the Grand Final, we have an internal point structure, where you get a number of points for each tournament, when you finished inside the Top 10.

10th = 1 Point
9th = 2 Points
8th = 3 Points
7th = 4 Points
6th = 5 Points
5th = 6 Points
4th = 7 Points
3rd = 8 Points
2nd = 9 Points
1st = 10 Points

If two or more players have the same amount of points after 8 tournaments, the average finishing position in all tournaments participated will be the tie-breaker.

Grand Final

The 9 players with the most points from our internal point system will be eligible to play the Grand Final, which will take place on "Undertermined". You will likely  have to register for this tournament with a password I will send to all the qualifiers and don't have to pay an entry fee. Betnomi is sponsoring $1000 for this tournament.

1st: 40.1% of Prize Pool
2nd: 39.9% of Prize Pool
3rd: 20% of Prize Pool

Not sure if I can change this. This looks to be their standard payout on 9 players. If nothing else winners can transfer $$$ between each other if you guys are set on 50% 30% 20%

The Little Final

Every player who joined at least 2 of the 8 qualifying tournaments, will be eligible to play in the Small Final, no matter how many points they accumulated. You will receive a password for this tournament and don't have to pay an entry fee. TBD: I prefer only players to participate in this who have not qualified for the Grand Finale.

The date  is TBA and the prize is $300.

Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OOETV-EIj7o8UjwINUw3YjGOruqRrOB0D5QN36CJq9w/edit?usp=sharing

You can follow and monitor all happenings in the spreadsheet:

If you have any questions or find any mistakes, feel free to mention it in the dedicated threads or PM "Undetermined"

Miscellaneous

I need final decisions from you all. Chip stacks, blind levels, who's gonna hold funds from extra buyins, and spreadsheet. We have about 1 day to figure things out. I wanna get this started Sunday for you.

I'll join if you open a telegram group. Discord wasn't to successful the last time, but I'm down to try.

If we are still going to be 9 handed then I like the idea of 5K chip stacks and 8 minute blinds - If we have the option of being 6 or 8 max at a table then I'd like to see 10K chips with 8 minute blinds.

I am okay being the person to receive the 5$ and holding it for the finale if still needed. I need to confirm what I can see on my phone, to be sure I can confirm receipt days that I am working, apart from that I can commit to being able to confirm receipt of transfers up to 3 hours before the start of any tournament. Whether I play it or not.

I will try to make as many of these tournaments as possible, but can't guarantee anything.

Thanks for the work you've put in Yahoo

Im fine with whatever chip stacks that we are going with but the problem would be the blind structure. I personally prefer it to be 250 Bigs just like what we had on swc before although Im good if we decide to go with 100 or 200 Bigs and 8/10 minute blinds ( 8 minutes if we are going with 10k stack or 10 minutes if we are going with 5k stack )


Im good with this. Steamtyme is trusted enough to hold the extra fees


We can give more extra prizes to the 1st place.  Probably around 60-70% of the total extra fees collected

Telegram link has been added, i'm also fine with you holding the money. The only issue is all players must be using same currencies as you. So in their profile they'll all have to be using BTC or USD, whatever you are using.

The issue with the tourney starting stacks is they always start with larger then we are used to blinds and also Antes. So my suggestion would be a minimum 10000 stack.

I think 20,000/10min is the best option. The last game was very passive, I could join the game in two hours and my stack would still be in the top ten.

I would also like to suggest an addition to the distribution of points. The main points are awarded depending on the occupied places in the tournament, and additional points are intended for each knocked out opponent, (For example, 0.5 points for each Knockout).

I think the same as you Arallmuus, 8 minutes with 10k - 10 minutes with 5k! Steam is trusted, no doubt in that, and last but not least I am always for higher prizes for the first place.


With 20k chips and 10 min. blinds we will play much longer! But I like the suggestion about points for each knockout... just it will be a problem for tracking that! Someone needs to watch all tables, to write down what happens, and to play poker!

Let's not complicate things, copy/paste the settings from previous series and that's it! Create poll for blinds structure, let the votes make a final decision about that!

I have joined the group. I see my balance in USD - funnily it still shows me EUR in the same spot but shaded. I'm not positive but I think people can switch between the 2 after the accounts created.
I thought it only displayed in USD and EUR - Either way I think it allows users to switch between the 2, Next time I log in I'll check it out.

Hey lads,

personally I liked higher stacks. So Maybe 20k or even 50k chips would be very fine for me!
Blind raise every 10 minutes?
Regarding the point structure, please do not make it even more complex. Let´s stick to the rules from the previous series.

But guys, I´m very confused about the currencies. Why don´t we use BTC like on SwC platform. Is it not possible?
I guess most of our players are living in EUR or USD countries. What are the rules, what do we have to consider?
Should my deposit be in EUR or BTC now?

I agree, to adjust the prize structure to what we've been accustomed to, we can do the following.

Considering that the $1,000, kindly provided by Betnomi, will be allocated this way:


we can distribute the money collected during the qualifiers like this:

1st: 60%

2nd: 20%

3rd: 20%

By my estimation, the amount in question is going to be close to $600($5 x 15 x 8 ), so it will be additional $360, $120 and $120 to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, respectively.

Regarding the chip stacks and blind levels, I have no personal preferences, so I'm going to agree with the majority in the end.


Thanks for making this happening, Yahoo! :)

I deposited with bitcoin and it only show me balance in USD, i can't switch to BTC or EUR.

so is it not the best when we all deposit in BTC for paying the entry fee + Buddy Transfer in BTC too?

You can deposit/withdraw in crypto, but Betnomi site is working only with USD & EUR. Our only choice is to choose one of them as official for our group and continue in that direction.

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I am fine with everything above and personally don't care too much about few percents of awards, blinds and stacks. If somebody is willing to do the extra work to change awards fine, but I believe we should simplify this as much as possible. Even some of the "old" users will have a tough time keeping an eye to all the rewards/fees etc. It must look quite complicated to possible new participants, especially with balances shown in fiat.

In the end only truly important factors for me are the time of tournament and that most of the "old" guys show on the tables :)
As I said multiple times already, this is more like hanging out with friends than making money for me.

If you view the site especially the poker tournament without login, the buy in will most be showing in Euro but if you login into your account then it will be showing in Usd instead.


Agree, The prizes isnt an urgent matter because it will be given at The Grand Finale

The urgent matters before we start rolling would be :

1. Starting stack. We are down to 3 reasonable options. 5k, 10k or 20k stacks.

2. Blind minutes. Either 8 or 10 minutes.

3. Point system. I think we should keep the current point system, implementing a new one would be confusing. It is a good idea regarding the knockout points but perhaps we could have a KO tournament instead the future if there are alot of interest on this

4. Blind structures. 100 Bigs, 200 Bigs or 250 Bigs

I personally would go for 10k stacks, 200 Bigs and 8 minutes blind level but I think we wont reach any consensus at all and we cant please everyone so Yahoo should be the one taking final decision on this.

Ok so I will deposit in BTC, but the betnomi site shows EUR to me. How can I transfer 5$ as buddy transfer?
(Sorry for my incompetent questions, I really appreciate ur help)

I agree 100%.
@ Yahoo: You got some recommendations, but please finalise the conditions by your own. I guess most people are fine with the idea to make the tournaments a bit "larger".
For sure it´s about having fun, so the distribution of the buddy transfers are not really important. Keep things simple!
I´m happy to play with you guys on Sunday - can´t wait for it  8)

I have sent in the tourney form, 6 max game since we have a low number of participants normally. 20000 starting stack 10 minute blinds $15 buyin

Sounds good to me.

If you click on your "Avatar" -> Select my profile -> My Wallet , You will see the buddy transfer available there. I'm just looking on my phone but can't find a way to toggle between USD and EUR. I though it was possible whn I was on the poker client but am not able to check. I'll ask in their main thread about that.

I have found where I can check to confirm buddy transfers, but have yet to do one myself. Looks like people just need my username - Steamtyme - to send the 5 USD to me. If you can't switch between EUR and USD, I guess to the conversion using Google or Preev and send it. I will keep track to see if you over/underpaid. Hopefully it's an easy switch that I just can't find from my phone.

btw who is that "Undetermined"?
Anyway, I will transfer in BTC. If I cannot convert in USD, I will send in EUR and will use the actual exchange rate. Hope that is fine for you all...

Undetermined is the term I put for everything not settled yet. Steamtyme has volunteered, if you guys are ok with that?

Jesus I´m an idiot  ;D ;D I should get more sleep to get things straight...
Steamtyme would be fine for me :-)

Steam asked about this matter in Betnomi offical thread and this is their answer! My selected currency is USD, I guess it goes like that automatic, I didn't choose anything in my registration, at least I don't remember I saw it! I don't know is it a stupid suggestion, but those extra fees and rewards can be in some alt with low transaction fee. There are many, for example I would be fine with ltc, trx, doge... maybe that would be nice!



As I see it, pretty much everything is solved, except those transfers for extra fees. It's already Thursday, and I am not sure will we play this weekend or not! Anyway my deposit is confirmed and I wait for passwords and games to appear! I expect good poker with you people, as always! :)

Very interesting! My currency is EUR but I got never asked what kind of currency I want to choose. So I have no clue how to handle the buddy transfer..
Alts are not my favourite choice as I don´t want to handle those shitcoins

@Yahoo & Steam: We should find a solution in that case today if we really want to start on Sunday

When you were making your account there is a step when you are asked to choose USD or EUR. My choice was EUR. This will be PITA to solve. Couple of ideas but nothing that seems hassle free:
We could collect the money on two accounts - one for USD and one for EUR, and then do some shenanigans when the time comes to pay out the prices
We could make one currency as mandatory but that would mean all the people who have wrong currency have to do new accounts, probably against the rules at Betnomi but I guess old accounts can be deleted.
We pay the fees for all the tournaments in one BTC transaction.

I would be fine with paying the fee with BTC and someone is collecting. But I guess it will be too late now when we want to start on Sunday..

I'm cool with that, but still have 2 questions though:

1. If my balance is shown in USD, will I be able to transfer $5 to a EUR account?
(from the posts above it looks like I won't be able to do that, I just want to clarify it);

2. Today I clicked the withdraw button, and saw this

https://i.imgur.com/oiL4fTG.png

and after going to my profile I saw this field

https://i.imgur.com/9UyDRLV.png

which is required to fill out. Now I'm wondering, could it be that withdrawals were not allowed for my country? Simply put, what country should I choose there? :)

Nope


I fill in random country for that and my withdrawal went through. From my own personal experiences, All you need is to fill the data with something on that and you are good to go.


Well, its still Friday and plenty more time before we hit the first game. As long as you intended to play for the upcoming weeks as well, I think we are cool even if you send the extra fees next week before the 2nd game. I doubt that people are going to tarnish their reputation for a mere $5  :P

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@Yahoo : I think there is only 1 person with Euro as their currency so would it be possible if you ask Betnomi's help to deduct their euro balance from the account and transfer it into Steamtyme somehow?

4.23 euro = $5 atm so 25.38 euro = $30 for the entire 6 games extra fees

I am in EUR but no need to ask Betnomi for help regarding my account. I am waiting for this the final procedure to be settled and then I will agree something directly with Steamtyme or just make another account on Betnomi and settle it with them.

Don't worry I'll find the way to pay, but I don't think I am the only one with balance in EUR.

Was chatting with Yahoo a bit last night, they are communicating with Betnomi to try and sort this out. I'm waiting for an update from them, and we'll all go from there. Either way we'll figure out a way to get the side pot sorted out. I'm headed to bed now so I'll catch up with everyone tonight, and also be around Saturday. So everyone who plans on playing just carry on as usual and expect this to kick off Sunday. More than enough time to come up with options if we need to.

I will deposit in BTC today on my account. I´m sure we will find a way for all EUR acc.
Can´t wait for Sunday :-)

The 1st tourney is up in the lobby, $17.74 buyin total. Looks like the site is taking a $1.77 fee themselves, little different then Swc. Anyone against scrapping the extra fee? Just have 1k gtd finale?

Anyone playing message me for pw. Also, join the telegram group n we can communicate faster.

I'd prefer only regular buyin. This way we don't even need any passwords or personal messages.

The issue with No password is other site players can join in. Would increase the regular pools but screw some out of points

I'm fine with just scraping the side pot and have the final be solely for the sponsored prizepool. I agree it should still be password protected to keep it limited to forum memebers

I see it in the lobby

https://i.imgur.com/qEEYpRR.png

and since it's called Bitcointalk Poker Series #1,  I'm tempted to call it "Bitcointalk Poker Series Reloaded". :)

I totally support the idea of discarding the extra fee. I think, the lower the buy-in, the more people will join up, and the $17.74 isn't that small already.

See you, guys, regulars and newcomers, in the tomorrow's game!

Let's play some good poker! Good luck, everyone! :)

Actually that is $2.74 fee because they buy in we agreed on is $15


Lets scrap it then , so we'll be paying $17.74 instead of $15 + $5 extra fee + $2.74 website fee and its all good because we are still having problem with some account's currency showing as euro instead usd


The average regular in betnomi is pretty decent. Lots of wild hand and wide ranges. Most of us would probably knocked out before we even reach the final table  :P


I've seen you play alot in the betnomi's ticket freeroll and some micro buy in tournament recently. I cant wait to play some hands with you , Goodluck  :)

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So are we going to get atleast 15 people to join this game? It will be great if we can get 2 full table. I think Im going to send messages to few regular from the previous series, They probably dont notice this thread yet

To be honest, I don't see a problem, given that the tournament settings allow this feature to be added. We can set a knockout reward, (say 1 cent), and view the lobby after the tournament ends.

Today I got my first Straight-flush in the freeroll, but due to a glitch I was unable to play this hand.

https://i.imgur.com/qtK3WXP.png

Good luck Betwrong, for now you and me are only registered players!


And it's not the problem, at least not for me! :) I just play poker and of course trying to contribute with some ideas here and there, but I know who does the hard work! If others agree, talk with Yahoo and arrange it, if it's possible!

Registered and ready! Minimum 6 required players and I believe we will have enough people to start the series! I don't see many old names here, I hope some will forget about little disputes and join in the next serial!

Good luck people, see you at the tables! :)

I'm registered, 3 of us so far. The password was released in the telegram channel, I'm not sure when I'll be around tomorrow. I'll try to answer people as soon as I wake up. Knowing you're gonna play, kinda silly to wait til last minute to get pw though

Somebody gibme dat password n'shit !
Tyrone da Kang wanna play pokah n'shit muffhugga!

You should have pinned that message in the telegram. This way some of us who obviously registered after you posted it can't see the password. Just repeat it in the telegram once more and maybe pin that message.

I would have asked sooner but I was thinking I already have the password but it was for that last free roll. headbang

When replenishing the balance (Eth), do I need an additional conversion? Or will the conversion take place automatically when you apply for a tournament? And the question with the password, I do not have access to the telegram at the moment... ^[2fa]

Any currency that you use to deposit on betnomi will be showing automatically in euro / usd. Regarding the password, Yahoo is online right now and will reply to your PM . Hit me up later if you havent received the password.

Edit : I notified yahoo, he probably get back to you soon

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So far 9 people registered but we might hit 12 people atleast . Some people that said want to take part in this game hasnt registered yet and the buy in is flat $15 with no additional website fee. It may show as $17.74 on your screen but your balance will be deducted with flat $15

Less than 2 hours to go, Anyone that interested to join feel free to join the telegram group / PM Yahoo or others for the password  :)

Gl everybody tournament starts in 10 minutes hope to see everyone there.PM sent with Password

Silly me I almost didn't register as I entered the password and assumed that auto entered me - Still had to click on register after lol

15 people! Not bad at all, in my humble opinion! :)

Lost with weaker flush, king and jack on my side vs ace and 6, from Betwrong! Unbelievable! :) And I was sure it was my hand!
GG people! I am glad we finally started new series, like always great poker with you guys! I strongly believe we will have more players in the next games!
Well I'm not in the payout but I have some points for start! :)

Yeah, it was a nice tournament. I missed ITM by one position. 6-max table was a refreshing and welcoming change. I was also expecting 18-20 players, hopefully we will have 3 full tables next weekend.

Does the bet duration cause anyone problems? I see players on my table getting folded very often. I don't know if that was intentional or because duration was too little. Also Time Bank was not re-filling once it was consumed. I didn't have any connection issue though but what about others? Do you guys had enough time to make all the bets without getting folded often?

Well, I want to congratulate the winners: III - @Betwrong, II - @TrayvonKang and I - @icopress ^{[Although I didn't expect to have to congratulate myself]} 8)

And, of course, a special thank you to @yahoo62278 for constantly taking on the burden of organizing events that support the public interest. As for the game, I want to say thank you to @webtricks as he kept me on constant tension and I am still a little angry that he knocked out my pocket pair KK vs Q3.  ;D

GG for the winners

I got folded a couple of times in tough spot but it's fine, just in the final maybe need little more time.

I purposely lowered the time bank for everyone. Some of you guys take 2 hours to make a decision when you usually know what you're gonna do right away. Feel like there is too much posing going on.

Spreadsheet is posted in the OP as well. Congrats to the starting top 10 and the top 3 money finishers.

I did miss playing couple of hands because of the short time bank, but overall I'd prefer it like it is now, I mean, short. The game feels more alive this way.

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GG, everyone!

Congrats on the win, @icopress! As a fan of the style which involves patience and cautiousness, rather than aggressiveness and recklessness, I was deeply impressed by your yesterday's performance: so many check-folds, and the win in the end! Great job!

Congratulations on taking this one down, I didnt expect that a new name would be taking this one. This series would be harder than the previous one it seems  :)


I missed ITP by one position  :P


My hand folded 2 times iirc. I ran out of time bank from the start of the game. I was late for one hand and my time bank was consumed on that hand so yeah it would be nice if the time bank would be resetting by 5 second each time the blind level increase


Let people tank and stall, I dont mind if thats their strategy or whatsoever. Eventually the blinds level will catch up, especially in 6 max game you wont be able to keep tanking/folding until you get premium hands.

Is it possible to increase the time bank by 5 seconds each time the blind level increases? ( keep it at max 15 or 20 ) I ran out of mine right from the start of the game

Thx! Since there were not many of us, at the beginning I had no goal of (sitting out) to get into the prize zone...

I made some serious mistakes trying to play medium strength hands when my stack was under 15 blinds. But then I decided to stick with pushing ^[re-raising] or folding (since short stacked players usually push with medium or even weak hands).

Congrats. I didn't catch who won. What was the final run time on the tournament.

So what are peoples thoughts on the tournament structure? Personally I like it, I think it kept the game at a good pace. Starting stack is still large and the blind structure made it so that after 1 1/2 hours you had to be in game mode. I like this as we aren't doing late registration so it shouldn't' take 2 hours+ to start getting into a more forced action.

I didn't run into any issues with the timebank myself, so  I can't really say either way. I do think that regardless a portion of the timebank should replenish every break, which happens in most tournaments. This shouldn't allow abuse of tanking as it won't fully replenish so people still need to conserve their timebank, but are free to do whatever with their timeclock for their move.

This is clearly a strategic move, and one that makes a lot of sense.

If you have a crap hand there's no point in raising or bluffing your way through as that will most definitely cause you to lose.

However, when you get a strong hand there's nothing stopping you, you can start applying your well learnt strategies to convince others to raise you as much as comfortable and then make for a clean win!

This is a strategy of cards not other way round, and patience is by far one of the most important factors.

Question / Let's say I have transferred 0.1 BTC to my account ... Will the balance be fixed in dollars? For example, after a year I will log into my account, will I see the same amount as before? Or will the balance depend on the bitcoin rate?

There is more to improve the interface ... (Below is what should be added).

[1] Statistics

• Hands Dealt: 4
• Saw Flop: 2/4 (50%)
• Pots Won: Pots won at showdown / Pots won without showdown

[2] Day Mode

• I think it is worth giving up day mode or changing the color scheme.

https://i.imgur.com/6RwiVpO.png

Your balance is converted to FIAT after the deposit. Consider it a FIAT platform that you fund with crypto.

Not sure how often betnomi checks in here for suggestions but if you drop your comments on their main thread they will at least be aware of them.

@Steamtyme has explained it already, but I'll say it in my own words, to make sure for myself that I’m not confusing anything :)

As far as I understand, your balance, which, after depositing 0.1 BTC, should become $1,800 right now, will always stay stay the same, USD-wise. Meaning that if BTC dropped to, say, $9,000, and you decided to withdraw, you'd be given 2 times more BTC, compared to what you deposited initially.

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I'll repost the list from another thread here for ppl like me who can't figure out who is who sometimes. :)


I have edited only one thing, because I believe arallmuus' Betnomi name is TikTokLyFe.

New tourney is listed, pm me for pw or join telegram group

Thank you, I joined (while there are three of us).

Today I decided to practice a little before Sunday's game... and it turned out to be a damn long day  _:'(

I joined the freeroll in the morning and was in the top five finalists, (More precisely, in two freerolls). I got 2 tickets to $ 4 and $ 6 tournaments and win one of them, (satellites of the $ 40 buy-in tournament). I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.. After a 12 hour poker marathon, I finished 6th. I realize that I could have played better, but I was just tired and decided to play a hand of medium strength (I wanted to prevent the stealing of the blinds).

That's all, see you at the weekend!

https://i.imgur.com/Zernjdo.png

Nice games, congrats on the last week win and this "practice" games! I didn't have a poker day for a long time, but before I had days with 10+ hours of poker! That was crazy, from tournament in tournament, in the middle cash games...

I am happy with some point in the first game, but I will try to be more focused on getting into ITM this Sunday! Betnomi slots took all my money, so I need some recovery! :)

People good luck and see you at the tables!

Great news! :) I can see it in the lobby. Sent PM for the pw.

Thanks again for organizing this, Yahoo!


I presume you finished ITM, right? :) What was the prize? Considering the prize pool, $3,705, the prize for 6th place could be big. :)

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Normally I have no problems playing poker on Betnomi, but yesterday, after logging in and clicking on the TOURNAMENTS tab(I was trying to play in the browser, Chrome 87 on Linux), I just saw a white blank space instead of the Tournaments schedule. I tried it in another browser(Firefox) with the same result.

What do I do if this happens just before our tournament starts?

P.S. I played poker on Betnomi today with no issues.

The 6th place reward was just over $200 (This includes the reward for knocking out players).

This is probably due to the fact that unscheduled technical work was carried out on the site yesterday (at least there was an announcement in the poker section). I do not think that this will affect the active tournament, since after the resumption of the work of betnomi/play-poker, I saw two uncompleted tournaments that started before the maintenance. ^{[Although they may have been suspended]}

just 8 players registered so far... where are u all??? :o

Damn i knew i forgot something but couldn't remember what... gl guys, i will put an alarm for next week  :D

Damn, wish I could have made it in. Unfortunately this was a week I am working nights, and on top of it had to replace some broken faucet cartridges so no chance. Good luck to everyone who played and hopefully see you all next week.

It was over before the 3rd break.

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So congratulations to @Jayce that made it to the 1st place , @Improved for the 2nd place and @1ron1c for the 3rd place (?) I wasnt sure who get the 3rd place because I came back to only the HU between Jayce and Improved. Only 8 players this week and probably the fastest final table ever but atleast everyone get some points so yeah  :)

By any chance, can we make it back to the 8 or 9max format? If the number of participants going to be around this number, I'd rather play with 1 table full of 9 players though

I may change it up to 9 players for the next 1. Sorry guys i was busy this weekend. TrayvonKang is in a decent lead going into game 3 with 18 points. We have lots tied with 13 points. Still lots of time for p[layers to get a spot in the final 9.

Spreadsheet is updated

Definitely a Sunday of those with low influx that perhaps was expected for last Sunday, congratulations to the top, the ITP was a bonus.

Let's go!! I think it is part of "a single tournament" that we play divided into 8 breaks, at least in my case I see it that way. By the way, although in my particular conditions that are definitely not the fault of betnomi if not my connection in data at that time on Sundays I have the matrix effect in the card deal, but still the desire is always there to play and that surely on Sunday that the conditions are given there I will be.

GG/G.B.

@NoobHere: How dare you to call my all-in after the flop with just 4 outs?  ;D
Again typical me that you have got your out, so the 3rd place was the maximum I could made in that situation.
Very interesting to have 4 guys with 13 points!

btw: I would also prefer to play again on 9 players table  :)

I too support 9 players table. Those of us who will make it to the finals will be better prepared for the game this way. (The final game is definitely played at one table from the very beginning, right?)

GG, everyone! Congrats to the winners!

I myself finished 2nd from the bottom, but I got 4 points with that. Not bad. :)

It just comes down to having consistent numbers. I can only make so many games with irl scheduling between work and family. It does seem we've lost a few people but I was hoping it would continue to pick up. If we do increase the number of people at the table can we compromise and go 8-max. If today had hit 10 or 12 players it would have been a much more enjoyable game for sure, because no one wants to start and have to play their tournament for a significant amount of time 3 or 4 handed unless you are a spins player. Then you are a kid in a candy store.

Game 1 was the best gameflow I've seen from one of our series tournaments in a long time. Early series people weren't playing so tight, and/or slow and the games were wrapping up in 3 hours maybe 3.5, after a while and not because of a larger field these games began to push 4 hours+. If we do go 9 handed or even 8 then I totally support the significantly reduced timebanks for the sake of gameflow.

Noting I don't mind tournaments that run 4+ hours if there is a field that warrants it 30+.

Congrats to everyone in the points and those who finished itm.

Thanks man! Yes it's 1ron1c for the 3rd place. Good luck for the next tourney!


Lol I have no idea too why I called that, though I was in same situation too few times in some tourneys, so I know how it feels :D


Great game guys, see you in the next tourney.

Congrats to winners! 5th place, then 4th place... I assume next week I will be third place!
I like 6-max, it's nice for a change, even I don't have some big luck in the last two games! Will we play next week? I don't know should I deposit or not!?

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That's why we must continue in 6 max;) we have "paralyzed/fronzen" the champions.   ;)

See you this Sunday, we have to follow the arrow, it is the route to the final table.  :)

I actually changed it up to 9 man game this week. Not sure why people complaining about 6 max.

sorry buddy, no complaining though. Last Sunday was a bit weird because we were just 8 players, so 4 players on each table.
It makes the tournament pretty fast. I would like to spend more time with you playing poker, thats all  :-* :-* :-*

Haha not me, I didn't play.

Anyways, the new tourney is up. 9 man tables and a slight increase on time bank.

Great news! :)

PM for the pw sent.

A slight increase on time bank won't hurt for sure. As for the 9 man tables, maybe it's my personal preference, but I like to play with as many people simultaneously as possible, so, I'm happy about that change too. :)

Guys it's Sunday, don't forget to turn it into fun day. Make sure you have registered for today's tournament.

I have not received the password yet and to be honest I am not sure whether at least 9 people will gather today.

PM sent with password! I would recommend you and everyone interested in series to join Telegram group, link: https://t.me/joinchat/D3zX7RyPmWmJEhuY8T92sw

Password is posted there immediately after the tournament is created.

Well I made it, crazy busy morning but I should be free and clear the rest of the day. Only problem is I have shit reception on my phone here, so hopefully I can stay connected.

Looks like 10 people so far, hopefully get a few extras to sign up

The connection worked very welll!    :) / GG / GG allsxguys

...as we were the last to leave, we have to give the results:
1.-steamtyme
2.-FmBeT
3.-icopress

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https://i.imgur.com/ThDFtEx.jpg

G.B.

Good game guys, we were missing few players for today as well but atleast 10 of us made it to game 3. Well done, Both you and icopress were the shortstack when we were down to the last 5 players but both of you ended up getting to top 3 and ITM. Steamtyme flip like a god in the final table, knocked out alot of players as well as winning all those flips.

Well I was expecting icopress to get into top 3, he won against my pocket Aces with J8s and turned it into set of Jacks. Also against my QJs with his pocket 7 so yeah thats an insane luck.

See you guys next week for game 4, Im getting closer to ITM spot lol  :P

GG, and GG to all. I couldn't chat on the phone, it's pretty tricky just playing. My bet setting didn't save or cross over so it was a rough first hour only min raising, min betting or 1/2 potting it. Then I got my buttons set up and was able to use the slider a bit easier in BB mode.

It was an interesting back and forth for the final 2, well played. I was wondering who this FmBet was.

That's just what happens when I finally hold. I did get lucky when I jammed my SB into the BB with 16 BB left, and they showed TT - I believe it was Trayvonkang who always seems to be near the top of their range when I get into these spots. That flip I did win from behind.

Apart from that I just wound up holding strong in some flips that were 1/5 of my stack, but for others tournament life. Still doubled up a few folks. Biggest hand was against teethow, when I flopped a set of Kings, CHK call flop, Chk raise turn, then the flush draw came in and I checked they jammed and I had to think about it. In the end I couldn't fold it out and I believe they were trying to turn their rivered pair of jacks into a bluff.

Hit my second ever Royal flush, opened AQ of diamonds and I believe Betwrong jammed from the BB, I flopped a flush I believe and rivered the royal.

Again GG's all around see you folks next week.

Spreadsheet is updated, 2 players tied for the lead. Congrats to Steamtyme for the win.

That's right, the Royal Flush it was.

https://i.imgur.com/iGJRMDu.png

What a hand, man! Not just a "good hand", but the best hand ever possible! Congrats to you and everyone who saw it! For a poker player, seeing a Royal Flush is like seeing the Northern Lights, it is so beautiful and rare.

Congrats to the winners! GG, everyone! :)

Next tourney has been posted, pm me for pw or check the telegram group.

I loved this series sponsored by Betnomi and a special poker table for us btctalk users.

For some reason I did not see this topic earlier. Is it possible to join now? I noticed the schedule is already at Tournament 4 (Q#4: 12/06/2020) but I will try to chase even so.

Thank you.

Yeah you can still join. Either PM Yahoo for the password or join the TELEGRAM (https://t.me/joinchat/D3zX7RyPmWmJEhuY8T92sw) group. No one has completely run away with it for points yet so you could still qualify for the final, where the sponsored prizepool is. There is also a runners-up final with a smaller GTD prize, you only need to participate in 2 qualifiers to enter this one. The more the merrier.

All the info is in the OP, so have a quick read.

Went to register for the Sunday tourney and noticed that a turbo was going on with the buy-in of $1.2. Joined in and made to the final table. Got Royal Flush on the final table:

https://i.ibb.co/gDycNSQ/poker.png

Pity that no-one called on river so didn't make much on the hand. But I guess Royal Flushes are not Northern Lights on Betnomi, I usually see one popping-out in every tournament. Imagine if players start getting these many royal flushes on SwC cash table, jackpot would be claimed every now and then. :D

Congrats, hitting a Royal Straight Flush in the Final Table is stomping.
I think in my entire 7 years of poker I have hitted like 2-3 Royal Flushes, from all of them I couldn't lure my opponent to get a decent outcome value. :P

Congrats on hitting the Royal Flush! Since they are so frequent on Betnomi, I'm hoping on getting one myself soon.  :D

I too play in some tournaments on Betnomi, and I'm in profit from those games so far. Like 4 days ago I participated in the Sunset Turbo and took the 4th place(with zero reentries made!), winning $12.91

https://i.imgur.com/j9SDxud.png

PM for the pw sent. Hope to see more players tomorrow.

GL to all! :)

It is so good to see some hitting that Royal flush, till now have being playing for some years now but not yet hit any 1 time. I am just waiting for that 1 day when it will hit and want to have that experience of being the winner with Royal flush. Congrats to the winner.

well done!! there are players here who are doing gym in the days before the game and with reason us see such strong bets.  :D

In my life as a poker player I have hit a royal flush twice with one card in hand and only once with three in the board.

In the reality of hands played versus player traffic if it is really a high incidence ...

See you later ...on Sunday, that is if I have not had training at the Gym.

"Practice makes perfect"! :)

I am in for tonight! I missed last week game, but leaderboard says everything is ok, with first place tonight I will go over 20 points and that will be just perfect for the first 4 games! Sounds great in my mind!

I saw that last game was with 10 players, you probably started with 2 tables?!

My situation in real life changes a bit and now it is much tougher for me to find time to hang with you guys over the poker table. Also it does not help that the tournament is now at 6 PM my local time which is usually a bit early for me to finish all the Sunday "chores" and family lunches/dinners before poker starts. Probably not gonna be here tonight but could be I have more time in the future since covid lock down measures are getting stronger and stronger in my part of the woods.

Yes!
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Arriving to sign up, we already have a field that guarantees to play today ... the player traffic today of the platform exceeds - <300> +

By the way, thank support for the excellent management in a request that arose, the attention was cordial, fast and effective.

OPEN to ALL / You can also watch the game, the key is available in the telegram group.

I'm sorry I was the one who split the table: D ... the registration is reflected in the order you buy-in ... there is a saying that says "the last will be the first to arrive ..." I hope it is fulfilled.

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Regular is not seen on the field today:  steamtyme 11  :D

I made it in. I think we are at 11 including me. I'll try and stay awake as I'm back on a nightshift schedule lol.

Good Luck everyone

It worked last week but probably not today. You were sitting out most of the time and probably things will be different if you keep playing from the start. Great Game though  :)

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Good game everyone especially @Webtricks and congratulations on winning this one. According to my count, webtricks Knocked out atleast 6 players from the Final Table thus giving me a good chance to finish on top because I badly need more points lol  ;D .

In the end webtricks knocked me out with Quads 5. I cant complain much about this week because I was supposed to be dropped out by Yahoo, had a QQ vs AK all in flip against him and ended up doubling up my stack on that one

Great game guys, lets play again next week

This one has to go down as the most insane tournament I ever played! I hardly got 3-4 quads in the first four bitcointalk series but got 3 in a single tourney today:





If that was not enough, check out this insane hand!! It is definitely the most insane hand I ever played, it has to be! Four players having pocket pairs, four way all-in! Then a pair landed on table too. There were high chances that someone may hit set but I was able to take the pot with my Aces.




When the whole tournament was going like a crazy ride, why should the final hand end in an uninteresting manner? Well, it didn't! It was my QQ against Yahoo's K10 in the pre-flop. Yahoo got his stronger pair on the flop, however, I was still tripping over my QQ and thought he's bluffing and called. But when he went all-in on turn, I realized I made a mistake and he's holding pair of Kings. But it was already too late, I was big stack into the hand so I called his all-in and guess what I got my set of Queens with staggering odds of 4.55% on the river:




If that wasn't insane enough. I got pocket Aces twice, pocket Kings twice, pocket Queens once, pocket Jacks twice, pocket 10s once, pocket 9s twice, pocket 8s once. Wow and just wow!!

It was one of the craziest games I've ever played. During the first hour I was the 1st, the last, then the 1st again.  With my pocket 4s I ended up folding a full house after webtricks' river raise here

https://i.imgur.com/2BuAXDj.png

because I thought he had an Ace(or a five). But webtricks showed it. He had four tens!

And then, literally 5 minutes later this happens:

https://i.imgur.com/XuLH4NN.png

Quads! Second time within 6 minutes!

Then some crazy stuff started happening(glad I took those screenshots).

https://i.imgur.com/0kunEBj.png

Four players are going all-in, and look at their pocket cards:

https://i.imgur.com/mVgT9pT.png

Webtricks scooped it with his Aces, making his chip stack 63k+

https://i.imgur.com/Zia2PsK.png

... While I was writing this post, I saw webtricks' post above.

Congrats on the win, mate!

Just wow indeed. :)

Well there is only one explanation for this... My game started with pocket KK but unfortunately ^{[or fortunately]}, I wasn't sober enough to take advantage of my luck. Therefore, as it should be, luck went to the one who needed it most, and if I'm not mistaken, then in the unofficial rules of the lucky ones it is written that luck is transmitted clockwise.^{[1 3 5 7, etc.]} Therefore, webtricks can be congratulated in twins, with a victory in the tournament and the upcoming successful week.
webtricks, I certainly don't want to upset you at such a festive moment, but next Sunday I'm going to return my trophy. https://i.imgur.com/7VZSp61.gif

And I would like to join yahoo62278's congratulations... This is his first victory and the first points he earned in this series of tournaments!

It worked if it was the last one ... but they broke my premise  ;)

Hey!! Congratulations when I left the tournament you were place 10 and if I remember correctly (+/-) 6k chips, so nice comeback,  although it is not surprising find that you are the winner.


Thanks for the summary.

Data and points were taken from the OP. You can see the spreadsheet with all the results in:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OOETV-EIj7o8UjwINUw3YjGOruqRrOB0D5QN36CJq9w/edit?usp=sharing

That's not all. :) I was too drunk yesterday to continue writing my post, but I was going to add the following.

During the whole game people were saying in the chat that they were getting pocket AAs and KKs more than usually. And look how my game ended yesterday:

https://i.imgur.com/FTgkxpJ.png

My Ace-Five suited against Yahoo's pocket Aces. Pocket Aces yet again!

Also, I forgot to congratulate yahoo62278 and arallmuus for finishing ITM. Congrats, guys! :)

GG, everyone!

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And thanks for making that nice presentation, @famososMuertos!

Webtricks congrats man! :) Nice pictures, with 3 quads you know you had an amazing game! And I played some hands against you like a total noob, letting you recover with my stupid bluffs and calls...

Anyway great game, a bit more players this time! Many ups and downs this time for many of us! I thought Steam will continue to rock through the game and win, but there're no guarantees on the poker table!

I really like what you do here, looks very nice.

Before it's too late, I want to invite, once again, our regulars to the game. :)   

@BitcoinGirlClub, @CoinEraser, @efialtis, @figmentofmyass, @Globb0, @Hhampuz, @morvillz7z, @SyGambler, @tyKiwanuka, please consider joining the game. First off, we miss you, guys, and, secondly, look at the current  spreadsheet  (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OOETV-EIj7o8UjwINUw3YjGOruqRrOB0D5QN36CJq9w/edit#gid=0). It is still not that hard to end up in the top 9 after 8 games, and then play in the Grand Final with $1,000 prize pool! And in the case of extreme bad luck, you can still play in the Little Final with $300 prize pool(you just need to join at least 2 of the 8 qualifying tournaments for that). ;)

Hope to see you, guys, in the games to come. :)

Week 5 tourney is up, message me for pw or join telegram group

I wish I had continued the journey of this game. Dam I missed it really but my Sundays were dam busy. I'm surely joining this Sunday and try the luck to end up in top 9.
Meanwhile, congratulations to the Top 10 list that is posted by yahoo6278. I can see few members who are born with the winning luck and as usual ended up in the list. Congrats.

Can anybody explain me please whether it's still doable thing ?

Like, how many games are still remaining for the late comers. I think 4 more games are there?  ;D

That's right, 4 games are remaining, and yes, it's still doable thing. :)

If you'll manage to finish in the top 5 in each game(meaning that you'll get 24+points), you'll have very good chances of playing in the Grand Final. See it for yourself by looking at current number of total points each player has

https://i.imgur.com/pSRUL5R.png

Only 5 players have 20+ points. In theory, you can still beat anyone point-wise.

Aside from being lucky, all of the players are naturally good in poker. Most have improved by alot if you compared it with the last series.


The good news is that the current series has smaller pool of participants compared ( around 10 or 11 players most of the time )with last series so your chances of making it to top 5 would be higher . Play few good hand or play tight then you would probably make it. Another option would be to play atleast two qualifers to be eligible to play for The Small Final ( $300 guaranteed ).

things are crazy for me right now. i'm spending more and more time on the road, really long hours. i'm confident i can play one or two of the upcoming games. it'll be just for fun. making all 4 games and qualifying for the championship---that sounds a little farfetched to me. :)

cheers guys, i'm glad you managed to keep the series going!

EDIT: what is betnomi's policy regarding USA players, VPN, etc? am i gonna have any issues making an account or withdrawing?

Odds are I won't be making it this weekend. It's right in the middle of a long stretch of nights and that's just pushing it.

Pokerwise you won't have any issues using a VPN. I do believe when/if you go to withdraw you do have to have filled in your account personal "information", this can be anything though as there is currently no mandatory KYC. Their KYC policy only comes into place for suspected multi-accounting and/or "jackpot" type prizes - no specified amount. If you do run into any issue just shoot me or even the Betnomi account a PM here on forum to get it sorted out.

Yeah, people should definitely give it a thought. Playing in 2 qualifiers is going to cost around $30, and then you can play a $300 GTD tournament with less than 10 in it(prolly just 5-6). If it's not a positive EV game than I don't know what is. :)


Thanks for these words! I almost started worrying that some of you guys thought there was something wrong with the new Series. :)

Hi!!
Just connect to the series play one, two as many as you can, preferably two to take advantage of the promotion, 8 games in a leaderboard are not going to define the type of player you are or what you can be in the short or medium term.

The poker player is not the best because he wins a lot of tournaments or is always number 1 (really difficult this) is the one who has the bankroll available to play when he wants, he will always have one more opportunity.

Actually $ 15 is not an average buy to play every day unless you have a large bankroll but it is an interesting buy-in to play on Sundays with some "avatars or nick" that you see every day in the forum ...

Now if the entry is what I inhibited you are doing well, then practice do gym poker there in betnomi there are tournaments where you can practice, this is about spreading the poker in the forum ...

So if you connect any Sunday that remains, I will understand that you are already beginning to lose your fear not only to play but to have confidence that you can win.

G.B.
https://i.imgur.com/LGBAqYx.png

I couldn't wait tomorrow to play poker, so I started Micro KnockThemOut, $2.5 buy-in! I had to re-buy already, two aces were weak against king and jack! Little practice before tomorrow! It would be nice to see someone from you there!  Late registration available until the end of 25 level, 7 min. levels.

Just one registered player for the game! I hope you are waiting the last moment to jump in!

can someone please send me the pw? Yahoo did not answer to my message.
Thank you

edit: provided by icopress and famososMuertos - thanks!

I already have my initial 20,000 chips.
Betnomi is making changes and improvements, at least in its web version, I have seen little things, but I have seen a new icon, well!! at least new for me next to the balance and it also appears  it in the following image:


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G.L / Alls

Hi!!
In the telegram group it has been available for days ... but I think you already have it...  :)

GL 1r0n1c

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Edit:
It has been there pinned since December 10.
Anyway...GL

I am not able to Register with the tourney. Can anyone please help whats the exact process here?

I have entered the password correctly but after that its asking me something as shown in screenshot...

Need help!

https://i.ibb.co/SQ8D0DR/Screenshot-2020-12-13-22-16-57.png


 (https://ibb.co/bHZjLjz)

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Unfortunately I am going to miss this tourney since its only 1 minute left for it to start.

Dont know but the game do not let me in even after entering the password.

Your balance shows 0$. The buyin was 15.29$ that's why you couldn't get in.

Spreadsheet has been updated, Congrats to TrayvonKang for the win. Also Congrats to Betwrong who is now leading in points.

There is a buy in fee for around $15 for the tournament and your balance is 0 . Actually around $12.76 buy in because of system error

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So congratulations @Improved for taking me down and take the 1st this week. @Betwrong takes the 3rd place , it was only because he had lower stack than both us and he was pressured in every hands otherwise I would have ended 3rd

@Webtricks : I nailed quads 4 but I cant win the qualifiers lol. Ironically, I was knocked out by @Improved at the very first hand of HeadsUp ( preflop all in ) with his pocket 4 lol. I had A8 and couldnt find my 6 outs there

We started with only 10 players this time but steamtyme and yahoo wasnt in the game, otherwise it would be 12 players. It was a great game, see you guys next week.

Interesting moments and allin  situations /source: betnomi.com
mp4 link: if someone wants to see details or take a screenshot and comment: https://i.imgur.com/i0W0ld1.mp4
GG All/ TrayvonKang: congratulations!

Top 9* Final Table /source: betnomi.com
mp4 link: if someone wants to see details or take a screenshot and comment: https://i.imgur.com/qc1Rlll.gif
Congratulations!
TrayvonKang. TiKtoKLyFe. Betwrong. Teethow. webtricks. FmBeT. icopress. Iv4n. noobHere. 1r0n1c.
Edit: https://i.imgur.com/ul3LXQA.gif

Congrats the the winners and those itm, I couldn't make the series today.
Free and clear for next weekend, hopefully some of you luck boxes will have shaken out all your quads, 2 outers and all other bags of tricks.  ;)

I'll keep mentioning it weekly in the Betnomi thread on Fridays, to try and peak more interest

That must have been a fun day for the winner. How is the distribution usually with such tournaments? If it says $ 1000 some people might assume it's $ 1000 for the winner?

It is all broken down in the OP. Including the prizepool distribution for the series finale. Daily prizepool is dependant on entries that day, following a standard prizepool distribution.

Of course! My bad!  Should have seen the rules first :P

Well, congrats to all the winners.

Well, if you not known read the information related to Poker, you can get confused.

But the explanation is worth not only for you but for those who are used to answering without reading the OP and also for those who do but do not handle the simple informational jargon related to Poker.

GTD: means that there is a guaranteed prize for a minimum of players that regardless of whether the *buy-in covers the prize or not, the tournament guarantees it.

Then he says the Grand Final, it is easy after playing the 8 tournaments, the players who accumulate the most points play for a GTD $ 1000 in the Grand Final.

By the way there is $ 300 also GTD for players who do not qualify for the grand final.
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*In both tournaments mentioned, the Grand Final and the consolation have buy-in $ 0

i finally got around to renewing my VPN subscription and registering on betnomi. my handle: FOMA777. 9am local time is early but i should be able to make it next weekend.

just to be clear, there is no separate buy-in like we did in the past series? i just need to pay the ~$15 buy-in on betnomi?

Thank you! :) I'm taking it seriously and really fighting for every point, so it's a big achievement for me, considering the level of most players in this series.


Oh, c'mon!  :) It was the 3rd or 4th time you knocked me out during our series(I mean, on sportsbet, swcpoker and here). You are a hard player to beat, with short stack or not.


Yeah, that's right, no separate buy-in. :)

Good to know that you are playing with us next Sunday! :)

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GG, everyone! Congrats on the win, @Improved!

I will check the poker in betnomi now and see if I can open the game smoothly on mobile
last months were really busy for me and Sundays are usually the busiest here but will try my best to play the remaining games , guess that I can just click buttons on my mobile while working on other things  ;D

Sounds great, but in case of working on a nuclear facility, don't accidentally nuke the Earth by pushing this button

https://i.imgur.com/zQfdaSl.jpg

instead of "all-in".  ;D

Just kidding. Never mind, push any buttons you want, just join the game.

I'm so excited about seeing you and FOMA, high-level poker players, back at the tables of Bitcointalk Poker Series.

New tourney is up, pm me for pw or join the telegram group

So "the best players" go to Grand Finale with a guaranteed $ 1000.

These are the players in list for go to The Little Final with a guaranteed $ 300. (GTD)

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*There are three places left but you must play at least 2 tournaments, is that why it is shown "? *" There are three players whom are missing one more game to guarantee a place in the small final, at least if the field is 18 players.

This part needs more attention, imo. At this point, when 3 games left, and even later, when only 2 games left, the Series is still worth joining by those who've never played even once.

Simply put, you pay $30 for participating in 2 games, and even if you win nothing in both of them(although it's possible to win from $30 to $80, in each game, finishing ITM), you end up playing in $300 GTD tournament(with small amount of participants, maybe 10 or so) for free! :)

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I just noticed this


and I think we should all agree that players qualified for the Grand Finale are not playing in the The Little Final.

I think it's fair to say that you qualify for 1 or the other, but i'm open to other ideas as well. If anyone has any input on this, feel free to post here or pm me.

I also think the number of tourneys needed to play in order to qualify for the little needs raised if future sites sponsor the tourney. Not really fair to all who played most of the games to get 20 extra players entered for last 2 games. This is also open for discussion.

Of course, none of this matters if noone is sponsoring another tourney. We have had an average of 10 players for this series basically, I could do the math if needed. Anyone participating should be promoting the heck outta these series games so that sites see they are worth hosting. Asking a site to continue shelling out money for an average 10 players is not going to inspire them to host.

I'd say we need an average of 15-20 players per game to keep a site interested, as well as make the games worth playing for all of us.

I see that theymos is also interested in poker (at least he was interested in it before). What do you think if we have a chance to involve him in the game?

For Betnomi, this would be an advertising bomb  ;D

I understand that if there's a GTD prize pool, the less people participating the better for the participants, but, as you said it yourself


So, at least for the current Series, I'd be more than happy if 10 more players have joined the game.

For those reading this and considering joining, I'd like to add that there is still a chance of ending up in the Grand Finale.

See for yourself:

- 3 games left

- 10 points for the 1st place, 9 points for the 2nd, 8 points for the 3rd.

and you can see the points of the current top 9 in this post

can someone PM me the password? i sent a PM to @yahoo but i'm not sure what his schedule is like between now and game time. just wanna make sure i get it in time, since there's no late reg and all. :)

see everyone on the felt later!

Sent you the password, see you on the felt ! Its been a while


4 games instead of 2 ? But I really feel that this is probably going to be the last one an. We barely had average of 10 players for each game and this is probably not going to be enough for Betnomi to keep on sponsoring us. Probably something to do with switching the site as most people are comfy enough with swc ( cant blame them on that )

I wonder how many people will show up today, we usually has lower number of participants after 5th qualifiers or so.

pls dm the pw also to me. I need it!

Thank you

edit: got it, thanks :)

Today we support the series from the stands ... I am finishing a manual job that has taken my free time but that has been accumulating over the days ... so today we are betting on my limited manual skills. :)

As for the tournament, today there was a field of 12 players, 10 regulators and two new ones were incorporated with the nicknames FOMA777 and DesR77.

Right now there are only 9 players left, we went from max6 to full table.

fun game today, although not my best showing.

i was pretty card dead all day........managed to stay in the game off a big 2-pair pot and a couple bluffs, but eventually i got short-stacked and ran JJ into KK. the knockout was too fast to screen grab. i'm not even sure who took me out, but good game!

i'm out in 8th place, good luck to the rest of you! i'll try to make it for next week's game too.

Damn! Was well-poised in the tournament but how can one deny the straight flush draw on flop! It was 7-10s against AA. Got 9-Js on the flop. Had to call all-in raise from Improved. This was one of those kind of hands when you know odds are against you (48% vs 52%) and losing the hand will knock you out but can't help but play the hand. It's hard to control the emotions in such situations.

Well, was duly punished for keeping emotions above the risk management and got knocked at 6th position. It's funny how I am running 3rd overall but only finished in ITM once.

Losing Hand:
https://i.ibb.co/sWdYqtK/poker.png

Good luck iv4n, Improved and Teethow. May the best one win.

Meh I was knocked out while you were sitting out. I probably last no longer than 30 minutes today.


So Teethow ended up made it to the ITM spot. No wonder though as he was running hot throughout the game, he knocked my pocket aces out with Q10 suited ( managed to turn it into straight ). It was a good hand indeed and I should have fold that after the turn card shows up a straight draw. I wasnt convinced that he had Q10 for straight then ended up making silly calls for all in. Lesson learned today

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So which one of you are DesR77 . This dude play and raise each time like a wild beast and I have no clue about his hands lol  :P

he seems to be a real degen  :P :D

tried the game on mobile today and feels really weird playing on mobile , couldn't really bet the exact amounts that I want
there is no app for betnomi poker right ? the mobile browser is really hard to navigate like I never been able to open with 3x blinds , it's either 2x or 4x and more so ended up opening 4x most of my hands which isn't really good

Dang so the wild beast was you  :P . Thats some wild play there . Do you still remember what hand did you have when you take almost half of my starting stack? You probably had some pocket pairs or flush draw to be able to go all in with it, no? . I had AJ offsuit and I couldnt call so I folded. It was some bad call from me though, I should have fold it in the river

Yeah Betnomi has no app for mobile yet so if you open it up from your phone, it will be the same as opening it from your desktop but with smaller screen

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Congratulations Teethow , solid hands and solid luck there !

I don't really remember but I had 2 big hands where I had flush draws , probably that hand was a gutshot flushdraw if I'm not mistaken


on pc I downloaded their software and it works perfectly , haven't tried the browser version except on mobile
any idea how to adjust betting size ? it starts with x2 BB and  it directly moves to x4 when I adjust the betting bar

Iirc you just need to go into settings from the landing page once it launches the poker client, then select bet slider. I played one of these a few weeks back from my phone and had to wait until the first break. I was able to set 4 buttons I believe each for pre and post flop betsizings.

unbelievable how I get fucked up every week. Game no. 5 was my fault, but now it´s a desaster.
Yesterday my AA lost again QQ. When the luck doesnt come back to me I won´t make it to the finals…

btw: What do you guys think about a deepstack for the final? Same blind structure but 100k Chips for everyone?

That can be interesting! You need to take more points in the next two games if you wish to secure your seat! :)
TrayvonKang, Betwrong and Web are pretty safe with over 35 points, but for the rest of us anything can happen!

Good game last night, finally in the money, and beautiful 9 points!


I had two similar situations last night! With spades, first time 57 and on flop 64...second time 64 and 53 on flop! I had to call... those hands is really hard to fold, at least for me! It's because of emotions, I agree... I am a believer and that beats my mind and facts!

Tell me it wasn't one of them bluffs here

https://i.imgur.com/X87CWUQ.png

Well, now I'm 99% sure it was. And I thought I made a good fold!  :-\ Anyways, I'm glad to see you are back. Welcome, mate! Hope to play more games with you. And beware, I'm going to call next time! :)

GG, everyone!

I was out on 7th place, losing to pocket Jacks woth my AJ:

https://i.imgur.com/Gfa51Qp.png

An Ace, or at least 7 or Q on the river wouldn't hurt, but that's life. :)

I see so we both had nothing at all aside from high card if you didnt hit any of your gutshot or flushes but its really hard to make that kind of all in call when you have nothing at all. Good game though


If we are using same blind structure of 100 BB, it doesnt matter even if the starting stack is 100k or 200k chips though because it will be the same as having 10k chips and 100 BB structure. Deepstack should be around 200-300 BB though and it might last more than 4 hours because in the Grand Finale, everyone would be tighter than usual.

thanks mate , I guess my problem is mobile related maybe the screen is too small or it's just like this on all mobiles
it's the betting slider that made my life hard and so the only fix as I see is to keep typing the bet which is also hard on mobile  :D


for the final yeah a slower game might be better , but I really like the current speed for the normal games since last time  I played the series games were taking around 4 hours to finish

So "the best players" go to Grand Finale with a guaranteed $ 1000.

These are the players in list for go to The Little Final with a guaranteed $ 300. (GTD)

Two players have joined the series:  :)
1r0n1c
FmBet
rak3y0urchips
One "Q" played:  Nick / Points
*DesR77: 6
*FOMA777:3
*str888flu5h:1
*Trofo:0
*PokerGuy5:0
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I support 200-300 BB deep stack for the Grand Finale, although imo 200 BB would be enough to potentially play a long and interesting game, but not too long when you might end up with no beer left at the most interesting point. :)

Congrats for taking the top position on that tree, Improved/TrayvonKang! :)

famososMuertos, good job in making those pics, as always!

sure, that´s what I meant. 200-300bb would be very interesting imo :-)

Man you are a titan if you allow yourself to drink beer while playing! I'm just interested in the question, is one break per hour enough for you?  ;D

And by the way, does it make sense for the leaders of the table to participate in the 7th and 8th games? Considering that, according to the results of 6 games, they already have enough points to qualify for the Grand Final.

Actually I don't drink much, and I never start drinking from the very beginning. The first 1.5-2 hours I'm sober as a judge. :) Also, the quantity of drinks in my house is pre-established so that I wouldn't drink too much. That's why they can run out if the tournament is too long. :)


I was thinking about it. At first I do play mostly for points to qualify for the the Grand Final. And when the goal is achieved, it seems like it's more advantageous to play in some GTD tournaments where the prize pool is usually bigger than all the buy-ins combined. But it's advantageous only money-wise, while I'm looking for the entertainment in the first place. And it is so much fun playing with you guys, and since it can be the last Bitcointalk Poker Series in the observable future, I'd rather play in those 2 games. :)

This isn't a betnomi discussion thread. This is about the tournament they sponsor for Forum users. Feel free to follow and join in as there are still qualifiers to be played.
Betnomi.com - Crypto Centric 🏀Sportsbook and 🎲Casino - 🔥Biggest Jackpots (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5279745.0) For general discussion

I think everything related to poker can still be discussed here if it only concerns sponsorship you should put that in the subject

You can think whatever you want that doesn't make it true.

I think people reading the OP and comprehending where they are posting is great. Clearly some disagree.

With only two games pending  (Q7- Q8) it is worth commenting on some things:

Curiosities of the first Betnomi Poker Series $ 1000
After 6 qualifying tournaments only three players have managed to score points in all tournaments:
Betwrong
webtricks: Q4 winner.
icopress: Q1 winner.

No player has been repeated as a winner and only one player has been in that winning situation (HUH) three times reaching first place his third time.

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In reference to the leaderboard;
Those who remained without movements, webtricks and steamtyme maintain their positions 3rd and 9th.

The big jump; Teethow from being in the small final has managed to climb 3 places.

Betwrong momentarily loses the top 1 to TrayvonKang.

New tourney is up, pw can be gotten via pm or in telegram group. I may or may not be around, so I wouldn't suggest waiting til last minute to ask. Betwrong and webtricks have the pw also, so if I am not around pm them.

EDIT actually it's a buyin so we don't have to worry about freerollers sharing it. Pw is btc2020s7654

Let's bump a topic! People should see it and join! It's open to all, so sharing password is ok!

We have a great game here! Prizes are more than good, people who play are awesome in every possible way... I really expected more people to join!

We play great poker! That's for sure! Some people are real pros! I am playing with you guys, and I am watching you, all of you had some amazing hands and wins! This is the right place to learn poker, because you can talk with all participants and analyze any hand!

I am first to register! I am waiting you to join for another great game! The Grand finale is getting closer, I hope I will be on that table once again! And I hope I will win your asses once again! :) After all I have two finals won! ;)

i just loaded up my account and registered. see you guys on the felt tomorrow!

the only thing i'm worried about is sleeping late. 9am is still a challenge for me. i'll set a few alarms. :)

i'm not even aiming for the grand finale---taking down the little final will be satisfying enough! :P

Okay just getting off nights. I've registered and will hopefully wake up in time, and not fall asleep while playing.

Good luck everyone

Might be in tonight aswell! :)
Only played Q1 and Q2 but I'm not sure about. Will give it a try again after the first games there were some problems with the client for me aswell.

See you guys tonight.

There is a saying in my region that says "this guy took out his badge"  :D

I do not know if it is understood, but damn well the credentials should be brought out when really needed... nice men here.

G.B.

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Hi!! seek3r
I think you only have one tournament played, but anyway it would be nice to see you at the tables again.

Goodluck everyone, it sucks when you have to be the first one to get out two weeks in a row but thats it and better lucky next week. Luck was not in my favor today. I had to fold few good hands because river sucks for me and face abit of cooler there. Tried to slow play pocket Kings and it backfired to me when flush draws gets there. Everyone folded when I had pocket Aces eben when I only raised 2BB. Bad luck happens and this is what makes poker interesting  :)

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Well there is no way that I will be the first one to go out third time in a row next week isnt it  :P. I'll make sure I get the highest possible points next week to ensure my spot in the Grand Finale

That's right, you just have to understand it by its very essence and by the diversity in its style of those who play it.

Today I was getting good hands and getting help on the flop. A double pair looking to catch someone with a top pair on an 84T flop became a flush for the toughest player in this series Betwrong.

Then maybe the hand that could get me on my way became that play that you know the kiker can hurt you, but the kiker became a full house ...


NH icopress

Then the dinosaur came in and I couldn't do anything even though I was still with about 15 or 20 BB.

https://i.imgur.com/1womyDH.png

I'm sorry for that, mate. With 15-20 BB it was still perfectly possible to win the tournament, and you got disconnected. That's unfortunate. Maybe try to find out what place in your town has better Internet, and play these tournaments from there?

But most of all I wish you had good connection in your place, so that no dinosaur could ruin your game.  :)

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GG, everyone!

Congrats on winning, @icopress!

In my opinion, Iv4n got extremely unlucky during the last minutes of the tournament. Just look at his number of chips when only 3 players left:

https://i.imgur.com/uOhfD2Z.png

and he finished 3rd in the end! Yet, still ITM, and don't forget that he's the only one who has won two Grand Finals. So, not bad, iv4n, not bad at all. :)

sorry guys, i shit the bed on this one. donated the buy-in, but i know it's annoying playing with sit-outs. i woke up to play but was overwhelmed by family drama and never made it to the PC.

congrats to @icopress and the others ITM. :)

Maybe I am wrong, I think you won 6 times! Two jacks, higher cards, pairs...nothing worked against you last night! I had a nice stack, but as it goes in poker sometimes, you can't do many things only with a nice stack, you need some good cards too! :) I had a feeling that Icopress is standing on a side and watching us fighting, he just collect the cream from the top, and he won in the end with his careful play!
Congrats to you Bet on nice finish, you were struggling with chips, as I remember you had even 10-15k while we had over 100k! Awesome play!
Congrats to Ico for the first place! I guess we see in the next game and that we secured our seats for the grand finale!

PS: I won one small final too! ;)

Thank you guys for the congratulations, and although this is the second win in this series and the third time I've made it to ITM, I still can't keep up with Betwrong and TrayvonKang. To be honest, after the battle with famososMuertos, which made me the chip leader, I thought that luck turned away from me ...

If I remember it right, after the flop Betwrong supported my huge raise even though I had a Straight-draw and he had nothing. Turn, River, 2x ♧ .... damn lucky.

And by the way, every time yahoo62278 raised preflop I laughed, because I represented him as Grinch, who, instead of Christmas gifts, was stealing our blinds.

https://i.imgur.com/jN0xlVJ.png

So it was, I am firmly convinced that at this stage of the game, you need to be more afraid of the small stack and not the chipleader, (as expected Betwrong confirmed my theory). And you're right, I clearly remember that moment when you had 130k chips against 11k, (3 all-in vs small stack and you are no longer a chipleader).  _;D

p.s. famososMuertos where have you disappeared? We are all waiting for the tournament tree!

It wasn't that annoying to me when you won all-in with Ace high straight, quadrupling your stack without even being there. Nice hand, mate! :)


I can confirm that. The New Year is coming, we need that tree! I'm saving my 1 sMerit precisely for rewarding that picture. :)

I believe we got confirmation that they will sponsor one more tournament. If we manage to increase participation in the series it could lead to further sponsorships. Definitely follow the thread for any future announcements or join the telegram group linked in the OP.

These are the players in list for go to The Little Final with a guaranteed $ 300. (GTD)


1r0n1c X steamtyme
FmBet
rak3y0urchips
FOMA777
One "Q" played:  Nick / Points
*DesR77: 6
*str888flu5h:1
*Trofo:0
*PokerGuy5:0
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So "the best players" go to Grand Finale with a guaranteed $ 1000.

What decision did we come to regarding participation in the "Little Final"?

As far as I understand, the situation is such that if we have a gentlemen's agreement, then only 4-5 people will take part in the Little Final, (the probability of getting into the ITM for the participants of the Little Final will be 1/1.6, while for the participants of the Grand Final this ratio will be 1/3).

In reference to the leaderboard;
Betwrong regains the lead.
webtricks gives up two places but secures a place at the final table just like noobhere.

Edit*:
Mathematically with chances of being out but with a high probability of making the final table (9) 1r0n1c.
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So next Sunday is the most interesting game of the series, for some the pride of winning if they have not done a top1 Q tournament, the aforementioned 9 will have the uncertainty of knowing that we are going to do the three that we have mathematical chances of entering the final.

*I was wrong in my projections.

I'll make it to the Grand Finale  ( I think ) been having a very rough week so far with the cards. Its not only on Betnomi but all other platform that I have been using. I literally had around 20% flip win rate so far I think and I probably used up all my remaining luck for 2020 but the good thing is the next game would be on 2021 so it could be a brand new start for me  :P

Not sure about this, but I think there will be only 2 paid places in the case of 4-5 people participating. But even if there were 3 paid places, and the probability of getting into the ITM were be 1/1.6, the very possibility of such situation would serve as a good incentive to join the Series for potential participants in the future.

As @Steamtyme said above:


Fingers crossed it will happen! :)

Guys (without girls, sadly we still don't have any) we had a great run this year! Maybe there's a shit around, but Bitcoin in on the run... from under $4k in January to over $28k and rising! Some of us are in this poker series from the start, give or take we spent the entire year together! :) And definitely we had a great poker every Sunday, for some period we had two games every weekend! I am really glad to be part of this with all of you guys! I hope we will play many more games together!

Not only that, but I wish all of you a nice evening with people you love and care about, and of course all the best in 2021!
Sadly I am working tonight, so no drinks and partying for me... that will have to wait tomorrow!

And just to say that I am in for any "New Year Bitcointalk Poker Game", with some higher buy in maybe... ;)

Good luck guys and see you around!

To me Bitcointalk Poker Series has been one of the brightest events of the 2020. The very fact that it's not over yet, and that we are playing at least two games in the beginning of 2021 makes me feel happy in this New Year's Eve.

This night I will raise the glass to all of you, organizers, sponsors and participants! I wish only the best for you in the upcoming year!

And separately, I will raise the glass to you @iv4n, and to people like you who are working during this night. It's thanks to you we can peacefully celebrate at our homes, having electricity, water, the Internet, and many other important things provided! :)

btc2020sfinal is the pw for this weeks game. Good luck to those with a chance to get in to the final.

Final game of the series before grand finale and I don't see many joined yet. Only 4 so far, including me. Just an hour to go, I hope most of you will show up to make this one cheerful even if you are qualified for the finals or have no chance of qualifying. :)

I don't play for any final table ... Come on! the final table is very very difficult .... so as they say the stirrup! in the distances of the IP it is worth sharing one more game ...

G.B.

icopress this is ridiculous..

The man is flirting good hands :)

Your departure so early is unexpected, but you are still in the grand finale.
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I thought NoobHere was going to fold I thought I had fold equity against him, but the 88s do their thing again and as if it were not enough, a pair of 88 formally eliminates me, we only had 100 chips left, but the cruelty of going back to see them  :)
In any case, only the first place served me and in the absence of good hands, I would repeat the play again in the same situation, although with those blinds it gave for a little more hope.

As always, it is a pleasure to share a table with all you.

You know what, Im not sure if this is coincidence but I knocked Icopress out with 88 as well. Even managed to turn it into a set / full house and I wasnt even trying to play it slow because the moment Icopress raise call to 2BB , I know for sure that he is going to call my all in and yeah Pocket 8s is the magic number for today

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A very tight game as usual and It was fun playing with you guys, managed to get the 1st spot after two weeks in a row being the first one to kiss goodbye to ITP spot. See you guys on the Grand Finale and congratulations to everyone that make it  :)

Thankyou @Betnomi for sponsoring this and @yahoo62278 for getting us the sponsor and managing the whole tournaments !

Krudo to everyone :-)
The finals are not terminated yet or did I miss the info?
What do you guys think about 50k stack with same blind structure?

Arallmuus/TikTokLyfe congrats on winning the last qualifier! That was unexpected tbh. When I was knocked out on the 6th place

https://i.imgur.com/StNrYpN.png

you had the shortest stack at the table. Amazing job!

It's a pity that our favourite poker commentator, @Globb0 wasn't covering the game, cos since I missed the final showdown yesterday, I'd watch it today with great pleasure. I still have a ray of hope that Globb0 will be covering our Grand Final. :)

GG, everyone!

@famososMuertos, great job with that pic, as always, mate! :)

1r0n1c laughs at a stupid situation... The situation when I met his pocket kings with a reraise and bluff, but in some incomprehensible way for me on the Turn and River I first got the top pair and then the second pair.

I just relaxed ... after you and NoobHere gave me a shake when my position changed from chip-leader to short-stack and back. It happened literally right after there were three of us left ... So I decided that calling your bet with AQ would be a good decision.

Yeah I wasnt expecting that either and my only goal was to stay at the table as long as possible to scoop up points so that I will be able to get a spot on the Grand Finale.

Btw you made a good fold against me yesterday. If you remember the board that had three 7's on it, I had the other 7 on my hand and basically you are drawing dead on the turn already. I tried to value bet with 30% pot raise thinking that you might want to call with your Ace high but you made the good fold there  :D


The moment I got pocket 8 on me, I know that this could be my last hand. I was like whatever I made it to the Grand Finale, I made it to the ITM and Im too tired to continue playing so I rip it all in. Nice game though

Man, in truth, I didn't expect you to place me in the very corner (considering that I took second place). Looking at the Christmas tree, I at least clearly saw my tournament progress. _::)

Apparently not only you are tired ... this time the tournament was held in silence, although I suppose after the New Year's hangover it was rather difficult to write in the chat. 🎄

Congrats to all the finalists. I will need to know if you guys want the finale this coming Saturday or Sunday. I will have them set up the little final same day as grand final. I will pm the passwords to all who are eligible as well once tourneys are up.

I would prefer the Grand Final to take place as usual (on Sunday). Accordingly, if the Little Final takes place on Saturday, then we will have something to discuss before Sunday's game, (although I suppose this question is up to those who took 10th++ place).

Edited: What do you guys think about betting? Who will take 1st place, etc. ^{[For the Grand Finale and for the Little Finale]}

The little final is so small, there will not be much to discuss. likely a 30 minute game.

Im fine with whatever decision we made in the end through consensus.


Yeah I was quite tired and I wasnt even trying to read any chat ( if there is any ). I want to get the spot for the Grand Finale so bad which is why I put my full concentration on the game because I would normally play while watching some random videos on youtube though lol


Sounds like fun, 100BB structure with 50k stack and 9 max. You would have to check with Yahoo if he / Betnomi could change the stack format though but I am cool with whatever decided in the end  :)


Im betting for myself  :P this is a good chance to actually win the series

Only 9 players make the final game not 10. Those 9 players are Betwrong Iv4n 1r0n1c webtricks TikTokLyfe Teethow TrayvonKang noobhere icopress. There are 4 eligible for the little final. Those 4 are rak3y0urchips FmBet steamtyme and FOMA777. Both games will be this Sunday same start time with 50k stacks. I will pm everyone the pw for the game they qualified for. I'll wait til the game is in the lobby

Hey, guys! Looks like we have some great news here :)

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Thank you. I thought you had a pocket pair, which would make a Full House for you. Glad I didn't have a pocket pair in that situation! That would be disastrous! :)

Congrats on getting a spot in the Grand Finale! See you there! :)

Congrats guys! You make it to the finals! I believe we will have a great game (with awesome prize pool)! :)


I had similar suggestions in previous games, but nobody was interested! If you are ready for some fun bets just share it, if you come up with some interesting proposition I will follow!

Arallmuus my man, as I say it to myself I will say to you, as long as you have some chips you have some chances! :)

We all play to win... but in the end the cards will decide! I am glad that I am in finals again! I will give my best to take one more first place... ;) 

sounds awesome!! Thank you so much for organizing :-*

GL all for the finals and in for any side bet aswell  :D

Congrats to you as well! :) And congrats to everyone who played at least two games and ended up qualifying for The Little Final with the prize pool of $300! That's a great prize pool for the relatively small number of participants.


I want the first place too, and I will fight for it with all my strength. 8) There are lots of uncertainties in a poker game, but one thing I  know for sure: it's impossible to take the first place by just waiting for it to happen, we have to fight for it.

And since, I'm sure, everyone from the the top 9 wants to win, we are going to have a bloody entertaining showdown this Sunday.  ;D

Good luck to all of us!

only 4 of us in the mini final? what's the payout structure on that---100% to 1st place? this should be fun. ;D

see you guys on the felt sunday! good luck to the finalists, and thanks @yahoo and @betnomi for putting it all together.

any side bets going?

Wait for that. I am preparing something interesting. Will post in the thread after few hours.   ;)

After noticing the users' interest, I decided to create betting market for our series finale. The initial odds are as shown in image above which are calculated based on the performance of the players in this series. I have written dynamic odds algorithm which will automatically change odds after each bet made based on user's probability and bet made on the user.

HOW TO MAKE BETS?: The site doesn't have signup facility for security reason. So, I have pre-generated accounts, anyone who's interested to try this fun event can PM me to get unique user id and password. Also, PM me your Dogecoin Wallet address, I will send your winnings to the address after event ends and bets are settled. You can send me the address later too (after the event). The minimum bet is 100 DOGE and maximum bet is 500 DOGE per bet.

FREE BONUS: I have also included the bonus of 7500 DOGE. First 15 accounts are loaded with 500 DOGE ($5) each. So, you don't even have to deposit in order to bet. In case, you want to bet more than 500 DOGE, you have to PM me and I will provide you DOGE deposit address. Send more DOGE to the address and I will manually fund your account.

This event is open to everyone, you don't need to be the series player to join. However, $5 bonus is only available to first 15 players so hurry if you want to claim bonus.

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PS: Please don't post account request in this thread as it may consider as incentivizing to post by mods and you&me may get temp ban! So, I will only provide login details via personal message.

Great job @webtricks with the betting page and thanks for that bonus 500 doge. I made a couple of bets on my old poker buddies. 100 on webtricks, and 400 on iv4n. iv4n is a beast when things get tight and my favorite for the series, added bonus I managed to win one of previous satellites against him so I can tell myself I am better than all of you if he wins :)

Site is very easy to use so give it a try guys. Here is couple of screenshots. And you can see on second one how my bets changed the odds quite drastically. Use it to your advantage  ;)

https://i.ibb.co/CMkxLrb/1.jpg (https://ibb.co/D8x3dq9)

https://i.ibb.co/FK5xXPv/2.png (https://ibb.co/KX20D1Z)

P.S. Now I see that the odds on my choices dropped but other remained the same. Is it supposed to work that way? I was expecting odds on non chosen players to rise.

Pretty Interesting betting website there and I made some small bets on myself as well as some others with 2000 doges extra deposit. I randomly pick the other 4 players to bet on simply because they have high odds :P. I would love to bet on Iv4n the two times champion from the previous series as well but he had small odds after Trofo bet on him so I skipped him instead. Goodluck everyone on the felt as well as the side bet

Thank you @Trofo. Yes, odds were intended to work that way. This was done to prevent astronomical rise in odds for the players who haven't received any bet. So, unless the player received one or more bets, his initial odds won't change. But now all players have received at least one bet so odds for the remaining players will rise if one of the player receives bet.

Here's the screenshot of the current odds:

https://i.ibb.co/44ZwPYr/poker.png

I have updated the rules slightly for betting odds handling: Now, user can only bet at maximum 500 DOGE per bet.  You can still deposit and bet more than 500 DOGE, however, you will have to make more than 1 bet. For example, if you want to bet 1500 DOGE on 'Betwrong', you first have to make a bet of 500 DOGE at current odds then odds will readjust, after which you will make the second bet and then the final bet after next odds adjustment. So, in total 3 bets.

There are still loaded accounts available with 500 DOGE ($5) bonuses. PM me to get your account and make your bets on the next poker king!

Hey guys, the tourmanent has appeared in the lobby already. In the tourmanent info I found the following text:

"This tournament grants is tournament money. The latter can be used to buy in to any tournament offered in the Network"

does it mean the players who make it in the money cannot cash out? we need to use it for further tournaments?

That would be strange! Maybe it's some mistake!? Yahoo will clear this for us, I believe... in the meantime I placed a bet on you!

Thank you, Web!!!

https://i.postimg.cc/13jwm5wC/Untitled23322432.png

Ico and Tray are doing good, and maybe we will see some new name on the tron! 1r0n1c didn't have a lot of luck in this series, and maybe the final game can be his shinny moment! :)
Of course two bets on myself, I couldn't choose between Arallmuus, Web and Noob, so I placed the last bet on myself again! :)
Well good luck guys! :)

Alright so i went all in myself  :P first bet is ridiculous x72 lets see if i get lucky
https://i.imgur.com/AzPBB6q.png
And thanks webtricks for the site, it's pretty well done.

Cool man! You are able to secure excellent odds! 72x is pretty wonderful! Good luck for the finale. Winning the tournament would be quite a day for you. Huge payout on Betnomi, huge payout on webtricks betting market. ;)

This is so cool of you, tnx, @webtricks! :)

So, here's my bets:

https://i.imgur.com/hDJR3hW.png

I used the opportunity to bet on TikTokLyfe with amazing odds, 14.27x, which, I think, we'll never see again. icopress and webtricks had also attractive odds at the time of my betting, so I exploited that too. :)

Before going to the site, I was planning to bet on iv4n, but then I saw the odds(everyone's favorite, huh?:) ), and I changed my mind.  

The odds look like this currently:

https://i.imgur.com/OKwVD2I.png

Now, if I were you, guys, I'd bet on 1ron1c and Betwrong. :)

Nice dressing for Sunday's poker party!!


BITCOINTALK POKER SERIES BETTING MARKET


Good luck to the 9 finalists, but especially to my selection :D

Hello everyone, well, I also made a bet (bonus from webtricks). But I would like to place some more bets ..., does anyone have DOGE? I could offer 10-15 dollars in return by sending them inside the Betnomi platform, (has anyone tested this function?). And by the way, I think we all underestimate noobHere (I think he is like a dark horse).

https://i.imgur.com/2pbdGDp.png


Edited: Hoho, how I put forward this proposal in time _;D
It seems to me that the next poker series will be much more interesting)) Especially if it will be possible to place bets on the final game from the first round!

I just registered for the runners up game. Looks like it's a 70/30 split payout so not bad odds for 1st and 2nd to take home some cash.

Good luck everyone playing on Sunday. Thanks Yahoo for organizing and to Betnomi for the sponsored prizepool.

Thats so sick, it is over 100x with 3k doges on bet. If you win the whole the 1st place, you will get $500 from the Grand Finale and over 300k doges from the side bet worth over $2800 with the current rate ( over $3k in total ). This makes the game more interesting because with this there is a whole lot reason for you to win this one  :)


Both the sender and recipient account needs to have the same currency (usd/euro) or else it wont work


Thats high, I only get 8.93 when I bet for myself. Ir0nic now has over 15x in case anyone would love to bet on these odds

Thanks for your DOGE and of course i'm appreciate your idea with bets. I've done three bets:



Maybe i would add some more DOGE, but i don't holding them and don't have opportunity to buy them fast on exchanger. So that's what i have (thanks again to webtricks for his 500 DOGE). But i have some question: Why so big odds?
Maybe this is USA system, but i often see (in my local book sites) odds like 1.23, 2.05 which means 1.23 X sum if you win. And what we have here? 12.4x ??? This is some kind of giveaway or what?  ???

I think Web has more reasons to kick Teethow out of the game than to win the tournament! With these odds and bets this looks like a crazy betting... well Web can let it be, or he can put some bounty on Teethow, even a few hundred dollars would be OK I guess!
Good luck Teethow, you just made this game a lot more interesting! :)


It's why I like to use swapzone https://swapzone.io/ (https://swapzone.io/)! Very easy to use, fast and reliable!
Odds are definitely high, I agree with that!

I think there's something wrong with your calculations, mate :)

If you are adding up all the odds, 72x + 12.75 + ..., your 100x is going to be for 500 DOGE, not 3k. Still a great side prize though, $500, I mean. :)


The odds look high to me as well. So, if there was a mistake in the odds calculation on webtricks.website, I think we should agree in advance on some possible correction. We are not going to rob our friend, webtricks, right? :)

With that being said, I think I can answer this question


When you see 1.23 or 2.05 in your local bookies, those are odds for two teams in the game, right? And here we have 9, so hence the odds.

Okay, let me explain how odds work:

The examples you gave are from two-way or three-way markets. Let me quote a real live market for tonight matches to better explain the things:

Granada v Barcelona - Odds - 7.00  1.40  5.20
Levante v Eibar - Odds - 2.30 3.10  3.40

In which match do you think house is paying better odds? No. 1? Nope, it's match 2 between Levante and Eibar.

To determine the house edge in odds, we first need to add total odds by dividing each with 1 first. In first match, it will be = 1/7 + 1/1.4 + 1/5.2 = 1.0495.
Now divide 1 with the result, it will be = 1/1.0495 = 0.9528.
Finally deduct the result from 1 and multiply by 100, it will be = 1-0.9528 = 0.0472 or 4.72%

In second match, it's 4.89%. So, if bets are equally spread among the teams according to winning probability then house will make the profit of 4.72% and 4.89% in above matches resp..

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Now, let's consider our market. We have 9 players. Easy example first. Suppose, each player is equal contender of winning and equally-likely favorite of bettors. So, we will give equal probability and odds to each of them, hence, each player has 1/9 chance of winning. If our house edge is zero, we will give 9.00x odds for each player. But let's consider the house edge of 5% which means I set odds to 8.55x for each player.

Suppose, each player received equal bets of $100 then our total income is $900. One of the player will win and we have to pay $100 * 8.55 = $855 to winners, leaving us with $45 as profit.

These are the current odds from my website:
Betwrong 9.65x, icopress 9.28x, TrayvonKang 8.04x, noobHere 10.96x, TikTokLyFe 12.06x, webtricks 9.28x, Iv4n 6.18x, Teethow 3.77x, 1r0n1c 15.08x,

Looking high? Let's find out. Using the formula explained in first part,
1/9.65 + 1/9.28 + 1/8.04 + 1/10.96 + 1/12.06 + 1/9.28 + 1/6.18 + 1/3.77 + 1/15.08 = 1.1110

Dividing with 1, = 0.90004. Deducting from 1, we are left with 0.10006 or 10% house edge.

So, don't worry guys, there is nothing wrong with odds.  :D And I would be more than happy to payout the winnings if Teethow or anyone else wins.

However, I failed to anticipate one thing while writing the algorithm. There is a factor known as 'indifferentiation'. Usually bettors differentiate among the choices. For example, in the first match above, odds for Barcelona are 1.40 which is significantly lower than the odds on Granada or Draw. But still maximum bets will be made on this odd because bettors expect Barcelona win more than other two choices.

However, sometimes bettors are indifferentiate towards the choices, like in our game. We can't say with greater predictability that who has higher chances of winning. In such markets, bettors are more concerned with odds than probability. Hence, maximum bets will come on players with higher odds rather than the player with higher probability of winning. For example, when Betwong's odds were 4.5x and webtricks's odds were 11.5x, the bettor preferred the latter. However, the same bettor preferred Betwrong over webtricks when odds were reversed.

To deal with such situation, I should have increased the house edge to atleast 1/6th or 16.67% and reduce the weightage of winning chance to 1/5th in total calculation. But no worries, I have some big stack of DOGE lying in my wallet from last failed project so it won't hurt much.  ;D

If you are interested to bet more, I can help. Like arallmuus said, both users need to have same currency preference. My username on Betnomi is webtricks and currency is USD. You can send the funds and PM me, I will credit your account.

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@Betwrong is right, base bet is 500 DOGE so odds will be paid on 500, not 3000 DOGE. :)

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Haha, bounty! Not a bad idea. I will possibly make the announcement about this tomorrow. One or two bounties in the final won't be bad to make it more competitive and aggressive.

Oh yeah I added every bet he had there but still even at 500 doge base bet, Teethow will win some good amount in case he could get the 1st spot

Teethow has 7 open bet for himself

500 doge @72.00x will pay 36000
500 doge @12.75x will pay 6375
500 doge @7.36x will pay 3680
500 doge @5.34x will pay 2670
500 doge @4.29x will pay 2450
500 doge @3.63x will pay 1815
100 doge @3.19x will pay 319

At current rate its over $530 and its pretty much the same prize for the 1st spot. Makes alot more sense now compared with my previous calculation


I will be glad to help you take down Teethow !. All you gotta do is share some doge with me and I'll take 50% cut in case you finish ITM lol  :P

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Goodluck Teethow, if you get the 1st place tomorrow then $1k will be yours !

Edit : dont forget to register for Grand Finale and Runner up final, its in the lobby

Thx for the site, i will check it man. I hope this is without KYC  :D


Oh, now i get it. But anyway, was close to what i thought. Thx for good clarification!

Man, you are a very sympathetic person, thx! As I said, I haven't tested this feature and don't know what the commission is, but I sent you $20. ^{[I hope my bet on your victory will be a winning one  ::)]}

By the way, since you have already described what the whole process looks like from the inside ... Could you briefly describe your vision of the betting process at an early stage? ^{[If you have any thoughts on this]}

I have received your buddy transfer and it seems fees is zero just like SwC. I have added 2000 DOGE in your account, go and make those final flashing bets on your favorites. ;)

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From my side, it's a green signal. The trial of my algorithm was successful, I found a vulnerability or two which will be improved in future markets. Only complain I received so far is the use of DOGE, for that, we can use BTC in future, no problem. So, in case there will be a series in future (which Betnomi already showed intentions for), I will be happy to make betting markets from the start. Now, you guys can tell me the improvements or additions you want and more importantly, are you willing to bet?

Thanks @webtricks for this great offer. I personally betted on 1r0n1c. You will do it man!

I would maybe like to play the next league too. :) It depends on the entry fees.

thanks to you and to Iv4n, I hope I won´t disappoint you :-)

"This tournament grants tournament money. The latter can be used to buy in to any tournament offered in the network"

Any news regarding this?

Guys, here's the final announcement from my side before the excitement rolls in,

I will pay $25 bounty to whoever kicks Teethow out, paid directly in your Betnomi account.

Good luck for the final! @iv4n you still aren't registered.

Thank you, for one thing and tested the internal translation! As far as betting is concerned, I'll probably rely on the probability of one or another player hitting the ITM ... So if you do not go into the details of the statistics, I opted for TrayvonKang, Betwrong. Well, and a bet in case webtricks suddenly gets lucky in the final, how lucky he was in the fourth game.

YeS!!
I just think it should go in games and rounds, plus it's a way to get gambling community involved in some way with poker.

So we have a Knockout bonus, interesting :)

Another thing to fix with betnomi is that it allows you to view the game (or the tournament lobby) without a password and this is used only for registration.

It shows up as 1000 euro on my screen instead of tournament money


Noted. Teethow you better be careful  :P


Yeah he is a great player. Improved aka Obaming aka TrayvonKang had the highest points 2 out 4 previous series on swc. He made it to the Grand Finale 3 out of 4 previous series. If I had to pick someone aside from me to win the Grand Finale, it would be either TrayvonKang or Iv4n ( 2 times champion )


so I made 3 times ITM, not too shabby

I also wanted to ask about this ... Apart from the question regarding the prize pool (tournament money), I am also interested in whether Betnomi will take a commission from this game. By the way, I was not aware that Iv4n is a two-time champion ...

Have everyone stocked up on drinks and snacks? In any case, I would like to wish all of us patience, as this is the key to success.  ₈₎

We have the first incidents ...In the little finale:



THE GF
https://i.imgur.com/rzsXcDW.jpg

Congrats to everyone itm. GG heads-up there @figmentofmyass I just couldn't finish you off but it was a fun heads-up.

Tough break for FMbet, as our table crashed when we were final 3 and they were under 10BB - I think down to 1 or 2 by the time they reconnected. Was a tough game overall with rakeyourchips sitting out for the first hour made for weird gameplay for me anyways.

took down the loser's final. :P

i drew out on @steamtyme a couple times heads up---89 vs JT, hands like that. it was karma though for blinding me and @fmbet out when that crash happened. casually stole my chip lead with them shenanigans. lol!

is it just me or are the tourney lobbies inaccessible if you don't have the password? i can't even see the lobby of the final to see who's still in, let alone the actual table.

They were completely legitimate shenanigans. I waited out the timeclock to allow max time for either of you to return. I could have just autoclicked you guys right out of the tourney, because betnomi is rocket fast in moments like that. Damn me and my -EV morals  :P

Congrats on the win

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Fun to play against you, Steamtyme you were hitting me from the small blind, but really pure north and south cards.  :)

I liked this hand that I played against FOMO777 / among others plays that occurred.
https://imgur.com/pOwd3ij

^{Congratulations on the ITM}

Congratulations!!

Congratulations to @Betwrong, it was an intense HU match. It looks like the magic Ace is not going to help me on my last hand. I cant really complaint about this considering that I won twice all in vs KK with A high so yeah its all good . There is no way you are going to be running good every single time

It was really a good game, congratulations to everyone that made it to the Grand Finale as well  :)

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So in the end, it was still a great amount . Taking down $300 + $25 bounty for Teethow + some doge back from winning my bet on Betwrong . @Webtricks : you are lucky Teethow didnt end up winning this, he had massive chip lead at before the 3rd break

See you guys on the next one ! Im going to win the next one, there is no way I want to end up as the runner up for the 3rd time  :P

Damn, I was tense the whole game, and I felt pretty confident in the position of the chip leader .. and when there were three of us left I had 240k chips you had 80k each .. And literally 3 minutes after I gave you half of the stack with a pair of kings, I had to call Betwrong, (44 vs A3) and the flop comes with two threes ...

By the way, someone can explain why Betnomi make an extended prize pool, and then take a commission?

Congrats to Betwrong for the win

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^{Well with that HuH I had secured some Doge too  :D  congratulations.
Tremendous game, not only today but the entire series, congratulations!
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Betwrong I was sure you couldn't leave without winning a tournament in 9 times.}  :)

many congrats to you Betwrong, even though you were damn lucky that you were able to continue after you won your all-in with A4 against my AK ….
As the whole series I always lose the important all-ins (not denying some mistakes though).
I guess my poker journey ends here - thanks to all of you for the experiences and good luck for the next series!  ;)

Great game, everyone!

4 hours of intense fighting. When it was over, I was ready to collapse from overstressing. If I hadn't drink 2 cans of Stella Artois during the last 2 hours, I'd start going all-in all the time much much earlier. :)

Overall I think everyone played fantastically well, and tight too. We had 7 players left after 2 and a half hours of playing!

https://i.imgur.com/xFVHDJk.png

At that point, having less chips than anyone, I thought my chances of finishing in the top 3(my initial goal) were close to zero. ... Then I got lucky and won the tournament.   :P

Congrats to everyone ITM, and to FOMA for taking down the Little Final!

(Also, it would be interesting to see who won what on webtricks.website. I didn't bet on myself, but I'd like to thank and congratulate those who did).  :)

Wait what ? are you going to stop playing?


It was a three way play and having AJ is pretty premium on that point especially when you are the short stack so without even thinking much, I shove immediately thinking that I might be having the best hand but I was shocked when you had pocket Kings. It was a lucky flip for me, you are still a much better player than I am


Which commission are we talking about? I received full $300 for the 2nd place prize and the others should be receiving the exact same amount as the payout page stated


I bet on you so yeah but I wonder if @Webtricks has some super power to peek into the future because iirc, you were the only one that starts with 6x odds while the others start with 7x, 8x or 9x and you won  :P

First of all, congratulations to @Betwrong on winning the final! You were the point-leader after qualifiers and deservedly won the tournament. Congratz to @arallmuus, @icopress, @FOMA and @Steamtyme for finishing in ITM.

Second, a big thanks to Sorsis and Betnomi for sponsoring the series and giving us yet another 9 weeks of poker entertainment! Thanks to Yahoo62278 and others as well, who contributed and made this series possible. I thoroughly enjoyed it!



I hope everyone liked the concept of betting market. From the stats it pretty evident though, 19 users participated and 59 bets were made in total. This was more than the response I expected. Among 59 bets, 7 were made on Betwrong. I have settled all the bets and you can see the updated winnings reflecting in your account now. The biggest winner is @icopress. All winners can PM me the DOGE addresses so I can dispatch your winnings.


Next on list is bounty, congratulations @arallmuus on knocking Teethow out and winning $25. Send me your Betnomi username so I can send you the winnings. My Betnomi balance is in USD.

That's all I guess. famososMuertos taught me a Spanish phrase yesterday, time for me to use the phrase - hasta luego everyone!

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Haha, the initial odds were mostly based on the qualifiers' performance, Betwrong being the point-leader had the lowest odds.

Congrats on win man! Amazing series for you, from the start till the end! :)

Well I can say that I didn't have nice cards, and on top of that my "careful and passive approach" didn't have results! I was waiting cards to change and to start getting some good cards and something to hope for... well bad cards, bad play, it's why I finished on 8 place!

I hope we will play again guys! Waiting for updates about the next series, I wish to take that first place in the grand finale one more time! :)

As a matter of fact, I was hoping for such a reaction, so I made a small raise .. and until the last moment I thought that this hand was in my pocket. Although I would not dare to play all-in with such a card, honestly speaking, even at the early stage of the game I fold such cards ^{[A9, A8, A7, A6]} (if I am not in the blind or if the cards are not suited). And your words about me, I think, are significantly exaggerated...

In the lobby, I observed that the prize pool was $ 1250, 611 for first place, 360 and 244, but only $ 200 was credited (for third place), That's why I asked about the commission.

It wasnt, it was a sincere expression but Im sure I will get a better read on how you play your hand on the next series. Watch out for it  ;)


Probably it was just a visual error because of currency differences. It might shows up as 1000 euro / $1000 depending on your account's currency. It shows up as 1000 euro on mine but it paid out as $1000 instead . On your case it could probably 1000 euro but shows up as $1250~  but actually was $1000

I received $300, you should be getting $200 for the 3rd place and Betwrong takes $500 which makes it exactly $1000 as promised


Aah I see. Well I sent you my betnomi's username as well as my doge address. Made small profit on the doge side bet but its all good as long as I dont lose money on this  :)

Thank you for all your congratulations, guys!   :) Your words are really important to me. It's one thing if you win and seeing no congrats think everybody's mad at you for some reason; and it's entirely another, when you see your competitors are actually glad for your success.

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At the early stage I was folding such cards too if there was a significant raise, let alone all-in. ... Overall, I have an impression that in the last Series most of the participants were playing more cautiously than before. Am I right? I personally prefer this way of playing to constant preflop raising by aggressive players, which  often happens in other tournaments.

Thanks for the clarification, then perhaps Steamtyme should contact Betnomi to fix this error ..

I hope so! And by the way, I'll reveal a little secret ... A check from my side is, in most cases, much more dangerous than a Raise ₈₎

Man, of course you are right, because we have been preparing for this game for 2 months and the rates were completely different ..

p.s. And by the way, when will the next poker series be announced? (OP changes).

Sorry no longer affiliated with Betnomi. No issues they just allocated their resources differently. Pretty sure this was brought up with them in the past, as well as other suggestions I had to improve their poker client. I think these changes are more difficult for them to implement as they have to deal with the game provider and/or were less priority. I never really got the full scope of who can and does what, but the only change I saw was the tournament dollars bankroll.

Congrats to everyone again, look forward to seeing you on the tables soon.

I talked with the owner today and he said whenever I am ready to start he will get it going for us. I was thinking the 24th would be game 1 of new series, but also wanted to figure everything out before I posted the new series.

Might or might not be a lower prize pool. Do we want to chare extra buyin for PW? Any other changes? Def need more players participating if we wanna see a 3rd series.

Im willing to pay for the extra buyin in case we agreed to do so but the internal transfer feature is still having issue with the currency differences. Another alternative is to use btc but some people might want to hold their btc during this bullrun.

Even if the guaranteed prize pool for the Grand Finale goes down, it doesnt change much. Basically 9 players that made it to the Grand Finale probably get into ITM during the qualifiers, few probably get profit during those qualifiers while most probably close to break even . So even if the prize gets lowered, I think its still good as long as there are still prizes on the Grand Finale and Runner up Finale

I hope this was a mutual decision .. As for the tournament dollars, I tried to test but in vain (I tried to cancel registration in one of the tournaments, thinking that the funds will be credited to the bonus account).

If I am not mistaken, then in one of the messages Betnomi claimed that the prize fund would be expanded ... I will try to find this message as, I am a little surprised that we started talking about the opposite. If we make additional buy-ins, then we will need to decide on the number of qualifying games, given that some can make 8 contributions, and some only 3, and also get to the final table. Perhaps everyone who expects to reach the final should just make a one-time payment? 5 * 8 (No matter how many games you play in a poker series).

He he, i knew to whom i should bet. Congratulations to Betwrong and my prize of 3100 DOGE  ;D

(Maybe this is a little late for congratulations, but this week was to hard for me - launch of the project on my work + coronavirus in my body (already gone he he), so at least now i can see what happened here)


25 buy in was a little bit to high especially for me guys. I don't mean that i don't have such money, rather i can't afford to myself such amounts (I'm afraid that if i will play with such buy-in, one day i will go further and it won't end well). So maybe we should decrease buy in a little? Like 15 $

The previous series buy in was $15 flat with no additional fee. Maybe you would want to consider joining the next one  :)


The issue with bundle payment is that it might drive some new player off. The issue that we have right now is the number of player participating in the series is low compared to what Betnomi offered as the Grand Finale Prizepool so if we can get some new blood in this series that means the issue will be solved by itself. If the series is held on swc, it will be easier to convince few regs to join the series but I dont think that most regs on Betnomi poker has bitcointalk account

Whenever it gets posted I'll play if I'm available. I like the buy-in what it's at, raising it I think does more to detract from new participants joining than assist with attracting anyone. I think 1 week before we launch the series we should look back through all our past participants and invite them via PM to the series. This way we don't have people showing up half way through deciding not to take a shot because they are behind in points.

As mutual as it can be. No hard feelings or anything. I was able to assist when they needed it on forum, and then once they had a better handle on their live support and telegram groups the additional forum support wasn't vital. Shame to hear about the tournament tickets. Hopefully they can integrate some of the suggestions into their poker client sooner rather than later, as there are things I can't get past to put in more volume there.

Really? As i remember it was around 25 dollars. One part is buy in and the second (smaller) part was sent to some account (for additional prize in final). Anyway, 15 dollars looks like good enough for me  :)
Will try to join next series

That was the BTC tournament on SWC, in this series we've only been doing the entry and it's FIAT based on Betnomi with a 15$ entry. We haven't run a side pool at all here for lottery or anything like that. I've preferred it this way. I can't even remember what it was at the time but I think it was still around 15 USD at that time depending on price.

i don't think the series is exactly a boon for their profits. they were probably hoping it would draw in more players/depositors, which would in turn bring more overall traffic to the site. at this size, we should probably be content with whatever crumbs they wanna throw us. :P


same. when the idea originally arose i was hoping the side pool would increase engagement, but at this point i think it would be a deterrent. people just wanna buy in and play when they're available (me included), not do some convoluted prepaid side thing.

i like the flat ~15 USD buy-in.

hope to see you in the next series, @johhnyUA!

People, what have we decided? As I understand it, we are not playing tomorrow?

I have also repeatedly invited my forum friends to join the poker series .. and as for the players participating in the previous series, I hardly know them ..

Great news (in the first game we will try to be softer with you).  _;D

I disagree with you, because I am sure that thanks to the forum, at least 100 regular customers have joined Betnomi .. Now their project is only at an early stage, and if they are determined to conquer the lion's share of this market, then they will need a lot of patience ..

No, it should be on 24th January if everything is still right on track.


I think the purpose of this series is to spread awareness to people that Betnomi also has poker running on their website and also to get more players for the series. Well we get some new regulars like you and Teethow but lose some probably because some lose their interest to play but its all fair


If you mean the poker market, I think they have been doing extremely well unless you compare them to some big name. Lots of full cash game running 24/7 and some tournaments with over $10k guaranteed running with over 100+ players registered although most of them are probably recreational player that will jam all in with J8o  :P ( Ironically, I lost few times to such hands )

not irony, just the life of an MTT grinder. suckouts all day, every day! :P

you make betnomi sound pretty juicy tbh. i haven't checked out their tourneys yet. maybe i should now that i've got a couple hundred bucks in my account...


point taken. i just don't know how much traffic the forum poker series is driving to the site.

Yeah I would shove that as well if I am short but most of those rec would shove it UTG position when they still have close to 50 BB. Its kinda frustating sometimes because you have some decent hands like QJs to play but then those rec would shove 50 BB then I feel like 50BB shove for QJs is not good enough


If you are into MTT grinding, you should check them out. The guaranteed prizepool is decent and good with smaller fields if you compared it to ACR, stars or ggpoker. Its good but its too tilting for me sometimes because of those rec player. Some big tournament on weekend and lots of decent prizepool on weekdays

Also tournament tickets freeroll ( in case you are bored lol )almost every hour but these gets filled up like 15 mins after registration open.

Thanks for betting on me, and congrats on your win!

Hope to see you at the tables of the next Series. :)


I second this.


And you are absolutely right in trusting that feeling, imo. Those over-aggressive players may steal several blinds and be on top during the first 30-40 minutes, but they very rarely end up ITM.

In tournaments of this type, I stick to the strategy of calling all-in at the beginning of the game (then I leave the game for 30-40 minutes) and go back to the beginning of the add-on, (add-on allows you to feel more confident at a later stage). Thus, a successful call early in the game allows me to wait out the aggressive period of the game. Because if I do not take a break, I will not have the strength for the final tournament, (a series of tournaments which, in addition to the final, includes 3-4 more satellites).

Well what are we going to this Sunday? Maybe I missed something, including the password (if the news was published in a telegram).

I just don't see any updates in the OP, or any other mention of the new series. And by the way, how about inviting players from previous poker series? Can someone send a mass notification? ^{[who has a list of players]}

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5310518.0 New series thread has been up for 4 days. Tourney #1 of series 2 is in the Betnomi lobby already. Password has been pinned in telegram for the last 2 days as well.