Ummm, I don't get it. What is the value of an account anywhere? Accounts are free, no? Actually, I have too many accounts ... if I tell a joke, will you take some from me?

FYI: this is slated to run 1-5pm Wed, my local time (PST), and I have some real-world responsibilities then. I'll sit as much as I can, ... and have to think about when would be the best time to run this, because this isn't really feasible ...

Perhaps you can identify about 5-7 people who are prepared to play, and then ask for schedule availability. I am in Pacific Standard Time and the only 4-5 hr sessions that are convenient are weekend mornings or midnight running through the wee hours. Usually the biggest games I've played have been all-nighters, so in some ways that is best?

Anyway, if we get a core group of people ready to meet at an agreed time frame, maybe this can get some traction.

Maybe that makes you happy, but for a crazy donk like me ... that is not necessarily a good thing, lol. That is why having a full table helps, allows me to tighten up for a bit and tune in my soul reads.

I tell my 'friend' too ... maybe he comes.

Hi - I like your site a lot, but I don't like rebuy tournaments because typically the blinds advance quickly and encourage the most degenerate players to rebuy and shove blind. Doesn't always happen, but it happens often enough that I try not to play them. The skill aspect gets completely lost.

You might try to come up with some fill-or-kill structure games ... I think you'll find interest in these. They can be GTDs or not ... as you wish.

I'll top up my account and sit for a bit, see how it goes, remind a couple friends ...

Admin should lock and retire this thread.

Please.

Bigfish,

What sort of response have you gotten for the 'pizza party' game tomorrow? Sure some people will have contacted you, and then will not show for any number of reasons. So today we can't say with any certainty who will play. Still, how many 'commitments' or pledges have you gotten?

Keep registering every day for the evening games. They've run a few times these past days, and if only 10 people register at some point during the day, they can run every day.

Poker players - this site is running/resetting multiple 10-chip freerolls every HALF HOUR in the evenings, but each game is 10 PLAYERS minimum.

Please come check it out in the evenings (like right now!) and register for the games.

The site is web-based, and pays out promptly.

Mr. Wang,

I'm struggling with the wide spreads and lack of liquidity - I'm sure you understand.

And ideal product from this customer's seat, and I think for your business prospects, look like this:

A. A small index futures contract on a recognized BTC price index. (List a new contract every 3 months, like other commodities.)

B. Index options, binary or vanilla, that settle on the index value.


I particular I would point to KOSPI Index futures & options (the most widely traded index in futures in the world), and 796xChange, as examples. I've traded both of those, and do so from time to time. I think a futures contract can drive much better volume for your options ...

Hi ... I'm sure you guys have lots of 'top priorities,' including marketing, but I'm wondering if you have any near-term plans to implement some type of portfolio margining, particularly for complex option strategies?

For example, because I'm a degenerate gambler and ultra bullish on btc, I used all my margin to sell binary puts. But that shouldn't preclude me from also selling calls for the same expiration, right? The two positions cannot simultaneously settle out-of-the-money. I know some brokers allow these types of positions with equity, index options and such. What are your thoughts?

Just kidding buddy. You won my chips. I want them back. And I intend to get them. All in fun ...

Bigfish,

I tried responding to your e-mail twice just now, but it looks like your mailbox is down or something? My mail is bouncing back.

Anyway, what I said was that I intend to sit down with 200 big blinds, and play until around 7:20pm EST when I may have to pick up my wife. (She may get an alternate ride, I won't know until the last minute.)

So if the game goes down, and you deem to include me, I don't care for pizza thank you, but would prefer the equivalent in chips directly into my Luckyflop acct. Lol ...

Like I said before, me and Jorjito got unfinished business, and firepower would come in handy.

Anyway if I sit, but don't stay the whole time, I don't hold you to anything. I'll take my slice out of the other players.

Funny, this is a suggestion for site owners ... getting a lot of half-assed opinion from players who've never played with insurance.

No, it is not profitable to shove with air, because only the hand that is ahead can buy insurance. If you shove with air, or a draw, and are called with bottom pair, only bottom pair can buy insurance against your suck-out. Air-ball shover is swinging in the breeze on a pure gamble ... and bottom pair no longer has downside.

I haven't seen it implemented on any English sites - if you know of one please tell me, because I'll definitely check it out.

And I certainly haven't seen it on any btc sites. So in that way it definitely would be innovative. Now, would it garner any traffic? That I don't know. I'm just thinking there are half a dozen start-up btc poker with little to loose in trying ...

Welcome to my ignore list. Have a nice day.

I once held this view too, and it largely came from a prejudice arising from lack of experience.

And then I found myself in China, with a shitty internet connection, and the only games available being local poker rooms.

And the insurance aspect drove me nuts, because I didn't understand it, KNEW it was -EV, blasphemy to 'pure' East Texas poker, and it slowed the game down something awful. But in time I realized people were playing their hands differently - they were shoving earlier, either for value or bluff, due to the availability of insurance. Once I figured this out, and began playing this new game, I began crushing like never before.

And I met professional grinders, both in person and online, the guys who can't be bothered playing rinky-dink btc sites, and the handful i spoke to all concur: their profitability is higher with an insurance option.

Right now there are at least a dozen generic btc poker sites, offering absolutely nothing unique - just generically running freerolls while they cast about looking for a means to increase traffic. A few sites have given up and are for sale. I'm just thinking one of these sites might want to give this a try, rather than giving up altogether ...

Welcome to my ignore list ass-clown ...

Perhaps this is a common view among those who haven't played with insurance available. I was skeptical as well, until I played the games regularly, and came to learn that insurance changes the game in ways that I really like. I've found that I make more money, and more quickly, when I have insurance available. Note that insurance only becomes available when everyone is all-in ... so I've found I can get bigger pots more frequently, for one. Anyway, there are also benefits for the house, which can be redirected to attracting players ...

For example, a site that offers insurance may in turn be able to offer no rake. Would a no rake table not appeal to you? I suspect it would ...

This is super cool guys! Count me a raving fan. I had faith that you were open to providing transparency here. I'm not a programmer, so the API doesn't do anything for me, but now in a very straightforward way everyone can see the order depth for each contract.

Also, previously I was PR in Singapore, and registered my own business there, so I recognize you guys are regulated pretty closely. I have a high level of trust for Singapore businesses, and I really want this service to work ...

On an unrelated note, I keep getting this error box every time I logout - how do I/we remedy?


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