Bitcoin Beamer 2015 WSOP World Series of Poker Sponsorship‏

[bitcoinbeamer]

I played the Colossus event a few weeks ago. Raised in the cutoff with ATs and got 2 callers. Flop was Q-T-T. One of the other players had QQ and didn't not reraise me before the flop. Cooler hand. Wish I could have hit quads.

If I get people sponsoring me for more events then I will play more.

Thanks for saying all of this Sy. It's great to know that there are others thinking along the same lines as me. If I win this event, I believe it will change Bitcoin forever. I had about 25 Bitcoin Beamer T-Shirts produced. Some in my size and some in my wife's size. If I knew that people would be there supporting me, I would get more of them made. Again, I need help from the community and if we all come together, magic can happen.

P.S. Is anyone willing to come out and volunteer to help cover all of this? Do we have some professional writers, IT guys, photographers, etc that have the time to come out to Vegas and help make this a huge success? I think if we had a crew of people covering my play that it would attract a lot of attention from ESPN and other media. Thoughts?

Good luck at the tourney
we seriously need many players like Breamer , this may attract the big sites like Pokerstarts to our currency
it would be great if we find like 30 players wearing the bitcoin gear and cashing WSOP events
we want our soldiers to appear in the magazines and in poker news
this is the only way to spread BTC , cause we see that all btc poker sites still failing and failing
this is the last hope  

Sadly I can't go to Vegas , it's almost impossible for me to visit US
if I can visit Vegas you would see me in one of the events too  
But I'm sure that there will be a crew cheering for you , especially if they are bitcoin freaks  
so ship it mate , BTW you will only play the main event or there will be other events in the list ?

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I'm not looking to invest but oh wow, this does look like a great opportunity & I'm not surprised people have started donating already. That jackpot is incredible beamer, I wish you the absolute, very best of luck. I'm in the UK, if I was able to travel to Vegas then I'd donate but even though I can see you're 100% legit I feel a bit uneasy donating & not being there. I was in Vegas in March

I think what you're doing by trying to promote BTC is fantastic, we need more people like you in the public eye. Desperately hope you win this tournament & make everybody else money too although I'd be kicking myself then for not donating lol. Best of luck my friend.

[bitcoinbeamer]

Thank you thank you and I appreciate the kind words LFC. Hopefully I go deep in this event and if you change your mind just let me know. You can send as low as 0.5 BTC to buy a piece. Take care.

I'm not looking to invest but oh wow, this does look like a great opportunity & I'm not surprised people have started donating already. That jackpot is incredible beamer, I wish you the absolute, very best of luck. I'm in the UK, if I was able to travel to Vegas then I'd donate but even though I can see you're 100% legit I feel a bit uneasy donating & not being there. I was in Vegas in March

I think what you're doing by trying to promote BTC is fantastic, we need more people like you in the public eye. Desperately hope you win this tournament & make everybody else money too although I'd be kicking myself then for not donating lol. Best of luck my friend.

[shulio]

Sorry but I dont really know about this bitcoin beamer and the other thing but have you done this before? What is the chance for you to get the $100,000. This seems great but what if you decided to get away with our money? Sorry not accusing you , just asking because this is the first time I see this here

[tiggytomb]

I wish you luck, I would love to get to Vegas one day, hoping to get lucky at some point and fall into a nice bit of cash.

[bitcoinbeamer]

Hello Shulio, please read my previous posts on this thread and I believe that will address many of your concerns. This is my first time doing this with Bitcoin but hopefully many more will follow if the community decides to continue to sponsor me. My guess is that there will be between 6000-7000 players in the main event this year. I would have to take first place for you to get $100,000 for 1 BTC (assuming the 1st place payout is $10,000,000). As stated 1 BTC gets you 1% of my net winnings. Although keep in mind that they pay approximately the top 10% so strictly statistically speaking there is about a 1/10 chance to win some sort of money and a 9/10 chance that you will lose. However, I believe with my experience that my odds are better than that. Maybe more like 1/5 to cash and 4/5 not to cash.

Sorry but I dont really know about this bitcoin beamer and the other thing but have you done this before? What is the chance for you to get the $100,000. This seems great but what if you decided to get away with our money? Sorry not accusing you , just asking because this is the first time I see this here

[WhatTheGox]

Your odds to get into the money prizes are very very low.
Its too hard to beat the pro's

In the WSOP there are tons of fish, anyone half decent at live poker has an edge.  The high quality pros are no problem when there is only 1 or 2 per table.  You can just avoid the better players and pray off the fish like the pros will be doing anyway.

[bitcoinbeamer]

Well said whatthegox. You just gotta play solid and have lady luck on your side.

Your odds to get into the money prizes are very very low.
Its too hard to beat the pro's

In the WSOP there are tons of fish, anyone half decent at live poker has an edge.  The high quality pros are no problem when there is only 1 or 2 per table.  You can just avoid the better players and pray off the fish like the pros will be doing anyway.

[leavemealone_please]

Sorry but I dont really know about this bitcoin beamer and the other thing but have you done this before? What is the chance for you to get the $100,000. This seems great but what if you decided to get away with our money? Sorry not accusing you , just asking because this is the first time I see this here

Hello shulio. As you can see this is my first post, so unfortunately, I do not have a lot of credibility on this forum. But I assure you Beamer is a trustwory person. He sells bitcoins in high volume in the Kansas City area. He has provided me with his service for more than a year now and not once has he, in any way, done me wrong. I trust him enough to leave thousands of dollars with him, and I always get my coins quickly and the amount is never short. He is also intelligent and hardworking, so I definitely will be throwing some coin his way for this tournament. Even if he does not win, Beamer will be promoting bitcoin and doing everyone who is a part of this community a favor. And if he does win some money, even better, money for me and everyone else who invests.

[CarlesPuyol]

Thanks for saying all of this Sy. It's great to know that there are others thinking along the same lines as me. If I win this event, I believe it will change Bitcoin forever. I had about 25 Bitcoin Beamer T-Shirts produced. Some in my size and some in my wife's size. If I knew that people would be there supporting me, I would get more of them made. Again, I need help from the community and if we all come together, magic can happen.

P.S. Is anyone willing to come out and volunteer to help cover all of this? Do we have some professional writers, IT guys, photographers, etc that have the time to come out to Vegas and help make this a huge success? I think if we had a crew of people covering my play that it would attract a lot of attention from ESPN and other media. Thoughts?

Good luck at the tourney
we seriously need many players like Breamer , this may attract the big sites like Pokerstarts to our currency
it would be great if we find like 30 players wearing the bitcoin gear and cashing WSOP events
we want our soldiers to appear in the magazines and in poker news
this is the only way to spread BTC , cause we see that all btc poker sites still failing and failing
this is the last hope 

Sadly I can't go to Vegas , it's almost impossible for me to visit US
if I can visit Vegas you would see me in one of the events too 
But I'm sure that there will be a crew cheering for you , especially if they are bitcoin freaks 
so ship it mate , BTW you will only play the main event or there will be other events in the list ?

Im also cant go to vegas because of the visa, and I think its good because I guess i would lose there a LOT of money 

[notserp]

1% for 1btc? lol thats a crazy markup

[IanQuinn]

1% for 1btc? lol thats a crazy markup

Agreed, he's wanting to keep 55% of profit without risking his own funds.  Maybe someone could get behind this if he wanted 15%-20% but not 55%.

Besides Micon is playing at the WSOP with Bitcoin hat and shirt, and he has much more following because of his legal issues in the poker community.  Backing someone that says let get Bitcoin out there would have to work at promoting Bitcoin, and not focus on poker.

(UPDATE)

It would be better to setup a team of 5 professional, pay entry fee + 15% to play.  This team would keep 17.50% of winnings after reimbursement of the initial investment.  This still makes it worthwhile for the player to work hard, yet gives them compensation for all expenses, and their value to the team.

So any winnings less then the initial outlay would go back to investors only, and percentage of the investment would be based on the amount of Bitcoins.  Based on $250 valuation this would be 230 BTC.

Bet you we could get Micon part of this team.

[bitcoinbeamer]

Sorry IanQuinn, but you have made some errors with this post. I am only trying to keep 45% as I will be donating 10% to the Make-A-Wish foundation. The world of poker has the potential for great exposure with ESPN and other Media outlets covering it. So the goal here is to try and promote Bitcoin as much as possible at the Main Event. I think you are also forgetting that time is money and I am always more than willing to promote Bitcoin before and after the Main Event on my own time. Taking my time to go out to Vegas for a week with the intent to promote Bitcoin is an investment on my part. Also, if I do not raise all 45 BTC then I will be putting in the extra cash out of my own pocket to play. That's the difference here.

1% for 1btc? lol thats a crazy markup

Agreed, he's wanting to keep 55% of profit without risking his own funds.  Maybe someone could get behind this if he wanted 15%-20% but not 55%.

Besides Micon is playing at the WSOP with Bitcoin hat and shirt, and he has much more following because of his legal issues in the poker community.  Backing someone that says let get Bitcoin out there would have to work at promoting Bitcoin, and not focus on poker.

(UPDATE)

It would be better to setup a team of 5 professional, pay entry fee + 15% to play.  This team would keep 17.50% of winnings after reimbursement of the initial investment.  This still makes it worthwhile for the player to work hard, yet gives them compensation for all expenses, and their value to the team.

So any winnings less then the initial outlay would go back to investors only, and percentage of the investment would be based on the amount of Bitcoins.  Based on $250 valuation this would be 230 BTC.

Bet you we could get Micon part of this team.

[hans gruber]

Hey BTC Beamer- I really like your idea...I am sending you 8 BTC please confirm that you got em!!! See you at Final Table 
Hans Gruber

[Dogedigital]

How are you so adamant about raising Bitcoin awareness when you only have 13 activity with all the posts relating to this staking proposal?

Are you involved with the Bitcoin community or contributing to its exposure anywhere else?

[bitcoinbeamer]

Hello, I haven't used Bitcoin Talk or Reddit much however I am part of the Kansas City Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency group. I have pushed for Bitcoin in KC and have gotten on NBC news locally. You can see the video on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bitcoinbeamer

I also attended Freedom Fest last year in Vegas and got on a radio show called Power Talk Radio. View the video here: 
https://twitter.com/bitcoinbeamer

I have met countless members through localbitcoins and have met lots of different business minded individuals that want to help take bitcoin to the next level in their own ways. Please do not judge me based on the small amount of posts I have made on Bitcoin Talk. I am doing lots of work elsewhere and will try to be more active on here.

How are you so adamant about raising Bitcoin awareness when you only have 13 activity with all the posts relating to this staking proposal?

Are you involved with the Bitcoin community or contributing to its exposure anywhere else?

[FanEagle]

If I had 1 BTC I would invest too, I can only send green karma to you and make us bitcoiners proud of you.

[vennali]

I am confused about how much are you actually using as a markup. You are looking for 45 BTC , and for 1 BTC you are paying 1% of the winnings. Isn't that a markup of slightly over 50% only for the sake of bitcoin advertisement ?

[bitcoinbeamer]

Hans, that was very generous and thank you very much! This is to confirm receipt of 8 BTC for 8% of my net winnings in the WSOP Main Event this year. Trans ID # a5b36d9de5dc4a2d0e19ae5d343badea17191d8757ff7a26b1de6c51e40aaf97

This leaves only 29 BTC worth of spots left for my sponsorship.

Hey BTC Beamer- I really like your idea...I am sending you 8 BTC please confirm that you got em!!! See you at Final Table 
Hans Gruber

[Dogedigital]

I am confused about how much are you actually using as a markup. You are looking for 45 BTC , and for 1 BTC you are paying 1% of the winnings. Isn't that a markup of slightly over 50% only for the sake of bitcoin advertisement ?

I was pretty confused as well.  If I'm reading it right, he is selling 1BTC for 1% of NET winnings, meaning that the break-even point for investors would be somewhere in the area of a $35,000 cash.  This would mean that he needs to place near the top 100 of ~6500 players... or a 1/65 chance of breaking even for investors.