Bitcointalk Private Poker Tournament @ SwC Poker on March 15th. COME PLAY!

[figmentofmyass]

the 3rd bitcointalk poker invitational is open for registration!

join us on SwC Poker: https://play.swcpoker.eu/ > Tournaments

5 players registered so far, with 4 days 17 hours left until game time:



date: sunday 3/15/2020
time: 4pm GMT/UTC
name in tournament lobby: Bitcointalk Private Tournament #3
buy-in: 0.001 BTC
entry fee: NONE
late registration: 1 hour
game type: no limit hold'em
blind levels: 12 minutes

i will be personally adding 0.001 BTC to the prize pool, sent directly to the winner.

the tournament requires a password.
if you would like to recieve it, please PM me or post in this thread.
the password will also be posted here the day of the tournament.
regulars in our discussion thread will receive the password later today.

registered players, please post your SwC handle here, so we know who is who!

running list of SwC handles:

Code:

figmentofmyass = FOMA777
rhomelmabini = K1R1T0
Betwrong = Betwrong
Steamtyme = Steamtyme
Iv4n = Iv4n 
Improved = Obaming
tyKiwanuka = EnterScreenN
CoinEraser = CoinEraser
manchester93 = NEpats93
Murat = hardtime
BTCLiz = GretaThunber
yahoo62278 = shipdachips
johhnyUA = HereJohnny
TheMayorPete = TheMayorPete 
efialtis = youcantwin
ceehe = ceehe

[rhomelmabini]

Thanks for setting up it again at SwC @foma and thanks for that additional prize pool too. I guess I'll register later on at the platform and to those who are interested especially those that afraid about the KYC then don't be worried SwC is really a cool casino and they are not that strict. Hoping this time we'll get more players because the last time we are only 6 players. Can't wait for a flop again with these amazing players!

[leea-1334]

Every time I see this post makes me feel I should make the effort but I have tough working shifts and this time it is a Sunday for me so I have to sit this one out,,, unless I can find a way to sneak in some time on mobile! Problem is if I keep sneaking time I will probably need to ask a partner to cover for me.

Only 6 players the last round? What happened to the 1st round was that not even more?

[tyKiwanuka]

Only 6 players the last round? What happened to the 1st round was that not even more?

First tournament was held at Sportsbet and technically it was more players, but some of them were afk, so only around 6 were actively playing iirc. Lets hope, we will get a good core of regular players.

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I signed up with SwC poker today and registered for the next tournament. My handle is EnterScreenN - they only allow up to 12 characters, wtf GL everyone.

[BTCLiz]

Great! Thank you!
BTCLiz - GretaThunber

[bullrun2024bro]

I received your invitation by PM today. Thanks a lot for hosting this event!

date: sunday 3/15/2020
time: 4pm GMT/UTC
name in tournament lobby: Bitcointalk Private Tournament #3
buy-in: 0.001 BTC
entry fee: NONE
late registration: 1 hour
game type: no limit hold'em
blind levels: 12 minutes

I hope I can make it this time, but it looks like I am free this Sunday! Shuffle-up and deal guys! Let's have a great tournement and good luck to everyone!

[CoinEraser]

the 3rd bitcointalk poker invitational is open for registration!

I received your PM today, too. Thank you! I'm looking forward to the poker night and I hope to see many of you there. Wish us all a nice poker tournament with lots of fun. 

[nakamura12]

Yikes, I really want to join this one but i'm afraid that I might not be able to play right on time. If I am able to use some of my time to play poker then I would join no doubt. I just played online poker the other day but only less players and it's only free roll and if I did spend money to buy in then there's not much player in it compare to free rolls match.

[figmentofmyass]

FYI you need earn at least 1 krill (SwC's rakeback program, see here) before you're allowed to chat at the tables.

i just want to throw that out there since private games are a lot more fun when everyone can chat. just play a few raked micro stakes hands before the game and you should be all set.

Every time I see this post makes me feel I should make the effort but I have tough working shifts and this time it is a Sunday for me so I have to sit this one out,,, unless I can find a way to sneak in some time on mobile!

good news, the html5 client is decent on mobile. this is how it looks on a little iphone:



they also have an android client, i haven't tested it myself: https://swcpoker.eu/download

I signed up with SwC poker today and registered for the next tournament. My handle is EnterScreenN - they only allow up to 12 characters, wtf GL everyone.

i know right, super annoying. my name didn't fit.

Yikes, I really want to join this one but i'm afraid that I might not be able to play right on time.

there is 1 hour late registration, if that makes a difference.

[Betwrong]

3 players have registered so far, and the tournament limit is 1,000.

How many of 120k bitcointalk active users love to play poker? My guess is 1k at least. So, what we need is spreading the word. More than 5 days left until the start. C'mon, guys, we can do it! Let's make it 30+ this time.

[CoinEraser]

FYI you need earn at least 1 krill (SwC's rakeback program, see here) before you're allowed to chat at the tables.

Oh, I don't have any krill there yet. So if I don't say anything in the chat, don't be surprised.  

3 players have registered so far, and the tournament limit is 1,000.

I also registered a few minutes ago. Now we are 4 players.  


EDIT:
In order to increase the attention, I made a post in the german local board -> Bitcointalk Privates Poker Turnier Nr. 3 am 15. März 2020

[yahoo62278]

3 players have registered so far, and the tournament limit is 1,000.

How many of 120k bitcointalk active users love to play poker? My guess is 1k at least. So, what we need is spreading the word. More than 5 days left until the start. C'mon, guys, we can do it! Let's make it 30+ this time.

There are likely many who play poker but noone really wants to play a small private game for barely any money. 8$ prize pool is not enticing anyone.

I thought it was originally announced that there was a .001 buyin? Maybe I just seen the .001 donation to the pool idk.

If the OP wants to send me the password I may play but I'd be more interested in a .005 buyin game or .0025 just to give the winner or winners some cash.

[tyKiwanuka]

8$ prize pool is not enticing anyone.

I thought it was originally announced that there was a .001 buyin?

0.001 is the buy-in, so the price pool is of course bigger. The more people register, the bigger the price pool.

The buy-in was chosen and agreed upon, to give everyone a chance of participating without having to spend a fortune. I would be fine with a higher buy-in, but to attract more players, I think it is fine for now. Maybe there could be some high-roller tournaments in the future

I guess for most people, including me, it's not about making profits, but more the fun aspect to play some poker with users from this forum.

I will send you the password via PM.

[yahoo62278]

8$ prize pool is not enticing anyone.

I thought it was originally announced that there was a .001 buyin?

0.001 is the buy-in, so the price pool is of course bigger. The more people register, the bigger the price pool.

The buy-in was chosen and agreed upon, to give everyone a chance of participating without having to spend a fortune. I would be fine with a higher buy-in, but to attract more players, I think it is fine for now. Maybe there could be some high-roller tournaments in the future

I guess for most people, including me, it's not about making profits, but more the fun aspect to play some poker with users from this forum.

I will send you the password via PM.

Yea I see that the buyin is .001 0 entry fee. Confused me for a sec.

Having fun is ok but with very little money on the line I dont think people play good poker. Just donkey and pray.

[figmentofmyass]

who is shipdachips on SwC?

EDIT:
In order to increase the attention, I made a post in the german local board -> Bitcointalk Privates Poker Turnier Nr. 3 am 15. März 2020

good stuff, thanks!

I thought it was originally announced that there was a .001 buyin? Maybe I just seen the .001 donation to the pool idk.

If the OP wants to send me the password I may play but I'd be more interested in a .005 buyin game or .0025 just to give the winner or winners some cash.

it is a 0.001 BTC buy-in. with 5 players, the prize pool stands at 0.005 BTC. (+ the 0.001 BTC i'm paying the winner)

i wish we could run a GTD tourney but we're just a few people running a friendly game. buwaytress may be adding 0.0025 BTC to the pool too, waiting for confirmation on that.

I would be fine with a higher buy-in, but to attract more players, I think it is fine for now. Maybe there could be some high-roller tournaments in the future

I guess for most people, including me, it's not about making profits, but more the fun aspect to play some poker with users from this forum.

same. i'm open to higher buy-ins but the consensus was that small stakes would attract the most players.

[yahoo62278]

who is shipdachips on SwC?

Me. I registered, was sent your pm by 1 of the members in the tourney already. I may or may not play but my money is in the prize pool regardless. Good luck all.

[Steamtyme]

I'm pretty sure I am in. I will register that day, if I can't make it in my registration fee will be sent as a bonus. I'm doing this so I don't put dead chips on the table. Probably 75/25 between first and second.

If I can play that also means I'll be at home and able to screencapture the tournament which could make for some fun later on.

@yahoo you're not wrong but the nice thing is this brings in players if all skill level. It can make it hard to play good poker but I've also seen I believe betwrong have strong consistent showings playing solid poker.

I'd love to see us with something like 20+ players for a good time. This also reminds me I've been meaning to check out some of their other tournaments just for something new; wouldn't hurt to be able to chat as well.

[Betwrong]

After reading all the comments on this thread and another one dedicated to the previous tournaments, I have a feeling that all of us would agree on 0.0025 buy-in.

We are wondering why do we have so few participants each time, but maybe yahoo62278 is right in saying that good poker players can be discouraged by too small prize pool.

I propose to raise the buy-in to 0.0025 BTC next time.

What do you guys think about this?

[rhomelmabini]

By the way, I just got registered for this Sunday's tourney and we now got a total of 6 players but hoping we can get more since there are still 3 more days to go before we roll.

I propose to raise the buy-in to 0.0025 BTC next time.

What do you guys think about this?

I am good with it and we'll see if this will really attract more players, we'll never get a result unless we try. Good suggestion by yahoo62278.

[CoinEraser]

I propose to raise the buy-in to 0.0025 BTC next time.

What do you guys think about this?

I'm not sure. This might be too much for some players, but a try would be good. Then we'll see if there are more or less people in the game.