#2 Bitcointalk Poker Series (0.05 BTC & BIG BTC Ticket sponsored by SwC Poker)

[efialtis]

Our #1 Bitcointalk Poker Series was a big success and I am happy to announce that we will start the #2 series next week, so there‘s not much time to catch your breath guys. SwC Poker will be hosting us once again while also adding incredible prizes (0.05 BTC guaranteed Freeroll for the Finalists, valuable BIG BTC Ticket & not to forget a nice SwC Flexfit Hat) – thanks for that!

Link to Spreadsheet (Points Standing etc): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gsSA0_hoEbK6ezfzdW-BdIGxzc-hfiO0H-AvRyNTA0s/

Tournament Dates & Direct Links (as soon as available) can be found HERE. We will be discussing starting stacks for the regular games as well as championship game in our general thread.


General Information #2 Bitcointalk Poker Series – Structure, Payouts, etc.

Our 2nd series will feature a total of 8 qualifiers with one qualifier being played each Saturday & Sunday in May. The top 9 players will qualify for the Grand Finale.

Points Structure

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

Grand Finale Payouts

1st 50% of Prize Pool + BIG BTC Ticket + SwC Flexfit Hat
2nd 30% of Prize Pool
3rd 20% of Prize Pool

The qualifiers are regular games that pay out just like any regular tournament in the poker world. You don‘t have to participate in each tournament in order to qualify for the Grand Finale – all that counts is your points total after all qualifiers have been finished.

Each qualifier comes with a 1 mBTC Buy-in directly on SwC. In addition, you need to send 200 chips per game to „youcantwin“ via SwC Chips Transfer. Those extra chips will be added to the 0.05 BTC guaranteed prize that SwC Poker is sponsoring for the Grand Finale. All qualifiers are password-protected and you will need to send the extra chips before I send out the password. I am kindly asking everyone to PM me here on Bitcointalk after having sent the chips in order to get the password. Alternatively, feel free to join our Bitcointalk Poker Community Server on Discord and hit me up over there: https://discord.gg/n7TeTVs

Last but not least, anyone with a Bitcointalk account is more than welcome to join our series. Players with no Bitcointalk account are not allowed to take part in this series.

Let‘s get this party started – see you at the tables!

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[efialtis]

Date: Saturday 5/9/2020
Start Time: 1PM EST/5PM GMT
Buy-in: .0012 BTC (1200 chips) 1000 Chips direct buy-in plus 200 Chips to be transfered to "youcantwin“
Game: NLHE
Tournament name: "Bitcointalk Private Poker Series"
Late registration: 6 Levels
Blind levels: 10 Minutes
Tournament Link: https://play.swcpoker.eu/?tournamentId=44881499

Date:Sunday 5/10/2020
Start Time: 1PM EST/5PM GMT
Buy-in: .0012 BTC (1200 chips) 1000 Chips direct buy-in plus 200 Chips to be transfered to "youcantwin“
Game: NLHE
Tournament name: "Bitcointalk Private Poker Series"
Late registration: 6 Levels
Blind levels: 10 Minutes
Tournament Link: https://play.swcpoker.eu/?tournamentId=44881501

Date: Saturday 5/16/2020
Start Time: 1PM EST/5PM GMT
Buy-in: .0012 BTC (1200 chips) 1000 Chips direct buy-in plus 200 Chips to be transfered to "youcantwin“
Game: NLHE
Tournament name: "Bitcointalk Private Poker Series"
Late registration: 6 Levels
Blind levels: 10 Minutes
Tournament Link: https://play.swcpoker.eu/?tournamentId=44881530

Date: Saturday 5/17/2020
Start Time: 1PM EST/5PM GMT
Buy-in: .0012 BTC (1200 chips) 1000 Chips direct buy-in plus 200 Chips to be transfered to "youcantwin“
Game: NLHE
Tournament name: "Bitcointalk Private Poker Series"
Late registration: 6 Levels
Blind levels: 10 Minutes
Tournament Link: https://play.swcpoker.eu/?tournamentId=44881531

Date: Saturday 5/23/2020
Start Time: 1PM EST/5PM GMT
Buy-in: .0012 BTC (1200 chips) 1000 Chips direct buy-in plus 200 Chips to be transfered to "youcantwin“
Game: NLHE
Tournament name: "Bitcointalk Private Poker Series"
Late registration: 6 Levels
Blind levels: 10 Minutes

Date: Saturday 5/24/2020
Start Time: 1PM EST/5PM GMT
Buy-in: .0012 BTC (1200 chips) 1000 Chips direct buy-in plus 200 Chips to be transfered to "youcantwin“
Game: NLHE
Tournament name: "Bitcointalk Private Poker Series"
Late registration: 6 Levels
Blind levels: 10 Minutes

Date: Saturday 5/30/2020
Start Time: 1PM EST/5PM GMT
Buy-in: .0012 BTC (1200 chips) 1000 Chips direct buy-in plus 200 Chips to be transfered to "youcantwin“
Game: NLHE
Tournament name: "Bitcointalk Private Poker Series"
Late registration: 6 Levels
Blind levels: 10 Minutes

Date: Saturday 5/31/2020
Start Time: 1PM EST/5PM GMT
Buy-in: .0012 BTC (1200 chips) 1000 Chips direct buy-in plus 200 Chips to be transfered to "youcantwin“
Game: NLHE
Tournament name: "Bitcointalk Private Poker Series"
Late registration: 6 Levels
Blind levels: 10 Minutes

[efialtis]

Reserved

[Improved]

Efialtis, what about at least one non-hold'em event?
Maybe OE (Omaha Hi/Lo + Stud Hi/Lo) or Badeucy ?
500 chips buy-in.

[figmentofmyass]

a BIG BTC ticket added on top---very nice! SwC Poker has been really generous to the forum lately.

i'm gonna try to play every game in the series this time. fortunately they are early enough in the morning that i don't need to sacrifice the whole day during these beautiful springtime weekends.

we're talking about the possibility of bigger starting stacks in the qualifiers. chime in here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5217547.msg54348854#msg54348854

Efialtis, what about at least one non-hold'em event?
Maybe OE (Omaha Hi/Lo + Stud Hi/Lo) or Badeucy ?
500 chips buy-in.

an OE side game might be fun for kicks, but including it in the series would be terrible for my equity.

[bullrun2024bro]

Our #1 Bitcointalk Poker Series was a big success and I am happy to announce that we will start the #2 series next week, so there‘s not much time to catch your breath guys. SwC Poker will be hosting us once again while also adding incredible prizes (0.05 BTC guaranteed Freeroll for the Finalists, valuable BIG BTC Ticket & not to forget a nice SwC Flexfit Hat) – thanks for that!

Thanks for setting this up again @efialtis & @yahoo62278. I need to figure out my work schedule, but I might be joining this season too. Anyway, good luck all participants. I am sure this season will get even better than the last one.

[yahoo62278]

Our #1 Bitcointalk Poker Series was a big success and I am happy to announce that we will start the #2 series next week, so there‘s not much time to catch your breath guys. SwC Poker will be hosting us once again while also adding incredible prizes (0.05 BTC guaranteed Freeroll for the Finalists, valuable BIG BTC Ticket & not to forget a nice SwC Flexfit Hat) – thanks for that!

Thanks for setting this up again @efialtis & @yahoo62278. I need to figure out my work schedule, but I might be joining this season too. Anyway, good luck all participants. I am sure this season will get even better than the last one.

This 1 is all on efialtis, I think he will be able to handle this project on  his own. Improved helped setup the new spreadsheet as well, so please thank those 2.

I will be playing the series and hopefully make the final game again, but if I don't good luck to those who do.

[steveabrahams]

What is BIG BTC Ticket btw?

I wish you can make it more earlier to 3PM GMT for the start time, so people in asia like me can join 

[figmentofmyass]

What is BIG BTC Ticket btw?

it's a monthly 0.75 BTC guaranteed tournament with a 0.01 BTC buy-in. this is the next one on may 31st: https://play.swcpoker.eu/?tournamentId=43583277

I wish you can make it more earlier to 3PM GMT for the start time, so people in asia like me can join 

it's sorta early for me, sorta late for you. i guess our world revolves around the euro players.

[Chikito]

I wish you can make it more earlier to 3PM GMT for the start time, so people in asia like me can join 

Midnight on Southeastern Asia, maybe next time, I am suggesting efialtis try to make around the world tournament? We don't go anywhere, only time to set where we go to. for example next week Date: Sunday 5/10/2020 tournament on Bangkok (Thailand), so we go to setting time 10 AM GMT. IMHO

[iv4n]

You are fast Efi, you already have second series prepared, great job! I'm definitely in, I wait weekend's to play poker with you guys, and its nice to see that we will have poker weekends entire May. Like always thanks to swc for adding chips to prize pool, and this awesome ticket for Big BTC, that is very generous from them, winner will have a lot of fun and nice chance for winning a lot of chips.

I don't know about starting chips, for me it's the same is it 3 or 5k, but for sure final game should be with some bigger stack. This time it was crazy play with just 3k!

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Good to see this again and I am much confident about this series than the first one. In early tourneys of the first series I was a noob and I did not have much clue about how things works but this one? You have to talk to me before taking all the chips away from me 🤪

Each qualifier comes with a 1 mBTC Buy-in directly on SwC. In addition, you need to send 200 chips per game to „youcantwin“ via SwC Chips Transfer.

200*8 = 1600 chips I believe. You will get them very soon.

Edit:

Late registration: 6 Levels

Can you explain it please. Last time we had was 55 minutes but what are these levels and how long are these levels?

[tyKiwanuka]

Late registration: 6 Levels

Can you explain it please. Last time we had was 55 minutes but what are these levels and how long are these levels?

A level is a timeframe, where the small and big blind are fixed at a certain amount, f.e. 10/20. The level time is set by the Operator or with our private tournament we can set it ourselves per request (it was lowered from 12 minutes to 10 minutes during the first series). Once the level time is over, the next level starts and SB and BB are fixed again for some time, f.e. 15/30. Then 20/40, 25/50 etc.

In our tournament series the blind levels are set to 10 minutes as you can see above:

Blind levels: 10 Minutes

So 6 levels of late registration means 6*10 minutes = 60 minutes. Starting level 7 (SB/BB = 50/100) no more registrations are possible and Ante will start. Ante is a small fee every player has to put into the pot pre-flop, regardless of that player being involved in the action or not.

[CoinEraser]

Very nice, a second series. Thanks efialtis and SwC for the extra price!! Will certainly participate again. 

After the last game today I will update the german thread with the new series. 

[cygan]

i am also very pleased that there will be a continuation of the now very popular bitcointalk poker tournaments.
efialtis you are really doing a good job with SwC and the price of SwC is now also very impressive.
see you back at the tables soon 

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

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I am fucking out of sMerits. Can anyone send some merit to this guy please?

You are the one who was teaching me poker few weeks ago and now I feel I really do well on the tables. I am not going to forget the patience you showed on that day by answering my stupid questions. I noticed once yahoo was pissed because I was asking a silly question LOL (fuck you yahoo 😘)

I won the 4th place today and in sportsbet.io, I placed 2nd in a free roll tourney. It's not the money but the feeling you have when you do great in something that you have learned not long ago.

Thanks again tyKiwanuka.

Yeah, now I know what level they were talking about.

By the way, In this tournament whatever I will win whenever I will win, I will always donate 50% of my winnings to this project running by some legends : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5243099.msg54354162#msg54354162
If you guys have not noticed it then I will encourage to visit the topic and read everything. Awesome initiative by Lauda and some other old timers.

Edit:
efialtis, I sent you 600 chips which sorts out my first three tourney, right?

[morvillz7z]

Can't way for next weekend, i intend to play all games and will be sending out chips tomorrow.

I hope we can get some new faces too, a lot of people have shown interest so far. If we could keep a number over 30 players for each of the 8 qualifiers that would be awesome.

slightly off-topic but this has to be the most pimped-out spreadsheet i have ever seen, who create it?

[efialtis]

Can't way for next weekend, i intend to play all games and will be sending out chips tomorrow.

I hope we can get some new faces too, a lot of people have shown interest so far. If we could keep a number over 30 players for each of the 8 qualifiers that would be awesome.

slightly off-topic but this has to be the most pimped-out spreadsheet i have ever seen, who create it?

Improved (Obaming) initially offered his help and in the same time my friend tyKiwanuka also came up with that super fancy spreadsheet - loving it! Thanks for that @tyKiwanuka

@Improved Thank you very much, too - I just love tyKiwanuka's one!

[babo]

I know a friend of mine who plays poker, it could be a good opportunity to introduce him to the world of cryptocurrencies

I try to contact him and have him come here

i like poker but i'm not so good i have all this time - if you record the sessions I would be happy to watch them later

[Globb0]

Orea. 

I will be in again, some games. So that will be good for some people to get some easy money from me.

Looks like I need to think up a clever name for myself like everyone else has. Hmm poker or bitcoin related.


Ideas on a postcard     


All out of merit, been giving a lot away lately. When I will replenish I will award some for the thanks for organising.


Meanwhile accept my sincere thanks to all who are putting in effort to organise, help and make it nice for us with stats and stuff.

[Betwrong]

A new series starting in 5 days? Couldn't wish for more!

Thanks @Improved, @tyKiwanuka, @efialtis and and everyone else involved in setting it up!

Thanks SwC Poker for the 0.05 BTC and BIG BTC Ticket, and for the hat! (Btw, for those who don't know, the guaranteed prize pool of The BIG BTC! was 0.6 until recently, and today it's 0.75! )

Can't wait for playing with you guys again!

See you at the tables! Good luck!

[efialtis]

Hey guys,

I have just added a poll to get a quick feeling - referring to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5243099.0.

Long story short: I don't see us having a separate "charity-tournament" for now due to time-frame. Instead, I would like to give everyone the chance to "donate" parts of the extra chips or send additional extra chips as long as series #2 runs. Donated chips will not count towards the final prize pool as of now - I may come up with something though to cover up, so no worries, we will have a great prize for sure.

Anyone who is willing to support the cause, just let me know whenever you send chips and I will take care of the rest and have Royse777 receive the funds the fastest way. Your donations do not have to be made public if you don't wish to do so.

Thank you very much in advance and thank you for having made our Bitcointalk Series such an amazing and fun event!

[AB de Royse777]

Hey guys,

I have just added a poll to get a quick feeling - referring to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5243099.0.

Long story short: I don't see us having a separate "charity-tournament" for now due to time-frame. Instead, I would like to give everyone the chance to "donate" parts of the extra chips or send additional extra chips as long as series #2 runs. Donated chips will not count towards the final prize pool as of now - I may come up with something though to cover up, so no worries, we will have a great prize for sure.

Anyone who is willing to support the cause, just let me know whenever you send chips and I will take care of the rest and have Royse777 receive the funds the fastest way. Your donations do not have to be made public if you don't wish to do so.

Thank you very much in advance and thank you for having made our Bitcointalk Series such an amazing and fun event!

Good to see you are giving your best to get the exposure of the project. We are so grateful.

I just had a thought: Do you want me to create an account in SwC and give you the username and add a new section in the OP with the username. So, if anyone wants then they can send the chips on my way. I will send them time to time in the donation address. Possibly this way we can save the transaction fees.

Cheers,

[cryptofrka]

We're starting again already? You guys aren't wasting any time

I'll be more of a 'come and go' player during the 2nd series, this is too much poker for me and is hard to keep the necessary focus.
I think I'll have more chance of good results if I play less but I'll still try to get to that final table.

Let the games begin

[CoinEraser]

Hey guys,

I have just added a poll to get a quick feeling - referring to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5243099.0.

Long story short: I don't see us having a separate "charity-tournament" for now due to time-frame. Instead, I would like to give everyone the chance to "donate" parts of the extra chips or send additional extra chips as long as series #2 runs. Donated chips will not count towards the final prize pool as of now - I may come up with something though to cover up, so no worries, we will have a great prize for sure.

Anyone who is willing to support the cause, just let me know whenever you send chips and I will take care of the rest and have Royse777 receive the funds the fastest way. Your donations do not have to be made public if you don't wish to do so.

Thank you very much in advance and thank you for having made our Bitcointalk Series such an amazing and fun event!

I voted too. Since the prize pool is already large, it would be okay for me to donate a part of the 200 chips per game. Wouldn't bother me. Maybe 100 chips for the prize pool and 100 chips per game for the donation pool?! If all participants agree, you can do it that way. I have sent you today 400 chips for the first 2 games this weekend.  

[iv4n]

To start from the beginning, I voted for 5k starting chip! In series, it will not play big role, 3k or 5k, game will be similar, probably we can play more relaxed with 5k and have more fun! But please for final game to have higher stack! It will be more skill than luck with higher stack! Last final was turbulent because we had just 3k starting chips, and after first hour madness started, with all ins, and high rises that you can't pay because of the low stack!
Second thing, if all agrees to help people in need I am ok with that! Efi can take 10% (more or less from amount we give for each tournament and give it to Royce). We started all this in friendly manner, and it would be good to continue like that. I know that Efi is a good person, he will honor every deal we make (I mean if all players vote for something he will follow)! Royce started something (at least he did something) and we can support him as community, maybe we can spare few chips and help some people in need!

Reminder: I plan to play 2 series and win again!

[morvillz7z]

I'm fine with whatever starting chips we decide to go for season two (first 8 games).

But please for final game to have higher stack! It will be more skill than luck with higher stack! Last final was turbulent because we had just 3k starting chips, and after first hour madness started, with all ins, and high rises that you can't pay because of the low stack!

It was even worse for Trofo who committed half of his chips very early in the championship game. There was basically no return from that point on for him. So i support the idea of having a higher stack for the finals at least!

By the way, what caused that we started the finals on two tables instead of one, was it the late registration thing? I hope this is something that can be fixed.

1600 chips sent to youcantwin
transaction id: 44879663

[figmentofmyass]

most people seem to support upping starting stacks to 5k, or otherwise don't care. personally i think it'll make games more fun and yield more action. make it so, @efialtis!

if the first couple games run too long, we could consider chopping a minute or two off the blind levels. i agree with others that the final should be deeper stacked regardless of what we do for the series.

I voted too. Since the prize pool is already large, it would be okay for me to donate a part of the 200 chips per game. Wouldn't bother me. Maybe 100 chips for the prize pool and 100 chips per game for the donation pool?! If all participants agree, you can do it that way. I have sent you today 400 chips for the first 2 games this weekend. 

i'm open to this but i also understand if others want it all in the pot. in that case, i'll make a separate donation. i'm cool with whatever everyone else decides.

i paid my 1600 chip buy-in last night and plan to go the distance.

[efialtis]

Good morning everybody,

the tournaments for series #2 are now live! I have asked SwC to switch from 3k starting stacks to 5k - lets see if they can do it.

I will now PM everyone (who has already sent chips) the passwords.


Regarding donations: Looks like most of you would like to help and I am still open to any ideas - I wouldn't mind taking like 10% of a week's "extra chips" and send them over to Royse777 - maybe we should just do that and anyone who is not comfortable doing this, just let's me know and I will not send his chips (all anonimously of course). What do you think?

[yahoo62278]

Let's say we have 30 players enter the tourney. That would be 6000 chips "extra" and 10% of that would be 600 chips. Doesn't seem worth the effort. Maybe you could setup a charity tourney on 1 of the weekdays where it's a 1000 chip buyin, 500 chips goes to the prize pool and 500 to the charity.

[big_daddy]

^that's a good idea, the charity tournament can gain more than a 10% from our tournament

Edit:
the starting 5k stack is something that makes me happy

[Trofo]

But please for final game to have higher stack! It will be more skill than luck with higher stack! Last final was turbulent because we had just 3k starting chips, and after first hour madness started, with all ins, and high rises that you can't pay because of the low stack!

It was even worse for Trofo who committed half of his chips very early in the championship game. There was basically no return from that point on for him. So i support the idea of having a higher stack for the finals at least!

By the way, what caused that we started the finals on two tables instead of one, was it the late registration thing? I hope this is something that can be fixed.

Definitely the final game should have bigger stacks if not every tournament. 2 tables was also a bit strange. I was mentally prepared for 9 people table and than I got seated with 3 other people and then closely lost the literal first hand in the tournament.

Anyway, I am learning most on my mistakes so I am coming for you all in the next series. Already registered for first two

[figmentofmyass]

Definitely the final game should have bigger stacks if not every tournament. 2 tables was also a bit strange. I was mentally prepared for 9 people table and than I got seated with 3 other people and then closely lost the literal first hand in the tournament.

weird, it should have been 9max like a single table SNG. if that's an issue, we should try to get it fixed before the next championship. playing 4-handed off the bat doesn't seem ideal.

Maybe you could setup a charity tourney on 1 of the weekdays where it's a 1000 chip buyin, 500 chips goes to the prize pool and 500 to the charity.

+1 for the charity tournament idea. more bang for your buck, and it might bring out a few people who aren't playing in the series. i'll plan to be there.

[tyKiwanuka]

weird, it should have been 9max like a single table SNG. if that's an issue, we should try to get it fixed before the next championship. playing 4-handed off the bat doesn't seem ideal.

It was just a mistake/miscommunication/whatever from SwC/efialtis and won't be an issue in the future. efialtis made a post about it, contacted SwC immediately and they fixed it after some minutes:

The final has started - unfortunately we have two tables instead of one final table (as it is supposed to be) - I have already contacted SwC about it but for now, there is nothing we can do so please give your best anyway guys - sorry for the inconvenience...

[efialtis]

weird, it should have been 9max like a single table SNG. if that's an issue, we should try to get it fixed before the next championship. playing 4-handed off the bat doesn't seem ideal.

It was just a mistake/miscommunication/whatever from SwC/efialtis and won't be an issue in the future. efialtis made a post about it, contacted SwC immediately and they fixed it after some minutes:

The final has started - unfortunately we have two tables instead of one final table (as it is supposed to be) - I have already contacted SwC about it but for now, there is nothing we can do so please give your best anyway guys - sorry for the inconvenience...

Thanks for jumping in mate - yes, won't be an issue in the future - was caused due to late reg. but I will make sure we won't have late reg in our next Grand Final.

I have messaged the passwords to everyone who contacted me by now and we also have a new face - I hope we will see more newcomers.

Can't wait for Sunday, be prepared, this time youcantwin (never gets old, sry)...

Regarding charity - well, I will try to come up with something and post an update when I have.

[CoinEraser]

Let's say we have 30 players enter the tourney. That would be 6000 chips "extra" and 10% of that would be 600 chips. Doesn't seem worth the effort. Maybe you could setup a charity tourney on 1 of the weekdays where it's a 1000 chip buyin, 500 chips goes to the prize pool and 500 to the charity.

I like the idea of the extra tournament the best, but I'm not sure if we will have many participants. Well, let's wait and see what efialtis has for news in this regard. 

[SyGambler]

@efiialtis , I just sent 1600 chips for the upcoming 8 games

regarding donating I agree with yahoo , in general the whole prizes and buyins are really small and doubt that they can do any difference but we can always arrange a charity event with bigger buyins
the pool + swc bonus aren't reaching 1000$ and that's for a whole month of playing , so a dedicated event with larger buy ins is the best IMO

[Trofo]

the pool + swc bonus aren't reaching 1000$ and that's for a whole month of playing , so a dedicated event with larger buy ins is the best IMO

+1

The problem will be to hit that sweet spot regarding buy in size that enough people will still want to participate and that we collect enough money for rewards and charity. For me that sweet spot would 5-20 mBTC with half of money going to charity and other half to top three players.

[figmentofmyass]

the pool + swc bonus aren't reaching 1000$ and that's for a whole month of playing , so a dedicated event with larger buy ins is the best IMO

+1

The problem will be to hit that sweet spot regarding buy in size that enough people will still want to participate and that we collect enough money for rewards and charity. For me that sweet spot would 5-20 mBTC with half of money going to charity and other half to top three players.

> 5 mBTC sounds kinda steep for the regular gambling board crowd. i wonder if we could generate any interest on the rest of the forum though, since it would be a charity event.

maybe we should run a poll re what stakes people are willing to play.

standard payout structure no good?

[efialtis]

the pool + swc bonus aren't reaching 1000$ and that's for a whole month of playing , so a dedicated event with larger buy ins is the best IMO

+1

The problem will be to hit that sweet spot regarding buy in size that enough people will still want to participate and that we collect enough money for rewards and charity. For me that sweet spot would 5-20 mBTC with half of money going to charity and other half to top three players.

> 5 mBTC sounds kinda steep for the regular gambling board crowd. i wonder if we could generate any interest on the rest of the forum though, since it would be a charity event.

maybe we should run a poll re what stakes people are willing to play.

standard payout structure no good?

Good idea - I have just added a poll. To be honest, our general thread might be the better place to discuss the charity thing but hey, let's just test the waters and see what some of our regulars think based on their votes and go from there.

Other than that - everyone getting hot or what? Only 3 more days and tbh - probably because I sucked in series #1 - I can't wait for our 2nd series! Feels like the first time... 

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

@efialtis, @figmentofmyass, @yahoo62278, @iv4n, @tyKiwanuka, @CoinEraser, @cygan, @morvillz7z, @babo, @Globb0 and everyone else

I Just noticed this poll and I think I have a different idea. Please note that I have no problem even to join a charity tournament which will be > 10 mBTC but not everyone will not have this luxury. Having too many tournaments at the same time is going cost everyone a lot and possibly a lot of regulars will consider to skip it too.

Instead of having a separate tournament, we can just make a twist in the current series we have.

Currently the price:


1) 0.05 BTC guaranteed Freeroll for the Finalists, valuable
2) BIG BTC Ticket
3) SwC Flexfit Hat and
4) Whatever the total those 200 extra chips from every tournament from users will make.
5) We have 8 tournament where we are paying 1200 chips in total to earn points for the final tournament. 4 winners from each tournament is sharing the individual tournament's pot.

Idea 1:
Let's talk about those 200 extra chips.
Say 20 users on average in every tournament which means we will collect 32,000 chips which means 0.032 BTC
We can simply donate this entire 0.032 BTC to the charity instead of giving it to the winner. The winners is going to receive enough money from SwC sponsoring.

Idea 2:
Entry fee for each tournament is 1000 + 200 chips and we have two tournaments every week which makes 8 in four weeks. For each week one is paying 2000 + 400 chips to play two tournaments and the goal is basically to earn as many points as they can earn to top in the leader-board.

Have a rule that one can only join the second tournament of the week if he joins the first tournament. And then what if in the first tournament of the week the winner gets the money but in the 2nd tournament of the week all the entry fees will go to the donation address or will be used for donation? This way from each 2nd tournament of the week we can collect 1200 chips from each users. Now if we have 20 player then we get 96,000 chips and this is a very good amount to donate. 0.096BTC is fairly good amount.

If we simplify it then it stands like this: One will pay 2400 chips to play two tournament a week. First one will have prize pot and points but the 2nd one will not have a prize pot but you are playing for points.

Let me know your thoughts.

PS: I am personally is going to donate 50% of my winnings from this series. This counts any winnings.

[efialtis]

@efialtis, @figmentofmyass, @yahoo62278, @iv4n, @tyKiwanuka, @CoinEraser, @cygan, @morvillz7z, @babo, @Globb0 and everyone else

I Just noticed this poll and I think I have a different idea. Please note that I have no problem even to join a charity tournament which will be > 10 mBTC but not everyone will not have this luxury. Having too many tournaments at the same time is going cost everyone a lot and possibly a lot of regulars will consider to skip it too.

Instead of having a separate tournament, we can just make a twist in the current series we have.

Currently the price:


1) 0.05 BTC guaranteed Freeroll for the Finalists, valuable
2) BIG BTC Ticket
3) SwC Flexfit Hat and
4) Whatever the total those 200 extra chips from every tournament from users will make.
5) We have 8 tournament where we are paying 1200 chips in total to earn points for the final tournament. 4 winners from each tournament is sharing the individual tournament's pot.

Idea 1:
Let's talk about those 200 extra chips.
Say 20 users on average in every tournament which means we will collect 32,000 chips which means 0.032 BTC
We can simply donate this entire 0.032 BTC to the charity instead of giving it to the winner. The winners is going to receive enough money from SwC sponsoring.

Idea 2:
Entry fee for each tournament is 1000 + 200 chips and we have two tournaments every week which makes 8 in four weeks. For each week one is paying 2000 + 400 chips to play two tournaments and the goal is basically to earn as many points as they can earn to top in the leader-board.

Have a rule that one can only join the second tournament of the week if he joins the first tournament. And then what if in the first tournament of the week the winner gets the money but in the 2nd tournament of the week all the entry fees will go to the donation address or will be used for donation? This way from each 2nd tournament of the week we can collect 1200 chips from each users. Now if we have 20 player then we get 96,000 chips and this is a very good amount to donate. 0.096BTC is fairly good amount.

If we simplify it then it stands like this: One will pay 2400 chips to play two tournament a week. First one will have prize pot and points but the 2nd one will not have a prize pot but you are playing for points.

Let me know your thoughts.

PS: I am personally is going to donate 50% of my winnings from this series. This counts any winnings.

Appreciate the input mate and appreciate anyone who wants to support the charity thing. I just don’t want things to get „complicated“ and I am afraid this could happen. That’s why I initially suggested to just „allow“ anyone who wants to help to send extra chips, whether upfront or after winning some.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Appreciate the input mate and appreciate anyone who wants to support the charity thing. I just don’t want things to get „complicated“ and I am afraid this could happen. That’s why I initially suggested to just „allow“ anyone who wants to help to send extra chips, whether upfront or after winning some.

That was quick response from you. I think both can be executed very easily.

Idea 1:
You just send the entire extra chips to the donation address instead of sending it to the winner

Idea 2:
1. Make sure you send the password to ONLY those who paid 2400 chips for both tournaments of the week. So if anyone thinks that they will only join the 2nd tournament of the week then they can not. They can skip playing the 2nd tournament of the week but will have to pay for both.

2. The winners of the 2nd tournament of the week will send the chips to you or to the donation address. We will all know who are the winners so nothing is going behind the doors.

3. End of the series you will send 50% of the extra chips to the donation address and 50% to the grand winner.

Does this look very complicated? I guess not 😉

[efialtis]

Appreciate the input mate and appreciate anyone who wants to support the charity thing. I just don’t want things to get „complicated“ and I am afraid this could happen. That’s why I initially suggested to just „allow“ anyone who wants to help to send extra chips, whether upfront or after winning some.

That was quick response from you. I think both can be executed very easily.

Idea 1:
You just send the entire extra chips to the donation address instead of sending it to the winner

Idea 2:
1. Make sure you send the password to ONLY those who paid 2400 chips for both tournaments of the week. So if anyone thinks that they will only join the 2nd tournament of the week then they can not. They can skip playing the 2nd tournament of the week but will have to pay for both.

2. The winners of the 2nd tournament of the week will send the chips to you or to the donation address. We will all know who are the winners so nothing is going behind the doors.

3. End of the series you will send 50% of the extra chips to the donation address and 50% to the grand winner.

Does this look very complicated? I guess not 😉

What I wanted to say: All of that means "additional rules",  sort of...  when most people just want to play some poker. Tbh I don't see a reason why we should implement such "rules" when anyone can freely donate chips as they wish.

As some guys pointed out earlier, donating like half of the estimated prize pool would make the series less attractive and I actually get that.

Don't get me wrong - I am all for helping people in need when they are members of the community all of us obviously "love" - we just shouldn't mix up things too much.

[Trofo]

@BitcoinGirl.Club

I don't like your idea very much because it basically forces people to pay up for the charity if they want to be part of the tournament. Charity is something you should choose to do and not be forced to do.

Personally, I would rather send money directly to the charity and will do that if I get full paycheck this month (company in some problems because of corona bullshit) regardless of what ends up decided here. On the other hand I will not give a cent from my poker winnings to anybody. That money is for my enjoyment, beers bought with money taken on the poker table taste better, just try it some time

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

As some guys pointed out earlier, donating like half of the estimated prize pool would make the series less attractive and I actually get that.

I really missed reading others and yet to read. I was just jumping on here after seeing the poll and I am with the majority without any question. I just made my vote for:

Yes (with a buy-in > 10 mBTC where half goes to charity)

I truly want the charity gets the most.

As usual I will donate 50% of any winnings if I win in this series and in this charity tournament too.

I don't like your idea very much because it basically forces people to pay up for the charity if they want to be part of the tournament. Charity is something you should choose to do and not be forced to do.

Damn you!
I did not have that in mind 😜
Your point is valid!

[figmentofmyass]

What I wanted to say: All of that means "additional rules",  sort of...  when most people just want to play some poker. Tbh I don't see a reason why we should implement such "rules" when anyone can freely donate chips as they wish.

As some guys pointed out earlier, donating like half of the estimated prize pool would make the series less attractive and I actually get that.

+1.

we should really keep them separate. otherwise it messes with all the incentives and less people will wanna play in the series.

i think (hope) we could generate a decent turnout with a separate charity game. as an example, 0.005 BTC x 25 players / 2 = 0.0625 BTC donated. anybody who can't play or wants to add donations on top can do that too.

[yahoo62278]

Gotta keep in mind, these series are lasting 5 weeks in total with the way it has been set up. I'd like to see them go 4 weeks, but it is what it is. The last games prize pool was .09 range including SwC's .05 contribution. The winner got less than .05 for his effort. Let's say .05 for maths sake. That's $450 for a whole month of playing. Not very much.

The buyin is already reaching nearly $10 per game. Not that that is much, but if we keep increasing the buyin amount by adding more for charity or doubling the buyin for charity to take half, you're gonna take the ability to play away from some of the players. You're also going to decrease the final prize and lose interest as well.

I don't like your idea very much because it basically forces people to pay up for the charity if they want to be part of the tournament. Charity is something you should choose to do and not be forced to do.

This is probably the best statement made about the whole idea, which is why the separate game should be the main focus. You guys are free to do as you please, but taking away from the series might cost you some players.

I'd like to see this series get to 50-60 players playing each week, and a prize pool of .150 or bigger in the final game. We will see how that goes.

[CoinEraser]

So far there were really good ideas on the topic charity, but also the objections were good. That certainly does not make the decision easy.  

If we make an extra charity game, the buy-in should not be too high. Otherwise, some people may not play along, as they cannot afford it. Maybe SwC or Sportsbet sponsor us a charity game with a small price and then the complete buy-in could be used for carity, but that's just an idea and I don't know if that would be possible.  

[iv4n]

I just don’t want things to get „complicated“ and I am afraid this could happen.

This is happening already

Gotta keep in mind, these series are lasting 5 weeks in total with the way it has been set up. I'd like to see them go 4 weeks, but it is what it is. The last games prize pool was .09 range including SwC's .05 contribution. The winner got less than .05 for his effort. Let's say .05 for maths sake. That's $450 for a whole month of playing. Not very much.

The buyin is already reaching nearly $10 per game. Not that that is much, but if we keep increasing the buyin amount by adding more for charity or doubling the buyin for charity to take half, you're gonna take the ability to play away from some of the players. You're also going to decrease the final prize and lose interest as well.

I don't like your idea very much because it basically forces people to pay up for the charity if they want to be part of the tournament. Charity is something you should choose to do and not be forced to do.

This is probably the best statement made about the whole idea, which is why the separate game should be the main focus. You guys are free to do as you please, but taking away from the series might cost you some players.

I'd like to see this series get to 50-60 players playing each week, and a prize pool of .150 or bigger in the final game. We will see how that goes.

I agree with both of you! Yahoo made a good point, if you add more for charity or interfere with prize pool some players will lose interest! Trofo you are quite right, who wishes to donate will donate, from winnings or from his own pocket.

we should really keep them separate. otherwise it messes with all the incentives and less people will wanna play in the series.

We should keep them separate! We know about initiative, we can make others aware if Efi put something in opening post about it so new people can see it too, and that should be enough! In that case we will have what Trofo said, charity will be something anyone can choose to do or not, end of story!
If Efi and Royce make some charity tournament you can call us to play for that, and probably many of us will join! But let's not mix charity and our series!

Efi thanks for passwords, you are fast! See you at the tables!

[tbterryboy]

most people seem to support upping starting stacks to 5k, or otherwise don't care. personally i think it'll make games more fun and yield more action. make it so, @efialtis!

This could be solved if we could have like a bigger number of people here, people like me who are afraid to go in usually do not go in because of the big buy ins but also even if I lose that is not really a big deal but the anger for being soooo out of league to play here is a bit the problem here, people who are miiiles better than me play here so I do not join, there must be a lot of people like that as well. Which means the prize is actually quite good, it is the number of people that join that keeps it low, just think about 100 people or even 1k people joining to this tourney, then the prize would be insane. However that charity thing makes sense, I could enroll to that one because at that point I know I will lose and will be upset that everyone was so much better than me, but at least the money will go to a charity.

[babo]

~~~~
Does this look very complicated? I guess not 😉

honestly it's a little complicated - for me sure
but it does nothing, okay. the important thing is that it is written clearly so that everyone can read it first


in the end it's a good initiative, not surprisingly I called some of my old poker friends (introducing him to bitcoins)

i hope they join

[worle1bm]

Hello People,
I would like to join this series too. I am reading rules and understanding everything. I will get password for the game once I send 200 chips, right? Also, whom should I send 200 chips? I don't see any member with youcantwin username on bitcointalk or is it SwC username? If yes, then what is the name of youcantwin on bitcointalk?

[efialtis]

Let's get back to Poker and our 2nd series guys!

I appreciate all the input regarding charity and as mentioned before, I will try to have a separate tournament going and in addition, anyone who would like to donate, is more than welcome to do so.

Only one more day to go, curious to see how many we will be tomorrow.

Hello People,
I would like to join this series too. I am reading rules and understanding everything. I will get password for the game once I send 200 chips, right? Also, whom should I send 200 chips? I don't see any member with youcantwin username on bitcointalk or is it SwC username? If yes, then what is the name of youcantwin on bitcointalk?

Hey,

good to see fresh blood - yeah, you just send 200 chips to "youcantwin" on SwC for each game you wanna join, send me a PM that you did and I will share the password - I am youcantwin... The username speaks for itself by the way...

[Trofo]

I am youcantwin... The username speaks for itself by the way...

Shouldn't your username technically be "Icantwin"

Let the trash talk begin, poker without trash talk is a little blend for my taste

[Globb0]

I have to get some funds over.

Is it starting at the same time or is it moved an hour earlier?

Charity - people like to give charity to something they can see or meaningful to them. The hospice where my grandad died or something like that. I think some people will be cynical it can get to the right people via a forum. I mean anyone in real trouble the last thing they are thinking is to log into a forum. I followed the thread and saw an example of how it was used to give stuff to a homeless guy. That's great but will people read the thread to find out there is a way to do it after all. Or will they just switch off to it. So its almost a marketing challenge.

A charity poker game is not a bad idea to bridge this gap. Everyone knows what it is and they get the fun of the poker game from it. And you get the funds to help some people.

The suggestion all buy ins go to the charity is a good one. What if we asked people to donate prizes? doesn't have to be just SwC or IO, could be anyone including members here. The odd collectible, some merchandise like the hats they gave, buy in for a tournament round, a few generous donations from members with something to contribute and then that could lead to more interest to get the bigger numbers (you dream of) for that charity game and so more return for the charity idea.

Good luck with it.

[worle1bm]

Hello People,
I would like to join this series too. I am reading rules and understanding everything. I will get password for the game once I send 200 chips, right? Also, whom should I send 200 chips? I don't see any member with youcantwin username on bitcointalk or is it SwC username? If yes, then what is the name of youcantwin on bitcointalk?

Hey,

good to see fresh blood - yeah, you just send 200 chips to "youcantwin" on SwC for each game you wanna join, send me a PM that you did and I will share the password - I am youcantwin... The username speaks for itself by the way...

Chips sent! I will PM you as well now.

I am youcantwin... The username speaks for itself by the way...

 

By the way, I stood among Top 10 in 'Play with Steve' tournament previous Wednesday. Don't assume that I'm weak player. My username - BetStrong. It speaks for itself as well.

[figmentofmyass]

i just checked the tournament lobby for tomorrow's game---still only 3k starting stacks?!? what's up, @efialtis? i thought the poll seemed pretty clearly in favor of 5k stacks.

By the way, I stood among Top 10 in 'Play with Steve' tournament previous Wednesday. Don't assume that I'm weak player. My username - BetStrong. It speaks for itself as well.

bring it! i wonder who will prevail between BetStrong and Betwrong.....

[efialtis]

i just checked the tournament lobby for tomorrow's game---still only 3k starting stacks?!? what's up, @efialtis? i thought the poll seemed pretty clearly in favor of 5k stacks.

By the way, I stood among Top 10 in 'Play with Steve' tournament previous Wednesday. Don't assume that I'm weak player. My username - BetStrong. It speaks for itself as well.

bring it! i wonder who will prevail between BetStrong and Betwrong.....

Yeah I have asked them to make it 5k but looks like they didn’t get to it yet. Will send another email now but worst case we ll have to wait until next week for 5k.

[morvillz7z]

A friendly bump! We neeeeed more people, hop in and don't miss the action!!!! 

Just over two hours left until the start of the new series. Hurry up, according to the spreadsheet, only 16 have paid their fees so far, which isn't great.

I thought we could certainly get at least 3 full tables...

Anyway, good luck and have fun!

[efialtis]

A friendly bump! We neeeeed more people, hop in and don't miss the action!!!!  

Just over two hours left until the start of the new series. Hurry up, according to the spreadsheet, only 16 have paid their fees so far, which isn't great.

I thought we could certainly get at least 3 full tables...

Anyway, good luck and have fun!

Some great weather here - covid-19 restrictions are getting "softer" - I guess that's about it. Still, come on and play some poker with us even though you.cant.win this time, I mean you really can't!  

Note: Future weekends will have 5k starting stacks instead of 3k - SwC updated the tournaments but couldn't do so for this week's tournaments due to ppl having already registered.

See you in a few hours guys!

[CoinEraser]

I'm afraid I can't make it today.    I'm going to have to do something unexpectedly today. But tomorrow it should work and I'm in. Have a lot of fun at today's game. See us tomorrow at the table. 

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Joining in an hour and can't wait to see you guys on the table. So far I am seeing 12 seats has already taken excluding me. I hope we make it 20 at-least. Come on!!! Look for the prize of the final.

1. 0.05 BTC pot that's about $484.30 in current prize. Winner gets 40% I guess which is around $193.72
2. The 200 extra chips from each tournament can make 0.032 BTC (say on average 20 users in every tournament) which is around $310.20 in current price
3. Valuable BIG BTC Ticket: I have no idea about the value but safe too say the value will be worth something good.
4. SwC Flexfit Hat : Again, no idea about the value but this should be an honor which very rare users will have

Forget about 3 and 4. If you add up 1 and 2 then it's over $500.

All you are spending is the max: 0.008 BTC or $77.49 in the current price. Don't forget the fun you can have.

Come on!

[efialtis]

Joining in an hour and can't wait to see you guys on the table. So far I am seeing 12 seats has already taken excluding me. I hope we make it 20 at-least. Come on!!! Look for the prize of the final.

1. 0.05 BTC pot that's about $484.30 in current prize. Winner gets 40% I guess which is around $193.72
2. The 200 extra chips from each tournament can make 0.032 BTC (say on average 20 users in every tournament) which is around $310.20 in current price
3. Valuable BIG BTC Ticket: I have no idea about the value but safe too say the value will be worth something good.
4. SwC Flexfit Hat : Again, no idea about the value but this should be an honor which very rare users will have

Forget about 3 and 4. If you add up 1 and 2 then it's over $500.

All you are spending is the max: 0.008 BTC or $77.49 in the current price. Don't forget the fun you can have.

Come on!

BIG BTC (every last Sunday of the month) has a prize pool of around 0.75 BTC and the regular buy-in is 10 mBTC (10k chips).

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

BIG BTC (every last Sunday of the month) has a prize pool of around 0.75 BTC and the regular buy-in is 10 mBTC (10k chips).

That's a fucking shit load of money man! This made my day and I am going to beat everyone's asses to win it 🤪
See you all in the table.

Forget about 3 and 4. If you add up 1 and 2 then it's over $500.

So the big ticket value 0.01 BTC means more $97.42 in current price.

The total goes now: around $600!

[cygan]

my 0.0012BTC are now on the way to SwC
i will then transfer the 200 chips to efialtis and am looking forward to being part of the 2nd part of this tournament again today

@BitcoinGirl.Club
i hope we can meet again at the same table  🍻

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

@BitcoinGirl.Club
i hope we can meet again at the same table   🍻

If I am not wrong then last time we both were in the same table and had some good few hand exchanged. Yeah, would be nice to see you again but be extra careful when you bet against me, I am not a guy to call big when I have weak hand 🤪

@efialtis, more 1000 chips sent on your way for rest of the tournaments. ID: 45625360

[efialtis]

@BitcoinGirl.Club
i hope we can meet again at the same table   🍻

If I am not wrong then last time we both were in the same table and had some good few hand exchanged. Yeah, would be nice to see you again but be extra careful when you bet against me, I am not a guy to call big when I have weak hand 🤪

@efialtis, more 1000 chips sent on your way for rest of the tournaments. ID: 45625360

Received and noted, thanks. I will have to join a bit later tonight but I will come and get ya guys!

Edit: Yeah, my bad, sorry!

Edit 2: Oh yes, some sick tyKiwanuka spreadsheet!

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Received and noted, thanks. I will have to join a bit later tonight but I will come and get ya guys!

See you one the table.

Did you miss one slot for me? I think in total I have sent you 1600 chips. Other day it was 600 for 3 slots and today 1000 chips for rest 5 slots 😀



The spreadsheet is sick man!!!

[figmentofmyass]

just woke up and sat down at the tables. good luck everyone!

we've got 17 runners at the start of the first game. there's still 50 minutes of late registration left---plenty of time left to join!

Note: Future weekends will have 5k starting stacks instead of 3k - SwC updated the tournaments but couldn't do so for this week's tournaments due to ppl having already registered.

understood. oh well, next week!

[big_daddy]

I can’t join you today  
Busy as hell... I hope that will join you tomorrow
I wish you all a great game and lot of fun

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

The shittiest hands I am dealing with. No good cards. So far only few but others had better cards always! Lost a big hand against Cygan and the against Iv4n. I had K10 and on the deck at flop we had another k10 so I was pretty sure that I was going to get the hand but at River Iv4n got that J and he made KKJJ. Shit round for me so far!!!

Now counting to kick out in any moment. It's just too hard job now with not many chips left. Strange that I only had one of two times a match on the deck.

[cygan]

The shittiest hands I am dealing with. No good cards. So far only few but others had better cards always! Lost a big hand against Cygan and the against Iv4n. I had K10 and on the deck at flop we had another k10 so I was pretty sure that I was going to get the hand but at River Iv4n got that J and he made KKJJ. Shit round for me so far!!!

Now counting to kick out in any moment. It's just too hard job now with not many chips left. Strange that I only had one of two times a match on the deck.

indeed, i could watch it live at the table.
it has not been your day today

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

This was all for me today! Feeling fucked with the entire experience.



What a shitty round for me, unbelievable!

I rarely got common cards on the deck to make pairs. When I get strong hands in the pre flop, after flop my hands are useless. And most of the time I got like 23, 57 and all these shit cards. Few times got pairs in the pre flop and those are 33, 55, 77 I guess and always other's gone with big bet so I kinda fucked and could not take risk. When I get good cards (happened 3 times, not more than that I guess) Others always get the better one like Cygan and Iv4n won those big bets. When I was nearly finishing, Trofo got a good deal too but I was kinda frustrated that time and was not caring much.

In the last hand even thought after flop I did not have any match but with A10 I wanted to give my last shot and gone ALL IN with the hope that others will fold. But when dex called me then I got this feeling that he has a Q pair. I had nothing left by then but surprisingly Iv4n got better hand than him and result we both out!

Shit round for me and I want to forget this memory LOL

indeed, i could watch it live at the table.
it has not been your day today

With every single call I made at Pre flop except one that was won by Iv4n on River with his J pair, I was expecting a match in the deck on Flop but every time I was losing my mind seeing no match. Really shit luck.

[Trofo]

This was all for me today! Feeling fucked with the entire experience.

That is the hardest thing in poker to just wait out your bad luck and keep yourself in play with few bluffs. 5K starting chips would help a bit. I usually don't have enough patience and then I start to bluff too often and somebody always calls you.

[figmentofmyass]

sigh, managed to bubble again.

i was super card dead at the end. Pitkins and i were both short stacked, folded around to me w/ K9, couldn't fold it with 6bbs left. Iv4n called me with JT and managed to hit the flop. good game:



at least i'll walk away with 6 points towards the championship.....

[morvillz7z]

I've no idea how i managed to get to 4th place and 7 points considering that i was down to 400-500 chips early in the game. Pulled a "ceehe" lol

Losing a full house to efialtis' four of a kind had me really pissed off for quite some time, though i was very close to get revenge on him:



Congrats to iv4n for winning game 1, starting where he left off!

[Globb0]

Great guys and good luck.

I have decided to drop out, I was only cannon fodder anyway for the pros and my recent suggestions don't seem to have gained me any friends.

At a personal low at the moment so maybe some time one day.

Pleas remove me from any spreadsheets.

No animosity here. Good luck to all you guys in tournament 2.

[webtricks]

@morvillz7z, your recovery from 325 chips to 4th place is one of the most mind-blowing thing I have ever seen. That 33399 against 3333 was criminal. I don't think I would have recovered from there. But three of a kind with QQQ made you win 3 good hands. Congo!

I don't know why I went all-in with 44 against FOMA. I just needed to fold 2 more times to get 3 instead of 1 point. That lucky SyGambler taking 3 points even without playing! Criminal!

[iv4n]

I can just say good game!
Many ups and downs for me, I had problems with ScW app, I had to restart computer several times. I had minor problems with connection, but this time it was madness, every time I had to restart computer and get in again!
See you tomorrow! I hope there will be more people than today!

[Globb0]

I can just say good game!
Many ups and downs for me, I had problems with ScW app, I had to restart computer several times. I had minor problems with connection, but this time it was madness, every time I had to restart computer and get in again!
See you tomorrow! I hope there will be more people than today!

That's frustrating when it times out and you have a great hand.

It takes a bit of time to realise you are out. That person uses up their time then its like, hold on a minute its me whos gone out.

[tyKiwanuka]

Many ups and downs for me, I had problems with ScW app, I had to restart computer several times. I had minor problems with connection, but this time it was madness, every time I had to restart computer and get in again!

Congrats, winning series #1 was no fluke it seems. You should also say thanks to @Betwrong, because he waited for you to reconnect while you were (forced to) sitting out in heads up Fair play from him

I'm afraid I can't make it today. 

I have moved todays 200 chip fee to the third tournament next Saturday, hope this is ok. If not, just shoot

[figmentofmyass]

congrats on the win Iv4n, and well played Betwrong!

That lucky SyGambler taking 3 points even without playing! Criminal!

lol, pretty unbelievable.

there was one hand where i folded TT preflop because JTisCuban shoved, a big stack called, and SyGambler still had a couple hundred chips left. so there was a strong chance of a 2-point jump if i folded. flop ended up being Txx and they showed AK vs AQ, would have tripled up at a crucial time. damn ICM considerations!

See you tomorrow! I hope there will be more people than today!

i'm a little disappointed with the 18-player turnout. OTOH it's great value considering the money/prizes added to the championship prize pool. i know CoinEraser and big_daddy said they couldn't make it today and would probably be there tomorrow.

it's still a wide open series. lots of value still there for the taking......

[SyGambler]

That lucky SyGambler taking 3 points even without playing! Criminal!

LMAO I totally forgot about the tourney today and haven't checked the forums as well but got the news from your mention 
seriously how did I manage to last that long ? were there some crazy all-ins with several players getting knocked out or what ?

I need to start setting reminders for the events especially that I have online German courses each Saturday around the same time of the tourney

[arallmuus]

congrats on the win Iv4n, and well played Betwrong!

As expected from the previous winner 

See you tomorrow! I hope there will be more people than today!

i'm a little disappointed with the 18-player turnout. OTOH it's great value considering the money/prizes added to the championship prize pool. i know CoinEraser and big_daddy said they couldn't make it today and would probably be there tomorrow.

it's still a wide open series. lots of value still there for the taking......

I cant make it to the series as well because I got things to do . Lets hope that I could join Sunday's game. Some people could be showing up at week 2 or week 3 series after they check the standing of the tournament. To make sure they still have a decent chance to win and advance to the grandfinal


Kudos to whoever made that spreadsheet, it is great !   

[cygan]

congrats on the win Iv4n, and well played Betwrong!

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congratulations again to Iv4n the terrible 
i personally had good hands yesterday and could play for the first time on the final-table - i finished as 9th
my best placement so far

[Betwrong]

Good game, everyone!

Initially my aim was to take the 7th place. The logic behind that was the following:

7th place - 4 points

8 tournaments, 4x8=32, with 32 points I'd have good chances to qualify for the Grand Finale.

But with the help of big luck I managed to finish on the 2nd place. Man, I couldn't wish for more!

Congrats on the win, @Iv4n!

Thank you to all for participating!

And thank you guys, @figmentofmyass and @tyKiwanuka, for watching the game till the end! A game is surely more entertaining when there is an audience.

Special thanks to you, @tyKiwanuka, for giving me the advice to wait for Iv4n to reconnect. At first, following my base instincts, I started to devour Iv4n's chips, but then I saw your advice in the chat, and I stopped. Yes, I would've won, most likely, but I'd feel so shitty afterwards. Sometimes what we need is a good advice from an outside observer. Thanks for that, mate!

[iv4n]

Good game, everyone!

Good game indeed!

Thanks for waiting me! Probably my first instinct would be the same, but as it seems we have a nice audience that helps with good advices! A huge thanks to everyone! 

I'm sure we will have a nice game later, I can only hope I will have as much luck with some hands as I had last night! That would be a nice streak for me!

See you later at the tables, I wish you a nice game and lucky hands!

[efialtis]

Hey guys,

congrats to yesterday's winners - that was another fun tournament with my personal highlight being SyGambler (not even logged in) reaching final table and even earning 3 points...


My friend tyKiwanuka just notified me that it's my 1 year bitcointalk anniversary! What better way to "celebrate" this than a bounty on my head in tonight's tournament?!  Whoever manages to knock me out - and that will be very hard of course - will receive a 3k chips reward in his SwC account!

See you at the tables guys, until then, have a nice Sunday!

[Steamtyme]

Well seeing as it's my last night shift coming up I'll try and set an alarm and join the game today, try and get us over 20.

I hadn't checked the thread out until last night but once again that is super generous of SWC to put out such an awesome prizepool addition.

Class act there Betwrong. Good luck all if I don't see you at the tables. If I do make it I won't be able to record today. Next week though I will try and do the same thing as last series.

Just saw tour post efialitis... damn that is a far 1 year bounty. Might just have to set 2 alarms lol.

[CoinEraser]

Congratulations to Iv4n for winning the first game! Apparently you also want to win the second series. 

I have moved todays 200 chip fee to the third tournament next Saturday, hope this is ok. If not, just shoot

Yes, everything was done right. Great, thank you! 

My friend tyKiwanuka just notified me that it's my 1 year bitcointalk anniversary! What better way to "celebrate" this than a bounty on my head in tonight's tournament?!  Whoever manages to knock me out - and that will be very hard of course - will receive a 3k chips reward in his SwC account!

See you at the tables guys, until then, have a nice Sunday!

Nice, congratulations to your 1 year btct anniversary and thanks for this bounty! I hope I'll see you all at the table later. 

[BIT-BENDER]

Congratulations to the winner.
I did not participate but I was following and it was free and fair.
So when are we looking at likely for the next round/series

[Globb0]

Congratulations to the winner.
I did not participate but I was following and it was free and fair.
So when are we looking at likely for the next round/series

Its here in the second post down

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5245365.0

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Whoever manages to knock me out - and that will be very hard of course - will receive a 3k chips reward in his SwC account!

And I have already taken 1k chips in advance 🤪. Just kidding. Congratulations.
Let the best man to win and I will hope some good cards for me. I really do not want to end up like last night.

[Trofo]

My friend tyKiwanuka just notified me that it's my 1 year bitcointalk anniversary! What better way to "celebrate" this than a bounty on my head in tonight's tournament?!  Whoever manages to knock me out - and that will be very hard of course - will receive a 3k chips reward in his SwC account!

See you at the tables guys, until then, have a nice Sunday!

Like we needed extra motivation to take you down

Nice one, hopefully you will be at my table so I can keep my eye on you from the beginning and happy anniversary.

[iv4n]

My friend tyKiwanuka just notified me that it's my 1 year bitcointalk anniversary! What better way to "celebrate" this than a bounty on my head in tonight's tournament?!  Whoever manages to knock me out - and that will be very hard of course - will receive a 3k chips reward in his SwC account!

See you at the tables guys, until then, have a nice Sunday!

Like we needed extra motivation to take you down

This is a good one Trofo! I can't stop laughing!

Efi you will have hard time tonight, or the best poker ever! Expect people to call every move you make!

Before I played KO tournaments, and it's really fun to play it, when there's bounty on every player you kick out the game! I saw SwC have them too, but I didn't play it, I should give it a try these days! Maybe we should consider making some KO games for us, it can be interesting!

I opened a bottle of wine, wife and kids are taken care of, dog is fed, dishes clean... I am ready for the game, what about you?!

[figmentofmyass]

only 16 registered today? quarantine relaxing and spring weather, i guess.

My friend tyKiwanuka just notified me that it's my 1 year bitcointalk anniversary! What better way to "celebrate" this than a bounty on my head in tonight's tournament?!  Whoever manages to knock me out - and that will be very hard of course - will receive a 3k chips reward in his SwC account!

i'm coming for ya, efi!

I opened a bottle of wine, wife and kids are taken care of, dog is fed, dishes clean... I am ready for the game, what about you?!

joint rolled, coffee brewed. got a few ice cold beers in the fridge for the final table.....

[CoinEraser]

Even today my luck has left me and I am out on 15th place. GG to all and to the winner of the game. Late registration has ended and we have a total of 19 participants. 

[cygan]

only 16 registered today? quarantine relaxing and spring weather, i guess.

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that was the reason why i'm not on the tables today with you guys 

[morvillz7z]

GG everyone, i was dealt pretty awful cards today, folded 95% of the time and at the end forced my way out.

What do guys think of late registration time? Isn't 55min a bit too much especially now when we have a lower number of participants. Could we make it 20-30min tops, if possible of course?

I see that next week's games have 5k starting chips, at last...should be fun, have some more early action.

[jayce]

Damn got another 13th position for the fifth time in current and last tourney. Not sure why 13 loves me.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

The comeback of tiktok is impressive. At some point he had less than 500 chips and now he has over 3k chips!!! damn!

I was in good position but consecutive lose of some big hands and from over 6k chips to now only in 2.5k chips. I really hope I get some good cards.

[figmentofmyass]

What do guys think of late registration time? Isn't 55min a bit too much especially now when we have a lower number of participants. Could we make it 20-30min tops, if possible of course?

I see that next week's games have 5k starting chips, at last...should be fun, have some more early action.

that's what i'm hoping for.

i did notice a couple people joined at the very end of late registration today. with bigger starting stacks, i think we should limit it, otherwise it starts becoming kinda EV+ to join late.

+1 on cutting it to 30 minutes.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Something was wrong with the table today. Most of us were going disconnected and it was hard to continue. However I am not gonna blame anything for my stupidity. I was always programming myself to play defensive but more than 10 occasions I attacked having nothing in my hand. Every time I was losing. The 2nd last hand against 1n0n1c was kinda fluke. My connection was disconnecting and I was frustrated at the best so I was checking the ALL In box. Connection lost and when reconnected, I saw over 2.4k chips where I had no match after the flop. LOL

But that did not last long. In the next hand I lost all against webtricks. I know it was a stupid call to go all in with the JJ pair in the turn.




I really was not able to connect my plan today after going down from 6k chips.  

Impressive TiktokLyfe still is going strong. 7.7k chips. At some stage he had less than 500 chips!

[Hhampuz]

GG's all! Tonight was a fun tourny 

[figmentofmyass]

Something was wrong with the table today. Most of us were going disconnected and it was hard to continue.

yeah i noticed a few people kept timing out. good old SwC.

Impressive TiktokLyfe still is going strong. 7.7k chips. At some stage he had less than 500 chips!

he should thank me.

he shoved into my BB and it was like 300 chips to call. i called with 34o, because why not. it was all up from there. "a chip and a chair" as they say. he just took down #2.

as for me..... another final table, another disappointment. i'm feeling especially trolled because @Murat was sitting out with 4bbs left and to be knocked out very soon.

but i thought fuck it, i'm going for the win, not 5th place. 5-handed facing a blind steal from the SB? of course i'm re-shoving in his face with JJ! unfortunately he did have a hand, and i'm losing a lot of these 60-40 spots recently. owned:



that's poker for ya! 11 points in the first 2 games---it could be worse. but still no ITM.

GG's all! Tonight was a fun tourny 

+1. see everyone next week!

congrats on the win, 1r0n1c. this is who ended up cashing:

[tyKiwanuka]

Congrats @1r0n1c. For a short period of time I had the feeling you would blow it

The standings after the first weekend of play. We have two leaders in @figmentofmyass and @Betwrong (tie-breaker ties them as well for the moment):



Yesterdays top performer mostly had a rough day today, dropping out like flies in the early stages.

@SteamTyme
I put your 200 chips from today to next Saturday.

[arallmuus]

The comeback of tiktok is impressive. At some point he had less than 500 chips and now he has over 3k chips!!! damn!

Was having a lucky card that got me some chips, ended up second though probably because my luck runs out  . Nah Im just kidding, the last player was really good indeed

i did notice a couple people joined at the very end of late registration today. with bigger starting stacks, i think we should limit it, otherwise it starts becoming kinda EV+ to join late.

+1 on cutting it to 30 minutes.

+1 to this as well or probably make it 15-20 minutes , Im one of the player that got in late ( in fact very late , Sorry about this guys ).

GG's all! Tonight was a fun tourny  

Was fun playing with you as well  

Impressive TiktokLyfe still is going strong. 7.7k chips. At some stage he had less than 500 chips!

It was nothing more than luck so yeah but at the end 1r0nic was really good  

Damn got another 13th position for the fifth time in current and last tourney. Not sure why 13 loves me.

It is probably your lucky number 13  

he should thank me.

I guess I should, Thankyou mate 


Was a really good game with you guys this night, So sorry I couldnt chat in the game though 

[morvillz7z]

Looking at the standings it is hard not to notice that yahoo62278 and Improved have 1 point between them after the first two games. Everyone watch out next week!   I'm currently holding the last spot with 7 points but something tells me making championship game would require a lot more points than the previous series (Trofo with 19), perhaps 25pts or more?

Anyway, cya all at the tables next week!

edit;

there's already 2 players registered for next week, @morvillz7z and @CCwatcher420. if changing late registration is anything like changing starting stacks, they may need to unregister before SwC can change it.

I've unregistered, someone please pm CCwatcher420 and let's get it down to 15-20min!!!

[yahoo62278]

Looking at the standings it is hard not to notice that yahoo62278 and Improved have 1 point between them after the first two games. Everyone watch out next week!    I'm currently holding the last spot with 7 points but something tells me making championship game would require a lot more points than the previous series (Trofo with 19), perhaps 25pts or more?

Anyway, cya all at the tables next week!

I kinda feel like a lot of people are sitting out trying to last longer and gain points. Half the game 3-4 players were sitting out on my table. Then you got a few that are joining late(nearly last minute) and that really is angling for points as well. Blinds aren't really that high so it doesn't hurt them to sit out or not join til late reg is almost over.

I really think we should get a 10 minute late reg for the game so this advantage cannot be used.

As far as me having no points, it's poker. Sometimes hands hold, sometimes they don't. I'm not out yet. Seen some really bad plays by some users, so i'm shocked I haven't gotten points yet. I'll get there.

Efialtis went out on a big shocker. He raised preflop and was called. Board came something like 662 or something really low and a pair. I'm sure he can post the hand history. Flop was bet by efialtis and snap called by the villian. Efialtis has about 1600 chips left at this point. Turn came an 8 I believe. Efialtis bets 630 and again is snap called. Villain has K10 offsuit, river king lmao. Efialtis shoved all in and obviously is called and out.

I am not complaining about how the villian played the hand, I'm just saying what the heck was the guy doing in the hand with K10 after the flop? And how the heck am I not raping a player like that?

[figmentofmyass]

What do guys think of late registration time? Isn't 55min a bit too much especially now when we have a lower number of participants. Could we make it 20-30min tops, if possible of course?

+1 on cutting it to 30 minutes.

+1 to this as well or probably make it 15-20 minutes , Im one of the player that got in late ( in fact very late , Sorry about this guys ).

I really think we should get a 10 minute late reg for the game so this advantage cannot be used.

there seems to be a consensus forming pretty quickly about this. i know @Steamtyme was pushing for shorter late reg a few days ago too.

there's already 2 players registered for next week, @morvillz7z and @CCwatcher420. if changing late registration is anything like changing starting stacks, they may need to unregister before SwC can change it.

so, what'll it be? 15 minutes? 20 minutes? that still gives me a slight cushion in case i hit the snooze button at 10am.

another way to prevent points angling would be a top-heavy points structure, but that seemed to be fairly contentious when suggested before, and plus we're already 2 games in. the ideal IMO is smooth points payout w/ large fields, but unfortunately it seems we're stuck at 2-3 tables tops.

Efialtis went out on a big shocker. He raised preflop and was called. Board came something like 662 or something really low and a pair. I'm sure he can post the hand history. Flop was bet by efialtis and snap called by the villian. Efialtis has about 1600 chips left at this point. Turn came an 8 I believe. Efialtis bets 630 and again is snap called. Villain has K10 offsuit, river king lmao. Efialtis shoved all in and obviously is called and out.

I am not complaining about how the villian played the hand, I'm just saying what the heck was the guy doing in the hand with K10 after the flop? And how the heck am I not raping a player like that?

because he's sucking out.

i guess there was some added incentive to stay in pots with @efialtis this time since there was a 3k chip bounty on his head? anybody remember who it was?

[tyKiwanuka]

i guess there was some added incentive to stay in pots with @efialtis this time since there was a 3k chip bounty on his head? anybody remember who it was?

It was Murat/hardtime.

Efialtis went out on a big shocker. He raised preflop and was called. Board came something like 662 or something really low and a pair. I'm sure he can post the hand history. Flop was bet by efialtis and snap called by the villian. Efialtis has about 1600 chips left at this point. Turn came an 8 I believe. Efialtis bets 630 and again is snap called. Villain has K10 offsuit, river king lmao. Efialtis shoved all in and obviously is called and out.

I am not complaining about how the villian played the hand, I'm just saying what the heck was the guy doing in the hand with K10 after the flop? And how the heck am I not raping a player like that?

The call on the flop was very borderline imo, but some people like their overcards and who knows what read he had on efialtis (plus the bounty that was available as figment mentioned). I would have folded on the flop too, but tbf on the turn the play was reasonable then, since it was acutally K10 suited and he had a flush draw then with another club on the turn, so quite some outs (and chips).

[1r0n1c]

thank you figmentofmyass  and TyKiwanuka Was fun yesterday.
But this TikTok guys made me sick

[webtricks]

GG's all! Tonight was a fun tourny 

Don't feed me this bullshit, lol! Who goes against all-in with 5-10 offsuit? Really! High card: 10, not same suited, difference of more than 4 between cards. No chance of straight or flush with both hole cards, awful chance of pair and that too a weak pair. Even newbie player won't play this hand. But you went against me with these cards and surprisingly won!! I felt like killing you at the moment. Tell to the Goddess of Luck who was on your side yesterday and dealt 5 among community cards that next time her charm won't work.


@tyKiwanuka why didn't you play poker this week?

[cryptofrka]

I really think we should get a 10 minute late reg for the game so this advantage cannot be used.

I did not want to suggest something like this because I will be on and off during this series but now that it has been mentioned - I strongly support this.
I'd even go as far as reject late regs completely, if somebody is late to the game he will just lose a few early blinds which is no big deal at all.

Late regs in a point-based placement tournaments will always lead to people trying to get most out of the system.

[Steamtyme]

**Sorry no quotes and replies tough on phone.

My thoughts on the reduced late reg were more to keep the tournament length roughly the same with a larger stack - i had also mentioned shorter levels to that effect. I completely get where everyone is coming from here and would be fine with something anywhere from no late reg to a 15 minute late reg. Lets face it there aren't hundreds of us joining, everyone knows where or when... well almost @sygambler  

It really depends on peoples motivations most of us here want to have a good time, sure winning is great. If someone is going to angle they are going to angle. Hell right now it looks like you can reg not play and still get some points, not a great plan but possible.

For series tournaments here is my ideal structure.
Freezout - 2 level late reg - and 8 minute levels with a 7500 stack.

Either way see you guys next Saturday. I woke up about 20 minutes after late reg with my phone firmly muffled under my gut  

Thanks Tykiwanuka
@BitcoinGirl.Club
You should pop back into my hand discussion thread to continue going over the hand you posted.  Would be nice to hear how it played out.

[Betwrong]

~
so, what'll it be? 15 minutes? 20 minutes? that still gives me a slight cushion in case i hit the snooze button at 10am.
~

I personally have nothing against no late reg at all, but since some of us need it, I think we all can agree on something in between.

What about 20 minutes, guys? I mean, it's really nothing in regards to the possibility of taking advantage of it. But, on the other hand, it is much better than no late reg for those of us who need it.

[efialtis]

I will ask SwC to reduce Late registration (20 minutes) - thanks for the input guys. It's only normal it will take some time before we sort out such details but please also keep in mind I can't ask them to edit stuff every couple of days - we don't want to become a pain, do we.

[arallmuus]

thank you figmentofmyass  and TyKiwanuka Was fun yesterday.
But this TikTok guys made me sick

It was nothing more than lucky hands, I was down to almost 500 chips and made a comeback with few lucky hands that was all. It was a fun game last night when we were the last two standing but I got greedy and went all in hoping that you wouldnt catch my bad hands but Yeah I wasnt lucky until the end

I guess you cant be lucky everytime but considering how I was at 500 chips and managed to get top 2 is just like a miracle, I was just aiming for #10 as I think I wouldnt stay much longer

I will ask SwC to reduce Late registration (20 minutes) - thanks for the input guys. It's only normal it will take some time before we sort out such details but please also keep in mind I can't ask them to edit stuff every couple of days - we don't want to become a pain, do we.

Nicely done Efialtis  

[Trofo]

I will ask SwC to reduce Late registration (20 minutes) - thanks for the input guys. It's only normal it will take some time before we sort out such details but please also keep in mind I can't ask them to edit stuff every couple of days - we don't want to become a pain, do we.

Good decision. This should help reduce the possibility of taking advantage with late reg.

It really depends on peoples motivations most of us here want to have a good time, sure winning is great. If someone is going to angle they are going to angle. Hell right now it looks like you can reg not play and still get some points, not a great plan but possible.

Yo can't stop people trying to take advantage of the system but we can try to take away their possible gains and in  that way discourage them from even trying. This late reg shortening seems a good step in that direction.

As I already pointed out before I am here to have some fun not play super serious poker. That comes more as a chore then fun and I enter that mode only when much bigger stakes are on the table That being said I wanted to play "seriously" our final game of the last series and existed the tournament in record time. Go figure, maybe I am better player or I have more luck when having fun.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

@BitcoinGirl.Club
You should pop back into my hand discussion thread to continue going over the hand you posted.  Would be nice to hear how it played out.

I had this out of mind. I will make a post on that topic and will active the notification. Sorry guys.

I will ask SwC to reduce Late registration (20 minutes) - thanks for the input guys. It's only normal it will take some time before we sort out such details but please also keep in mind I can't ask them to edit stuff every couple of days - we don't want to become a pain, do we.

Good decision. This should help reduce the possibility of taking advantage with late reg.

Damn it guys! I feel the heat. I was one of the guy who joined at the last minute. To be honest I was in-between some other regular task so I thought to join late and I am lucky that I did not miss it. If I was few minutes late then I would miss last night. Take it easy as this was not my priority last night.

I will vote for 10 minutes late registration. I think this is standard instead of having 55 minutes. 

[Trofo]

Damn it guys! I feel the heat. I was one of the guy who joined at the last minute. To be honest I was in-between some other regular task so I thought to join late and I am lucky that I did not miss it. If I was few minutes late then I would miss last night. Take it easy as this was not my priority last night.

Chill out, it is not about you We always have quite a few late regs. I didn't check if it is always the same guys or not and at this point it doesn't even matter if somebody used late reg as a part of their strategy. It was allowed by the rules and if somebody profited from that - good for them. Shorter late reg just makes the game more fun and fair for those that start from the begging and that is a plus for me.

[SyGambler]

hmm IDK if it's late to apply this but I feel that the structure should give players incentive to gain the most points instead of just gaining points to qualify for the final game
at the moment it doesn't matter if you collect 80 points cause you will gain the same benefits as the one who finishes on 9th place

the current structure is making people chasing some points just to qualify , while if it was better to finish in top 3 for example things would change and you probably will see players competing for top spot

maybe in the next series the structure should reward the top 3 players based on points , or maybe we should cancel the finale as well and credit the final prizes based on points

[tyKiwanuka]

Don't feed me this bullshit, lol! Who goes against all-in with 5-10 offsuit? Really! High card: 10, not same suited, difference of more than 4 between cards. No chance of straight or flush with both hole cards, awful chance of pair and that too a weak pair. Even newbie player won't play this hand. But you went against me with these cards and surprisingly won!! I felt like killing you at the moment. Tell to the Goddess of Luck who was on your side yesterday and dealt 5 among community cards that next time her charm won't work.

Hhampuz already explained to you in chat and it wasn't a bad play. You only had around 2k, he had 10k, was among the chipleaders and was big blind. In these kind of situations you can call an all-in from small stacks with any two cards basically. In the majority of scenarios you would have two live cards and probabilty to win is not that bad as one would think:


Source: https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-tools/odds-calculator/texas-holdem

33% vs 66% is not too shabby, if you can eliminate a player risking only few chips. Hhampuz had a bit of "bad luck", because he only had one live card, since you had the T too. But it's still only 22% vs 75% in your favour. It was a suckout, but happens all the time in poker. You sucked out players too in the past in guess Part of the game.

@tyKiwanuka why didn't you play poker this week?

I wasn't in the mood to play and since I don't have any chances to reach the Grand Final anyway, I don't feel urged to play every tournament.

[arallmuus]

33% vs 66% is not too shabby, if you can eliminate a player risking only few chips. Hhampuz had a bit of "bad luck", because he only had one live card, since you had the T too. But it's still only 22% vs 75% in your favour. It was a suckout, but happens all the time in poker. You sucked out players too in the past in guess Part of the game.

Happened to me last night when I was under 1500 chips, all those with higher chip stack keep pressuring me with higher stake whenever I have the big or small blind. Part of the strategy indeed and I consider this as smart play to pressure someone because once you got 10 or 9 people on the game that means it is almost safe that you might secure some point

since I don't have any chances to reach the Grand Final anyway, I don't feel urged to play every tournament.

Why? there are still 6 more games to go and at this point everyone still have a chance to get into the grand final

[tyKiwanuka]

Why? there are still 6 more games to go and at this point everyone still have a chance to get into the grand final

Yes, in theory everyone can still make it. I guess you could make the final by playing only three tourneys (but you would have to minimum Top3 in all of them ). Realistically though, I am missing the skill to make any noise.

I always had a love-hate relationship with Poker I am admiring people, who are able to make good money longterm (or a living) with it, because for me this is unthinkable - not because of the difficulty to master the game itself, but because it's so time-consuming, you are a prisoner to your computer and the mental part is so huge. Sportsbetting is already a rollercoaster, but Poker is so much worse for my liking.

So I just play Poker from time to time, if there is nothing else to do like during these Corona times. My beloved Bundesliga will start again on the weekend and watching/betting some football brings me more joy than playing the devils game called Poker

[CoinEraser]

I will ask SwC to reduce Late registration (20 minutes) - thanks for the input guys. It's only normal it will take some time before we sort out such details but please also keep in mind I can't ask them to edit stuff every couple of days - we don't want to become a pain, do we.

I also think 20 minutes is a good decision. The late registration was really a bit too long and 20 minutes is really fair and should be absolutely enough. Thumbs up for the decision. 

[Hhampuz]

I don't think the late reg is an issue once you increase the starting stacks to 5k. Besides, it is up to the players at the table to.. play, right? I keep seeing people go all in preflop when they have 50bb and they sit with AT, JQ, A9 off suit and if you are going to play like that I don't think you can blame people who late reg if you end up out of the money.

I know I'm not a pro and I'm not playing these tournaments as if it's the $1k Thursday Thrilla so it's all for fun, really. If someone wants to sit out after making some good pots - let them. Doesn't really change anything from them becoming super tight from that point either.

Happy to see 5k start stack though!

[arallmuus]

Why? there are still 6 more games to go and at this point everyone still have a chance to get into the grand final

Yes, in theory everyone can still make it. I guess you could make the final by playing only three tourneys (but you would have to minimum Top3 in all of them ). Realistically though, I am missing the skill to make any noise.

I always had a love-hate relationship with Poker I am admiring people, who are able to make good money longterm (or a living) with it, because for me this is unthinkable - not because of the difficulty to master the game itself, but because it's so time-consuming, you are a prisoner to your computer and the mental part is so huge. Sportsbetting is already a rollercoaster, but Poker is so much worse for my liking.

So I just play Poker from time to time, if there is nothing else to do like during these Corona times. My beloved Bundesliga will start again on the weekend and watching/betting some football brings me more joy than playing the devils game called Poker
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Well the thing is that it doesnt really needs some skill to be good at this game. Someone could be very good to be able to fold at the right time without having to lose alot of chips or be able to call some bluff. However if luck is not on your side, even someone with bad cards and some bluff could win the game although you have a pair of Ace

but because it's so time-consuming, you are a prisoner to your computer and the mental part is so huge

Yes it is really time consuming indeed and thats how most people lose out in the end after they made it quite good after the first or second break imo 

[CoinEraser]

I don't think the late reg is an issue once you increase the starting stacks to 5k. Besides, it is up to the players at the table to.. play, right? I keep seeing people go all in preflop when they have 50bb and they sit with AT, JQ, A9 off suit and if you are going to play like that I don't think you can blame people who late reg if you end up out of the money.

I know I'm not a pro and I'm not playing these tournaments as if it's the $1k Thursday Thrilla so it's all for fun, really. If someone wants to sit out after making some good pots - let them. Doesn't really change anything from them becoming super tight from that point either.

Happy to see 5k start stack though!

Damn, it's all pretty complicated and not easy. I can understand your arguments well. I guess you're right about that. If we have a 5k start stack, it is also something else. Then we don't need to change the time of the late registration. Either way, a small adjustment would be very good. Luckily, I don't have to decide that. I trust that efialtis will make the right decision. Otherwise he can change the change again. 

[figmentofmyass]

at the moment it doesn't matter if you collect 80 points cause you will gain the same benefits as the one who finishes on 9th place

the current structure is making people chasing some points just to qualify , while if it was better to finish in top 3 for example things would change and you probably will see players competing for top spot

this is what i meant earlier about a more top-heavy structure. if everyone is competing for the win, the problem solves itself. but it may create a new problem---paying only the top 3 might discourage lots of players who don't think they can consistently place. the smoother payouts provide incentives to widen the field.

no easy answer there because strong players will lobby for top-heavy, more casual or marginal players will prefer smooth so it gives them a better shot. maybe the solution is somewhere in between. pay out the top 10, but skew points towards the top.

i liked the original idea---that the championship was the final table of final tables. in a large field, a final table is meaningful and should be rewarded and the smooth structure is good for that. i think it worked okay in the first series even with just 25-30 players a game. at <20 a game, i can see it's not ideal though.

the ideal solution is to get more players.......

[iv4n]

maybe in the next series the structure should reward the top 3 players based on points , or maybe we should cancel the finale as well and credit the final prizes based on points

Well this sounds very interesting! I think we should add some chips for that, or to cut prizes for grand finale!?
This would be a real race for points, not just to get in the final tournament, it would be an extra motivation for every tournament! Like a league and cup in the same time!
I like this proposition, and I would like others to think about this and maybe Efi, Yahoo, tyKiwanuka, Hhampuz, Betwrong, and others can give some extra thoughts on this and maybe they can find a way to implement this in existing structure!

[SyGambler]

no easy answer there because strong players will lobby for top-heavy, more casual or marginal players will prefer smooth so it gives them a better shot. maybe the solution is somewhere in between. pay out the top 10, but skew points towards the top.

well it can be like half of the prize goes to top3 and the other half goes for the final game or something similar
there is indeed no perfect solution , personally I prefer this one cause it reduces variance a lot since currently the most important thing is to run good in the finale so even if you play perfect poker in 8 games and lead the series you may end up disappointed in the finale due to one single bad beat

at the same time the current structure is more newbie friendly as well since you don't really need to play good , all you need is to qualify then run good in the finale

so both arguments are valid IMO and really not sure what is the best

[Hhampuz]

My 2 satoshi.. playing for points that eventually leads to a grand finale is much more interesting and to me makes it more fun.  If you would do it any other way (top 3 in points just get the prize) this would disincentive playing if you have one or two bad tournys early on as it might be over. With current structure it's never really over until it's over and once you are in the top 9 it's a new day and a new game where it's all to play for.

Keep as is with 5k starting stack is perfect, IMO.

Now my idea for an implementation would be perhaps one game per week over 2 months as that could theoretically mean less variance and more stability as I know some people can't/don't want to commit both their Saturday and Sunday to play poker, depending on your timezone (I know current timezone makes it harder for any americans to play) it's quite the commitment indeed.

[tyKiwanuka]

To add to the confusion and drive efialtis nuts :

I would get rid of late registration entirely, because there is more than enough time for people to register (and unregister again, if they can't make it). If someone decides to join shortly before a tournament starts and has trouble to get his deposit credited in time, he/she can just ask in here for someone to send 1000 chips and send it back after it was credited by SwC.


For the internal point structure, I would weigh the number of entrants in. It's harder to beat 25 people than it is to beat 15 people and with the structure as it is now, you get the same points, which makes no sense.

25 entrants
25th place = 1 point
24th place = 2 points
(...)
2nd place = 24 points
1st place = 25 points

15 entrants
15th place = 1 point
14th place = 2 points
(...)
2nd place = 14 points
1st place = 15 points

There were 18 and 19 players last weekend, so no biggy right now, but maybe for the future. Because a) more people could join and b) as far as I am aware most of us live in the northern hemisphere and summer is around. So number of entrants could drop even more and if you have only 10 players, it's not reasonable to award the same amount of points compared to when you have 25 players.

Now there could be some outlier, where you have a tournament with 50 people joining and the winner might qualify for Grand Final just by winning this tournament, but this is very unlikely to happen. And if so, then the player that is able (read: lucky enough) to beat 49 others, probably deserved his spot in the Grand Final.


With the top heavy structure I don't know. Sure the player that has 80 points will start with the same stack as the player that just got in at 9th place, but he will most likely already have collected some more prize money along the way and is in profit. One tournament win - depending on number of entrants - will already cover the fees for all 8 tournaments more or less. But yeah, it's not easy. In NFL, a team can go 16-0 in regular season and then lay an egg in their first playoff game and be eliminated. Is it fair ? Probably no. Is it just the way it is ? Definitely yes.

[yahoo62278]

To add to the confusion and drive efialtis nuts :

I would get rid of late registration entirely, because there is more than enough time for people to register (and unregister again, if they can't make it). If someone decides to join shortly before a tournament starts and has trouble to get his deposit credited in time, he/she can just ask in here for someone to send 1000 chips and send it back after it was credited by SwC.

I am 100% in agreement with this. I am usually registered days ahead of time. The game is at the same time every weekend. Players know this weeks in advance. So all the last min late reg and angle shooting is nuts. At least with no late reg players are penalized for sitting out by losing chips. I don't like players sitting out, but I cannot stop them.

Far as your points structure goes, maybe no matter the amount of entrants, last gets 1 point and everyone gains a point with each person knocked out. Only issue is 1 tourney might be worth 27 points to 1st, while 3 others were only worth 15. So, that probably will not work out to good.

[cancerbola]

Points from first to last is literally the best way to encourage sitting out (apart from an upside down last gets most structure). In this case they would be rewarded for sitting out straight from the beginning, in contrast to the fixed 10 place structure where they would have to fight for points when they decide to finally play.

[Trofo]

Points from first to last is literally the best way to encourage sitting out (apart from an upside down last gets most structure). In this case they would be rewarded for sitting out straight from the beginning, in contrast to the fixed 10 place structure where they would have to fight for points when they decide to finally play.

Is this really a problem? I guess that players who intentionally opt to sit out are not that good players in the first place. Meaning they will never win the tournament and even if they get very lucky and get to the final table they will surly not get in the paid places there. As we have seen recently sitting out and not playing a single hand can give you points but I don't think that will work in similar fashion every time. And if you decide to activate after some time yes you will have more chips than some players but you will also have less chips than better players which is not a favorable position to be in, at least for me. I want to be chip leader and start chip bullying as soon as possible

[efialtis]

Hey there,

you guys are driving me crazy... :p Well, not really, buuuuuuut... here is my opinion:

Disclaimer in advance: It's hard to fulfill everyone's wishes and we will never get there...

- Personally I didn't really care about late registration because after all - it's not generally an advantage to join even after 50 minutes, is it? ... Provided we are playing some nice poker, it shouldn't be. Still, I will talk with the hosts and see what we can do.

- Regarding points structure: I understand the "pain" but on the other hand, as Hhampuz also stated, for me it is not an option to cancel the championship finale and just pay out based on performances in the qualifiers. Again, I really get what you guys are talking about... but this is supposed to be the highlight of each series and I am actually loving it (even though I didn't qualify ). As tyKiwanuka also stated correctly, it's like regular season and playoffs and as hard (unfair) as it may be in some cases, it's still a great way to run a nice and big community event when playing with fellow forum mates, isn't it? Plus... Men, I suffered so many suckouts so far... It's not like poker is fair anyway when referring to a series of 8 games. Last but not least - players who do well in the qualifiers will also receive some nice prizes on the way to the final so there is always an "incentive" - that final tournament (in my opinion) is supposed to be a big, big bonus for anyone who manages to get there.

If you guys wish I am okay with adapting the points structure even though I don't see the need you guys do - I definitely do not wish to run the series without a final game though and I hope you won't force me doing that.

[figmentofmyass]

If you guys wish I am okay with adapting the points structure even though I don't see the need you guys do - I definitely do not wish to run the series without a final game though and I hope you won't force me doing that.

+1. i don't see a huge need to change it (and i think cutting down late registration will help) and i strongly prefer a championship type structure vs paying out for points.

clearly everyone has an opinion about different ways the point system could work. there are dozens of ways to do it, and if you want to do a deep dive into all the angles, these guys have covered most of them: https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/league-points.6199/

[Betwrong]

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clearly everyone has an opinion about different ways the point system could work. there are dozens of ways to do it, and if you want to do a deep dive into all the angles, these guys have covered most of them: https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/league-points.6199/

Thanks for the link! There are some interesting ideas there. My personal fav is this one:



After adjusting it to our current game, we would have the following Points Structure:

1st: 11 (10 + 1)
2nd: 10 (9 + 1)
3rd: 9 (8 + 1)
4th: 8 (7 + 1)
5th: 7 (6 + 1)
6th: 6 (5 + 1)
7th: 5 (4 + 1)
8th: 4 (3+1)
9th: 3 (2+1)
10th: 2 (1+1)
11th and downward: 1

With this structure people would be still incentivized to finish in the top 10, so we would definitely have more action at the tables than if all places were awarded accordingly, like 25th place with 1 point, 24th place with 2 points and so on. On the other hand, I think people deserve at least one point for their participation, no matter on which place they finish.

[Globb0]

I got shot down for suggesting exactly such a thing.

Its not about lowly players getting something feels like there are self proclaimed semi pros who want marks, looking at some of the discussions.

I can tell you that isn't encouraging noobs to get involved for the banter and fun of it.

[arallmuus]

- Personally I didn't really care about late registration because after all - it's not generally an advantage to join even after 50 minutes, is it? ... Provided we are playing some nice poker, it shouldn't be. Still, I will talk with the hosts and see what we can do.

To clarify before I start writing this, I do agree to cut down the late registration or even have no late registration at all


You still needs to be lucky to get to the top spot  

FOMA was there when I ( I am one of the late register player ) was down to 500 chips and all those big stacks keep pressuring me whenever I am paying the blind however lucky hands save my ass  

I am almost out before I even got into top 10 lol, late registration doesnt really save your ass at all if you are not lucky  

I just got lucky to be on the top spot this week and I could probably not going to make to the grand final lol as well. Even if someone "claimed" that they are better than most player , it doesnt means they will qualify for the grand final if they are not lucky

Even some of the top contender in the first series got shot out early on the game

[davinchi]

There is already a method that is used and as long as most people are happy with it, I do not see a reason for you guys to change it at all. You should probably keep it, but if you want to change it I think this one would be too late to change now, I would say change it on the next one and meanwhile talk about what people want for the next one here, that way you will have people talking about their ideas and what they think would be better, and other people would give feedback on their ideas that way you wouldn't be just hearing out one person but hearing out everyone on everyone's ideas and that would be more democratic.

However I still think that this was done this way already and it was fine, I think people enjoyed and they are registering again, so I do not see a reason to change it again.

[Globb0]

My thoughts are aligned with efialtis

I would avoid making too many changes, SwC has been good to us guys and we don't want to end up pissing them off.

[Steamtyme]

My thoughts are aligned with efialtis
I would avoid making too many changes, SwC has been good to us guys and we don't want to end up pissing them off.

Them or efialtis lol.

How about everyone just play out the rest of this series and see if we have any further issues or concerns. We take a week of in between this and the next and see if we want to tweak the structure any further. There are a lot of good suggestions but some of this is just change for the sake of change. We will all have a preferred style of tournament, but so far these aren't broke and I don't see a need to fix it.

I also found it a bit confusing trying to follow the discussions mixed in with everything else. I made this landing page for discussion about changes and/or preferences.

Bitcointalk Poker Series format discussion - Let's keep them all in one place.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

While you guys are busy figuring out the best format, I am practicing my poker skills. 😝

 

I could do better but at the end I was too annoyed with the guy who kicked me out. The guy had over 24k chips and the 2nd highest one had 10k or something other one had 5kish and I had 3kish. This chip leader guy always goes ALL IN. Continuously, since he had around 5k ships. Everyone just leave their hands when he bets ALL IN. Sometimes he lose but the other side always have less than 1/4 of this total chips so he always recovers the lose. I got him twice too. But this time it did not help. I go ALL IN with a KJ I guess and he called. He had better card so he won and I am out. But before that I somehow manged to get the 4th place.

By the way, figure out the best for all. I am too noob to give input in your conversations. LOL

[Globb0]

While you guys are busy figuring out the best format, I am practicing my poker skills. 😝

 

I could do better but at the end I was too annoyed with the guy who kicked me out. The guy had over 24k chips and the 2nd highest one had 10k or something other one had 5kish and I had 3kish. This chip leader guy always goes ALL IN. Continuously, since he had around 5k ships. Everyone just leave their hands when he bets ALL IN. Sometimes he lose but the other side always have less than 1/4 of this total chips so he always recovers the lose. I got him twice too. But this time it did not help. I go ALL IN with a KJ I guess and he called. He had better card so he won and I am out. But before that I somehow manged to get the 4th place.

By the way, figure out the best for all. I am too noob to give input in your conversations. LOL

haha similarly I spent the time bleeding out in the no rake tables.   

Does that count as practice?

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

haha similarly I spent the time bleeding out in the no rake tables.   

Does that count as practice?

I suck in full table but now improving. Here is another one, just finished LOL


Again last place in the prize position. I really need to improve my finishing. I had few luck in this tourney though but at the end that AA basically took everything way.

Yeah, practice 😝
But I am having fun.

[figmentofmyass]

My thoughts are aligned with efialtis

I would avoid making too many changes, SwC has been good to us guys and we don't want to end up pissing them off.

+1, although SwC has nothing to do with the points system. that's all done on our side. they just manually enter the top 9 we give them into the championship.

Bitcointalk Poker Series format discussion - Let's keep them all in one place.

thanks, i've added some thoughts there.

haha similarly I spent the time bleeding out in the no rake tables.   

Does that count as practice?

bleeding chips are you? post some hands here, maybe they are worth reviewing: Poker talk - Specifically Hold'em - Hands and or strategy

[Globb0]

I noticed now its the same few people sitting there all the time. They are pro hoovers

[efialtis]

Quick Update:

I have added this week's tournament links here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5245365.msg54348813#msg54348813

We will have 5k starting stacks for the first time. I am not sure if we will manage to get the reduced late registration period by then - if not, please bear with me.

Whoever has already paid the extra chips and is missing the passwords, please get in touch via PM, on Discord or TG.

Thanks guys!

[webtricks]

I was going through the last 2-3 pages of this thread and sensed some negative vibes among members. It looks like we have lost the main purpose of these tournaments - 'fun', right? Compare the posts from these 8 pages with 40 from first series and you will find how charismatic everyone was sounding in previous series. But here we are discussing about the late registration problem, how some members are just playing to make to championship, how some members knowingly sit out, how some members play defensively to make point and what not! It seems like the purpose has been shift from 'fun' to 'money' and that's why I think we are seeing the drop of 30-40% participants.

Well, I can tell personally for myself that I don't care about any of the above. For me member may come at the first minute or the last, use whatever strategy he can, I have paid over 0.01 BTC to play these series so far just because I enjoy playing and keep on doing so until I am enjoying. So please everybody let's keep these issues aside and let's not think too much and play with peaceful mind.

[arallmuus]

I noticed now its the same few people sitting there all the time. They are pro hoovers

Those guy are mostly the same as everyone that usually plays on the 750k guaranteed on sunday. Whoever that win the grand final will receive ticket to join the 750k guaranteed game . The vibe and tension could be very different there as those people could be considered as "pro"

We will have 5k starting stacks for the first time.

Nicely done Efialtis  

Lets see what kind of complaint that you will get next week . I kinda see that they are atleast some complaint in this second series after the 1st week regardless of how good the tournament was in the first series

[efialtis]

I noticed now its the same few people sitting there all the time. They are pro hoovers

Those guy are mostly the same as everyone that usually plays on the 750k guaranteed on sunday. Whoever that win the grand final will receive ticket to join the 750k guaranteed game . The vibe and tension could be very different there as those people could be considered as "pro"

We will have 5k starting stacks for the first time.

Nicely done Efialtis  

Lets see what kind of complaint that you will get next week . I kinda see that they are atleast some complaint in this second series after the 1st week regardless of how good the tournament was in the first series

To be fair - I really don't mind people posting suggestions - I actually appreciate that, after all,  it's the first time we have ever had a series of (poker) events exclusively for bitcointalk users and it's a process so yeah, there will definitely be room for improvement. A competitive attitude is something I also share and that's of course perfectly fine for me - I just don't want us to forget that in the end, fun should come first.

[cygan]

as i abandoned last sunday, i will now try to be there again this saturday and sit at the table with you guys again
then try to get back into the final table

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Who is joining Poker with Steve in around half an hour? I am fully pumped 🤪

Check the post I made on their ANN LOL

PS: This is my third prize sharing in SwC 250 buy in tourney in last 24 hours. 3 out of 3 🤣
In the first one I ended at 4th, in the 2nd one 3rd and in this one 2nd.

[figmentofmyass]

bump!

the next bitcointalk tourney is in 2 days. i'm not sure if the spreadsheet is accurate re fees paid, but we've only got 11 players signed up for the next game so far. get in the game!

with everyone under 12 points in the standings, the series is still wide open for the taking, so anyone joining this weekend still has a great shot at qualifying for the championship game.

place in the top 9 in the points standings and you'll qualify for the final table: ~0.08+ BTC prize pool + a ticket to a 0.75 BTC guaranteed tournament. check the OP for details. every qualifier has its own prize pool too of course.

i hope to see some new faces on saturday!

[iv4n]

bump!

the next bitcointalk tourney is in 2 days. i'm not sure if the spreadsheet is accurate re fees paid, but we've only got 11 players signed up for the next game so far. get in the game!

with everyone under 12 points in the standings, the series is still wide open for the taking, so anyone joining this weekend still has a great shot at qualifying for the championship game.

place in the top 9 in the points standings and you'll qualify for the final table: ~0.08+ BTC prize pool + a ticket to a 0.75 BTC guaranteed tournament. check the OP for details. every qualifier has its own prize pool too of course.

i hope to see some new faces on saturday!

I sent chips to Efi yesterday, probably he didn't see that. I think there will be more players, probably free time is becoming a problem for many! I still don't work, and I am not sure will I start working next week or the one after. So people calculate their free time for poker, and I hope we will see more players showing up today and tomorrow, there's still a lot of time. Probably this series will be around 18-19 players, and we can be lucky if we have at least a couple of tournaments with more than 20 players!

[Trofo]

So people calculate their free time for poker, and I hope we will see more players showing up today and tomorrow, there's still a lot of time. Probably this series will be around 18-19 players, and we can be lucky if we have at least a couple of tournaments with more than 20 players!

Unfortunately, there is less and less chance to get more players as our series goes on. Covid isolation measures are being reduced all around the world and with every tournament passed there is less chance for new faces to qualify for final table. This week I am expecting about 20 people, but the weeks after that I would be happy with even 15.

[cryptofrka]

place in the top 9 in the points standings and you'll qualify for the final table: ~0.08+ BTC prize pool + a ticket to a 0.75 BTC guaranteed tournament. check the OP for details. every qualifier has its own prize pool too of course.

Wow, did not know about this 0.75BTC tournament. It might tip the scales so I might be joining this weekend.

Unfortunately, there is less and less chance to get more players as our series goes on. Covid isolation measures are being reduced all around the world and with every tournament passed there is less chance for new faces to qualify for final table. This week I am expecting about 20 people, but the weeks after that I would be happy with even 15.

Yep, it's hard to commit all weekends to online poker now that isolation is over. We all miss sports, bars and ordinary life things.
If it was a bit shorter (1-2 hours) I might be more eager to join, but then it would not be a real game of poker anymore.

[Globb0]

place in the top 9 in the points standings and you'll qualify for the final table: ~0.08+ BTC prize pool + a ticket to a 0.75 BTC guaranteed tournament. check the OP for details. every qualifier has its own prize pool too of course.

Wow, did not know about this 0.75BTC tournament. It might tip the scales so I might be joining this weekend.

Unfortunately, there is less and less chance to get more players as our series goes on. Covid isolation measures are being reduced all around the world and with every tournament passed there is less chance for new faces to qualify for final table. This week I am expecting about 20 people, but the weeks after that I would be happy with even 15.

Yep, it's hard to commit all weekends to online poker now that isolation is over. We all miss sports, bars and ordinary life things.
If it was a bit shorter (1-2 hours) I might be more eager to join, but then it would not be a real game of poker anymore.

I made this mistake of thinking it was very long. It wasn't really. That was the freeroll version in the midweek that went on for hours and hours.

I think this one is only about the time you say, a few hours.

[CoinEraser]

Got the passwords and signed me up for both games. Thanks efialtis! Looking forward to playing both and I hope we have many participants. 
I am curious how the start stack of 5000 chips will change the game. Anyway, hopefully we'll all see each other at the gaming tables.

[arallmuus]

Wow, did not know about this 0.75BTC tournament. It might tip the scales so I might be joining this weekend.

Yep, it's hard to commit all weekends to online poker now that isolation is over. We all miss sports, bars and ordinary life things.
If it was a bit shorter (1-2 hours) I might be more eager to join, but then it would not be a real game of poker anymore.

I think this one is only about the time you say, a few hours.

Last game was almost 3 hours, I was top 2 in the last game and it ended just few minutes before the third break so around 2 hours and 54 minutes(?). I could have dragged the game to over 3 hours if Im patient enough but I thought screw it as I am top 2 already and went all in instead.

Most game usually could ended up with more than 3 hours depending on how many people joined but if you intended to play for around 2+ hours, you could get into top ten as the number of the participant is lower than the first series

[Globb0]

Ah perhaps cos of the bigger starting stacks now

[arallmuus]

Ah perhaps cos of the bigger starting stacks now

Bigger starting stack should means longer games but depending on the number of people tomorrow , it might differ. Could be over 4 hours if there are around 18-25 player tomorrow ( also given that most people play defensively like last week )

14 people paid the fee already according to the spreadsheet ( 15 including me, few minutes ago but I havent notify efialtis yet ), 5 people registered into the game. 10 more people might or might not make it to the tournament . Cross your finger on this, 

Got the passwords and signed me up for both games. Thanks efialtis! Looking forward to playing both and I hope we have many participants. 
I am curious how the start stack of 5000 chips will change the game. Anyway, hopefully we'll all see each other at the gaming tables.

See you there 

[figmentofmyass]

Bigger starting stack should means longer games but depending on the number of people tomorrow , it might differ.

my sense of SwC's blind structure is the antes/blinds get very high in the mid/deep levels, so it may not extend things all that much. that's just a gut feeling though, i haven't done the math. we'll see how it goes tomorrow.

Unfortunately, there is less and less chance to get more players as our series goes on. Covid isolation measures are being reduced all around the world and with every tournament passed there is less chance for new faces to qualify for final table. This week I am expecting about 20 people, but the weeks after that I would be happy with even 15.

between the lockdowns being relaxed and the inviting spring weather, it may turn out that way. our tourneys are so early in the day for me that it's not an issue, but i get it.

see you guys at the tables tomorrow!

[cygan]

@efialtis
my 200 chips should be there by now
the password will be sent to me within the next hours, as usual from you 

see you all guys at the tables today 

[Trofo]

Just wanted to register but SwC Bitcoin wallet is down. At least that is the message they show me when I try to deposit but they say to try again soon so I guess I should have enough time to make it today.

I just sent 0.5 (all I had on account) chips to youcantwin to test if that works and it seems that it does. So in case their wallet doesn't open up until 1 hour before the tournament I'll ask some kind soul here to sponsor me but we are not there yet

[efialtis]

Just wanted to register but SwC Bitcoin wallet is down. At least that is the message they show me when I try to deposit but they say to try again soon so I guess I should have enough time to make it today.

I just sent 0.5 (all I had on account) chips to youcantwin to test if that works and it seems that it does. So in case their wallet doesn't open up until 1 hour before the tournament I'll ask some kind soul here to sponsor me but we are not there yet

I have just sent you 1k chips mate so you can register for tonight's game

[Trofo]

Just wanted to register but SwC Bitcoin wallet is down. At least that is the message they show me when I try to deposit but they say to try again soon so I guess I should have enough time to make it today.

I just sent 0.5 (all I had on account) chips to youcantwin to test if that works and it seems that it does. So in case their wallet doesn't open up until 1 hour before the tournament I'll ask some kind soul here to sponsor me but we are not there yet

I have just sent you 1k chips mate so you can register for tonight's game

Thanks man, you will get them back late tonight, now I am lazy to deposit the chips (high tx fee) and decided to win the tournament and give you chips back from there Extra motivation for me tonight. I was even tempted to immediately sit on the table to double my stack but that would be pushing it.

If you suddenly need them back immediately just send me a pm and you'll have them back in one block time provided SwC opens their wallet.

[efialtis]

Just wanted to register but SwC Bitcoin wallet is down. At least that is the message they show me when I try to deposit but they say to try again soon so I guess I should have enough time to make it today.

I just sent 0.5 (all I had on account) chips to youcantwin to test if that works and it seems that it does. So in case their wallet doesn't open up until 1 hour before the tournament I'll ask some kind soul here to sponsor me but we are not there yet

I have just sent you 1k chips mate so you can register for tonight's game

Thanks man, you will get them back late tonight, now I am lazy to deposit the chips (high tx fee) and decided to win the tournament and give you chips back from there Extra motivation for me tonight. I was even tempted to immediately sit on the table to double my stack but that would be pushing it.

If you suddenly need them back immediately just send me a pm and you'll have them back in one block time provided SwC opens their wallet.

No worries mate, all cool - I am just afraid I have to disappoint you... you aren't going to win tonight! youcant! 

[efialtis]

I am still in "Bitcointalk Anniversary Mood", so there will be another bounty tonight... knock out my bud tyKiwanuka aka EnterScreenN for a 2k chips bounty!

In addition to that - wanna join us tonight but you are short on funds? No worries, post here and I will pay your buy-in - first come, first served! (This is not for you rich kids out there )

[iv4n]

Just wanted to register but SwC Bitcoin wallet is down. At least that is the message they show me when I try to deposit but they say to try again soon so I guess I should have enough time to make it today.

I just sent 0.5 (all I had on account) chips to youcantwin to test if that works and it seems that it does. So in case their wallet doesn't open up until 1 hour before the tournament I'll ask some kind soul here to sponsor me but we are not there yet

I have just sent you 1k chips mate so you can register for tonight's game

Thanks man, you will get them back late tonight, now I am lazy to deposit the chips (high tx fee) and decided to win the tournament and give you chips back from there Extra motivation for me tonight. I was even tempted to immediately sit on the table to double my stack but that would be pushing it.

If you suddenly need them back immediately just send me a pm and you'll have them back in one block time provided SwC opens their wallet.

No worries mate, all cool - I am just afraid I have to disappoint you... you aren't going to win tonight! youcant! 

I would give you chips too, Trofo you have friends here so don't worry!

But what I like is your conversation here! I like this talk before the tournament, and maybe I will have to disappoint both of you and win this game tonight! I believe it's my turn to win, I am confident at the moment! My neighbor opened some bottle of some rakija from old barrel, I am high already! I plan to make some barbecue, to open some bottle of wine while I do that, and it's only 2pm, I don't know how I will survive until this evening!

I had some fun with some satellites, now I have a ticket for 1k chips tournament. I can register on our tournament with this ticket, I checked earlier this morning, so basically this tournament is free for me! Nice one!

I am still in "Bitcointalk Anniversary Mood", so there will be another bounty tonight... knock out my bud tyKiwanuka aka EnterScreenN for a 1.5k chips bounty!

In addition to that - wanna join us tonight but you are short on funds? No worries, post here and I will pay your buy-in - first come, first served! (This is not for you rich kids out there )

Looks like I need a lot of time to write something! Efi you posted this in the same moment when I pressed "post"!
Nice bounties, last week and this week. Thanks for making this game even more interesting!

[efialtis]

Just wanted to register but SwC Bitcoin wallet is down. At least that is the message they show me when I try to deposit but they say to try again soon so I guess I should have enough time to make it today.

I just sent 0.5 (all I had on account) chips to youcantwin to test if that works and it seems that it does. So in case their wallet doesn't open up until 1 hour before the tournament I'll ask some kind soul here to sponsor me but we are not there yet

I have just sent you 1k chips mate so you can register for tonight's game

Thanks man, you will get them back late tonight, now I am lazy to deposit the chips (high tx fee) and decided to win the tournament and give you chips back from there Extra motivation for me tonight. I was even tempted to immediately sit on the table to double my stack but that would be pushing it.

If you suddenly need them back immediately just send me a pm and you'll have them back in one block time provided SwC opens their wallet.

No worries mate, all cool - I am just afraid I have to disappoint you... you aren't going to win tonight! youcant! 

I would give you chips too, Trofo you have friends here so don't worry!

But what I like is your conversation here! I like this talk before the tournament, and maybe I will have to disappoint both of you and win this game tonight! I believe it's my turn to win, I am confident at the moment! My neighbor opened some bottle of some rakija from old barrel, I am high already! I plan to make some barbecue, to open some bottle of wine while I do that, and it's only 2pm, I don't know how I will survive until this evening!

I had some fun with some satellites, now I have a ticket for 1k chips tournament. I can register on our tournament with this ticket, I checked earlier this morning, so basically this tournament is free for me! Nice one!

I am still in "Bitcointalk Anniversary Mood", so there will be another bounty tonight... knock out my bud tyKiwanuka aka EnterScreenN for a 1.5k chips bounty!

In addition to that - wanna join us tonight but you are short on funds? No worries, post here and I will pay your buy-in - first come, first served! (This is not for you rich kids out there )

Looks like I need a lot of time to write something! Efi you posted this in the same moment when I pressed "post"!
Nice bounties, last week and this week. Thanks for making this game even more interesting!

Hahah man, you are becoming a superstar! 😂 I wish I could have some of your Serbian Booz along with some nice Barbecue! 😂 And while you posted, I raised the bounty to 2k - tyKiwanuka is bad but 2k is fair! 😄

[tyKiwanuka]

... knock out my bud tyKiwanuka aka EnterScreenN for a 2k chips bounty!

Only 2k chips is quite cheeky, when you had 3k on your head last weekend and only lasted like five hands Will probably have to use SSS or just unregister for tonights tourney. Or just win.

[worle1bm]

I am still in "Bitcointalk Anniversary Mood", so there will be another bounty tonight... knock out my bud tyKiwanuka aka EnterScreenN for a 2k chips bounty!

In addition to that - wanna join us tonight but you are short on funds? No worries, post here and I will pay your buy-in - first come, first served! (This is not for you rich kids out there )

Perfect efialtis! Betstrong here. I played the first match but since I didn't have any more funds so I didn't play the second game. Can I get the free entry for today's game?

[arallmuus]

and maybe I will have to disappoint both of you and win this game tonight! I believe it's my turn to win, I am confident at the moment!

Well hello previous champion  sorry to inform you that I might be able to snatch that away from you in this series. Still a long way to go for the grand final but I do hope we meet on a same table tonight  . I didnt join the first game last week and we didnt meet on a same table in the second game. I might be able to learn something from you lol 

tyKiwanuka is bad but 2k is fair! 😄

Meh , incase someone tried to knock him out he might be able to win if he is lucky 

[efialtis]

I am still in "Bitcointalk Anniversary Mood", so there will be another bounty tonight... knock out my bud tyKiwanuka aka EnterScreenN for a 2k chips bounty!

In addition to that - wanna join us tonight but you are short on funds? No worries, post here and I will pay your buy-in - first come, first served! (This is not for you rich kids out there )

Perfect efialtis! Betstrong here. I played the first match but since I didn't have any more funds so I didn't play the second game. Can I get the free entry for today's game?

Chips sent - sending you pw now. GL tonight!

[worle1bm]

I am still in "Bitcointalk Anniversary Mood", so there will be another bounty tonight... knock out my bud tyKiwanuka aka EnterScreenN for a 2k chips bounty!

In addition to that - wanna join us tonight but you are short on funds? No worries, post here and I will pay your buy-in - first come, first served! (This is not for you rich kids out there )

Perfect efialtis! Betstrong here. I played the first match but since I didn't have any more funds so I didn't play the second game. Can I get the free entry for today's game?

Chips sent - sending you pw now. GL tonight!

Thank you very much efialtis. You are really generous.

[cygan]

I am still in "Bitcointalk Anniversary Mood", so there will be another bounty tonight... knock out my bud tyKiwanuka aka EnterScreenN for a 2k chips bounty!

In addition to that - wanna join us tonight but you are short on funds? No worries, post here and I will pay your buy-in - first come, first served! (This is not for you rich kids out there )

w00t - i hope that i will get that far and then sit at a table with 'tyKi' 
i am still in "Bitcointalk Merit Mood" and will give ya the next merit  👌🍻

[Globb0]

I like this classy touch where some of you guys offer to buy people in.

Its very kind of you.

[cygan]

will the 2k chips be credited at the current game or will they be credited to the user account?

[CoinEraser]

I am still in "Bitcointalk Anniversary Mood", so there will be another bounty tonight... knock out my bud tyKiwanuka aka EnterScreenN for a 2k chips bounty!
...

Thanks for the bounty!! That makes the game a bit more exciting.    tyKiwanuka, sit down at the table with me tonight. 

will the 2k chips be credited at the current game or will they be credited to the user account?

I think to the user account. That's the way it was the last few times. 

[efialtis]

I am still in "Bitcointalk Anniversary Mood", so there will be another bounty tonight... knock out my bud tyKiwanuka aka EnterScreenN for a 2k chips bounty!
...

Thanks for the bounty!! That makes the game a bit more exciting.    tyKiwanuka, sit down at the table with me tonight. 

will the 2k chips be credited at the current game or will they be credited to the user account?

I think to the user account. That's the way it was the last few times. 

Yeah, the guy who knocks out tyKiwanuka will receive 2k chips in his player account via p2p transfer.

[iv4n]

Hahah man, you are becoming a superstar! 😂 I wish I could have some of your Serbian Booz along with some nice Barbecue! 😂 And while you posted, I raised the bounty to 2k - tyKiwanuka is bad but 2k is fair! 😄

Well Greece isn't far, and I live on south, so I am close! When you decide to pass by I will be here! But I don't like to talk too much about it, if it happens you will see for yourself!

For a good mood and motivation I will follow Efi and I will add 1000 more chips to his bounty! I already sent chips to Efi, so now bounty on tyKiwanuka is higher!

Let's have a nice game tonight, for me this day is already beautiful, with our game in the end it will be like the cherry on the top!

[Betwrong]

I was going through the last 2-3 pages of this thread and sensed some negative vibes among members. It looks like we have lost the main purpose of these tournaments - 'fun', right? Compare the posts from these 8 pages with 40 from first series and you will find how charismatic everyone was sounding in previous series. But here we are discussing about the late registration problem, how some members are just playing to make to championship, how some members knowingly sit out, how some members play defensively to make point and what not! It seems like the purpose has been shift from 'fun' to 'money' and that's why I think we are seeing the drop of 30-40% participants.

Well, I can tell personally for myself that I don't care about any of the above. For me member may come at the first minute or the last, use whatever strategy he can, I have paid over 0.01 BTC to play these series so far just because I enjoy playing and keep on doing so until I am enjoying. So please everybody let's keep these issues aside and let's not think too much and play with peaceful mind.

Quoting this heartwarming post for others who missed it to read.

Indeed let's keep it friendly and relaxed, guys, as it was in the very beginning.

There are 110k active profiles on bitcointalk. I refuse to believe that we can't get 110 players for our series! 

Let's discuss ideas on how to get more participants. (Words from those who are willing to participate, but can't do it for some reasons are especially welcome).

See you at the tables today! GL to all!

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I am still in "Bitcointalk Anniversary Mood", so there will be another bounty tonight... knock out my bud tyKiwanuka aka EnterScreenN for a 2k chips bounty!

Just read this and I am not gonna trash talk until we finish the game. Whenever I trash talked, I lost LOL
I will try to play my regular game.

In addition to that - wanna join us tonight but you are short on funds? No worries, post here and I will pay your buy-in - first come, first served! (This is not for you rich kids out there )

Don't consider my PM eligible for this even if I would see it before sending the PM 😜

Thank you very much efialtis. You are really generous.

Enjoy! Hope to see you on the table. What is your username there?

[Steamtyme]

Just under 3 minutes left looks like we have 15 registered, here's to hoping we see a few moire. I have the recorder set up so we'll have a video to recap, hopefully I catch the bounty on video. Good luck all.

[Trofo]

I am still in "Bitcointalk Anniversary Mood", so there will be another bounty tonight... knock out my bud tyKiwanuka aka EnterScreenN for a 2k chips bounty!

Just read this and I am not gonna trash talk until we finish the game. Whenever I trash talked, I lost LOL
I will try to play my regular game.

Fair enough, if you end on my table I am gonna chat you up there so you lose your concentration and donate your chips, preferably to me

[figmentofmyass]

I am still in "Bitcointalk Anniversary Mood", so there will be another bounty tonight... knock out my bud tyKiwanuka aka EnterScreenN for a 2k chips bounty!

thanks dude. too bad these bounties are never seated at my table.

i'm liking the feel of these 5k stacks btw.

Just under 3 minutes left looks like we have 15 registered, here's to hoping we see a few moire. I have the recorder set up so we'll have a video to recap, hopefully I catch the bounty on video. Good luck all.

glad you could make it. 17 in now. i guess we still have 55 min late registration so we could see another a straggler before the first break.

good luck everyone! is 10:25am too early to crack a beer? hard not to at the poker table lol. iv4n to my left on his second bottle of wine already.

[arallmuus]

I am still in "Bitcointalk Anniversary Mood", so there will be another bounty tonight... knock out my bud tyKiwanuka aka EnterScreenN for a 2k chips bounty!

thanks dude. too bad these bounties are never seated at my table.

i'm liking the feel of these 5k stacks btw.

Tyki is now on the same table with me and he is leading the game with 6300 chips

Edit : He lost to yahoo and now on 5100 chips while I was writing this lol   Not an easy bounty for sure lol but It seems someone might be able to knock him out sooner or later

Just under 3 minutes left looks like we have 15 registered, here's to hoping we see a few moire. I have the recorder set up so we'll have a video to recap, hopefully I catch the bounty on video. Good luck all.

glad you could make it. 17 in now. i guess we still have 55 min late registration so we could see another a straggler before the first break.

good luck everyone! is 10:25am too early to crack a beer? hard not to at the poker table lol. iv4n to my left on his second bottle of wine already.

18 people now including myself   and Goodluck to you FOMA

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Fair enough, if you end on my table I am gonna chat you up there so you lose your concentration and donate your chips, preferably to me

We indeed ended up in the same table but it as sad to see you go out. Two constitutive big lose against imaginethat and you are out! Poker is a funny game. I think in the last one you wanted to bluff but the same guy had better card so he caught you again!

And I always end up confusing between shipdachips and suckmychips LOL. All those times in my first table I was talking to yahoo but I thought I was talking to HHampuz 😜

[efialtis]

Some quick update: I am loving tonight's tournament and especially my table - this is real fun and how it's supposed to be!

GL everyone and enjoy yourselves.

@FOMA nooooooo - I opened the 2nd bottle of vine - Iv4n is already completely out of space with his Serbian rakija since noon, lol.

[cygan]

youcantwin:
cygan! he s the quiet devil here! 😃

heh
i cant talk with all you guys - dont have any krills...
cheers 🍻🍻

[efialtis]

youcantwin:
cygan! he s the quiet devil here! 😃

heh
i cant talk with all you guys - dont have any krills...
cheers 🍻🍻

I hate you... really do...

[cygan]

youcantwin:
cygan! he s the quiet devil here! 😃

heh
i cant talk with all you guys - dont have any krills...
cheers 🍻🍻

I hate you... really do...

😘
where is EnterScreenN?! 

[figmentofmyass]

terrible luck today. none of my premium hands held and i lost on a couple nasty river cards. i lost a preflop shove from @efialtis, KK to his AT, for like 30% of my stack shortly after the first break. it was all downhill from there.

knockout hand: i had 12bbs left, @cygan limps from late position, it folds to me in the SB with A9. i shove to steal the pot. he had limped QQ!



good game, hopefully the poker gods will pass me some of @Steamtyme's rungood tomorrow.

[efialtis]

terrible luck today. none of my premium hands held and i lost on a couple nasty river cards. i lost a preflop shove from @efialtis, KK to his AT, for like 30% of my stack shortly after the first break. it was all downhill from there.

knockout hand: i had 12bbs left, @cygan limps from late position, it folds to me in the SB with A9. i shove to steal the pot. he had limped QQ!



good game, hopefully the poker gods will pass me some of @Steamtyme's rungood tomorrow.

Tell me about it man - been sucked out big time tonight and really remembering me why I stopped playing online poker for so many years...

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I ended up like Trofo.
I was doing well but one big hand and I am out. Not sure what the fuck was in my mind but I called ALL IN in the the flop with an A10 where yahoo had AA in his hand. On the deck there was a 10 and without thinking any fucking further why the hell I called that big get of yahoo, I have no clue.

I noticed this losing mind thing always happens with me. In most of the tournament, I have a strategy and I follow that. Take myself in a better position and then in any hand for few seconds, I lost my fucking mind and give away all the Chips!

Yahoo was enjoying my calls I guess 😜 

[figmentofmyass]

@tyKiwanuka short stacked with 3bbs. who's gonna take that 2k bounty?!

we're past the points bubble. it looks like @Iv4n and @Betwrong will solidify their lead in the standings after today's game.

Tell me about it man - been sucked out big time tonight and really remembering me why I stopped playing online poker for so many years...

no biggie, that's poker. some days you run good, some days you run absolutely atrociously. i just need to win a couple of these 70/30 or 60/40 spots next time around. runbad don't last forever.

[CoinEraser]

GG to all. I'm out and I'm in 10th place. That was a nice poker night, even though I sometimes played really badly. Next time less beer before the game for me.  

[morvillz7z]

GG everybody.

I had a very short stay today, finished second to last on a preflop all-in against Steamtyme's pocket Aces (vs my QQ). If i'm not mistaken this was the third pocket AA on our table in the span of an hour, that's kinda crazy. Anyway, cya all tomorrow! 

[arallmuus]

@tyKiwanuka short stacked with 3bbs. who's gonna take that 2k bounty?!

we're past the points bubble. it looks like @Iv4n and @Betwrong will solidify their lead in the standings after today's game.

Tell me about it man - been sucked out big time tonight and really remembering me why I stopped playing online poker for so many years...

Betwrong knocked him out btw , alot of player keep raising against him. Overall he is quite good to get into the top 8 spot


20 players and 5000 starting stack, currently there are 6 more players average of 16k chips . This game could go over 3 hours for sure , there are no sign of backing down from all these player and everyone (except me) keep on playing aggresively   Wish me luck

Edit : 1 down while I was typing this lol, currently 5 more

GG to all. I'm out and I'm in 10th place. That was a nice poker night, even though I sometimes played really badly. Next time less beer before the game for me.  

10th place is good enough IMO

Tell me about it man - been sucked out big time tonight and really remembering me why I stopped playing online poker for so many years...

You did well, no worry on that. Part of the game is being lucky, thats all .

[Globb0]

Maybe everyone needs a bounty on their heads. If it makes everyone go in on them.

Leverage it.

[webtricks]

Where SyGambler have been today? Attending his German classes?

[Trofo]

Some quick update: I am loving tonight's tournament and especially my table - this is real fun and how it's supposed to be!

That table was really something and that is what I want from these tournaments as much as possible. As I said multiple times I am in this for the fun not the money and our banter really helped me to get real poker vibe. Unfortunately, somebody registered in the last minute of late regs and I got kicked out from the table. Didn't have the will to play seriously after that with house full of guests and lost my chips in the next few hands.

Anyway, I sent you back that 1000 chips, thanks for sponsoring me 

[Steamtyme]

GG everyone. I finished off in #2. Not going to lie it was a disgusting beat. I finally caught arallmuus(TikTokLyfe) on their 10k 3-bets and jammed 99. They called with A4 and hit trips with the 4. GG I'm just salty but will be back again tomorrow, to try and take top spot.

I'll post the video tonight, in my discussion thread if anyone has spots they want to look at.

[arallmuus]

GG everyone. I finished off in #2. Not going to lie it was a disgusting beat. I finally caught arallmuus(TikTokLyfe) on their 10k 3-bets and jammed 99. They called with A4 and hit trips with the 4. GG I'm just salty but will be back again tomorrow, to try and take top spot.

I'll post the video tonight, in my discussion thread if anyone has spots they want to look at.

It was nothing more than my luck saved me , that is all  . To be honest I am tired sitting for almost 4 hours playing infront of my computer that is why I call it and went all in. My timezone is not really compatible with the tournament ( It is almost dawn in here lol ) but I try my best to atleast get to the top 2 spot everytime

Was having few good hand but you folded and also was having fun playing for almost 30 minutes just with you alone lol  . Hope we can make it tomorrow


Thankyou guys, it was a good game tonight

[cygan]

for me it was also a very successful poker evening. right after a few rounds i had less than 2-3000 chips, but then i managed to win a few good hands and had a very good phase which brought me up to 19k chips 
at the final table my luck somehow ran out and i couldn't hold out against the pros anymore  💪

@arallmuus
congratz for the 1st place at this poker night

[efialtis]

for me it was also a very successful poker evening. right after a few rounds i had less than 2-3000 chips, but then i managed to win a few good hands and had a very good phase which brought me up to 19k chips 
at the final table my luck somehow ran out and i couldn't hold out against the pros anymore  💪

@arallmuus
congratz for the 1st place at this poker night

You played some pathetic poker and took me out man - and that's actually the reason I am not going to participate tomorrow, lol.

[SyGambler]

Where SyGambler have been today? Attending his German classes?

sadly had no electricity for the last 10 hours so my laptop battery died and had only my mobile
usually I attend the course and play the event at the same time but it's kinda impossible to do that with mobile 

we will meet tomorrow guys , I'm short a lot of points with all these games that I missed

[tyKiwanuka]

(...) I'm just salty (...)

Thats the shitty thing with tournament poker and also Sit'n Go's to some extent - unless you win the tournament, the last thing you will face is always disappointment and it takes away all the joy you should feel or felt before. You can play very good poker, but you will always leave the table with a bad feeling. It doesn't necessarily have to be a suckout, even if you lose as underdog, this feeling remains. While one should be happy with the accomplishment, it's the defeat at the end, that will dominate our thoughts and mood.

I didn't win a life-changing amount in poker yet (and guess I never will^^), but would be interesting to see, how that one feels then, i.e. runner-up in WSOP or things like that.

-

Congratulations to @arallmuus, well done  

[figmentofmyass]

congrats on the win today, @arallmuus. you are crushing it in this first couple weeks. our new points leader!

current leaderboard:

1. arallmuus      19
2. Betwrong      18
3. Iv4n         12
4. figmentofmyass   11
5. SyGambler      10
5. 1r0n1c              10
7. SteamTyme      9
8. efialtis              8
8. CCwatcher420      8
8. yahoo62278      8
8. Hhampuz      8

total running time = 3.5 hours, so as expected, not much difference between 3k and 5k starting stacks.

GG everyone. I finished off in #2. Not going to lie it was a disgusting beat. I finally caught arallmuus(TikTokLyfe) on their 10k 3-bets and jammed 99. They called with A4 and hit trips with the 4. GG I'm just salty but will be back again tomorrow, to try and take top spot.

I'll post the video tonight, in my discussion thread if anyone has spots they want to look at.

solid finish either way! thanks in advance, i'll have a look when you post the video. there are couple hands from today i'd like to discuss too.....

we will meet tomorrow guys , I'm short a lot of points with all these games that I missed

you're still tied for 5th place dude. good enough for a seat at the final table, for now.....

[efialtis]

(...) I'm just salty (...)

Thats the shitty thing with tournament poker and also Sit'n Go's to some extent - unless you win the tournament, the last thing you will face is always disappointment and it takes away all the joy you should feel or felt before. You can play very good poker, but you will always leave the table with a bad feeling. It doesn't necessarily have to be a suckout, even if you lose as underdog, this feeling remains. While one should be happy with the accomplishment, it's the defeat at the end, that will dominate our thoughts and mood.

I didn't win a life-changing amount in poker yet (and guess I never will^^), but would be interesting to see, how that one feels then, i.e. runner-up in WSOP or things like that.

-

Congratulations to @arallmuus, well done  

I absolutely agree with that statement and that's the reason why I usually prefer cash-game over tournament play - no matter how "good" you play, get unlucky and you are out against poor play and that happened toooo many times already in our series... haha

GG everyone. I finished off in #2. Not going to lie it was a disgusting beat. I finally caught arallmuus(TikTokLyfe) on their 10k 3-bets and jammed 99. They called with A4 and hit trips with the 4. GG I'm just salty but will be back again tomorrow, to try and take top spot.

I'll post the video tonight, in my discussion thread if anyone has spots they want to look at.

Thanks for recording mate - I will definitely watch that hand I lost against cygan but I guess I didn't miss anything, just poor play and some bad luck for me.

[Betwrong]

It was one of those lucky days for me yesterday. I folded some(I think more than 10 actually) hands on preflop which would be winning hands if I played. Nevertheless, when I played I was lucky too(won with straights several times). And the bounty ... I won the bounty, Lucky me!



Won it with Jack-high straight.

I had so many straights yesterday that even when I was knocked out by TikTokLyfe/arallmuus(Congrats on winning the tournament, btw! ), it was with Ace-high straight!



Good game, everyone!

See ya at the tables today! GL!


EDIT: The bounty, 3k chips, received. Thank you, @efialtis and @Iv4n!

[efialtis]

It was one of those lucky days for me yesterday. I folded some(I think more than 10 actually) hands on preflop which would be winning hands if I played. Nevertheless, when I played I was lucky too(won with straights several times). And the bounty ... I won the bounty, Lucky me!

Won it with Jack-high straight.

I had so many straights yesterday that even when I was knocked out by TikTokLyfe/arallmuus(Congrats on winning the tournament, btw! ), it was with Ace-high straight!

Good game, everyone!

See ya at the tables today! GL!

Good job knocking out my man tyKiwanuka! I have just sent 3k chips (thanks iv4n for adding 1k)!

[tyKiwanuka]

I know we had this earlier, but it always hurts my eyes seeing people playing with a two-colour deck. So, if you don't do it on purpose for whatever reason, I would recommend to play with 4-colour deck. It's way more pleasant and easier to spot a potential flush as well You will never want to go back to two-colour deck afterwards


Source: https://swcpoker.eu/

[arallmuus]

I had so many straights yesterday that even when I was knocked out by TikTokLyfe/arallmuus(Congrats on winning the tournament, btw! ), it was with Ace-high straight!

Yeah I noticed that you had alot of straight on the games. I really forgot about this game, did we go all in from the start or after the first 3 card on is shown? If we really did all in from the start , I guess you could said that I got lucky with that full house lol  . Cant really fold if you get pair of J in your hand though

See ya at the tables today! GL!

see you too 

congrats on the win today, @arallmuus. you are crushing it in this first couple weeks. our new points leader!

total running time = 3.5 hours, so as expected, not much difference between 3k and 5k starting stacks.

4th game tonight and someone could slip me easily  .

Yeah there isnt much of a different, IIRC I and steamtyme was playing for almost half an hour for the first place .

I know we had this earlier, but it always hurts my eyes seeing people playing with a two-colour deck. So, if you don't do it on purpose for whatever reason, I would recommend to play with 4-colour deck. It's way more pleasant and easier to spot a potential flush as well You will never want to go back to two-colour deck afterwards

Wow Thanks, never know that we have such feature on online poker games lol

[Globb0]

even though you got 2 pair (JJ 1010) early on. I am looking at that like danger.

Anyone with a queen is beating you, anyone with a 10 is even beating you.

And there is sure loosely a straight potential there, despite limited as you have 2 of the 4 jacks that 1 of would be needed to make it.

Am I overthinking things?

[arallmuus]

even though you got 2 pair (JJ 1010) early on. I am looking at that like danger.

Anyone with a queen is beating you, anyone with a 10 is even beating you.

And there is sure loosely a straight potential there, despite limited as you have 2 of the 4 jacks that 1 of would be needed to make it.

Am I overthinking things?

Yeah and Im not sure wether we went all in from the start or not ( maybe we can check the recorded game from steamtyme ) . I got nothing to lose there. IIRC I got higher chip stack than betwrong therefore even If I lose, I wont be getting out yet. Also even if I lose the game, Im still going to get something from the game as fourth position is good as well ( points and some chip so yeah no worry on that part   )

[Trofo]

Cmon guys join quickly. As it stands now you can gets points just by joining

There is only 7 of us for now and I hoping we will have two full tables. Seems like a nice number of players to keep it interesting.

[cygan]

Cmon guys join quickly. As it stands now you can gets points just by joining

There is only 7 of us for now and I hoping we will have two full tables. Seems like a nice number of players to keep it interesting.

i'm in 
just transferred the 0.0012BTC to SwC
just wait for the confirmation to send the 200 chips to efialtis

need the passowrt then efi

[Betwrong]

I had so many straights yesterday that even when I was knocked out by TikTokLyfe/arallmuus(Congrats on winning the tournament, btw! ), it was with Ace-high straight!

Yeah I noticed that you had alot of straight on the games. I really forgot about this game, did we go all in from the start or after the first 3 card on is shown? If we really did all in from the start , I guess you could said that I got lucky with that full house lol  . Cant really fold if you get pair of J in your hand though

I went all-in from the start(having just 6 bb), and you called(obviously, with pocket Jacks! )

~
I know we had this earlier, but it always hurts my eyes seeing people playing with a two-colour deck. So, if you don't do it on purpose for whatever reason, I would recommend to play with 4-colour deck. It's way more pleasant and easier to spot a potential flush as well You will never want to go back to two-colour deck afterwards


Source: https://swcpoker.eu/

Thanks, mate! I will definitely try it, but not today, not during such a crucial moment!

Don't change horses in midstream, as they say.

[CoinEraser]

i'm in  
just transferred the 0.0012BTC to SwC
just wait for the confirmation to send the 200 chips to efialtis

need the passowrt then efi

I'm glad you're back in the game, silent devil.    Best you write efialtis a pm when you are ready.  
Only 5 minutes to start.  

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Can anyone send me 1k chips please. I sent PM to Efi but pretty sure he missed it. I will send it back in around 24 hours of so. Fees are fucking high and I fucked up with my chips yesterday too LOL

bttBt is my username there.

Update : No need. Gonna get them from betwrong.

[cygan]

Can anyone send me 1k chips please. I sent PM to Efi but pretty sure he missed it. I will send it back in around 24 hours of so. Fees are fucking high and I fucked up with my chips yesterday too LOL

bttBt is my username there.

the same here
the fees are the reason and efi is out of order

need the 1k chips + pw too (user: cygan)

[tyKiwanuka]

Message from efialtis:

He is not at home right now and can't access his SwC account to send chips to people


I would do it, but have none. But I can provide you with the password, when you PM me.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Can anyone send me 1k chips please. I sent PM to Efi but pretty sure he missed it. I will send it back in around 24 hours of so. Fees are fucking high and I fucked up with my chips yesterday too LOL

bttBt is my username there.

the same here
the fees are the reason and efi is out of order

need the 1k chips + pw too (user: cygan)

Go to the poker table and in the chat box talk to the guys. I have managed from betwrong.

I managed mine tyKiwanuka

thanks for the update

[Trofo]

Sorry guys i am out of the chips as well. I just had about 500 left and send it to the guy who sent me a PM.

[cygan]

Can anyone send me 1k chips please. I sent PM to Efi but pretty sure he missed it. I will send it back in around 24 hours of so. Fees are fucking high and I fucked up with my chips yesterday too LOL

bttBt is my username there.

the same here
the fees are the reason and efi is out of order

need the 1k chips + pw too (user: cygan)

Go to the poker table and in the chat box talk to the guys. I have managed from betwrong.

I managed mine tyKiwanuka

thanks for the update

dont works without any krills... 

[CoinEraser]

Can anyone send me 1k chips please. I sent PM to Efi but pretty sure he missed it. I will send it back in around 24 hours of so. Fees are fucking high and I fucked up with my chips yesterday too LOL

bttBt is my username there.

the same here
the fees are the reason and efi is out of order

need the 1k chips + pw too (user: cygan)

I sent you the chips. PW in pm in 1 Minute.

[ceehe]

huhu, password please... Chips are out ✌️

[figmentofmyass]

huhu, password please... Chips are out ✌️

where you been dude? PM sent.

sorry i didn't notice your post earlier @cygan. you gotta get yourself 1 krill so you can talk in the chat.

@Steamtyme first one knocked out today after that #2 run yesterday. i saw that turned flush vs rivered boat hand. brutal!

[cygan]

huhu, password please... Chips are out ✌️

pw is on the way to you

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

An unlucky first hour for me but still hanging out there with 3000 chips.
First lost my hand of AA5 against AA44 of HHampuz
Then another A pair lost against Trofo
Than against Obaming, just before the break, I had A9 and he got it with a 66 in his hand LOL

[cygan]

out as #13...
the whole evening i never had a good hand - somehow i was only haunted by bad luck today

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Imagine how hard is this too handle?
I have AA and HHampuz with KK. He I called 500 chips and he gone ALL IN in the pre-flop. But see what happened!

[iv4n]

out as #13...
the whole evening i never had a good hand - somehow i was only haunted by bad luck today

For this week I can only say "catastrophe", and that is maybe a gentle word! First evening Yahoo got me, I thought he will fold, but he paid that king! This evening not even a hand in more than hour, two 7 and I run into two ladies!
Well that doesn't mean anything now, next week will be better I hope! 2 point for this week is not satisfying for sure, for grand finale I will need more points.
I start working this week, just to confirm about late registrations, will there be late reg. or not for next week?

Imagine how hard is this too handle?
I have AA and HHampuz with KK. He I called 500 chips and he gone ALL IN in the pre-flop. But see what happened!

Well what to do, he hit that king right on the flop! Crazy hand for sure! Wish you luck to win this game!

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

This is surely going to be an evening between me and HHampuz.  Three big hand head to head and all these three times he won big. In the 2nd one above he actually made a comeback of he will gone out!

First lost against his A4A4while I had A5A
2nd, his comeback hand. I had AA and he had KK in preflop. He gone ALL IN I called! In the flop he got another K, Fuck my luck lol
and now just before the break he got A5A5 and I lost my A9A

Imagine!!!

[Globb0]

Can anyone send me 1k chips please. I sent PM to Efi but pretty sure he missed it. I will send it back in around 24 hours of so. Fees are fucking high and I fucked up with my chips yesterday too LOL

bttBt is my username there.

the same here
the fees are the reason and efi is out of order

need the 1k chips + pw too (user: cygan)

Go to the poker table and in the chat box talk to the guys. I have managed from betwrong.

I managed mine tyKiwanuka

thanks for the update

dont works without any krills... 

Krills are easily attained. Even me a totally noob managed the 1 krill n a few minutes on a cheap cash table

[CoinEraser]

out as #13...
the whole evening i never had a good hand - somehow i was only haunted by bad luck today

I'll follow you. I'm in 12th place and out. I guess it wasn't our night. Wish all participants good luck. I can't wait to see who wins. 
GG again to all. It was a great game again. 

[Steamtyme]

@Steamtyme first one knocked out today after that #2 run yesterday. i saw that turned flush vs rivered boat hand. brutal!

Yeah that one hurt. Used a couple of choice words for the next 10 minutes or so. Either way I'll be back in 2 weeks hopefully with a chance to get into the final still.

This is surely going to be an evening between me and HHampuz.  Three big hand head to head and all these three times he won big.

Yeah Hhampuz is rocking that run good energy today.

Here is yesterdays video. Posted in my discussion thread. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5214582.msg54450663#msg54450663

[arallmuus]

2nd, his comeback hand. I had AA and he had KK in preflop. He gone ALL IN I called! In the flop he got another K, Fuck my luck lol

Imagine!!!

If I were you I would have called it as well, Its an obvious choice for everyone especially when you have the higher chip stack. Luck factor really plays out well tonight, enjoy the game though  

For this week I can only say "catastrophe", and that is maybe a gentle word!

I got Knocked out of the game as well too bad indeed   . 11th place and the one that knocked me out was tyki . I was too impatient getting pressured by FOMA and goes all in with bad card trying to bluff but lol Tyki called my bluff .

@Steamtyme first one knocked out today after that #2 run yesterday. i saw that turned flush vs rivered boat hand. brutal!

Yeah that one hurt. Used a couple of choice words for the next 10 minutes or so. Either way I'll be back in 2 weeks hopefully with a chance to get into the final still.

Damn I guess this wasnt meant to be our night as we get alot of points yesterday already. Im curious to see who the winner will be this night ..

[jayce]

This is surely going to be an evening between me and HHampuz.  Three big hand head to head and all these three times he won big. In the 2nd one above he actually made a comeback of he will gone out!

First lost against his A4A4while I had A5A
2nd, his comeback hand. I had AA and he had KK in preflop. He gone ALL IN I called! In the flop he got another K, Fuck my luck lol
and now just before the break he got A5A5 and I lost my A9A

Imagine!!!

Lmao he was lucky all the time on the table




I'm not good in poker, and the only purpose I join this tournament is to getting fun. And today, finally, this is the first time I get in big 10 after several weeks playing with you guys. As a noob, it feels good~

Gg all!

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Fuck that Q at the River!





I was running out of chips and from last 10 to 15 rounds I did not find a good hand so folded most of the times. Then I had this and thought to take my last chance since the blinds are going high so I had to do something. Everyone folded except the small blind. Gambled and won with that fucking Q in the River.

The poker God was not with me today too but I am happy the way I fought. HHampuz won trice against me and all of them were fairy luck for him. It seemed whatever he do against me, he gets it LOL

As a noob, it feels good~

I am too a noob and it's not even three complete months I learned poker 🤪

Even though I am out by now but this is first time I am feeling great because of the way I handled my hands even after all these big losing hands.

[figmentofmyass]

i was pretty short-stacked coming into the final table. fortunately i was dealt JJ at a crucial time and won a flip vs AKo.

there are still 7 of us at the 3rd break! blinds are super high vs stacks. the biggest stack (@bitmutiny/imaginethat) only has 24 bbs. this has been a very tight/intense final table---lots of push/fold poker going on. there should be several knockouts coming soon.....

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

i was pretty short-stacked coming into the final table. fortunately i was dealt JJ at a crucial time and won a flip vs AKo.

Lucky you but don't feel much luckier than HHampuz today 🤪

Imagine how hard is this too handle?
I have AA and HHampuz with KK. He I called 500 chips and he gone ALL IN in the pre-flop. But see what happened!

He had nothing left and could burst long ago 😀

By the way, I actually had the lowest chips when we are at the final table, all together but could not recover at the end.


@HHampuz, crash man! This is your day brother.

[bitmutiny]

I love bubbles. 2 in a row 

[figmentofmyass]

i'm out in 6th.

the table was still very tight at the time. it folded around to me with T9s on the BTN w/ 9bbs left and the other 2 short stacks on the blinds. i did not want a call, but i figured i had very strong fold equity vs them considering how strong my preflop shoves had been and how tight the table was acting + strong (likely) live cards. 1r0n1c snap called with A6o though:



it seemed like a really light call to me for his whole stack. oh well, it's tough to win if you can't take down a couple of these crucial 50-50 flips. no dice this time. at least i snagged a few points towards the championship.

pretty disappointing weekend overall. no action on monsters, not winning enough flips. i'm gonna play in "the little BTC" and event #166 later, let's see if i can turn it around......

[Globb0]

Imagine how hard is this too handle?
I have AA and HHampuz with KK. He I called 500 chips and he gone ALL IN in the pre-flop. But see what happened!

Weird how often I was on SwC and people all had high pairs in their pockets

Like 2 or 3 players out of 5

[Globb0]

I just settled in for the last 30 mins with2 players but it was brutal. About 5 seconds. 


ggs

[arallmuus]

i'm out in 6th.

Still a pretty decent position , you were one of the lowest stack of chips but you managed to turn things around

at least i snagged a few points towards the championship.

Points matter

Btw This game went over 3 hours and 50 minutes , with only 19 players. I guess there are some variance comparing to last night's game

I just settled in for the last 30 mins with2 players but it was brutal. About 5 seconds.  


ggs

Yes indeed, it was brutal from Hhampuz and Ir0n1c


Congratulation Hhampuz, you were great tonight also to the runner up Ir0n1c   . Damn Ir0n1c actually managed to get 19 points with only playing for 2 times



Also no sign for sygambler again today  . Guess he got something to do tonight

[jayce]

I am too a noob and it's not even three complete months I learned poker 🤪

Even though I am out by now but this is first time I am feeling great because of the way I handled my hands even after all these big losing hands.

Man you're so confident and doing great all the time on the table. Must be great if you had beaten Hhampuz with that AA. Look what you have done, he won 1st now lol.

And congrats Hhampuz, you deserve it! And 1r0n1c is a beast!

[tyKiwanuka]

Congratulations @Hhampuz, well done.

I probably used all my luck for a loooong time after rivering two flushs and a straight in crucial situations


The overall standings midway through:



@Betwrong is the only player to play all four tournaments and finishing in the points every time, chapeau.
@figmentofmyass and @CCwatcher420 are very constant and apart from Betwrong the only players to finish in the points at least three times.
@1r0n1c is probably the most efficient one, placing first and second in his only two participations.
@jayce got his first point(s) today after three unsuccessful tries.
@Hhampuz either places very bad or very good, there seems to be no middle for him - go big or go home.

[efialtis]

Hey guys,

I hope you had a great poker time yesterday - I couldn't make it and when I saw all the "last minute" messages in my e-mail inbox, I asked tyKiwanuka to notify you - from what I see, he even took care of everything so once again - big thanks for that mate!!!

Looking at the spreadsheet and checking the chips, everything should be correct - if it's not, please let me know!

Have a nice week!

[Betwrong]

How can you finish 7th in a tournament with 4 paid places and be happy about the result nevertheless?

That's what happened to me yesterday when I realized that I was going to be in the top row of that list with my 22 points. I mean, I'd be honoured to be in the top 5, but the 1st place ... it's too much to bear, in the opposite sense of the phrase. Well,  you see, I have no right words to express how happy I am.

Ofc it was luck, luck and luck again. Just one example: I went to the kitchen for a beer and when I returned I saw that I was a second late for calling all-in with my pocket Jacks. And you know what? It turned out I would have lost!


Good game, everyone! Congrats @Hhampuz on the win!

See you in the upcoming games, guys!

Sincerely wish you all more luck in the future! (after all, it can't stay with me all the time, right? )

[tyKiwanuka]

Added the first series and some stats to the spreadsheet, if anyone is interested Looks like around 20 players per tournament is the standard now, which is fine imo regarding duration, as long as we have two tournaments per weekend. If we switch to one tournament per weekend in the future, we could use some more players.

Average finish:



In the money (this is just based on Top4):



Most points finishes:



Most participations - efialtis ended his streak yesterday:

[morvillz7z]

Added the first series and some stats to the spreadsheet, if anyone is interested

Thank you for taking the time to put these extra stats together. I'm surprised to see my name in the top money finishes. hah

Pretty rough last three games for me though, couldn't get any points, had some extremely bad reads which for some reason i just couldn't avoid. I hope to turn things around in the second half of the series, but it's not going to be easy, can tell you this much! I also need to make some adjustments to my overall strategy otherwise, i don't stand a chance.

Late reg won't be changed, correct?

[CoinEraser]

Congratulations @Hhampuz    I hope I'll win sometime a game like you. 

Added the first series and some stats to the spreadsheet, if anyone is interested Looks like around 20 players per tournament is the standard now, which is fine imo regarding duration, as long as we have two tournaments per weekend. If we switch to one tournament per weekend in the future, we could use some more players.
...

Interesting statistics. Thank you for that. I've also posted the statistics in the local board. Looks like I'm going to have to play better in the next games. 

...
Late reg won't be changed, correct?

Correct, for that we start now with 5k chips. 

[iv4n]

snip

TyKiwanuka thanks for stats! It's interesting to watch tournaments trough this. Yahoo, Morvillz,  Betwrong, Ccwatcher, HHampuz, Trofo, BitcoinGirl and me are in from the beginning! Nice company I can say! I bet we will stay loyal till the end!

I am in the first 8 on all lists, it's nice! For sure this week will be another opportunity for all of us to improve our stats.

What else to say, see you at the tables these days for practicing!

[Globb0]

Seeing the reports fun has returned to the tournaments, I might be tempted also to return. I just find it really hard to let go of my bitcoins.   

[figmentofmyass]

Seeing the reports fun has returned to the tournaments, I might be tempted also to return. I just find it really hard to let go of my bitcoins.   

"you can't lose what you don't put in the middle.
.........but you can't win much either." -mike mcdermott (matt damon) in rounders



wise words, and also a great movie if you haven't seen it.

get in the game.

[Steamtyme]

Hey here is the video from Sunday. I posted it in my discussion thread, below some hand review/discussion https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5214582.msg54458113#msg54458113

Now I feel like an idiot but hours after I busted out forgetting I was recording I read a post on my phone about a few other tournaments on SWC, so I foolishly logged in to check them out. This logged me out of my PC and the recording. The worst part is it happened pretty much right after it went into heads up mode. So apologies Hhampuz I did not catch your moment of victory. I'll try and catch the next one.

Side note, I might be playing next week now lol. Plant is in shutdown for my entire set back, and we should be done all major work by Friday. Guess I'll just have to find a way to entertain myself... for about 40 minutes on average 

[Globb0]

I just got made redundant so, after Friday, I am very free, in time anyway

[fullhdpixel]

Seeing the reports fun has returned to the tournaments, I might be tempted also to return. I just find it really hard to let go of my bitcoins.   

"you can't lose what you don't put in the middle.
.........but you can't win much either." -mike mcdermott (matt damon) in rounders

[im g]https://i.imgur.com/70u50yy.gif[/img]

wise words, and also a great movie if you haven't seen it.

get in the game.

Yeah Rounders is all around one of the best poker movies ever made, there are some others who are not really bad, but to me the best ever is definitely rounders. Matt Damon there plays a perfect regular person that people seem to keep forgetting, dude is a law student pose to be a lawyer, he also has some relationship or not and so forth like real life, and basically he is a regular person that just happens to gamble big time on poker.

Everyone thinks that gamblers are degenerates, or gambling is something you do to have fun once in a while and so forth, in reality you could have a regular life AND a gambling life and as long as you keep the checks separated there is really no reason to stop neither of them and you can continue both of them. Anyone here who haven't seen it, go see it right now, it is awesome.

[efialtis]

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Password Distribution for regular players:

There will be some organizational changes with regards to password distribution effective immediately - all "regulars" will receive a pm later today including passwords for all remaining series #2 tournaments. Please make sure to send the 200 "extra chips" when joining a tournament - needless to say I trust all of you will do so but be aware that I will keep track of that.


Password Distribution for newcomers (who are of course more than welcome!) and last minute registrations:

Effective immediately, please post in this thread as soon as you have sent the extra chips - together with tyKiwanuka I will then make sure you receive the password early enough.


This will help me a lot going forward while also making things easier for you guys! Special thanks to my man tyKiwanuka for all the help!

That's about it - questions? Shoot!

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

<snip>

Well I am not going to miss any tourney no matter if I am at the top of the leader-board or at the bottom.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Password Distribution for regular players:

There will be some organizational changes with regards to password distribution effective immediately - all "regulars" will receive a pm later today including passwords for all remaining series #2 tournaments. Please make sure to send the 200 "extra chips" when joining a tournament - needless to say I trust all of you will do so but be aware that I will keep track of that.

So, old passwords are not active anymore?

[tyKiwanuka]

So, old passwords are not active anymore?

They are. It's just that all regular players will get all passwords, no matter if they sent the 200 chips already or not. If they then decide to join a tournament, they would have to send 200 chips. It's easier to handle for efialtis and I think we can trust the regular players to not take advantage.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

They are. It's just that all regular players will get all passwords, no matter if they sent the 200 chips already or not. If they then decide to join a tournament, they would have to send 200 chips. It's easier to handle for efialtis and I think we can trust the regular players to not take advantage.

Then I already have all the passwords 😜
Thanks for clarifying.

Who are going to join with me in Poker with Steve in this evening on sportsbet.io? They always have over 100+ players and it's really hard. My best is 18th so far LOL

[so98nn]

What is BIG BTC Ticket btw?

it's a monthly 0.75 BTC guaranteed tournament with a 0.01 BTC buy-in. this is the next one on may 31st: https://play.swcpoker.eu/?tournamentId=43583277

I wish you can make it more earlier to 3PM GMT for the start time, so people in asia like me can join 

it's sorta early for me, sorta late for you. i guess our world revolves around the euro players.

Since we are also having a BIG BTC TICKET, and it’s completion is on 31st May, how the winner supposed to get it in time if our tourneys finish on the same day …?

I mean I hope we have thought of it through, or does the entry fit BTC TICKET starts from that day?

[Trofo]

Who are going to join with me in Poker with Steve in this evening on sportsbet.io? They always have over 100+ players and it's really hard. My best is 18th so far LOL

I am going to join this evening for poker with Steve but highly doubt we are gonna meet, unless we are seated on the same table from the beginning. I am playing those freerolls very loose and calling all ins basically every time I have anything in my hand.

Last time we had a very good first table so here is hoping for repeat of that plus Steve seated with us. I have never seen him on table and I played all sportbet freerolls until now

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I am going to join this evening for poker with Steve but highly doubt we are gonna meet, unless we are seated on the same table from the beginning. I am playing those freerolls very loose and calling all ins basically every time I have anything in my hand.

Last time we had a very good first table so here is hoping for repeat of that plus Steve seated with us. I have never seen him on table and I played all sportbet freerolls until now

I will be going slowly and will try to finish with the top 10 if the poker God do some blessing LOL
This will be my 5th time if I am not wrong. I was missing all of the rounds because of my laptop that does not load the app then one day I realized that I can do it on my phone and since then I am a regular but yes yet to have Steve in my table.

In the last round with you and webtrick I guess was really nice to start.

[arallmuus]

Since we are also having a BIG BTC TICKET, and it’s completion is on 31st May, how the winner supposed to get it in time if our tourneys finish on the same day …?

I mean I hope we have thought of it through, or does the entry fit BTC TICKET starts from that day?

The game usually ended around 3-4 hours and the 0.75 BTC guaranteed usually have around 2.5 hours late registration so yeah anyone that win will be able to join that 0.75 BTC guaranteed game but it seems you can use it on different week as well (?)

The only burden to play on the same day is that will someone be able to spend hours to play poker again after that exhausting 3-4 hours tournament  , the 0.75 Guaranteed might be running over 4 hours though 

[efialtis]

Guys, the big btc ticket will obviously have to be used for the upcoming big btc tournament - it’s not like it will be credited in your account automatically & instantly etc.  

[figmentofmyass]

Since we are also having a BIG BTC TICKET, and it’s completion is on 31st May, how the winner supposed to get it in time if our tourneys finish on the same day …?

may 31 = the last qualifier. the championship won't be until the following weekend anyway. i assume the earliest the ticket could be used is the june BIG BTC.

It's just that all regular players will get all passwords, no matter if they sent the 200 chips already or not. If they then decide to join a tournament, they would have to send 200 chips. It's easier to handle for efialtis and I think we can trust the regular players to not take advantage.

+1, i like it. no need to worry about last minute coordination, especially if we lower late registration time as discussed.

Who are going to join with me in Poker with Steve in this evening on sportsbet.io? They always have over 100+ players and it's really hard. My best is 18th so far LOL

I am going to join this evening for poker with Steve but highly doubt we are gonna meet, unless we are seated on the same table from the beginning. I am playing those freerolls very loose and calling all ins basically every time I have anything in my hand.

same here. i'm registered but i plan on donking it off unless i win an early all-in or get seated at a table full of sit-outs. i find sportsbet's poker software slightly tilting tbh.

[iv4n]

Well I am not going to miss any tourney no matter if I am at the top of the leader-board or at the bottom.

I'm with you! We will play all bitcointalk tournaments!

Guys, the big btc ticket will obviously have to be used for the upcoming big btc tournament - it’s not like it will be credited in your account automatically & instantly etc. 

I will send you all chips for remaining tournaments, don't worry about that!

I got some tickets from playing some satellites, and those tickets were valid for 2 years! You can use them when you wish! Why would be different this time? If they credit your account it will be there for 2 years until you use it! Anyway it would be nice to hear more about this, for winner it would be madness to play two long tournaments!

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I'm with you! We will play all bitcointalk tournaments!

I already sent some coins to deposit in my SwC for this week's tourneys. Besides, I owe 3k chips to efi and webtricks I guess. Need to repay them once I will have my chips available. I will give my best to earn some points from these two tourneys, at least 10 points. I hope poker God will be with me LOL


 

I got some tickets from playing some satellites, and those tickets were valid for 2 years! You can use them when you wish! Why would be different this time? If they credit your account it will be there for 2 years until you use it! Anyway it would be nice to hear more about this, for winner it would be madness to play two long tournaments!

Giving a good length of time make much sense. I never won any ticket so very little knowledge about them so far.

[figmentofmyass]

Well I am not going to miss any tourney no matter if I am at the top of the leader-board or at the bottom.

I'm with you! We will play all bitcointalk tournaments!

+1, i'm with that. the regular prize pools are enough to keep me coming, let alone the championship prizes. what can i say? i like to play cards.....

i wouldn't mind getting a regular cash game together either. or maybe some low stakes stud hi/lo or omaha just for kicks. i haven't played any lowball games in years.

Anyway it would be nice to hear more about this, for winner it would be madness to play two long tournaments!

the championship won't be until the following weekend anyway. i assume the earliest the ticket could be used is the june BIG BTC.

anyway i have known live regs who have played 24-36 hour sessions at the casino. 6-8 hours is nothing. maybe have a beer and a coffee at the table.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

efialtis and betwrong, your chips were sent guys, I feel debt free. 😛
I am ready for Saturday evening, unless I lose the chips I have now until then and fees are too high LOL

Who won last night's poker with Steve?

[CCwatcher420]

Has anyone received passwords yet? Just checking in Hoping to place this weekend.

[arallmuus]

anyway i have known live regs who have played 24-36 hour sessions at the casino. 6-8 hours is nothing. maybe have a beer and a coffee at the table.

Meh probably some people that make living from poker but it is casino though, tons of other stuff to look and enjoy there. Meanwhile sitting 6-8hours looking at my laptop screen and play poker would be so exhausting ( or atleast for me lol )  

[yahoo62278]

Has anyone received passwords yet? Just checking in Hoping to place this weekend.

I have all the passwords for all the tourneys. If you have paid the fee and efialtis isn't around, you can pm me with a screenshot showing you paid fees. I'll release the pw to you then.

This goes for everyone. There are still a couple days so I would say you all have no worries. Efialtis will be around daily, but just in case you can pm me.

[efialtis]

Hey guys,

you should have received the passwords by now - in case I missed you, please hit me up.

@yahoo Thanks for helping!

[Steamtyme]

+1, i'm with that. the regular prize pools are enough to keep me coming, let alone the championship prizes. what can i say? i like to play cards.....

i wouldn't mind getting a regular cash game together either. or maybe some low stakes stud hi/lo or omaha just for kicks. i haven't played any lowball games in years.

I would probably jump into a small cash game or other variation. I can't say I've played much of anything else a little plo for fun here and there. I hit up the SWC cash games when I can't play tournaments, just the small stuff but still a good time.

anyway i have known live regs who have played 24-36 hour sessions at the casino. 6-8 hours is nothing. maybe have a beer and a coffee at the table.

the longest session I've had so far has been 8 hours give or take. This has always been in the comfort of my home so that's nice. I can stretch scratch and run to the bathroom during time bank lol. The worst part for me is in a large field tournament getting knocked out after hours, especially if it's before the money. Last time i came out with a .90$ win lol. Didn't even cover the first beer.

Passwords received. I'll send along chips today to cover possible play this weekend. Thanks for sorting us out.

[CCwatcher420]

I received the passes.

I've also sent 800 chips to youcantwin. Gl all! Hopefully I can place just enough to make it!

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Practicing 😀
It was early in the morning. I was late to sleep last night so thought to have some fun and ended up winning this low fee tourney. Poker God was with me in several hands and I hope tomorrow I will have him with me too 😝

betwrong and efialtis, you guys got your chips back? Please confirm.

Thanks

[1r0n1c]

Hey efialtis, I sent u 400 chips last week but just participated at 1 tournament. So I guess it will be fine when I don't need to send 200 chips for tomorrow? Anyway I will send you another 200 for Sunday. Hope to see u all on the tables

[Globb0]

Funds incoming waiting for some confirmations

[cygan]

Funds incoming waiting for some confirmations

same here💪
after a hard working week i am happy to have a lot of fun at the tables with you guys again today
may the poker god be with you all

the fun should not get into the background - thumbs up👍

[efialtis]

~

betwrong and efialtis, you guys got your chips back? Please confirm.

Thanks

Confirmed

Hey efialtis, I sent u 400 chips last week but just participated at 1 tournament. So I guess it will be fine when I don't need to send 200 chips for tomorrow? Anyway I will send you another 200 for Sunday. Hope to see u all on the tables

Yes, you are good, thanks.

[Betwrong]

~
betwrong and efialtis, you guys got your chips back? Please confirm.

Thanks

Confirmed. Anytime, mate! Happy to help.


200 chips sent to „youcantwin“. So, I'm playing today!

We'll see if I will be able to solidify my position. To me it almost sounds like "Will I be able to manage luck this time?". I mean, lots of things depend on luck, even in a game like poker. So, luck is what all of us need.

Good Luck, guys!

See you at the tables today!

[efialtis]

@Betwrong Thx!

@Trofo I have answered your pm!


GL everyone who is playing tonight - I won't make it and I will be off shortly but I hope everything will run smoothly.

[Trofo]

GL everyone who is playing tonight - I won't make it and I will be off shortly but I hope everything will run smoothly.

Too bad you aren't here tonight I thought to go easy on you since you were kind enough to lend me buy in

Anyway I have registered for both tournaments this week, see you guys on the tables. May the luckiest bastard win.

[Globb0]

Just sent it over now bro.


Thanks

[CoinEraser]

Got the passwords. Thanks efialtis! I've already sent 200 chips for today. 

7 participants have registered so far. I hope to see you all again at the gaming table afterwards. 

[cygan]

only 16 participants at the tables today
today there is the possibility to play easier to the final table

good luck at all

[Globb0]

Came last

As for the fun element there was no one talking or answering any comments on the table I was at.

Discord was stuck in a loop failed to download.

Never mind no fun just being a duck to be shot.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

webtricks lucky bastard took my hand of AA with a three of a kind. He had 66 and in the flop he got another 6.
Then he got another three of a kind against Globb0 I guess.
It seems he has something today to do.
I was fucked up and gone below 900 chips but now got around 4.9k chips.

This is just happened!



I folded LOL.
Really did not want to flip the coin.
I am really interested to know what was your card to that that risk? @tyKiwanuka

[figmentofmyass]

Never mind no fun just being a duck to be shot.

post the knockout hand.

not my day so far either. no monster starting hands yet. i lost a couple hands TT vs 88, TPTK vs overpair, and split a huge pot holding the nut straight. down to 3/4 starting stack. let's see if i can turn this around.......

@webtricks with the mega stack at the first break.

[webtricks]

webtricks lucky bastard took my hand of AA with a three of a kind. He had 66 and in the flop he got another 6.
Then he got another three of a kind against Globb0 I guess.

That was a classic mistake you made there. You got extra involved with AA. I didn't go all-in on flop even though I hit full house with JJ666 but you matched the bet which is acceptable. But when I went all-in on turn, you should have taken good 30-40 seconds to think about possibility. It was easy to guess that I may he holding full house.

Nevertheless, still lots of tournament to be played. You made good come back, let's see how it goes.

[cygan]

 

[Trofo]

I am already out as well. Really hate that late registrations, totally ruins my game when I get transferred to another table. This is I think fifth time in a row when I get out few hands after getting dumped on another table. And all those times I had solid run on first table.

Will have to do something to improve my game and stop that from happening. I'll have to start playing extremely tight after transferring or maybe I'll register late and see how that goes.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Another fold, just because I did not want to flip a coin LOL



Come on NoobHere, what you had? @jayce

[figmentofmyass]

i went out on a brutal suckout:



i dunno how he calls with ace-rag and no draw here, but he did, and naturally he hit 2-pair on the river.

running so awful lately.....

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

i went out on a brutal suckout:



i dunno how he calls with ace-rag and no draw here, but he did, and naturally he hit 2-pair on the river.

running so awful lately.....

SteamTyme got me too today but with me he had a K pair with A kicker



I had a KJ so I thought why not match his bet and the rest, I had to watch me going kicked out LOL.
I was very reserved all those time but on a sudden something happened and I gone ALL-IN. I really should not make this crazy move.

[Globb0]

I think this was my final mistake. I though you would share that pot, but the higher spare card (A) takes it even though you both have 2 pairs.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I think this was my final mistake. I though you would share that pot, but the higher spare card (A) takes it even though you both have 2 pairs.

Once someone goes for ALL-In then there are nothing for him to do anymore. I was going up and down of 5k chips and at the end got frustrated, may be this is a reason for me to go ALL IN. Regret it though. I made a good comeback from under 900 chips by the way.

Anyway, bad day and not points for me 🤪

[arallmuus]

Dang got 11th place twice in a row ( At this rate I might make it three times in a row   ). Got lucky that I knocked out our reigning champion, nothing more than luck though . Best of luck to you Ivan tomorrow  

I am already out as well. Really hate that late registrations, totally ruins my game when I get transferred to another table. This is I think fifth time in a row when I get out few hands after getting dumped on another table. And all those times I had solid run on first table.

Will have to do something to improve my game and stop that from happening. I'll have to start playing extremely tight after transferring or maybe I'll register late and see how that goes.

Isnt this nothing more than your imagination? I mean you cant be lucky all the time sitting on the same place and same table. At one point of the game you will keep on getting bad cards. You can try to register late tomorrow and see how thing goes .

In my POV, you are just getting good card due to less number of player and once all those player get into the game, then you thought you are getting bad cards due to them


This is just my honest opinion though nothing against you  

Anyway, bad day and not points for me 🤪

Two times 11th for me in a row  

[figmentofmyass]

SteamTyme got me too today but with me he had a K pair with A kicker

I had a KJ so I thought why not match his bet and the rest, I had to watch me going kicked out LOL.
I was very reserved all those time but on a sudden something happened and I gone ALL-IN. I really should not make this crazy move.

i was at your table. tbh you seemed quite aggressive on your final few hands. tilted?

limp-calling preflop from the SB w/ KJo is fair enough, but i didn't love the OOP pot-sized bet on the flop. after betting so big you probably felt committed when he shoved in your face.

i rarely make pot-sized bets. it creates situations where you risk too much and give yourself pot odds to call in marginal spots where folding is actually optimal. this is especially true when out of position (first to act).

I was going up and down of 5k chips and at the end got frustrated, may be this is a reason for me to go ALL IN.

i could feel that frustration. @steamtyme sure capitalized on it.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

i was at your table. tbh you seemed quite aggressive on your final few hands. tilted?

Yes, I was aggressive in some hands lately and I can assure everyone that none of them were bluff. I really do not bluff however I feel that I need to learn this skill and need to perfect it. I have posted some hands earlier and you will see I folded batter hands than this but in this one I was feeling a go so I did. Unfortunately he had better kicker. Good game SteamTyme.

i rarely make pot-sized bets. it creates situations where you risk too much and give yourself pot odds to call in marginal spots where folding is actually optimal. this is especially true when out of position (first to act).

I will need to improve a lot in my games, I can feel it.

Edit,
One of the reason I was feeling frustrated is because of @jayce LOL
I think he stole more than 5 hands from me and I was having this feeling that he was bluffing in some of them if not all 🤪

[CoinEraser]

GG to all. I'm out too, this time in eighth place. 

Unfortunately I cannot play tomorrow, but wish everyone a lot of fun again. 

[yahoo62278]

3 times today I got JJ. All 3 times I lost with that hand. ran into AA, AA, and 46 LMAO.

I will no longer participate in this event. JTisCuban really aggravated the fuck outta me today and ran that mouth just a bit too much. I'd rather play casually, then have to deal with his donk mouth. Yes I said that correctly, DONK. Dude gets AA and turns into a pro. I'm ok with a little trash talk, but this guy takes it to the extreme.

Good luck to you guys with this series and in future series.

Efialtis, keep my 600 remaining chips for the winners.

[arallmuus]

One of the reason I was feeling frustrated is because of @jayce LOL

Happened to me alot of time as well when a specific player won against me few times . Emotion indeed play big part in poker (?) or probably only online poker. Never had any real poker game against real dudes in my life up until now (Mostly play for fun without any money involves)

Good game SteamTyme.

He is now top 3 together with 1r0n1c and Betwrong. 1r0n1c play and get all those top spot everytime he play . I wont really be surprised if he actually win the grand final game as well

GG to all. I'm out too, this time in eighth place.  

Good enough , atleast you got some points


Edited : 20 players today without efialtis, we could be getting 21 20 19 players with him tomorrow if everyone join ( Coineraser wont join tomorrow I guess and Yahoo probably wont as well   )

[CCwatcher420]

3 times today I got JJ. All 3 times I lost with that hand. ran into AA, AA, and 46 LMAO.

I will no longer participate in this event. JTisCuban really aggravated the fuck outta me today and ran that mouth just a bit too much. I'd rather play casually, then have to deal with his donk mouth. Yes I said that correctly, DONK. Dude gets AA and turns into a pro. I'm ok with a little trash talk, but this guy takes it to the extreme.

Good luck to you guys with this series and in future series.

Efialtis, keep my 600 remaining chips for the winners.

I think it’s cute actually posted about how mad you were. Maybe I’ll enlighten a few people on what happened. Essentially we got it in on a two suited board with gapper straights and he had JJ vs. my AA. Then yahoo was salty about it and stated it was an action hand.basixally accusing the RnG of creating situations where chips can get it in. Then yahoo made a statement about how he would get it in with me because I am a donk.

And that’s how the entire “dispute” started. I use that term loosely because I don’t take things too seriously. I love competition. My last message was we would be glad to have him back. And I do like a little trash talk but again I don’t provoke matters. If you come at me come at me with the chips.

Now sorry I cost us a player. Collectively this has been a good series and it’s hard enough to get runners. I hope yahoo comes back, because I am a good sport.

[Trofo]

I am already out as well. Really hate that late registrations, totally ruins my game when I get transferred to another table. This is I think fifth time in a row when I get out few hands after getting dumped on another table. And all those times I had solid run on first table.

Will have to do something to improve my game and stop that from happening. I'll have to start playing extremely tight after transferring or maybe I'll register late and see how that goes.

Isnt this nothing more than your imagination? I mean you cant be lucky all the time sitting on the same place and same table. At one point of the game you will keep on getting bad cards. You can try to register late tomorrow and see how thing goes .

In my POV, you are just getting good card due to less number of player and once all those player get into the game, then you thought you are getting bad cards due to them

This is just my honest opinion though nothing against you  

It is not imagination, it is a hole in my game, I am aware of it but can't really fix it when playing for these stakes. Cards don't matter so much, my playing style gets way too risky when I am not enjoying myself completely. I start rushing my decisions and calling way too much hands in those situations.
 
Actually there was 8 of on that first table and then few more players registered and we needed 3rd table and there was maybe 6 of us on that new table where the game moved me so that is not a problem.

Sorry if you felt like I called out or something in case that you were one of the late regs. That was not my intention. I just don't like the feeling when game throws me on another table. On the other hand I don't mind at all if a player or few get on my table

I will no longer participate in this event. JTisCuban really aggravated the fuck outta me today and ran that mouth just a bit too much. I'd rather play casually, then have to deal with his donk mouth. Yes I said that correctly, DONK. Dude gets AA and turns into a pro. I'm ok with a little trash talk, but this guy takes it to the extreme.

Sorry to hear that man, I hope you will change your mind, you will be missed if this really was your last participation. I will not comment the situation since I wasn't on the table when it happened but I sort of understand your position. There is no point in playing if you are not enjoining yourself for any reason.

[jayce]

One of the reason I was feeling frustrated is because of @jayce LOL
I think he stole more than 5 hands from me and I was having this feeling that he was bluffing in some of them if not all 🤪

Man, trust me. You have made good decisions lol.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Man, trust me. You have made good decisions lol.

I trust you 😄

3 times today I got JJ. All 3 times I lost with that hand. ran into AA, AA, and 46 LMAO.

I will no longer participate in this event. JTisCuban really aggravated the fuck outta me today and ran that mouth just a bit too much. I'd rather play casually, then have to deal with his donk mouth. Yes I said that correctly, DONK. Dude gets AA and turns into a pro. I'm ok with a little trash talk, but this guy takes it to the extreme.

Good luck to you guys with this series and in future series.

Efialtis, keep my 600 remaining chips for the winners.

I think it’s cute actually posted about how mad you were. Maybe I’ll enlighten a few people on what happened. Essentially we got it in on a two suited board with gapper straights and he had JJ vs. my AA. Then yahoo was salty about it and stated it was an action hand.basixally accusing the RnG of creating situations where chips can get it in. Then yahoo made a statement about how he would get it in with me because I am a donk.

And that’s how the entire “dispute” started. I use that term loosely because I don’t take things too seriously. I love competition. My last message was we would be glad to have him back. And I do like a little trash talk but again I don’t provoke matters. If you come at me come at me with the chips.

Now sorry I cost us a player. Collectively this has been a good series and it’s hard enough to get runners. I hope yahoo comes back, because I am a good sport.

It seems too much trash talking LOL
I am pretty sure yahoo did not mean any of it and not gonna play the rest three tourney because of this.

[CCwatcher420]

Like I said. The spirit of competition. I get that people can’t handle the heat sometimes. But I’m gracious in victory and defeat. There were still 5 other runners after me and they saw my message and I said gg.

Of course this was after I added insult to injury. But the moment was heated. But ... it’s a moment.

[CoinEraser]

Congratulations @Steamtyme! 

The result today:



Overall standings:

[SyGambler]

I will no longer participate in this event. JTisCuban really aggravated the fuck outta me today and ran that mouth just a bit too much. I'd rather play casually, then have to deal with his donk mouth. Yes I said that correctly, DONK. Dude gets AA and turns into a pro. I'm ok with a little trash talk, but this guy takes it to the extreme.

sad to see this happening , honestly in other games I don't even chat just in case I give some tells or so but this one is supposed to be friendly
we all made jokes in the last two months and things never progressed like this , just forget about it and continue cause it will be really bad to lose you after all things you did for the series

[tyKiwanuka]

I will no longer participate in this event. JTisCuban really aggravated the fuck outta me today and ran that mouth just a bit too much. I'd rather play casually, then have to deal with his donk mouth. Yes I said that correctly, DONK. Dude gets AA and turns into a pro. I'm ok with a little trash talk, but this guy takes it to the extreme.

Good luck to you guys with this series and in future series.

Efialtis, keep my 600 remaining chips for the winners.

I think you weren't the most friendly player during this 1.5+ series and found some not-so-nice words about players, when things didn't go your way. That being said, we have a lot of different characters at the tables and also different skill sets. We have beginners, tight players, lag players, average players and quite a lot of very good players - and you are certainly one of them. And we have more introverted players, guys that never make a peep basically, pretty talkative ones and the extroverted (read: drunk) lads. And it's a good mix and everyone is part of this little event, no matter his temper.

Now you bumped into someone, who gave you some contra and you exchanged some arguments. No biggie imo, dish out and take on the chin. I mean, come on, you basically argued about a poker hand and who is the donk Happens all the time at poker tables. No need to leave the series for that

Maybe sit out tomorrows tournament and come back next weekend with a fresh mind. Poker is poker, life is short and there is no need to be upset about a little in-competition argument, where you tend to say some bad things in the heat of the moment. The world will look different tomorrow already


Gratz @SteamTyme, well done. That last hand was quite weird

1r0n1ic you are really killing it lately. 1-2-2 in your only three appearances this series, chapeau.

[arallmuus]

I am already out as well. Really hate that late registrations, totally ruins my game when I get transferred to another table. This is I think fifth time in a row when I get out few hands after getting dumped on another table. And all those times I had solid run on first table.

Will have to do something to improve my game and stop that from happening. I'll have to start playing extremely tight after transferring or maybe I'll register late and see how that goes.

Isnt this nothing more than your imagination? I mean you cant be lucky all the time sitting on the same place and same table. At one point of the game you will keep on getting bad cards. You can try to register late tomorrow and see how thing goes .

In my POV, you are just getting good card due to less number of player and once all those player get into the game, then you thought you are getting bad cards due to them

This is just my honest opinion though nothing against you  

It is not imagination, it is a hole in my game, I am aware of it but can't really fix it when playing for these stakes. Cards don't matter so much, my playing style gets way too risky when I am not enjoying myself completely. I start rushing my decisions and calling way too much hands in those situations.

Yeah I get you, each playstyle has a hole that would change the course once thing change including switching table or even changing seat due to more people joining into the game
 

Sorry if you felt like I called out or something in case that you were one of the late regs. That was not my intention. I just don't like the feeling when game throws me on another table. On the other hand I don't mind at all if a player or few get on my table

Im just saying though even if there are extra player or not, it wont really change anything at all. You could be getting bad cards even if there are no late reg or table changed or position changed (?)

Yeah Im one of the late reg but Its fine Trofo, I got no issue with this actually or I dont really take this personally  . Dont worry about it and see you tomorrow, perhaps we could be getting on the same table tomorrow

And we have more introverted players, guys that never make a peep basically

Woohoo, Im one of these category. The sole reason that Im one of the dude that never speak any word at all is because I dont have any krill at all lol nor do I intend to chat, to avoid such particular issue with some player that like to trash talk so yeah  


Edit :

Congratulations SteamTyme ( Forgot to write this before lol ) 

[Steamtyme]

i went out on a brutal suckout:

I couldn't agree more. I had already begun typing in nh, assuming I lost.

i dunno how he calls with ace-rag and no draw here, but he did, and naturally he hit 2-pair on the river.

Let's say a bad read, and a willingness to gamble helped.
My thought process was that you might have played AJ+ with a 3-bet here. I know your stack wasn't large so after the fact I understood the flat. IIRC you took the lead on the flop for 1000 and with top pair shit kicker I wasn't folding out. The jam had me wondering, if you had it or figured I'd fold out something weaker. I know you play tight and have a good understanding of my gameplay. So I was torn. Then when I considered my SPR and for less than 1/4 of my stack I could win 3/4, the decision was made. That's the gamble on my weak top pair.

I legit felt like shit after that hand, it was gross and we've all been there.

SteamTyme got me too today but with me he had a K pair with A kicker
~snip~
I had a KJ so I thought why not match his bet and the rest, I had to watch me going kicked out LOL.
I was very reserved all those time but on a sudden something happened and I gone ALL-IN. I really should not make this crazy move.

Yeah I was happier than a pig in shit there. It did help improve the gross feeling I still had.
figment nailed it when you put that bet out there I figured you were calling off anything so there was no need to slowplay it. Nothing wrong with leading out but go with a smaller sizing, in the future and keep the pot smaller so you can try and walk away later on, if you don't have the top kicker. (look at me talking about kickers)

I will no longer participate in this event.
Good luck to you guys with this series and in future series.
Efialtis, keep my 600 remaining chips for the winners.

It would be a shame to see you go. I think dealing with a "mouth" is part of the game. You either engage with them or not. You chose to be the mouth and engage with others and it can go to far. I am personally not a fan of trash talk as i think the majority of people aren't built to dish it out, or handle it. Often it just progresses to far... like it did today. It doesn't help when it's a day you just keep running into the nuts... well 2 of 3 times.  I legit do hope you come back as I've enjoyed playing against you, even when I'm losing and pissy about it. I do think you both got out of hand at the table for the part I was around which was about midpoint.

Curious does SWC not have a chat block?? I rarely watch the chat on my other site but am not sure if you can just mute certain players on SWC.

Like I said. The spirit of competition. I get that people can’t handle the heat sometimes. But I’m gracious in victory and defeat. There were still 5 other runners after me and they saw my message and I said gg.
Of course this was after I added insult to injury. But the moment was heated. But ... it’s a moment.

I don't think what I saw was in the spirit of competition. Might just be the way I've always competed, but apart from lighthearted joking I like to keep my head in the game. I prefer a play style where I'd be able to without a doubt have a beer with anyone I sit down with.
The parting shot was pretty bad imo, it really makes your gg and everything after insincere.

I've had this discussion with many people since textin became the main communication for most. You can't convey emotion or intent across words. Jokes get lost and so can a well meaning message after the fact.

Congratulations @Steamtyme!  

Thanks I got real lucky in a few spots and had more than my fair share of good cards. Tomorrow might be out the window for me, we'll have to see. Someone sent a message that I might have training tomorrow so who knows, might actually have to do my job at work. Woe is me.

Gratz @SteamTyme, well done. That last hand was quite weird

That it was it is the best hand of poker I will ever play. I took what he said in chat about needing to go soon as my chance on the flop to jam. Probably didn't hurt he had flopped a flush, while mine was a royal flush... daaaaamn
I did grab a screen cap and will post it here. Gotta do it from home though. The hand before I had KK and wished he had played it out but am glad they didn't.

GG everybody, I do hope we can smooth out some of the wrinkles that happened and proceed without further issue.

[Globb0]

Congratulations @Steamtyme! 

The result today:



Overall standings:

That is BS I finished in 19th so if I don't join I can get higher later than if I play. And others will be demoted places. Stupid system. No offence

[tyKiwanuka]

That is BS I finished in 19th so if I don't join I can get higher later than if I play. And others will be demoted places. Stupid system. No offence

Hehe, yes, I always thought it's a bit weird, but it's the same everywhere and I will just take the official result that SwC provides. I can put you at 19th place, if that helps

Late reg will be gone next series - if there is any - if I am not mistaken.

[Globb0]

That is BS I finished in 19th so if I don't join I can get higher later than if I play. And others will be demoted places. Stupid system. No offence

Hehe, yes, I always thought it's a bit weird, but it's the same everywhere and I will just take the official result that SwC provides. I can put you at 19th place, if that helps

Late reg will be gone next series - if there is any - if I am not mistaken.

hehe its OK, makes no odds. Understandably I don't want to just throw BTC down a hole though it was nice to have something to do.

I funded for 2 games so I guess I will likely still play the 2nd one.

I haven't done myself any favours by revealing here I am a bit clueless. Everyone kept out bidding me off every hand.

[SyGambler]

That is BS I finished in 19th so if I don't join I can get higher later than if I play. And others will be demoted places. Stupid system. No offence

lol actually I was able to get 3 points without playing a single hand earlier this tourney so maybe you can do that 
goal should be to get ITM more than getting the points , I mean if I get eliminated early with a really good hand I won't be pissed because of the points

the tournies prizes are so important , last series I ended up in profit regardless of the finale results due to the tourney rewards
winning the finale is of course much bigger , but still you can end up in profit even without qualifying to the final game ( like winning a game and ending ITM in another game )

[figmentofmyass]

I will no longer participate in this event. JTisCuban really aggravated the fuck outta me today and ran that mouth just a bit too much. I'd rather play casually, then have to deal with his donk mouth. Yes I said that correctly, DONK. Dude gets AA and turns into a pro. I'm ok with a little trash talk, but this guy takes it to the extreme.

Sorry to hear that man, I hope you will change your mind, you will be missed if this really was your last participation.

+1. also, congrats on getting married @yahoo. this should be a time to celebrate. the next beer is on me. if you want to play again i'll cover your next buy-in.

Curious does SWC not have a chat block?? I rarely watch the chat on my other site but am not sure if you can just mute certain players on SWC.

in the software version you can right click any player and mute them. you can also go to options > settings > chat settings and mute all player chat. i'm not sure what options are available in the browser version.

[Globb0]

The chat disappears quickly because the noise of the hands going past.

Shame it wasn't 2 separate boxes. I know Bwin is the same.

[Trofo]

The chat disappears quickly because the noise of the hands going past.

You can turn off the dealer and than all chat will stay with you. But you will not be able to see winning hands and stuff like that.

[Betwrong]

I'd say GG, if we didn't lose @yahoo62278 as a result.

I mean, it's not just random poker series, it's Bitcointalk Poker Series after all! So, the exit of one of the most recognized bitcointalk members is a great loss for us all. And this just when we actually want more participants in our series, not less of them.

Idk, I'm not comfortable with this situation. I'd say, "you will be greatly missed, @yahoo62278", but I'd rather say "Welcome back!" after you reconsidered your leaving us.


200 chips sent to youcantwin for today's game.

Let's play good poker tonight!

[1r0n1c]

3 times today I got JJ. All 3 times I lost with that hand. ran into AA, AA, and 46 LMAO.

I will no longer participate in this event. JTisCuban really aggravated the fuck outta me today and ran that mouth just a bit too much. I'd rather play casually, then have to deal with his donk mouth. Yes I said that correctly, DONK. Dude gets AA and turns into a pro. I'm ok with a little trash talk, but this guy takes it to the extreme.

Good luck to you guys with this series and in future series.

Efialtis, keep my 600 remaining chips for the winners.

I can understand your anger somehow, but seriously, you cannot say something like "s**k your mother´s tits"...
Anyway I´d like to see you back there on the table as I respect your poker play. Hopefully you get your emotion a bit under control

[1r0n1c]

Gratz @SteamTyme, well done. That last hand was quite weird

1r0n1ic you are really killing it lately. 1-2-2 in your only three appearances this series, chapeau.

cheers mate, hopefully my run will continue today
See you later

[efialtis]

Hey guys,

too bad I missed out yesterday when all of that drama happened - honestly, I am sad to see anyone go for personal reasons and yes, I don't like people "insulting" each other of course - some trash talk at the table is absolutely fine for me as long as it is not getting "too personal".

What I know is: What you give is what you get...

@yahoo I don't want to see you going but man - as tyKiwanuka also stated - you haven't been the "nicest" player either when it comes to offending players for "bad actions" while you - and that's the game of poker obviously - when sucking me out for example with a play that wouldn't be reasonable in your own eyes - couldn't care less. And that suckout actually cost me the championship game as a side note.

I actually like ambition and I was very pissed when being sucked out (yahoo, cygan... ), so yeah, I posted about my "anger" and that is cool with me as long as people don't overdo.

Can we please all be friends again? ...


I have updated the spreadsheet (extra chips) - can you guys please check it out and pm me if I missed anything? Thank you!

See you at the tables tonight!

[CoinEraser]

That is BS I finished in 19th so if I don't join I can get higher later than if I play. And others will be demoted places. Stupid system. No offence

This is how it works on SwC. There's nothing I can do about it, but I can understand you. 

... Can we please all be friends again? ...

Hope the minds have calmed down again. Arguing is not necessary and everyone should stick to not insulting others. Some trash talk is ok, but don't be personal or insulting. The dispute was yesterday and should be forgotten again today. 


Even if I do not play today, I wish you all again a lot of fun today. Enjoy the game. 

[Improved]

Guys and gals, there is a valuable service
https://sealsclubhouse.com/
It's running by reputable SwC people and they are tracking tournament stats of every SwC player.
Just to inform our gang.

[Trofo]

C'mon guys, there is only 6 of us in the tournament so far, come join I want to work to get into points

On second thought, based on my recent finishes maybe it is better this way, at least I'll get few points.

[Steamtyme]

I'll be there if i can. Have some training going on today but it might be done before late reg is over. If so see everyone at the tables.
Edit: made it. No recording again just off mobile

[Globb0]

I sent funds, I thought that you said pw would be the same but it says no this is private

[efialtis]

I sent funds, I thought that you said pw would be the same but it says no this is private

PW sent via PM

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

How would you feel if you had to fold?

[efialtis]

How would you feel if you had to fold?

That’s actually a very easy fold if you ask me... :p

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

That’s actually a very easy fold if you ask me... :p

Who is saying it!
The one goes with 95 in hand ? 🤪

[figmentofmyass]

on the flop: set vs set vs nut flush draw.



at this point in the tourney, there was no way i was folding a flopped set. anyone flatting preflop with 89 seemed unlikely and i figured @Trofo was calling on the flush draw, so i was willing to gamble on a triple up. i had put @morvillz7z on an overpair (JJ+) or maybe AT, not a superior set.

these are the type of hands that make people say poker rooms are rigged for action.

bad weekend for me at the tables!

[Globb0]

I got to 11th this time. Big improvement on 20(19)th


I was 4th or 5th for ages, think I got too keen.



Thanks all. GL

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

None of you played bad in this hand. It was just Trofo was extremely lucky in that hand. Monster round for all!!!

Is anyone seeing this?
Whatever Trofo is doing today, he is winning! LOL

[morvillz7z]

on the flop: set vs set vs nut flush draw.

^ #2 series has been like that for me from the start. Brutal!!!

FOMMA777 i thought you had maybe two pairs ready (not a set), i just couldn't not call with a flopped set. I didn't expect Trofo to call all-in at all.

It is what it is, i don't think i can make the championship game, way to big of a gap to close at this point but i will definitely play the last to games.

GG anyway, it was fun nonetheless. 

[cygan]

incredible how well Trofo is doing at the moment 
congratulations for the courage and some luck🍻

[iv4n]

I can only say that SwC doesn't like me last two weeks! I am losing tournaments, in cash games it's even worse situation. When I get flush I lose from full houses, when I get 3 of a kind I lose from straight... with top card pair I lose from two low pairs.. And now with A 9 I lose from Q 6! And mostly (in 90% situations) it happens on turn or river! That is the brain-teaser!
Well I guess I will not play grand finale this time! There are two more games, but with these cards I get I doubt I can do anything! Most of my winning hands are lies and it's just a luck that I won anything! Unlucky period is killing me!

these are the type of hands that make people say poker rooms are rigged for action.

bad weekend for me at the tables!

Bad weeks! So bad that I am thinking to not play poker and slots ever again (I had some nice gambling nights with some new casinos, but no luck for me apparently)!

For sure, I will not play cash games for some time, I will wait for next Saturday to play poker again!

Efi I owe you chips for this week! I turned off SwC, so I will send you chips tomorrow for this and next week!

[Trofo]

Damn guys, I'll get hiccups from all the talk about me.

I really had good luck on my shoulder today. I think I went all in at least 10 times and won almost all of them. Hope it will hold for a while longer.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

incredible how well Trofo is doing at the moment  
congratulations for the courage and some luck🍻

You are saying it some luck? This guy is calling in calling in everything and getting luck LOL
He called big in pre flop with 44 got another 4 on the deck and there are many more hands where he was lucky, in fact extremely lucky and got away with them.

See this.

And this too


and in many more hands, he was lucky AF. 🤪

Damn guys, I'll get hiccups from all the talk about me.

I really had good luck on my shoulder today. I think I went all in at least 10 times and won almost all of them. Hope it will hold for a while longer.

Your day brother. Enjoy it!

[arallmuus]

Damn guys, I'll get hiccups from all the talk about me.

I really had good luck on my shoulder today. I think I went all in at least 10 times and won almost all of them. Hope it will hold for a while longer.

Dang Trofo, you and I were discussing about how changing seat my affect your luck yesterday and today you seems to be rocking the table with the same seat . Top 3 now, lets see how your luck pull you to the top until the last second  

I can only say that SwC doesn't like me last two weeks! I am losing tournaments, in cash games it's even worse situation. When I get flush I lose from full houses, when I get 3 of a kind I lose from straight... with top card pair I lose from two low pairs.. And now with A 9 I lose from Q 6! And mostly (in 90% situations) it happens on turn or river! That is the brain-teaser!

Happened to me as well in the last two games where I got 11th place , two times in a row. Sometimes the game just hate us that bad   However I got few lucky hands today

Edit : I tried to bluff and paid the price lol  . I need to learn to control myself to not bluff at some crucial times like the top 3 darn it

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Another Trofo luck LOL



I gotta say with the lowest chip holder on the table I had this urge to increase my stake but see how he got it? Called my over 4.5k chips with a Q10 int he pre-flop but in the flop he got more two 10s and I was fucked then.

F you Trofo 😘

Anyway, I managed to finish at 4th. Good improvement after all.

[tyKiwanuka]

Gratz @bitmutiny

Betwrong and 1r0n1c should already have qualified for the Grand Final, but not 100% sure, maybe someone can run a simulation

bitmutiny got his first money finish today (and it was the win !), BitcoinGirlClub his second.

yahoo62278 unfortunately ended his streak today and we are down to 7 players, who participated in all tournaments thus far.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

LOL Trofo
You gone ALL IN with some low cards?
I was watching your show. This was the third luck from bitmutiny. He could not capitalize his first two lucks though. You cam back strong.

Anyway, congratulations bitmutiny. Finally you got the lucky boy LOL

[Trofo]

LOL Trofo
You gone ALL IN with some low cards?
I was watching your show. This was the third luck from bitmutiny. He could not capitalize his first two lucks though. You cam back strong.

Anyway, congratulations bitmutiny. Finally you got the lucky boy LOL

Yeah I lost my patience, the game stopped to be fun and I rushed it a bit. Could have won that last hand even with that cards. I had him in one hand before when we were all in until the last card flipped. I guess I had to stop being so lucky sooner or later.

Anyway, I managed to kick you out (and at least 5 other players, maybe even closer to 10) so that something

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Anyway, I managed to kick you out (and at least 5 other players, maybe even closer to 10) so that something

It's a shock that you did not finish at 1st but this was your day mate. You destroyed everyone. And it was a good combination of skill and luck however the luck factor was higher than anything else in this tourney.

[Betwrong]

Anyway, I managed to kick you out (and at least 5 other players, maybe even closer to 10) so that something

It's a shock that you did not finish at 1st but this was your day mate. You destroyed everyone. And it was a good combination of skill and luck however the luck factor was higher than anything else in this tourney.

Don't know about everyone, but Trofo destroyed me, that's for sure.

Getting pretty weak pocket cards almost all the time, I decided to go all-in with QJs, and was immediately wiped out by Trofo with his AJo.



From what I know, QJs and AJo are equal in regards to their ability to bring you victory, QJs is a bit better even:

But, as others already mentioned, poker gods were with Trofo yesterday.

(Btw, if you're not familiar with that table yet, take a look. It can be pretty useful. It's not a computer simulation. "The statistics are based on 115,591,080 pair of pocket cards dealt at the real money tables.")


GG, everyone!

Congrats, bitmutiny, on beating someone favoured by poker gods in the end!

[arallmuus]

Anyway, I managed to kick you out (and at least 5 other players, maybe even closer to 10) so that something

It's a shock that you did not finish at 1st but this was your day mate. You destroyed everyone. And it was a good combination of skill and luck however the luck factor was higher than anything else in this tourney.

Congrats, bitmutiny, on beating someone favoured by poker gods in the end!

The poker god surely didnt love Trofo until the end of the game   but still a grand achievement to be able to knock out that many player.


Im just wondering this, is it possible to add some sort of point for knocking out player in the 3rd series later ( Provided that we have the 3rd series ). So instead of trying to get into top ten to get points, some player could also be getting it after they knock someone out.

Something like half point or for each person knocked out (?)

Might trigger some big action from the start of the game I guess or perhaps putting up some point bounty on random person for more points, probably could make the game much more interesting. I am not sure if this is possible so yeah any other thoughts ??  

Edit : Im not sure wether this has been discussed before or not btw


@Efialtis, I sent 200 chips for saturday's game btw

[CoinEraser]

Congratulations @bitmutiny! 

Coming weekend are already the last two games of the series. The time passed quickly again. Somehow it doesn't look good for me in this series and I only got 4 points. Next series I also play with poker cards and not with pokemon cards. Maybe it'll work out better. 

Unfortunately, I have again no time and I also think I have no chance to come into the top 9 anyway. Either way, I wish you all a lot of fun on the next weekend and I'm curious who will participate in the final. 

[figmentofmyass]

Coming weekend are already the last two games of the series. The time passed quickly again. Somehow it doesn't look good for me in this series and I only got 4 points. Next series I also play with poker cards and not with pokemon cards. Maybe it'll work out better. 

i'm still in it---barely holding onto a spot, tied for 8th with @Improved. i definitely need some points this weekend to avoid getting bumped off.

it's not over until it's over. two strong finishes (top 3?) and you can still make it.

Im just wondering this, is it possible to add some sort of point for knocking out player in the 3rd series later ( Provided that we have the 3rd series ). So instead of trying to get into top ten to get points, some player could also be getting it after they knock someone out.

Something like half point or for each person knocked out (?)

Might trigger some big action from the start of the game I guess or perhaps putting up some point bounty on random person for more points, probably could make the game much more interesting. I am not sure if this is possible so yeah any other thoughts ?? 

feel free to revive the discussion here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5247993.0

i think everyone got exhausted with trying to figure out the perfect points system.

i'm open to KOs for points, although i find this common situation frustrating: player A takes most of player B's stack, then on a subsequent hand, player C finishes him off. player C gets the points of course, but player A is really the one who should be rewarded.

[arallmuus]

i'm open to KOs for points, although i find this common situation frustrating: player A takes most of player B's stack, then on a subsequent hand, player C finishes him off. player C gets the points of course, but player A is really the one who should be rewarded.

That kind of situation is tricky indeed, its the same when there was a bounty on Tyki's head. When he was down to his last chip, alot of people was throwing their chips on the table hoping to be the one to knock him out

There is no such perfect system but atleast I thought it could be an alternative to get some points instead of just trying to get into top ten  

i think everyone got exhausted with trying to figure out the perfect points system.

I guess we can leave this for a while then atleast until the 2nd series is over, 2 more games + Grand Final.

[Trofo]

I guess we can leave this for a while then atleast until the 2nd series is over, 2 more games + Grand Final.

That is a given. It would be unfair to change rules in the middle of the series without really good reason.

I would love to see something like KO points but it would be a hell to implement fairly and probably not worth the hassle in the end. We should have a simple and straightforward system to make it easier for admins and newcomers.

[efialtis]

I guess we can leave this for a while then atleast until the 2nd series is over, 2 more games + Grand Final.

That is a given. It would be unfair to change rules in the middle of the series without really good reason.

I would love to see something like KO points but it would be a hell to implement fairly and probably not worth the hassle in the end. We should have a simple and straightforward system to make it easier for admins and newcomers.

I agree - we can of course discuss changes in the respective thread SteamTyme created but really, let's try to keep things as simple as possible. I also love bounty kind of stuff, Knockout points etc. but implementing that... that's tough... even finding a consensus is going to be tough, not to mention the implementation.

Honestly, I don't think our current system is "bad" - if we get rid of that late registration in future (that some of you "hate")... I don't really understand what's so bad about how we are rolling atm - the points system could probably be pimped but other than that? Well, share your thoughts! Don't forget though, this is a poker series with a championship game...

I will not be as active as I used to be on bitcointalk going forward for several reasons so the timing isn't really perfect for me, haha - I will still try my best.

@arallmuus thanks for the idea and yeah, let's discuss - I am always open to suggestions! 

[arallmuus]

I guess we can leave this for a while then atleast until the 2nd series is over, 2 more games + Grand Final.

That is a given. It would be unfair to change rules in the middle of the series without really good reason.

No actually this idea was meant for the 3rd series in the first place anyway. I just got this inspiration from you in the last game. To be honest, I managed to get the third spot was because you knocked out alot of player in the last 10 people  

I got 3rd position with 8 points, knocked out probably 1 or 2 guy while you get 9 points at the 2nd position with atleast 5 knockout probably. It was still good that you got the 2nd position and also 9 points but at the same time you could also be not getting any point at all even if you knock alot of people out if you ended up losing before top ten

but it would be a hell to implement fairly and probably not worth the hassle in the end. We should have a simple and straightforward system to make it easier for admins and newcomers.

You are right on this, it is a hassle anyway

Honestly, I don't think our current system is "bad"

It is great system indeed , just trying to add some point initiative for all those great knockout

I will not be as active as I used to be on bitcointalk going forward for several reasons so the timing isn't really perfect for me, haha - I will still try my best.

You are doing great job for this community game, no worry and just take your time off for now

[efialtis]

My personal status quo:

- Since switching over to sharing passwords with all "regulars" in advance, things got way easier, so that was a great help for me and we should definitely do this in future, too.

- No more late registration in future series (easy!)

- We need to find a way to get rid of that 200 extra chips sending... I do not mean to get rid of the "extra prize pool" but about the hassle of sending those chips... If anyone can come up with an alternative... that would be greatly appreciated!!

Please let's discuss this here and share your ideas/thoughts: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5247993.0

[Betwrong]

Just sent 400 chips to „youcantwin“, so I'm playing today and tomorrow.

Four players have registered so far for today's tournament, but I'm sure there will be around 20 in the end(it's a pity that not 200, tho).

I went through this thread once again looking at those screenshots, intermediate leader-boards and discussions ... Idk, maybe it's because I'm doing good in the current series, but I enjoy rereading this stuff.

Btw, thanks to @tyKiwanuka and others for suggesting to switch to 4-colour deck! Done. Indeed it is easier to play with a 4-colour deck. No flush will be missed from now on, even after two beers.  

[Trofo]

Four players have registered so far for today's tournament, but I'm sure there will be around 20 in the end(it's a pity that not 200, tho).

It seems vast majority of players prefer to register in the last moment and cut it close. There is still only 4 of us at the table. Maybe that is a part of the tactic so we don't know who we are up against

I am hoping for 18 players total with all the late regs included. That way I can keep my place at the table

Btw, thanks to @tyKiwanuka and others for suggesting to switch to 4-colour deck! Done. Indeed it is easier to play with a 4-colour deck. No flush will be missed from now on, even after two beers.   

It looks strange first few hands, but after you get used to it, there is no going back to 2 color decks.

[morvillz7z]

Btw, thanks to @tyKiwanuka and others for suggesting to switch to 4-colour deck! Done. Indeed it is easier to play with a 4-colour deck. No flush will be missed from now on, even after two beers.   

It looks strange first few hands, but after you get used to it, there is no going back to 2 color decks.

I've no idea how you guys manage to play with 4 color decks, tried it twice but it looks absolutely horrible, feels counter-intuitive and all. Yuck, not for me! 

7 players seated so far, points for all? haha  Gl, everybody!!!

[iv4n]

Btw, thanks to @tyKiwanuka and others for suggesting to switch to 4-colour deck! Done. Indeed it is easier to play with a 4-colour deck. No flush will be missed from now on, even after two beers.   

It looks strange first few hands, but after you get used to it, there is no going back to 2 color decks.

I've no idea how you guys manage to play with 4 color decks, tried it twice but it looks absolutely horrible, feels counter-intuitive and all. Yuck, not for me! 

7 players seated so far, points for all? haha  Gl, everybody!!!

I played many times with 4 color decks, but I don't like it at all! I like to see black and red!

Well I need those points! If I don't get in first 3 places tonight and tomorrow I can say goodbye to grand finale!

Guys good luck tonight! What else to say, in last tournaments I didn't have cards to play with, I hope SwC will be nice to me tonight!

[figmentofmyass]

Well I need those points! If I don't get in first 3 places tonight and tomorrow I can say goodbye to grand finale!

i'm hanging on by a thread myself. being tied for 8th, i can't afford to not place this weekend.

sadly the poker gods are not with me so far. calling @Betwrong's preflop shove, he hits one of his 2 outs:



then a really unlucky turn vs @1r0n1c. he's repping a Q on the flop and of course another Q falls on the turn. bleeding chips here.

[Steamtyme]

I've no idea how you guys manage to play with 4 color decks, tried it twice but it looks absolutely horrible, feels counter-intuitive and all. Yuck, not for me!  

I played many times with 4 color decks, but I don't like it at all! I like to see black and red!

I found it weird at first but it's grown on me. It's really useful if I'm playing off my phone or multitabling as I've called before thinking I was chasing a flush and sadly was not,  

i'm hanging on by a thread myself. being tied for 8th, i can't afford to not place this weekend.

sadly the poker gods are not with me so far. calling @Betwrong's preflop shove, he hits one of his 2 outs:
then a really unlucky turn vs @1r0n1c. he's repping a Q on the flop and of course another Q falls on the turn. bleeding chips here.

Yeah I got lucky with my KK against Betwrong they had flopped a set and I turned top set. Rough break for them, a flush draw kept me from trying for max value though.
1r0n1c ran hot there for a bit, they called down 2 streets to make a 4 outer for a straight on the river with A2 I think.

Edit: Sadly no video today. I have no idea why the app and download is all of a sudden blocked by my wife's PC... subtle message maybe lol

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

This is frustrating. You are pretty sure that you are going to get the hand but when a lower card makes a higher rank then you can not just accept it. Good thing is that you did not go ALL-IN.

Question to Trofo: Why?

[Trofo]

Question to Trofo: Why?

I had guests over (some boring relatives from wife side) and one of them came behind me with 5 month old kid which screamed on my ear for the whole time. If I continued I would have killed him (the guy, not the kid) so it was better to donate the chips and go join the company. Glad you got the chips, I bullied you enough times  

Should not have played today but they of course came by without notice so I didn't know.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I had guests over (some boring relatives from wife side) and one of them came behind me with 5 month old kid which screamed on my ear for the whole time. If I continued I would have killed him (the guy, not the kid) so it was better to donate the chips and go join the company. Glad you got the chips, I bullied you enough times  

Should not have played today but they of course came by without notice so I didn't know.

Well you wasted it LOL
Hhampuz got me with a 555 when I had KQ and Q in flop. He was raising and I was matching. I did not realize that he could have a three of a kind in the flop. So got busted. And then in the next hand gone ALL IN with 910 and Iv4n got me with a 22 in his hand LOL

From chip leader (over 8.5k chips) to gone out in just too big lose in hand. Poker is crazy when you lose mind. I certainly lost my mind on those two hands.

[Steamtyme]

Well you wasted it LOL
Hhampuz got me with a 555 when I had KQ and Q in flop. He was raising and I was matching. I did not realize that he could have a three of a kind in the flop. So got busted. And then in the next hand gone ALL IN with 910 and Iv4n got me with a 22 in his hand LOL

I was wondering what happened. You were chip leading then I saw someone KO'd, you were the last person I expected to see out at that moment. Good Game tough break

[cygan]

cannot participate in the tournament today and tomorrow - wish you all good luck and lots of entertainment🍻😎💪

[arallmuus]

I played many times with 4 color decks, but I don't like it at all! I like to see black and red!

You just need to get used to it for atleast few hours  . Btw I do read your message on the game, I got no krill at all and I cant chat. Just saying though  

This applies to anyone that chat me on the game as well, So Sorry I cant reply any of your kind message

I tend to avoid any trashtalk therefore I dont try to get any krill at all but today I saw alot of positive vibe on the chat and thought perhaps I could join in 

Edit : how do you get krill btw? Do I just play any cash game?

If I continued I would have killed him (the guy, not the kid) so it was better to donate the chips and go join the company. Glad you got the chips, I bullied you enough times  

Should not have played today but they of course came by without notice so I didn't know.

You made the right call mate, family issue / real life comes first. You can always play tomorrow again.

Edit: Sadly no video today. I have no idea why the app and download is all of a sudden blocked by my wife's PC... subtle message maybe lol

Darn, I thought I would appear on your video today. I am on the same table with you right from the start  

[iv4n]

I tend to avoid any trashtalk therefore I dont try to get any krill at all but today I saw alot of positive vibe on the chat and thought perhaps I could join in  
Edit : how do you get krill btw? Do I just play any cash game?

You get krill when you play cash games! You joined late, there was talk about it already. Few hands with 1/2 blinds and you will have enough to chat!
Trash talk is alright, but there should be some limits! In passion and fire you can say anything, but good friends will understand and forgive! After first series, and close to an end of second series I think we can say for some people here how honest and fair they are!

Final table is on fire! You just got kicked with 44!  Good game, at least some points for you! It will be hard to take down Hhampuz! And Foma is close to the top too! Exciting game, and it's far from over!

[figmentofmyass]

bubble time! me, @Steamtyme, @iv4n, and @Hhampuz are fighting for ITM. it's a pretty nitty game at the moment.

EDIT: another weekend, another bubble for me. ;(

i'm disappointed in the spot i went out on, probably should have controlled the pot better. @Hhampuz minbet this flop, and i had seen him do that multiple times with 2nd or 3rd flopped pair. i 3bet in position and had solid odds at the time:



when he fired a barrel on the turn (3rd flush card) i figured he was trying to rep the flush and steal the pot. but he had it.

at least i grabbed 7 points, which should leave me in ~6th place, pulling slightly ahead of @bitmutiny, @CCwatcher420, and @Improved. @iv4n will also be in contention, just slightly behind. it's gonna be down to the wire again tomorrow.

[arallmuus]

I tend to avoid any trashtalk therefore I dont try to get any krill at all but today I saw alot of positive vibe on the chat and thought perhaps I could join in  
Edit : how do you get krill btw? Do I just play any cash game?

You get krill when you play cash games! You joined late, there was talk about it already. Few hands with 1/2 blinds and you will have enough to chat!

Got it, will do later to get some krill before tomorrow game

Trash talk is alright, but there should be some limits! In passion and fire you can say anything, but good friends will understand and forgive! After first series, and close to an end of second series I think we can say for some people here how honest and fair they are!

Nah I tend to not read any trash talk at all. It just doesnt sit right with me  

Final table is on fire! You just got kicked with 44!  

Good game indeed, considering how I almost lost early and got back in with some shoving then I could say that 6th position is good enough for me

i'm disappointed in the spot i went out on, probably should have controlled the pot better
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at least i grabbed 7 points, which should leave me in ~6th place, pulling slightly ahead of @bitmutiny, @CCwatcher420, and @Improved. @iv4n will also be in contention, just slightly behind. it's gonna be down to the wire again tomorrow.

Considering that you had a sloppy start early on the game, I'd say you are doing great job taking 7 points . Goodluck tomorrow  


Congrats to @Hhampuz for Slaying the game today ! 10 points worth

[tyKiwanuka]

Gratz @Hhampuz, well played with that monster chip lead in the middle stages



Betwrong, 1r0n1c and arallmuus have qualified for the Grand Final already, congratulations. Hhampuz and SteamTyme have very good chances to qualify. The players in red are out of contention. For BitcoinGirlClub it is next to impossible to qualify, but it's still possible theoretically from my calcualtions, if a thousand things happen Not a lot of hope for Trofo, SyGambler and myself, but lets see. The fight between figmentofmyass, bitmutiny, CCwatcher420, Iv4n and Improved will be interesting to witness - I hope you join tomorrow @bitmutiny.

As some of you might have noticed, I added a column “Avg” next to the total points. Afaik this is the tiebreaker for players with same amount of points and I added it as preparation for tomorrows final regular tournament of this series.

I did (or tried to do) some live update for the sheet during the tournaments, but only sorted it all after the tournaments were finished. For tomorrow I will do live updates and also refresh the rankings live. What does that mean ? Whenever a player gets eliminated, I will put his numbers in and then sort the table afterwards. Players that are finished for the series and can’t get no more points, I will put in yellow – that way each of you can follow the rankings real time and figure out better, what place he needs to finish in order to get to the Grand Final.

I hope this all works flawlessly from my side and I don’t make any mistakes, while also trying to get a spot in the Grand Final myself. So don’t trust 100% on the live rankings please, I will give my best though. If you see any issue, just report it in the chat at the tables maybe and I will have a look and fix it.

EDIT: another weekend, another bubble for me. ;(

For the sheet, you have one itm finish now, since I always take Top4 to make it easier due to missing data from series 1, where sometimes Top5 got paid. If that helps to up your mood

[figmentofmyass]

well played, @Hhampuz. that chip lead was unstoppable.

The fight between figmentofmyass, bitmutiny, CCwatcher420, Iv4n and Improved will be interesting to witness - I hope you join tomorrow @bitmutiny.

5 of us are basically tied for 4 spots with only one game to go---it's even tighter than i thought!

As some of you might have noticed, I added a column “Avg” next to the total points. Afaik this is the tiebreaker for players with same amount of points and I added it as preparation for tomorrows final regular tournament of this series.

i noticed that. this is the average place we finished in each tourney? i guess that technically leaves me in the middle of the pack with @CCwatcher420. it could be worse.

I did (or tried to do) some live update for the sheet during the tournaments, but only sorted it all after the tournaments were finished. For tomorrow I will do live updates and also refresh the rankings live. What does that mean ? Whenever a player gets eliminated, I will put his numbers in and then sort the table afterwards. Players that are finished for the series and can’t get no more points, I will put in yellow – that way each of you can follow the rankings real time and figure out better, what place he needs to finish in order to get to the Grand Final.

much appreciated. good luck tomorrow!

[tyKiwanuka]

i noticed that. this is the average place we finished in each tourney?

Yes, only for this series. It could get interesting, if for example one of the guys with 22 points is eliminated early-ish. Then not all hope is lost, because other ones could also finish outside of the points - and then the average place is the decider. So maybe for someone it might be enough to finish without points, if only he gets his average a bit down.

To make this scenario very interesting - for those not involved - it would be good, if as many players as possible would join tomorrow. Today was all-time low by far.

[morvillz7z]

My day in a nutshell:

Blinds at 25/50 Iv4n raises to 100, Trofo calls and i go all-in on AKs, of course, they both fold because it's too early. I get nothing, stupid me!

Half an hour later, i get pocket Aces BB, everyone folds.

And the hand that pissed me the most, AK vs 82 (Hhampuz). He gets 8 off the flop and i get an Ace. We both check on the flop, Hhampuz raises on the turn and i call (didn't want to scare him so i didn't re-raise). And here comes the river - 2, i was extremely confident and committed at that point decided to re-raised only to lose 90% of my stack.

Whenever someone starts hitting the board, it just never stops...feels like SwC is rigged or something. Prior to that annoying suckout, he had a flopped set, flopped straight and won flush vs flush to a higher card....and a bunch of other crazy hands. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyway, congrats to those already qualified for the Championship game, and good luck to everyone in the mix for the final few spots!

[Globb0]

i noticed that. this is the average place we finished in each tourney? i guess that technically leaves me in the middle of the pack with @CCwatcher420. it could be worse.

Hey I'm not bottom. For me that is a personal win.

[iv4n]

tyKiwanuka thanks for everything you do! It takes time, it takes energy, I am sure in that! Thanks for the job you are doing! You make our games more interesting!

Hhampuz you got lucky there! If I won I think we would have interesting finale, but that flush come out of nowhere! It's not on river, it's on turn and river for your win! Congratulations!

As I said in chat Foma will be kicked before me! Good game man, you survived some crazy hands!

Tomorrow will be interesting! I can't wait to sit and play another round of great poker! GG all! I wish you luck!

[Steamtyme]

~snip~

Thanks great work. Still an exciting push for the end.

Whenever someone starts hitting the board, it just never stops...feels like SwC is rigged or something. Prior to that annoying suckout, he had a flopped set, flopped straight and won flush vs flush to a higher card....and a bunch of other crazy hands. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yeah it's shitty when you can't get anything to work, or when you mix in some fancier plays to try and get max value only to get hit with a bad beat. It happens to all of us. I definitely don't think it has anything to do with SWC, and they have been great to us. When you have a large stack or the price is real cheap you can play or continue with a much wider range. HE took advantage of that and found some luck along the way.

All in all great game today. I had a lot of fun, and it seemed a fairly jovial atmosphere all around. Was crushed on my final hand 88 against Hhampuz with AQ one spade I think, they had hit the Q on the flop - I hit my 8 on the river but it didn't matter as it was a 4 flush board. Good enough to manage 3rd today and set myself up in a good spot for the Championship.

Apart from that hoping to make it again for tomorrow, and ideally I'll sort out my recording.

So I wanted to wait until I had an idea whether or not I would qualify before bringing this up. Next weekend I am back at work. I can't remember when the last Championship played out but I'm curious what peoples thoughts are on time and date for the next Championship game.

[Globb0]

Will there be a runners up (losers ) final game again this time?

[Betwrong]

~
sadly the poker gods are not with me so far. calling @Betwrong's preflop shove, he hits one of his 2 outs:


~

Man, I'm sorry for making that aggressive shove in the beginning of the game, but I was so frustrated by losing to Steamtyme with my set of 8s a minute earlier ...



I was already celebrating my victory when it turned out that he had ...



pocket Kings! Can you imagine that?

Going all-in with those pocket Tens I just wanted to lose to someone and call it a day. But the poker gods, yeah, they decided otherwise. Sorry mate. It was unintentional, I swear!   ...

Anyways, I was out on 7th place with enough chips to make sure that I will qualify for the Grand Finale, so I was happy.

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

I don't need points, but I will defo participate in the next game cos playing poker with all of you, guys, is a great pleasure.

See ya at the tables! GL!

[tyKiwanuka]

Blinds at 25/50 Iv4n raises to 100, Trofo calls and i go all-in on AKs, of course, they both fold because it's too early. I get nothing, stupid me!

Tbh I liked that play It looked so donk-ish at that stage of the tournament, that I found it sort of brilliant again. Probably not very effective, when players know each other by now, but in a random tournament someone might bite seeing a donk in you.

much appreciated. good luck tomorrow!

tyKiwanuka thanks for everything you do! It takes time, it takes energy, I am sure in that! Thanks for the job you are doing! You make our games more interesting!

Thanks great work. Still an exciting push for the end.

Thanks. Good luck for today, may the suckouts be with you

Will there be a runners up (losers ) final game again this time?

efialtis can give you more information, but from what he told me, it's still not decided, if there will be a small final this time. And it's also still not decided, if there will be a third series at SwC - or if SwC will keep sponsoring it.

[bitmutiny]

I'm in today! Saturdays can be tough for me, especially since the tournament starts at 1pm my time, my girl always wants to do stuff. I have Sundays set aside for poker, and she knows it, but Saturdays are usually hers 

Looks like I'll have to place first again to make up for it 

[webtricks]

And the hand that pissed me the most, AK vs 82 (Hhampuz). He gets 8 off the flop and i get an Ace. We both check on the flop, Hhampuz raises on the turn and i call (didn't want to scare him so i didn't re-raise). And here comes the river - 2, i was extremely confident and committed at that point decided to re-raised only to lose 90% of my stack.

Hhampuz is master of calling bad hands and winning them. Not very long ago he beaten me with 510o:

GG's all! Tonight was a fun tourny 

Don't feed me this bullshit, lol! Who goes against all-in with 5-10 offsuit? Really! High card: 10, not same suited, difference of more than 4 between cards. No chance of straight or flush with both hole cards, awful chance of pair and that too a weak pair. Even newbie player won't play this hand. But you went against me with these cards and surprisingly won!! I felt like killing you at the moment. Tell to the Goddess of Luck who was on your side yesterday and dealt 5 among community cards that next time her charm won't work.

Earlier I thought that was rubbish play but as I am learning poker in details, his strategy is pretty cool actually. He already had big stack both in my case as well as yours. By risking few chips, he had opportunity to disqualify me and making you down to 10% chips.


I forgot about series yesterday and now I see I don't have chance to qualify for championship. Never mind, I wasn't playing for championship after all. I will join tonight if free. Good luck to all those who are near to qualify.

[Trofo]

Need a good score today to have any chance for final tournament and again I have guests at home  Hopefully, they will go home before our series starts so I can concentrate properly. We already wined and dined so get a hint ....

Just 6 of us for now but I guess we will get at least to about 15 or 20 with last minute regs and late regs. Good luck to all of you guys fighting for the points and see you on the table in a little more than hour.

[arallmuus]

Looks like I'll have to place first again to make up for it 

Pray that most of the player will end up at low position so you have better chance to get into the Grand Final.

Just 6 of us for now but I guess we will get at least to about 15 or 20

14 in total just like yesterday


Goodluck to everyone participating and still trying to get some point. I will be joining the game although I might be sitting out sometimes, got some friend that came over and play some game

[figmentofmyass]

whew, barely made it today. woke up still drunk from last night and was trying to play from my phone in the car on the way home. ended up passing out and blinding out until just now. still got a workable stack but now i gotta put some work in.....

good luck all. no @Improved today?

Going all-in with those pocket Tens I just wanted to lose to someone and call it a day. But the poker gods, yeah, they decided otherwise. Sorry mate. It was unintentional, I swear!   ...

no worries, i dished out a couple suckouts later in the game myself.

[tyKiwanuka]

Gratz @Iv4n for winning today

Final standings after 8 tournaments of series #2:



Congratulations to everyone who made it to the Grand Final, especially to CCwatcher420, I guess this was some nail-biting for you, if you followed I fought, but came up short, was still lots of fun for me.

I think efialtis will show up here sooner or later and tell us when the Grand Final will take place, if there will be a small final and what is the future of this series.

Good luck in the Grand Final.

[iv4n]

GG guys! I really mean that! So many good hands! So many ups and down (for some people)!
I wanted that grand final game, and I am so happy that I am in!

Interesting fact: Saturday tournament I lost final from Jack 8 cube, today I won with cube flush! Out from nowhere!

I will just repeat what I said before, we play with cards with get! From some hands there's no running away!

I wish you luck in next games!

Edit: tyKiwanuka thanks! See you at the tables next time!

[figmentofmyass]

Congratulations to everyone who made it to the Grand Final, especially to CCwatcher420, I guess this was some nail-baiting for you, if you followed I fought, but came up short, was still lots of fun for me.

that was intense. the points standings came down to the final 2 players in the final match. great stuff! i got pretty worried for @CCwatcher420 when you hit that 999 vs QQ hand against @iv4n. i think all 3 of you were near even stacks after that.

i bubbled 2 days in a row, out in 4th again. do i get a prize for the most bubbles in the series?

at least i got myself a spot in the final. it would feel a lot sweeter though if i had cashed this weekend!

I think efialtis will show up here sooner or later and tell us when the Grand Final will take place, if there will be a small final and what is the future of this series.

ah, i assumed it was next weekend.

thanks for running the spreadsheet, it was super helpful in figuring out standings in real time.

hand of the day---@Betwrong basically all-in preflop vs @BitcoinGirlClub. @BitcoinGirlClub flops nut flush, @Betwrong hits runner-runner to a full house to stay alive:

[Trofo]

Congrats to all guys making the final tournament, you all deserved it

Hopefully, there will be a "looser" tournament this time as well.

Big thanks to our hosts efialtis & tyKiwanuka for the work they have put into this series and hopefully we will continue to organize some poker here in the forum.

[tyKiwanuka]

that was intense. the points standings came down to the final 2 players in the final match. great stuff! i got pretty worried for @CCwatcher420 when you hit that 999 vs QQ hand against @iv4n. i think all 3 of you were near even stacks after that.

Hehe, yes, it was very intense, but Iv4n got the job done for CC. I felt your super tightness at your very own bubble, when you were just waiting for ANY player to get eliminated to get you qualified for the Final. You were down to a bit more than 3k chips iirc with blinds already high-ish and I guess, you would even have folded premium hands at this stage, if it was to call an all-in or something that would have made you pot committed.

ah, i assumed it was next weekend.

Yes, pretty sure it is, but there was no offical announcement yet, unless I missed it.

thanks for running the spreadsheet, it was super helpful in figuring out standings in real time.

Thanks, my pleasure.

[figmentofmyass]

that was intense. the points standings came down to the final 2 players in the final match. great stuff! i got pretty worried for @CCwatcher420 when you hit that 999 vs QQ hand against @iv4n. i think all 3 of you were near even stacks after that.

Hehe, yes, it was very intense, but Iv4n got the job done for CC. I felt your super tightness at your very own bubble, when you were just waiting for ANY player to get eliminated to get you qualified for the Final. You were down to a bit more than 3k chips iirc with blinds already high-ish and I guess, you would even have folded premium hands at this stage, if it was to call an all-in or something that would have made you pot committed.

dude, i was so annoyed! i even folded KK preflop with ~10bbs to a raiser in the first several hands of the final table, when i was one KO away from qualifying. i can't think of any other circumstance where i ever would fold there except this very specific one, where one hand could lose me a future buy-in worth 10x the current one.

if you're on the bubble in the last couple games in this type of series structure, the ICM considerations are so frustrating. i would have been a lot more comfortable in yours or @SyGambler's spot so i could actually play my normal game.

Big thanks to our hosts efialtis & tyKiwanuka for the work they have put into this series and hopefully we will continue to organize some poker here in the forum.

+1

[morvillz7z]

First and foremost i would like to say that it was a pleasure playing with you all guys. Hope to see you again in the upcoming series, i'm sure we will have one.

Second, i'd like to congratulate those who made the Championship game, good job guys! 8 new players, Iv4n is the only who made both finales, not surprised really!

Big thanks to our hosts efialtis & tyKiwanuka for the work they have put into this series and hopefully we will continue to organize some poker here in the forum.

+2   You have to give credit where credit's due!

hand of the day---@Betwrong basically all-in preflop vs @BitcoinGirlClub.

I'll be on antidepressants for a week if this happened to me, painful. 

[SyGambler]

if you're on the bubble in the last couple games in this type of series structure, the ICM considerations are so frustrating. i would have been a lot more comfortable in yours or @SyGambler's spot so i could actually play my normal game.

it's tough both scenarios , yesterday both of us were playing for 1st place so personally I took risks that I normally don't take in other games
I mean when we got close to money bubble of the tourney usually I won't play that aggressive when I'm not cheap leader but since I needed to finish 1st to qualify I had to forget about finishing ITM

grats for the qualifiers and hope you all enjoy the game , I will probably not join the next series if happened till the final stages because I'm preparing for my exams now
will come back later this month for poker

[Betwrong]

~

hand of the day---@Betwrong basically all-in preflop vs @BitcoinGirlClub.

I'll be on antidepressants for a week if this happened to me, painful. 

Right, but even if @BitcoinGirlClub was upset about this, it lasted not for long. Look at what happened 10 minutes later:



When I flopped a pair of Aces, I was thinking: "Well, he might have had an Ace too and a better kicker." But when I saw an 8 on the turn, and BitcoinGirlClub went all-in, I called not because I was expecting another Ace or 8 on the river, I thought he was bluffing the flush. ... But he wasn't:



and there were no Ace or 8 on the river, so I lost, finishing on the 10th place.

Isn't it amazing that he got even with me, taking all my chips with the same Flush of Hearts, only this time my Full House draw didn't river? I mean, even though I lost, I was happy to see that there is fairness in the Universe.

Good Game, everyone!

~
Big thanks to our hosts efialtis & tyKiwanuka for the work they have put into this series and hopefully we will continue to organize some poker here in the forum.

+3 Big thanks to you, guys!

[efialtis]

Congratulations to our finalists! I am currently setting up the Grand Finale and it will take place this coming Saturday - as soon as it is live, I will let you guys know of course!

Sorry for my "inactivity" lately but I have many things going on and can't spend as much time here.

[Steamtyme]

Congratulations to our finalists! I am currently setting up the Grand Finale and it will take place this coming Saturday - as soon as it is live, I will let you guys know of course!
Sorry for my "inactivity" lately but I have many things going on and can't spend as much time here.

Sounds good efialitis. I'll do my best to make it for the championship. No worries you've put in plenty of time keeping this series running, take care of whatever you need to.

So I wanted to wait until I had an idea whether or not I would qualify before bringing this up. Next weekend I am back at work. I can't remember when the last Championship played out but I'm curious what peoples thoughts are on time and date for the next Championship game.

I didn't really hear any opinions about this. I am working nights this coming weekend, no getting around it.

dude, i was so annoyed! i even folded KK preflop with ~10bbs to a raiser in the first several hands of the final table, when i was one KO away from qualifying. i can't think of any other circumstance where i ever would fold there except this very specific one, where one hand could lose me a future buy-in worth 10x the current one.

Here I was like get at least one point today... ooooh look QQ. Glad to see your patience and hangover paid off nicely.

grats for the qualifiers and hope you all enjoy the game , I will probably not join the next series if happened till the final stages because I'm preparing for my exams now
will come back later this month for poker

Good luck with the exams.

[iv4n]

Congratulations to our finalists! I am currently setting up the Grand Finale and it will take place this coming Saturday - as soon as it is live, I will let you guys know of course!

Sorry for my "inactivity" lately but I have many things going on and can't spend as much time here.

Why not Sunday? I don't know about others, but this week I am free on Sunday and Monday, Saturday night will be a bit tricky for me. Of course I will find a way if all others are for Saturday. Anyway it would be good to make it official as soon as possible, I will have more time to ask some colleagues and to make some changes in case it's Saturday.

Efi we know that you are busy, season is starting in Greece! Maybe we should think about one championship in Greece, near the sea... During the day we can see so many beautiful places, islands, beaches, history..and poker every night, 7-10 days! Your organisation skills are great, so I'm sure it would be amazing.

[Hhampuz]

Why not Sunday? I don't know about others, but this week I am free on Sunday and Monday, Saturday night will be a bit tricky for me. Of course I will find a way if all others are for Saturday. Anyway it would be good to make it official as soon as possible, I will have more time to ask some colleagues and to make some changes in case it's Saturday.

I would prefer Sunday too, thank you.

[efialtis]

Sunday is cool, too - I have asked SwC and will let you guys know as soon as the game is live. You won't need a password since they will manually register the finalists. In addition, I asked them to remove Late Registration this time.

[figmentofmyass]

So I wanted to wait until I had an idea whether or not I would qualify before bringing this up. Next weekend I am back at work. I can't remember when the last Championship played out but I'm curious what peoples thoughts are on time and date for the next Championship game.

I didn't really hear any opinions about this. I am working nights this coming weekend, no getting around it.

so hopefully sunday works? play from work again?

i'm pretty open re day of week if we need to switch things up.

Sunday is cool, too - I have asked SwC and will let you guys know as soon as the game is live. You won't need a password since they will manually register the finalists. In addition, I asked them to remove Late Registration this time.

only one table i hope?

[Steamtyme]

so hopefully sunday works? play from work again?
i'm pretty open re day of week if we need to switch things up.

Better than Saturday at least this way I only have the one shift left that evening. Working nightshift I'll be in the middle of a good sleep I'm hoping it starts at the same time as the qualifiers at least this way if I hear my alarm I can play the entire final. Just shit timing is all.

My schedule is so sporadic, with the shift work and random covid scheduling it's hard to plan much longterm. I wasn't to concerned as the championship didn't have a date set at the beginning.

I didn't really follow the last final. How long did it run??

[figmentofmyass]

I didn't really follow the last final. How long did it run??

i'm not positive but looking through the last thread, ~3 hours. quite long for a single table tournament.

in fact, there will be bigger starting stacks this time.....

[Trofo]

I didn't really follow the last final. How long did it run??

i'm not positive but looking through the last thread, ~3 hours. quite long for a single table tournament.

in fact, there will be bigger starting stacks this time.....

And last time I was out in first 5 minutes, I don't think anybody will be doing something like this time around
I am expecting a very tight game but with blinds increasing very fast after 2 hours on the table it shouldn't be much longer then 3 hours.

[Globb0]

Good luck in the final.

Thanks Efialtis for organising all this and representing us with SwC



You rock dude.

[Steamtyme]

i'm not positive but looking through the last thread, ~3 hours. quite long for a single table tournament.

in fact, there will be bigger starting stacks this time.....

And last time I was out in first 5 minutes, I don't think anybody will be doing something like this time around
I am expecting a very tight game but with blinds increasing very fast after 2 hours on the table it shouldn't be much longer then 3 hours.

Sounds good Thanks for the info. The bigger stacks shouldn't be to big an issue as I assume the blind structure would be proportional.
The timing should work okay, I'd just hate to run late and have to cut out to go to work.

Ideally we could have discussed a date and time; the following week would have been free and clear. 5 hours earlier and i could play right after work; tired but free from time constraints if I make a run at it.

You can't always accommodate everyone so I will just count myself lucky that I am on nightshift and not dayshift.  
Just have to cooler you guys with AA, bet every flop suck out hard and never lose a flip and I might have time for a nap before work.

[efialtis]

Hey guys,

I still haven't received confirmation but I am confident I will hear back today - be prepared for the Grand Finale on Sunday!


Another news - SwC have confirmed to host a third Bitcointalk Series!!

[Trofo]

Is there any news regarding runner up tournament? If there is nothing official/sponsored maybe we could just set one ourselves with 1mBTC buy in for the same time as Grand Finale? That way we could play some casual hands and at the same time keep one eye on the Grand Finale.

[arallmuus]

Hey guys,

I still haven't received confirmation but I am confident I will hear back today - be prepared for the Grand Finale on Sunday!

Sunday works great for me. Hoping to see everyone on the Grand Finale  . So I guess on the same exact time as the regular game?

Another news - SwC have confirmed to host a third Bitcointalk Series!!

Wohoo, Good news. Lets try our best to get more people to join on the third series 

[Betwrong]

Hey guys,

I still haven't received confirmation but I am confident I will hear back today - be prepared for the Grand Finale on Sunday!


Another news - SwC have confirmed to host a third Bitcointalk Series!!

That is a great news! Thanks again for your efforts, mate!

As for the Grand Finale, Sunday seems perfect to me, and I have no preferences regarding time.

I'm really proud to be qualified for the event(in the #1 Series I didn't make it). Can't wait for it to start!

[CoinEraser]

Big thanks to our hosts efialtis & tyKiwanuka for the work they have put into this series and hopefully we will continue to organize some poker here in the forum.

I can only agree and also say thanks to efialtis & tyKiwanuka. Really great of you two to organize the series. 

Another news - SwC have confirmed to host a third Bitcointalk Series!!

That's really good news. Keep us up to date on what's going on. I'm looking forward to the new series. 

[Steamtyme]

Glad to hear they are going to continue to host our series. Good times.

I noticed today they have launched the final looks to be same time as the qualifiers on Sunday.

It does still have 5000 for starting stacks this time around. Looking forward to Sunday I'll get rested up after work and try to record the final. Heavily dependent on my families mood that day, understandably the wife seemed a little less than impressed when i told her the schedule.

I'm not sure about all the entries but it looks like we have the .05 BTC  generously donated by SWC, and .0286 from the 200 chip fees for the prize pool.
This doesn't include the big BTC ticket worth .01 BTC and the SWC hat for the winner.

Can't wait.

[efialtis]

Yeah the Final Table is live and all who qualified were pre-registered! Regarding Starting Stack: Shall I ask them to make it 10k or do you wanna play with 5k?

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Yeah the Final Table is live and all who qualified were pre-registered! Regarding Starting Stack: Shall I ask them to make it 10k or do you wanna play with 5k?

Efi I feel that I lost my shift of the part time job I had in every week end. Any plan for anymore poker for us losers and a new series? Sorry last few days I was away and did not follow any update.

Thanks

[Steamtyme]

Yeah the Final Table is live and all who qualified were pre-registered! Regarding Starting Stack: Shall I ask them to make it 10k or do you wanna play with 5k?

I'm fine with it if everyone else is. You and they are busy and as I've said previously I'm not looking to come at them or you to make changes often. I'm pretty good with the "it is what it is" moto, deal with it and move on. Just something to make clear for the next series and hope there isn't another oversight.

Yeah the Final Table is live and all who qualified were pre-registered! Regarding Starting Stack: Shall I ask them to make it 10k or do you wanna play with 5k?

Efi I feel that I lost my shift of the part time job I had in every week end. Any plan for anymore poker for us losers and a new series? Sorry last few days I was away and did not follow any update.

Thanks

No announcement on a tournament of losers, and I didn't notice it at the time when I checked earlier. So far just a 3rd series has been confirmed. Sorry to hear about the part time shifts.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

No announcement on a tournament of losers, and I didn't notice it at the time when I checked earlier. So far just a 3rd series has been confirmed. Sorry to hear about the part time shifts.

I hope you got my sarcasm not the real job I was talking about 😛

So, finally us losers are real lose? LOL
Are you one of us or you were able to get a spot?

Looking forward to the next series.

I will play some poker today.

[efialtis]

The 2nd Bitcointalk Championship Finale Game is live!

We will have a Freeroll with a 50,000 Chips Prize pool for the TOP 9 players of Series #2. Big thanks to SwC for hosting + sponsoring us and thanks to all players!

Qualified players don't need a password as they have been manually registered!

There will be just the one Final Table unlike the last time. Starting Stacks are 5k - shall I kindly ask them to make it 10k or are we cool with 5k?

- There won't be a runner-up tournament this time around - I am sorry but due to limited time, I wasn't able to set anything up. :/

- There will definitely be a 3rd series and I will start organizing shortly - some details will be discussed in our respective thread.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

- There won't be a runner-up tournament this time around - I am sorry but due to limited time, I wasn't able to set anything up. :/

F you and SwC 😘
You guys are awesome 😀

- There will definitely be a 3rd series and I will start organizing shortly - some details will be discussed in our respective thread.

I can not wait for this. Surely I will have a boring weekend. May be I will find some other tournaments to spend the evening while you guys will run for the title. I am yet to make my place in a final tournament in any series. May be this 3rd series will be my first.

[1r0n1c]

The 2nd Bitcointalk Championship Finale Game is live!

We will have a Freeroll with a 50,000 Chips Prize pool for the TOP 9 players of Series #2. Big thanks to SwC for hosting + sponsoring us and thanks to all players!

Qualified players don't need a password as they have been manually registered!

There will be just the one Final Table unlike the last time. Starting Stacks are 5k - shall I kindly ask them to make it 10k or are we cool with 5k?

- There won't be a runner-up tournament this time around - I am sorry but due to limited time, I wasn't able to set anything up. :/

- There will definitely be a 3rd series and I will start organizing shortly - some details will be discussed in our respective thread.

Perfect, thank you efialtis! I´m cool with a deepstack final table, so if the other participants are also fine with 10k Chips?
How do you handle the prize pool of each 200 Chips which we collected? What´s the amount in total and will you send it out to the top3 after the final table has finished?

[iv4n]

10k starting chips would be better! Who doesn't remember last debate can find it in old thread, Yahoo and some others had good arguments why we should have 10k chips!
After all its grand finale, and we should have more chips than in regular games!

Wohoo, Good news. Lets try our best to get more people to join on the third series 

I was thinking about this, in my opinion if we wish more players we need higher prize pool! Don't wish to sound ungrateful, but that's a reality. After first series some people quit, we have some new players, but more people left than joined. Of course higher prize pool will help keeping regular players in too!

Efi and Ty are doing an amazing job for all of us here, and a fact is that with more people they will have even more job to do! It's crazy to organize all that and to not get paid anything for that! So it's a question do we want more players or to stay like it is? For more players we need more money, and like before my opinion is unchanged, just two ways to get more money, sponsors of higher buy-in (and we know what that means, it will be too expensive for some people).

How do you handle the prize pool of each 200 Chips which we collected? What´s the amount in total and will you send it out to the top3 after the final table has finished?

Efi will transfer chips directly to you on SwC if you are in top 3! In the same way you transferred him 200 chips for every tournament!

[arallmuus]

Starting Stacks are 5k - shall I kindly ask them to make it 10k or are we cool with 5k?

Im cool with any of those option. Whichever works best for the majority of the other 8 I guess

Wohoo, Good news. Lets try our best to get more people to join on the third series 

I was thinking about this, in my opinion if we wish more players we need higher prize pool! Don't wish to sound ungrateful, but that's a reality. After first series some people quit, we have some new players, but more people left than joined. Of course higher prize pool will help keeping regular players in too!

The extra 200 chips would serve as higher extra prizepool. More people means higher prizepool but the problem would be how to get all those new guy to join 

Efi and Ty are doing an amazing job for all of us here

Excellent job from both of them Indeed.

[efialtis]

I have asked SwC to make it 10k chips - let's see if they can do it!

Btw, big thanks to my man @tyKiwanuka for doing such a great job (when it's actually not a job but he's doing it absolutely for free) while I have been pretty inactive - cheers mate!

[Betwrong]

I have asked SwC to make it 10k chips - let's see if they can do it!

Btw, big thanks to my man @tyKiwanuka for doing such a great job (when it's actually not a job but he's doing it absolutely for free) while I have been pretty inactive - cheers mate!

I'm good with 5k chips and with 10k chips, whatever you guys prefer.

And yeah, I thanked you, @efialtis, but I forgot to thank your man, @tyKiwanuka for his altruistic work. Those spreadsheets are amazing, man! Big thanks, @tyKiwanuka!

[Emitdama]

These type of organizations are very hard to manage, it is really not a one man job, I should know because I have been trying to organize a fifa tournament during this pandemic and I know how many challenges there are to make it happen, it is certainly at least a two man job and it is much better if you have 5 or 500 .

At the end of the day what @efialtis has managed during this pandemic to make people play something so that they wouldn't be bored out of their mind is really something to be held, dude has done it without much help and they has managed to get a lot of people as well, that is the trickiest part of the organization, finding people to play. They didn't just find people, but they also found the best people, you guys are all a bunch of amazing people to be around.

[figmentofmyass]

Another news - SwC have confirmed to host a third Bitcointalk Series!!

great news. as always, i'm in!

I have asked SwC to make it 10k chips - let's see if they can do it!

i always love deep stacks but it's cool either way. 5k stacks at this structure with a single table is plenty of time.

I was thinking about this, in my opinion if we wish more players we need higher prize pool! Don't wish to sound ungrateful, but that's a reality. After first series some people quit, we have some new players, but more people left than joined. Of course higher prize pool will help keeping regular players in too!

that may just be the effect of the end of lockdowns, people going back to school and work, summertime weather and vacations.

considering we got a bigger prize pool this time (0.01 BTC ticket added) but a smaller turnout, i think we might be close to the limit. we can't expect SwC to keep throwing more money in. if we were to do higher buy-ins, maybe do a mix of different buy-ins throughout. maybe do a couple at the start of the series and see how it affects turnout.

[iv4n]

Last time before the final game we had hot discussions, Efi made a timer... This time it's really quiet, like before some big storm!

that may just be the effect of the end of lockdowns, people going back to school and work, summertime weather and vacations.

considering we got a bigger prize pool this time (0.01 BTC ticket added) but a smaller turnout, i think we might be close to the limit. we can't expect SwC to keep throwing more money in. if we were to do higher buy-ins, maybe do a mix of different buy-ins throughout. maybe do a couple at the start of the series and see how it affects turnout.

Well I just said that for more people we need higher prizes. It's not even my wish, I quoted Arallmuus! I'm fine with this current structure, I believe we play good poker and I will play next series again! I'm for changes if someone suggests something, and we all accept it, as always.

I am thinking about the final game entire week! I can't wait tomorrow and to start playing finally!

[arallmuus]

Last time before the final game we had hot discussions, Efi made a timer... This time it's really quiet, like before some big storm!

Calm before the storm I suppose 19 more hours before the actual showdown. Some people could be preparing their mental properly before the game

Also we are discussing about the format of the 3rd series in here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5247993.0 instead of this thread. Feel free to join in the conversation and post your ideas there. There are some conversation regarding the next buy in in the thread as well  

I am thinking about the final game entire week! I can't wait tomorrow and to start playing finally!

Goodluck to us tomorrow  . Whoever win tomorrow must be either pretty good or pretty lucky.

[figmentofmyass]

Last time before the final game we had hot discussions, Efi made a timer... This time it's really quiet, like before some big storm!

yikes, only 18 hours to go. i better get to sleep early tonight. lots going on this week, i'm quite sleep deprived.....

Also we are discussing about the format of the 3rd series in here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5247993.0 instead of this thread. Feel free to join in the conversation and post your ideas there.

everybody please check that thread and chime in re buy-in size, league prizes/structure and all that good stuff. we need some consensus if any changes are gonna be made.

see you guys at the final table tomorrow, and good luck!

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

see you guys at the final table tomorrow, and good luck!

So the battle is tonight?

I thought it was in the last evening. Lately, I got some weird habit of sleeping at the afternoon and waking up at the very very early morning LOL. I was on move last few days so really did not have much time to check in to see what is going on.

Good luck everyone.

[Steamtyme]

Last time before the final game we had hot discussions, Efi made a timer... This time it's really quiet, like before some big storm!

They've been super busy irl if I recall so it makes sense. I'm pretty pumped but have been at work and also began venturing around the forum a little more than I have been in the last few months. If you are looking for more discussion in general on poker and not just the tourney pop over to the thread I post the videos, we have some decent ongoing conversations there.
Personally i'm pumped. Going to be groggy as fuck but I'll manage. i have 8 hours left in my shift and should be able to snag ~41/2 hours sleep beforehand. The wifey is happy with me again so I will be recording tomorrow. I'm pretty sure the App interferes with the recording software in someway which is annoying as I prefer the app to the web interface. Oh the sacrifices I make for you people 
I'll get last weeks up Monday probably at the same time as the Championship

yikes, only 18 hours to go. i better get to sleep early tonight. lots going on this week, i'm quite sleep deprived.....

No, no, no. You go out and get yourself sloppy drunk then play from your phone. I can't have some left field plays coming out tomorrow and messing me up, I've only been studying drunk figment plays. I'll just suck out on the good ones. 
Too Soon??

Anyone planning on coming by and watching as a lurker??

[efialtis]

Hey guys,

I am suuuuper busy and I am really sorry about not giving more updates and being more active lately - that's gonna change hopefully soon!

Even though I had asked SwC to make it 10k stacks, looks like they didn't get to it so we (you!) will have to live with those 5k stacks - please don't be mad at me!


So, who's your favorite for tonight's Final? Iv4n? I have a feeling that Hhampuz will do well tonight! 

[Trofo]

Anyone planning on coming by and watching as a lurker??

Maybe, I'll swing by and check the competition a bit more but that is only gonna happen if I am at home and I find a nice little cash game to sit on while spectating.

Good luck guys, enjoy the grand finale you all earned it. Anyway, don't get used to it since there is only 9 places and I am taking one of them in the next series

[iv4n]

Goodluck to us tomorrow  . Whoever win tomorrow must be either pretty good or pretty lucky.

Good luck to us today! Who win is good and have luck, you don't win with if you have just one of these two!
I know about the thread, I have one post there. I am preparing entire week for this tournament, and for few hours I will get out to make some barbecue, few drinks here and there, and I will be fully prepared!

They've been super busy irl if I recall so it makes sense. I'm pretty pumped but have been at work and also began venturing around the forum a little more than I have been in the last few months. If you are looking for more discussion in general on poker and not just the tourney pop over to the thread I post the videos, we have some decent ongoing conversations there.
Personally i'm pumped. Going to be groggy as fuck but I'll manage.

I just said it in general, last time before the game it was hot! Like it's some boxing match, you could feel tension, now it's very calm and professional!
As I said you in poker chat I know about your poker threads, I like to read what you wrote there (essays, almost every comment is like a handbook). Foma and you are active there, having so many poker terms I don't understand, I have to check them... Generally you have good analysis of hands, it's interesting to read how competition thinks And with my vocabulary I can't join and have so deep discussions with you guys.

So, who's your favorite for tonight's Final? Iv4n? I have a feeling that Hhampuz will do well tonight! 

Last week I was 2 in the first game, and 1 in the second game, I can only hope that I am a good winning streak and I will have a good cards to play with. I will play to win, like always! Competition is hard, I think we all deserved to play grand finale, and we will have a very interesting game! Like in all final games, where all players are good, mistakes are ones that count mostly! Making a mistake can cost a lot, so we can expect a tense game, where every move is being carefully calculated!

Maybe, I'll swing by and check the competition a bit more but that is only gonna happen if I am at home and I find a nice little cash game to sit on while spectating.

Good luck guys, enjoy the grand finale you all earned it. Anyway, don't get used to it since there is only 9 places and I am taking one of them in the next series

You had some good games in this series! I wish you a lot of luck in next series! We will play again, and we will fight for those 9 spots!

[Steamtyme]

So, who's your favorite for tonight's Final? Iv4n? I have a feeling that Hhampuz will do well tonight! 

I don' know I really really want that hat 

I'm also sure that everyone understands the demands on your time irl. If you need a hand or something done feel free to reach out to me anytime. I'l do my best to help.

Anyway, don't get used to it since there is only 9 places and I am taking one of them in the next series

I look forward to the next time we can have it out on the felt good sir.

I just said it in general, last time before the game it was hot! Like it's some boxing match, you could feel tension, now it's very calm and professional!
As I said you in poker chat I know about your poker threads, I like to read what you wrote there (essays, almost every comment is like a handbook). Foma and you are active there, having so many poker terms I don't understand, I have to check them... Generally you have good analysis of hands, it's interesting to read how competition thinks And with my vocabulary I can't join and have so deep discussions with you guys.

I got yah, I missed all that was still licking my wounds and sulking over my overall terrible couple weeks at the tables. I'm glad you like the poker Talk, it helps me in general discussing spots with everyone who comes in and is just  a great way to still be engaged.

Don't let the language barrier keep you away. Post some of the terms you don't understand and me or someone else will explain them in simple poker terms. Some of it is just nuanced slang I've been picking up watching hand reviews and poker Youtubers.

Good luck all ... Insert Kung Fu Panda Meme Here - "Our battle will be legendary"

[arallmuus]

So the battle is tonight?

Yes it is tonight

I was on move last few days so really did not have much time to check in to see what is going on.

Feel free to drop by and check the game later this evening. Would be nice to have alot of chatters commenting on the game in the chatroom  

Even though I had asked SwC to make it 10k stacks, looks like they didn't get to it so we (you!) will have to live with those 5k stacks - please don't be mad at me!

No problem on this, 5k or 10k stack just bring it on  . You have done so well for this community poker game in the 1st series and also in the 2nd series.

So, who's your favorite for tonight's Final? Iv4n? I have a feeling that Hhampuz will do well tonight!  

I would say Hhampuz and Ir0n1c but FOMA might stand a chance as well considering how many times he managed to get top position despite having a sloppy start in the early game. I would say myself but it would be so biased to vote for myself. I was just lucky throughout the regular game unlike the others  

So Whoever wins suits fine for me tonight  

[efialtis]

I will definitely be watching you guys tonight!

@iv4n Speaking of that hat - have you "ordered" your hat with the provided coupon code and if so, have you already received it?!

[tyKiwanuka]

Good luck to all participants later today, I'll be lurking. @morvillz7z Where are your odds for series #2 Grand Final ?

Thanks to @efialtis for organizing these tournaments/prizes and also making a third series happen. I know how much headache it was and is for you, but will hopefully get better with some changes for the upcoming series

[iv4n]

I will definitely be watching you guys tonight!

@iv4n Speaking of that hat - have you "ordered" your hat with the provided coupon code and if so, have you already received it?!

I sure did, I still wait for that hat. I blame this corona situation, who knows how that transport works now. I am waiting, when I get it I will share it all of you here for sure.

tyKiwanuka Thanks man, we will need luck! Thank you for everything you did for all of us here! I hope we will play again in next series!

Finalist are you ready, just 2h and 44m !

[Betwrong]

It's over 35 degrees Celsius where I am currently and there is a river beach nearby, but I'm not going there, oh no! What I'm doing is watching World Poker Tour LIVE on YouTube to be better prepared for the today's Grand Finale.

~
Finalist are you ready, just 2h and 44m !

No, mate, not yet, but will be !

GL, everyone!

See you at the tables in less than 2 hours!

[efialtis]

With less than half an hour till the Final begins, I hope you guys are all well prepared! Enjoy yourselves... it's gonna be the last Final Table without your nightmare efialtis!

[Steamtyme]

Aaannnd I'm awake. Awesome let's a go.
I probably won't chat much during the game as I noticed it blocks a lot of the screen on the recordings. I mean for serious game face reasons. 

[Hhampuz]

Just for the lulz, I'll offer a 2500 chips knockout on myself. Gl to all!

[figmentofmyass]

@iv4n off to an early chip lead---dropped a KK vs QQ cooler on @CCwatcher420 and now has nearly double the starting stack. his cards always seem to hold.

i'm card dead myself. i've seen only AJo and a suited connector so far, missed the flop. blinds are early yet and everyone is still alive.....

Just for the lulz, I'll offer a 2500 chips knockout on myself. Gl to all!

cheers. now i'm gunning for ya!

yikes, only 18 hours to go. i better get to sleep early tonight. lots going on this week, i'm quite sleep deprived.....

No, no, no. You go out and get yourself sloppy drunk then play from your phone. I can't have some left field plays coming out tomorrow and messing me up, I've only been studying drunk figment plays. I'll just suck out on the good ones.  

no hangover today, just bleary-eyed and sucking down coffee.

EDIT: first knockout of the game, @Hhampuz takes out @CCwatcher420, all-in preflop.

[iv4n]

GG people! I got in the fire with that A7 after winning all in with 72! But Foma with his two ladies was strong! I had that out, we could see that ace, but nothing! After me TikTok and Betwrong were kicked out fast! Well that's poker!
We have 3 finalists, I will watch the game till the end of course! We had great poker series, I can't wait for next ones! GG and thank you all for participating and Efi and Ty for organizing all this!

[arallmuus]

Top 3 is now on the play with SteamTyme, FOMA and Ir0n1c. Anyone wishes to see how they play should head on to the game  

I would say Hhampuz and Ir0n1c but FOMA might stand a chance as well

Its funny how I got 2 out of 3 of my pick in the top 3 right now. The most hurtful moment for me would be to lose against SteamTyme with his 3 pair of Queen. I got pair K in my hands and I was very sure that it wont be a flush that is going to beat me but BOOM SteamTyme is damn lucky  

Goodluck to us tomorrow  . Whoever win tomorrow must be either pretty good or pretty lucky.

Good luck to us today!

Hey Iv4n, I guess we are not lucky today eh?   . But atleast you won the first series. Damn I was hoping for atleast 3rd position for a consolidation of 10,000 chips would be nice

But Foma with his two ladies was strong!

See how FOMA got a sloppy headstart and wreck us all? I was in the same table with him many time during regular game and thats how he got in top position mostly

[Steamtyme]

Hey everyone great game today. Everyone played real well.

Figmentofmyass, great heads up match. You played that amazing for starting off shortstacked. Good shove in the end, I just couldn't fold out any pocket pair. My heart dropped at the K, because I was trying so hard not to double you up. That turned 4 and I started jumping lol.
Also congrats on your first cash of the series. 
The hand you were wondering about I turned a pair of Kings , the c-bet on the flop was just a balanced bet. I had K8off I believe.

Great game again a couple of tough breaks for guys when I was calling down with an A because they were short. Luck and the Poker Gods were on my side tonight.

Beginning to think I should be unprepared at work or sleep deprived for all my Poker tourneys.  

[figmentofmyass]

Hey everyone great game today. Everyone played real well.

Figmentofmyass, great heads up match. You played that amazing for starting off shortstacked. Good shove in the end, I just couldn't fold out any pocket pair. My heart dropped at the K, because I was trying so hard not to double you up. That turned 4 and I started jumping lol.

congrats dude, very solid heads up match. i was running pretty cold, always raising with the bottom of my range. i maybe could have waited for a better spot than that K2s jam, although i'm not upset with myself. that was a very solid call on your part.

almost took you out with that flop anyway---you had to hit that 2-outer on the turn! we woulda been in for a long heads up match if that pot went the other way.

The hand you were wondering about I turned a pair of Kings , the c-bet on the flop was just a balanced bet. I had K8off I believe.

thanks, that's what it felt like. i had flopped bottom pair.

great game and series everyone. i'm glad i finally managed to cash one of these things.

time to crack open a beer and enjoy this beautiful spring weather......

[efialtis]

Our 2nd Bitcointalk Poker Series just ended - congratulations to our new Champion Steamtyme, followed by figmentofmyass & 1r0n1c! Congrats to the rest, too, of course - that was a nice Final!

I would like to thank each and every one of you for joining us and for your understanding when it comes to organizational stuff - I am trying my best but there is of course still room to improve things! Another very big thanks to tyKiwanuka for his support as well as his amazing spreadsheets!


I have just transferred the extra winnings:

- Steamtyme received 15k chips
- Figmentofmyass received 9k chips
- 1r0n1c received 9k chips


#3 Series coming - see you soon!

[figmentofmyass]

Our 2nd Bitcointalk Poker Series just ended - congratulations to our new Champion Steamtyme, followed by figmentofmyass & 1r0n1c! Congrats to the rest, too, of course - that was a nice Final!

I would like to thank each and every one of you for joining us and for your understanding when it comes to organizational stuff - I am trying my best but there is of course still room to improve things! Another very big thanks to tyKiwanuka for his support as well as his amazing spreadsheets!


I have just transferred the extra winnings:

- Steamtyme received 15k chips
- Figmentofmyass received 9k chips
- 1r0n1c received 9k chips


#3 Series coming - see you soon!

thanks again @efialtis and @tyKiwanuka. i've received the chips.

oh and good luck in the next BIG BTC @Steam! i had big dreams but it looks like you're gonna have to bink it for the both of us.

i need to keep grinding the lower buy-ins for a while and ease back into a groove. this 2nd place finish is a good start, now i've got some buy-ins for the next while.....

discussion about the next series:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5247993.msg54578966#new

[SquallLeonhart]

@Efialtis do you realize what you have actually managed here? I mean this is SwC poker tourney and I get it and you like them and even have their signature (hell maybe affiliated?) but at the same time you gathered a ton of people here and they all know you and now your name is a brand of its own. What does that mean?

If SwC fails to do something as silly stupid easy as increasing chips from 5k to 10k, that means they may not be really appreciating the work you are putting in for their website, you could literally threaten them to take all the players to some other website if you want to unless they get it together. On top of that you could basically ask for other places what they are willing to offer if you bring the tournament to them, they might offer you a lot more than what SwC offers. You don't have to do any of these, just know that you now have that power.

[Steamtyme]

~snip~

Woah let's pump the brakes here a little. I agree that efialitis has done a bang up job, and their side project sounds great so not to take away from that in anyway. SWC has been amazing. This is a 0 rake series, that they contribute the majority of the Championship prizepool to.
They also in th epast when not busy have made arrangements for us that go above and beyond. Not gonna lie they could probably spit in my face and I'd still play there.  

I wanted to say one of the spots I hate most in Poker is 3-handed at the final table. Ir0n1c you did not disappoint, it was a tough battle and didn't want to forget to mention it.

congrats dude, very solid heads up match. i was running pretty cold, always raising with the bottom of my range. i maybe could have waited for a better spot than that K2s jam, although i'm not upset with myself. that was a very solid call on your part.
almost took you out with that flop anyway---you had to hit that 2-outer on the turn! we woulda been in for a long heads up match if that pot went the other way.
~snip~
thanks, that's what it felt like. i had flopped bottom pair.
great game and series everyone. i'm glad i finally managed to cash one of these things.
time to crack open a beer and enjoy this beautiful spring weather......

Yeah I'm glad the 4 came through. Like I said I knew if I doubled you we we were going to be in for one hell of a battle.

I knew you had something I thought it was maybe a weak Q. Beer Iwish I'm off to work now, was way to pumped to try and nap  

- Steamtyme received 15k chips
- Figmentofmyass received 9k chips
- 1r0n1c received 9k chips

Thanks for handling everything. Was nice to see you in the chat hanging out with us as well.

thanks again @efialtis and @tyKiwanuka. i've received the chips.
oh and good luck in the next BIG BTC @Steam! i had big dreams but it looks like you're gonna have to bink it for the both of us.
i need to keep grinding the lower buy-ins for a while and ease back into a groove. this 2nd place finish is a good start, now i've got some buy-ins for the next while.....

I'm pretty pumped for the Big BTC. Overall in the tourneys on SWC the field skills vary widly, but they are still super fun. I had an unfortunate experience in a 2000K chip buy-in and there was a dude jamming litterally any 2 and he took out my AK with a 93off, he did this to a few people.

Like I said earlier

So, who's your favorite for tonight's Final? Iv4n? I have a feeling that Hhampuz will do well tonight!  

I don' know I really really want that hat  

[arallmuus]

I mean this is SwC poker tourney

It actually is not. This is more like bitcointalk community weekend poker game which is held on swc poker ( And sponsored by them in the Grand Finale )

On top of that you could basically ask for other places what they are willing to offer if you bring the tournament to them, they might offer you a lot more than what SwC offers. You don't have to do any of these, just know that you now have that power.

Some of us probably only play in swc because of the tournament instead of playing regularly in swc. They are getting practically nothing from us instead of new user and they are even gracious to sponsor the Grand Finale with 0.05 BTC ( this is the second series, so they spend 0.1 BTC sponsoring this community game already )


They might not be really great in giving us 100% of what we desire but atleast they have been gracious enough so far and I wouldnt mind it.

You should join us as well in the 3rd series Squall 

[1r0n1c]

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Congratulation for your win - you really deserved it. So when we were the last 3 guys standing, I knew that I had to push some all ins as my stack was far behind yours.
Luckily your 55 pockets hold, but nothing I really regret with my 2 overcards. Was a 50/50 gambling
There was one situation I´m annoyed about. It was quit early when I lost a lot of chips to you. You had AQ and I had AJ. I feeded your stack too much in this
hand but the way how you controlled your stack afterwards was amazing. That´s why a well deserved 1st place for you!

Thanks to everyone who made this poker series possible. It was so much fun and I won´t miss the next one. Be prepared

[Trofo]

@Steamtyme
Congrats on your win mate, well played and deserved, you have shown the consistency

@efialtis and @tyK
Well done guys and thanks once again. Now we expect even more from you in the next series. If you are tight with time efialtis learn to delegate I would be more than happy to help out with some part if you need it. I propose that you close this thread in a day or two and put the links to our discussion thread and new series thread in that last post.

I watched parts of the tournament yesterday and it was some rather good poker, we are progressing with each tournament. I was a little bit surprised that tournament wasn't a bit more tight in the beginning.

See you all in the next series.

[Betwrong]

Yesterday's game was the best of all imo!

Congrats @Steamtyme on totally deserved 1st place!

I agree with @Trofo here that we are progressing with each tournament. Indeed, the game becomes more and more interesting to watch, let alone to participate.

And the chat, the chat plays a significant role in the overall fun. Like, for example, remember what was happening yesterday? @efialtis, being not in the game even, joined the chat and turned it into a box radiating so much of positive energy! We were talking about the site named after his dog, lemon trees that were about to bloom, greek party mode and stuff. I enjoyed it very much. In fact, it was 50% of the overall pleasure from the game. Ty, @efi!

Good game, everyone! Congrats FOMA and 1r0n1c on making it to the prizes!

Can't wait for the #3 Series!

[efialtis]

So, who's your favorite for tonight's Final? Iv4n? I have a feeling that Hhampuz will do well tonight! 

I don' know I really really want that hat 

I'm also sure that everyone understands the demands on your time irl. If you need a hand or something done feel free to reach out to me anytime. I'l do my best to help.

Man, you wanted that hat... you got it! I have just pm'ed you the link to the store and coupon code!

[Steamtyme]

Congratulation for your win - you really deserved it. So when we were the last 3 guys standing, I knew that I had to push some all ins as my stack was far behind yours.
Luckily your 55 pockets hold, but nothing I really regret with my 2 overcards. Was a 50/50 gambling
There was one situation I´m annoyed about. It was quit early when I lost a lot of chips to you. You had AQ and I had AJ. I feeded your stack too much in this
hand but the way how you controlled your stack afterwards was amazing. That´s why a well deserved 1st place for you!
Thanks to everyone who made this poker series possible. It was so much fun and I won´t miss the next one. Be prepared

There was definitely nothing wrong with your shove. It was really the only sizing you had available, as I could float with a wide range, due to my stacksize. I think you got 1 or 2 through as I had nothing to call down and similar to when I got heads up, doubling either of you up would have bee a disaster.
In both cases with you and figment it was low pairs. I would have called down with any pair for sure, and most Ax holdings. Really gets the heart pumping in those situations.

Oh man that hand I felt about 50/50. I didn't think you had AK, but was worried about a set maybe. So I was pumped to see the J. It was me just retrieving the chips I paid you off with earlier lol. I just didn't believe you in the SB, I think you had KQ of clubs or something similar but you had top pair and I paid all 3 streets I believe. That and my KK losing to Iv4n hitting a trip 7 on the river had me very worried early on.

I'll try and have the video up tonight and I'll let everyone know. It would be great to get everyone talking some of their spots, or even asking about anything you see me doing.

@Steamtyme
Congrats on your win mate, well played and deserved, you have shown the consistency
~snip~

Thanks. See you in the next series

Congrats @Steamtyme on totally deserved 1st place!

Thank you, and well played yourself. I wish I could have joined in the chat a little more, but the box blocks 2 players and their actions. I really just noticed how annoying that can be on replay when I was re watching one of the other videos. See you in the next series.

Man, you wanted that hat... you got it! I have just pm'ed you the link to the store and coupon code!

Thanks buddy. Really appreciate everything you do. Gonna look so cool 

@tyKiwanuka in case I haven't said it thank you as well, I appreciate the time you've taken to keep spreadsheets up to date and people informed/taken care of.

[arallmuus]

That and my KK losing to Iv4n hitting a trip 7 on the river had me very worried early on.

Atleast you won the series and won that big btc ticket. Pffttt, Actually Im still salty that my pair K lose to your three Queen yesterday  . I was really happy when I got pair K in my hands and thought that this is the moment for me to turn everything back.

I was damn happy when We went all in and I saw that you only have pair Queen but boom the third Queen shows up on the table. My soul literally left my body for like 2 seconds the moment that happened  

PS : Congratulations , you totally deserved it and also Say hi to your daughter mate  

[tyKiwanuka]

Thanks for all the praise my way for keeping a simple spreadsheet up to date. It's not that much work in the end, once the sheet is set up properly efialtis has 90% of all work and we can be happy to have such a good networker as our host, who is always able get us some extra prizes.

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Congrats to SteamTyme, FOMA777 and 1r0n1c. After Iv4n was doing so well in the early stages, he was my favourite to win. There are certain people in this series, who are very good frontrunners and everyone is doomed once they sit on a heap of chips, but not this time. Iv4n is the only player to qualify for both Grand Finals btw.

CCwatcher420 has been one of the most consistent players throughout both series and is one of the last seven standing to play every tournament, but still never got a penny back in prize money. Other regular players, that never got something in return are jayce and cygan; webtricks never cashed in the regular tournaments, but got 3rd place in small final in Series 1.

[Globb0]

Well done, I got drunk too early and missed watching the action live.   

Some crushing descriptions of losing when you think you are winning here. I can def relate to those.

[Trofo]

CCwatcher420 has been one of the most consistent players throughout both series and is one of the last seven standing to play every tournament, but still never got a penny back in prize money. Other regular players, that never got something in return are jayce and cygan; webtricks never cashed in the regular tournaments, but got 3rd place in small final in Series 1.

It looks rough but that is poker. Not always fair but should be always fun at least for me. My results swing wildly from very good to very bad, there is no middle ground for me. I am either out among the first players or do well. That is one of the things I have to work on if I intend to play with the big boys. Overall quality of the poker among forum members is growing steadily so it will only get harder.

I have to work on my early game while they have to work on the late game. Maybe I'll ask FOMA to coach me a bit on getting back into the game after loosing a significant portion of the chips

[iv4n]

Congrats to SteamTyme, FOMA777 and 1r0n1c. After Iv4n was doing so well in the early stages, he was my favourite to win. There are certain people in this series, who are very good frontrunners and everyone is doomed once they sit on a heap of chips, but not this time. Iv4n is the only player to qualify for both Grand Finals btw.

Wind in my back! Thank you for this kind words, I hope we will play in next finals together! Yesterday I was on beer, that mess things up always, I should stick with wine, like today! Anyway, reading this make me feel nice, I plan to play in next grand final! Just to say Foma paid those 2 ladies, but I saw it as my hand! I thought everyone will fold, but even with those two ladies I had that out, we could see that ace and that would make entire game completely different!

Good series! And I am in the next series for sure! We had a good time playing and talking! Steamtyme and Foma had a great finale, I watched them and Steamtyme had that advantage from the start, nobody could move him from the first place, must be the hat he wanted!

People lets have another great series! I wait for updates from Efi, and I expect to see some people once again! I like to play poker with you people!!!

[SquallLeonhart]

I would love to join but I am more a organizer myself and not a great poker player, if I ever joined I would lose in the first table most probably, unless somehow I get some awesome cards and you get some awesome but not as good cards and just happen to win, otherwise I am out as one of the first people out there.

I follow this place and constantly check it and even try to catch the games if I can only because I love organizing stuff like this myself, it is like a sports player watching some other sports match on his free time, just happen to be entertaining for me to see what is going on and what people likes and not likes and what could be better or what is being done much better than I can think of etc etc. But, since it is not that much money, maybe I will join eventually.

[CoinEraser]

Congratulations Steamtyme, FOMA777 and 1r0n1c to win the second series. You three have played really good poker and I hope you've been back in the next series. 

[Steamtyme]

My soul literally left my body for like 2 seconds the moment that happened  

PS : Congratulations , you totally deserved it and also Say hi to your daughter mate  

Glad it found it's way back. Yeah those spots are gut wrenching. Funny about that my daughter kept wanting to type so I put that she said "Hi'  she ran away embarrassed 

It looks rough but that is poker. Not always fair but should be always fun

Truer words have never been spoken

I just posted the video here.

Here are the videos for the last qualifier and the Series 2 Championship.

[figmentofmyass]

Congratulations Steamtyme, FOMA777 and 1r0n1c to win the second series. You three have played really good poker and I hope you've been back in the next series. 

thanks dude. it was a lot of fun as always and i'll definitely be back in the next series.

bumping for visibility: Bitcointalk Poker Series format discussion

we need some more input and consensus around changes, otherwise i guess the format will stay the same, aside from scrapping late registration.

[efialtis]

@Steamtyme Your BIG BTC ticket has been credited!

[Globb0]

@Steamtyme Your BIG BTC ticket has been credited!

If you make it to a big million dollar final you have to wear our btctalk poker shirt 

[Steamtyme]

@Steamtyme Your BIG BTC ticket has been credited!

Confirmed(looks so good), and the hat has been ordered. I've received access to the entirety of the prizepool at this point. Thanks again.
In future anyone wondering about credited tickets it has an expiry of 2022/01/01, I'm sure I'll find the time.

If you make it to a big million dollar final you have to wear our btctalk poker shirt 

Wait we have shirts. I would definitely rep something like that... though I'm sure a final like that is far off firmly in dreamland.

I am torn. I wasn't sure if I'd have the ticket for this Sunday so when I saw the other large guarantee tournament running I jumped in that. I'll weigh my options and might just play both.

[Betwrong]

@Steamtyme Your BIG BTC ticket has been credited!

Confirmed(looks so good), and the hat has been ordered. I've received access to the entirety of the prizepool at this point. Thanks again.
In future anyone wondering about credited tickets it has an expiry of 2022/01/01, I'm sure I'll find the time.
~

Congrats on winning the BIG BTC ticket, @Steamtyme! Win big in that one!

I myself was awarded with such ticket somewhere in 2016, and had been procrastinating with my participation for more than a year(the tournament was starting at 4 AM where I lived). Finally when they announced that the next BIG BTC was going to be the last one, I had no choice but to play. Long story short, I was lucky to finish on the 3rd place, winning 0.17 BTC(around $500 at the time).

Congrats again, and good luck, mate!

[figmentofmyass]

I am torn. I wasn't sure if I'd have the ticket for this Sunday so when I saw the other large guarantee tournament running I jumped in that. I'll weigh my options and might just play both.

do it up, MTT sunday. running good in both the sportsbet.io 1 BTC tourney and the BIG BTC would make for a hell of a day.

i'm gonna play in the SB tourney and probably the LITTLE BTC. there's a BIG BTC satellite starting at the same time as the SB tourney so i might take a shot at that.

[Steamtyme]

Congrats on winning the BIG BTC ticket, @Steamtyme! Win big in that one!
I myself was awarded with such ticket somewhere in 2016, and had been procrastinating with my participation for more than a year(the tournament was starting at 4 AM where I lived). Finally when they announced that the next BIG BTC was going to be the last one, I had no choice but to play. Long story short, I was lucky to finish on the 3rd place, winning 0.17 BTC(around $500 at the time).
Congrats again, and good luck, mate!

Thanks man, good job on your shot at it. Here's to hoping I can place anywhere near where you did.

do it up, MTT sunday. running good in both the sportsbet.io 1 BTC tourney and the BIG BTC would make for a hell of a day.

i'm gonna play in the SB tourney and probably the LITTLE BTC. there's a BIG BTC satellite starting at the same time as the SB tourney so i might take a shot at that.

Yeah I think I'm down. I work days Monday so getting in a 2 tournament session that stretches into the evening would be nice. Hoping it stretches into the evening    
The 1 BTC starts at 2PM for me and the Big BTC is at 4, so I casually dropped the prizepools VS. anticipated entrants first then then the times. She's onboard.

For fun I mentioned what the buy-in was for the Big BTC, waited for her should I say something face, then told her I won entry. Made my day

Hopefully I can carry forwards some of that rungood I had in the Thursday Double. Love those tournaments by the way, didn't hurt shipping the [A]. Real interesting concept for a sidepot and cumulative pot, by using the results from both tournaments played simultaneously.

i'm gonna play in the SB tourney and probably the LITTLE BTC. there's a BIG BTC satellite starting at the same time as the SB tourney so i might take a shot at that.

Sounds like a decent line-up. I had originally thought about playing the Big, and the Medium or something like that for a big Sunday. I'm really liking the tournament structure and games on SWC this week. Probably going to try and focus more attention here for now as opposed to ACR. HAven't really given GG a fair shake yet, but I'm funded and can check it out whenever.
I'll be sure to fill everyone in on how I make out, hopefully come back with some great news.

[Trofo]

The 1 BTC starts at 2PM for me and the Big BTC is at 4, so I casually dropped the prizepools VS. anticipated entrants first then then the times. She's onboard.

That is nice local time for max concentration on the tournaments. For me the 1 BTC starts at 9PM while Big BTC is at 11PM which is much too late for me since I work early next day. Do you guys know if Big BTC is always at the same time or does it change?

I'll give a try to Big BTC satellite today probably in parallel SB one, if I got that correctly winner of that tournament gets this same ticket as you got?

[Steamtyme]

I think they hold the Big BTC at the same time each week. Up until recently I believe it was once a month.
Yeah if you are playing a satellite for the BIG BTC the prize will be entry - same ticket I have.

Timing is good for sure. Good luck today.
Edit: Well that was an all around disappointing Sunday. For the most part happy enough with my play. The Big BTC started off rough unfortunately getting premium hands that missed the mark entirely.
AK suited UTG+1 RFI, I 3-bet and they 4 bet to a 5th of my stack. I flat not sure if this was a mistake or not. What can I say I didn't want to jam my stack in at that point. Flop is all hearts, maybe 2 - Q high. They lead out for 2K 1/2 pot - I fold with no flush draw and 2 overs.
I've played with them in the past and while it could have been AA, KK it could easily be QX maybe a hearts draw.
I fold
A few pocket pairs that flopped 2 overs, no flopped sets.
I did bounce around between 6-9.3 K but it seemed anytime I made progress forward, I would have the best hand until the river.

Final 2 hands for me where TT I RFI 2.3 BB 1 caller, flop is 8 high, I lead out 3.5 and the caller jams this is about 19~ BB - I called. They show AA nd I'm now down to a 5 BB stack - in the SB I jam Q5 suited, and the BB easily calls with AA.

The 1BTC tourney was a bad start for me from the go. It was a very action heavy tourney from the get go. Twice in the 25 minuted I lasted I ran into a flopped 2 pair that boated up on the turn. I steadily lost to the weirdest of holdings. People calling down with no other way to describe it but absurd hands.
In the end I made for a bluff into a very wet board, and this was an instance of them having the full house by the turn.

Thanks again for the chance to play in the Big BTC.

[Betwrong]

I think they hold the Big BTC at the same time each week. Up until recently I believe it was once a month.
Yeah if you are playing a satellite for the BIG BTC the prize will be entry - same ticket I have.

Timing is good for sure. Good luck today.
Edit: Well that was an all around disappointing Sunday. For the most part happy enough with my play. The Big BTC started off rough unfortunately getting premium hands that missed the mark entirely.
AK suited UTG+1 RFI, I 3-bet and they 4 bet to a 5th of my stack. I flat not sure if this was a mistake or not. What can I say I didn't want to jam my stack in at that point. Flop is all hearts, maybe 2 - Q high. They lead out for 2K 1/2 pot - I fold with no flush draw and 2 overs.
I've played with them in the past and while it could have been AA, KK it could easily be QX maybe a hearts draw.
I fold
A few pocket pairs that flopped 2 overs, no flopped sets.
I did bounce around between 6-9.3 K but it seemed anytime I made progress forward, I would have the best hand until the river.

Final 2 hands for me where TT I RFI 2.3 BB 1 caller, flop is 8 high, I lead out 3.5 and the caller jams this is about 19~ BB - I called. They show AA nd I'm now down to a 5 BB stack - in the SB I jam Q5 suited, and the BB easily calls with AA.

The 1BTC tourney was a bad start for me from the go. It was a very action heavy tourney from the get go. Twice in the 25 minuted I lasted I ran into a flopped 2 pair that boated up on the turn. I steadily lost to the weirdest of holdings. People calling down with no other way to describe it but absurd hands.
In the end I made for a bluff into a very wet board, and this was an instance of them having the full house by the turn.

Thanks again for the chance to play in the Big BTC.

Man! One of those days, huh?

I too find it frustrating that people call my all-in when I have, say, QQ, and they have something like K8o, or even worse, and they win in the end. It feels like they know what cards are going to appear on the table, and that's why they call. But I kill those thoughts quickly. I know it's just bad luck. It happens to everyone at some point ...

Good luck next time, mate!

[Steamtyme]

Man! One of those days, huh?
I too find it frustrating that people call my all-in when I have, say, QQ, and they have something like K8o, or even worse, and they win in the end. It feels like they know what cards are going to appear on the table, and that's why they call. But I kill those thoughts quickly. I know it's just bad luck. It happens to everyone at some point ...
Good luck next time, mate!

Thanks. Yeah I was in a rather shit mood for the rest of the evening, bought into a few games I probably shouldn't of considering my mindset was pretty toxic at that point, but, c'est la vie. I've gotten over it and will just hope for better next time i get a shot at some good money. A few bounces on th etrapoline with the kids and I was right as rain. 

Still really having a good time on SWC and their tournaments. Maybe I'll have better reads on people in the future.

[efialtis]

#3 Bitcointalk Poker Series up and running: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5258134

Locking this thread now.