Crypto Poker Season 2026 ♦️ 8th Aug - 26th Sep ♦️ Cash $6,000+ [Discussion]

[iv4n]

Well, that 1st place prize & ticket for the grand finale look so far away... it will be a real struggle to get there.

Not anymore, congrats on getting that one, you did it without a much of a struggle I guess.

You can't win a tournament without a lot of struggle & luck. I had some crazy calls that paid off... even you saw how I called out some bluffs. A few times I risked a lot, and the cards went my way, that's some kind of luck that hits here & there. And I can't tell you how many bluffs I had... I was showing cards from time to time...

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Yeah he was good, totally deserved to win. He dominated the last three tournaments with decent chip lead but somehow he always threw them away so solid game from him tonight.

Well, I had a lot of luck & fun... the first game was bad, but then 6 KOs in the second game, third game 4 KO's & second place, and now 7 KOs & first place. That currently puts me in the top spot, but we have two more games to play...

@iv4n : give me 3 of your KO today so that I could get that grand finale ticket, congrats though 

Why not... if it's not against the rules & managers agree, it's my gift to you.

[arallmuus]

Well, I had a lot of luck & fun... the first game was bad, but then 6 KOs in the second game, third game 4 KO's & second place, and now 7 KOs & first place. That currently puts me in the top spot, but we have two more games to play...

Thats 17 KO already so $85 on top of the $200 you won tonight.

Why not... if it's not against the rules & managers agree, it's my gift to you.

Nah I was just messing around  

If I cant get it on my own then there is really no point for me to be in the grand finale. Well dont you worry, one way or another I will get it as I have committed to purchase that ticket if I couldnt get it but it would be nice to earn it. There are still 2 more tournaments to go so thats 7 more KO for me to go

[rbynxx]

Well, that 1st place prize & ticket for the grand finale look so far away... it will be a real struggle to get there.

Not anymore, congrats on getting that one, you did it without a much of a struggle I guess.

You can't win a tournament without a lot of struggle & luck. I had some crazy calls that paid off... even you saw how I called out some bluffs. A few times I risked a lot, and the cards went my way, that's some kind of luck that hits here & there. And I can't tell you how many bluffs I had... I was showing cards from time to time...

Dang. Yeah you clearly is a pro, can't help but notice it. I think we got like be on the same 3 tables or 2 so I have seen those bluffs a lot but I get it as well, you got lead on chips to do it anyways.

Why not... if it's not against the rules & managers agree, it's my gift to you.

There was nothing about that on the rules and it's your money now so you can decide where it goes I guess. You can ask Royse and I think MVpoker will transfer that on the sheet to be on arallmuss.

[el che]

Another disastrous round for me again. I can't blame the kids this time, I had peace and quiet and still didn't manage any better.
This time I can only blame myself. I had a goal to try and rack up some bounties, so every time I built a stack, I made some really loose calls on allins. Most of the time I was dominated because my starting hand was too weak and in the end I lost my stack without claiming a single bounty.
Congrats to this round's winners and a special shoutout to my boy darxiaomi for taking third place. So close man! Well done!

[darxiaomi]

Another disastrous round for me again. I can't blame the kids this time, I had peace and quiet and still didn't manage any better.
This time I can only blame myself. I had a goal to try and rack up some bounties, so every time I built a stack, I made some really loose calls on allins. Most of the time I was dominated because my starting hand was too weak and in the end I lost my stack without claiming a single bounty.
Congrats to this round's winners and a special shoutout to my boy darxiaomi for taking third place. So close man! Well done!

Thank you man, i cant bring home the title since i failed in the last hands, i lose a big hand against a flush if im not mistaken and since then i can never recover a decent bankroll to fight back, since then i knew it was over for me unless i receive a really good hand to made a good all in and built up again a proper bankroll, but that never happen and i ended up eat by the blinds and the big chips of the other two remaining players.-

Congratulations again for the winner.

[AB de Royse777]

Congratulations to he winners. iv4n is the first to have a ticket for the grand final from Bitcointalk.

..5th ROUND.. registration URL: https://www.pokernow.com/mtt/cpt2026-game-5-4C-w3qb942

5th round registration is open.

[MVPoker]

Hey guys,

great to see the discussion going on here. Four KOs are still missing, make sure you submit on time. I don't know, but so far it was either four or five KOs that did not get reported. Maybe it is the same guys, I don't know.


I have to say that, since I go through all the KO, this was a crazy round with turn of events from card to card. I think this was so far the most unexpected when you see the pre flop cards, go to the flop, turn, river. Half of the KO were a joke, I hope everyone still has their keyboard and didn't smash it

@iv4n took the lead in the total number of KO now and we have had three guys with their first KOs overall. @Jatiluhung you submitted only four links, but I hope you know you knocked out six players

And @iv4n you were just like a truck bulldozing all those sheep!

[Jatiluhung]

I have to say that, since I go through all the KO, this was a crazy round with turn of events from card to card. I think this was so far the most unexpected when you see the pre flop cards, go to the flop, turn, river. Half of the KO were a joke, I hope everyone still has their keyboard and didn't smash it

@Jatiluhung you submitted only four links, but I hope you know you knocked out six players

Wow... I just realized it. when I sent the link, I thought there were only five, but it turns out, after I double-checked, I actually knocked out six players. I was just lucky. 


Now there are only two rounds left, and I’m sure things will get even more exciting in those two rounds.

[Dump3er]

Another disastrous round for me again. I can't blame the kids this time, I had peace and quiet and still didn't manage any better.
This time I can only blame myself. I had a goal to try and rack up some bounties, so every time I built a stack, I made some really loose calls on allins. Most of the time I was dominated because my starting hand was too weak and in the end I lost my stack without claiming a single bounty.
Congrats to this round's winners and a special shoutout to my boy darxiaomi for taking third place. So close man! Well done!

Welcome to the club, my performance has been in freefall for the last three rounds.

I had a good start, but now it just doesn't want to go my way. I didn't make the best decisions in some hands, but still I got knocked out against all odds. But that's how this game is designed, if you make a wrong decision yourself, you can still be saved by lucky cards.

There is no doubt though that i will get myself one ticket for the grand final. I either have to win one of the next two rounds or I will buy one. I still have five knockouts, which is good to begin with to cover the grand final ticket.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

Another disastrous round for me again. I can't blame the kids this time, I had peace and quiet and still didn't manage any better.
This time I can only blame myself. I had a goal to try and rack up some bounties, so every time I built a stack, I made some really loose calls on allins. Most of the time I was dominated because my starting hand was too weak and in the end I lost my stack without claiming a single bounty.
Congrats to this round's winners and a special shoutout to my boy darxiaomi for taking third place. So close man! Well done!

Welcome to the club, my performance has been in freefall for the last three rounds.

I had a good start, but now it just doesn't want to go my way. I didn't make the best decisions in some hands, but still I got knocked out against all odds. But that's how this game is designed, if you make a wrong decision yourself, you can still be saved by lucky cards.

There is no doubt though that i will get myself one ticket for the grand final. I either have to win one of the next two rounds or I will buy one. I still have five knockouts, which is good to begin with to cover the grand final ticket.

Bounty is a click bait. Those moments you want to get the last chips of that guy in the table will make you suffer.
I admit, I do chase it and there were so many trap that did not go well for me. But I love the feeling when i got get the heads 
2 more weeks before a 1 week break. Got 10 birds for the budget of  1 buiy-in (I wish that I will not use that).

2  Grand finale Tickets, 2 Poker Sat, 2 Winners.

[Dump3er]

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Bounty is a click bait. Those moments you want to get the last chips of that guy in the table will make you suffer.
I admit, I do chase it and there were so many trap that did not go well for me. But I love the feeling when i got get the heads 
2 more weeks before a 1 week break. Got 10 birds for the budget of  1 buiy-in (I wish that I will not use that).

2  Grand finale Tickets, 2 Poker Sat, 2 Winners.

It is a click bait. I prefer it over other poker games though because it's this click bait that gives you the extra excitement from the first moment on. I have played plenty of poker on the big websites and when you play big tournaments with 5,000 players and you know that 700 make it into the money and then you fail as 710th, it was a waste of time when you do it very often. It is time consuming than more than it is fun and for me it shifted to being fun.

Risk pays off to some degree from your first move, but I am the same, usually I know I shouldn't click the call button, but I can't resist.

There are other knockout tournament forms that are fun. There are surprise knockout tournaments and that is when you can't know whether an opponent has a bounty or he is marked as a bounty carrier, but you don't know how high the bounty is. That's also funny, but I don't think this can be done with the place that is used now. Or maybe it could be done using the blockchain after all players registered, they get a number and then use the forum tools afterwards.

Perhaps more of this can be done, but now it's important to win that ticket in the next round.

[MVPoker]

Guys make sure you sign up for the next round, only 12 players have done it so far. Two more opportunities for you to win a ticket.

There are other knockout tournament forms that are fun. There are surprise knockout tournaments and that is when you can't know whether an opponent has a bounty or he is marked as a bounty carrier, but you don't know how high the bounty is. That's also funny, but I don't think this can be done with the place that is used now. Or maybe it could be done using the blockchain after all players registered, they get a number and then use the forum tools afterwards.

Perhaps more of this can be done, but now it's important to win that ticket in the next round.

Yes this is something I have been thinking about in the past. I can see if I can figure this out, using the blockchain would be the way to go I think to ensure fairness and full transparency.

I ask everyone of you whether you think running this as a knockout bounty series was the right decision? Feel free to share your opinion here. Initially it was supposed to be without knockout bounties, then only knockout bounties for the last 20 players, but I was convinced you guys would like this format as this makes it far more likely for everyone to reap at least something.

[darxiaomi]

I have a small question about the prize pot, if we finally reach much more players how much is gonna be the prize pot? I mean im pretty sure we are gonna be more than 20 for the grand finale i feel like even people who didnt play at the qualifiers is gonna buy their tickets towards the final so for me we are gonna be between 30 and 35 players, if that ammount of players is reached how much is gonna be the prize pot?

[iv4n]

@iv4n took the lead in the total number of KO now and we have had three guys with their first KOs overall.

A lot of fun, and I was pretty lucky in some hands... That luck! Sometimes the cards simply love us...

And @iv4n you were just like a truck bulldozing all those sheep!

I had some pretty good calls... it was pretty risky, but I caught a few bluffers. I was also crazy lucky to bluff other players more than a few times. When things go our way & how we want... that happens from time to time.

Good luck tomorrow. I'm working, so it will be tricky for me... but I will try to play my best!

[arallmuus]

There are other knockout tournament forms that are fun. There are surprise knockout tournaments and that is when you can't know whether an opponent has a bounty or he is marked as a bounty carrier, but you don't know how high the bounty is.

Its called mystery bounty format on most poker sites

Yes this is something I have been thinking about in the past. I can see if I can figure this out, using the blockchain would be the way to go I think to ensure fairness and full transparency.

There is actually a simpler way. Use a randomizer on everyone that registered to assign them with multiplier

Lets say the fixed prize on each bounty is $5 then assign everyone a multiplier with using randomizer. So if A is assigned 1.2x multiplier then anyone that knock A gonna get 1.2x $5 so thats $6 and so on. You probably already get the picture Im trying to describe with this example

I ask everyone of you whether you think running this as a knockout bounty series was the right decision?

Its not something Im good at but something that the mass would enjoy for sure. $5 on each KO and 6 games for $30 is cheap though, its literally 1 KO on each game to break even so its great

I have a small question about the prize pot, if we finally reach much more players how much is gonna be the prize pot? I mean im pretty sure we are gonna be more than 20 for the grand finale i feel like even people who didnt play at the qualifiers is gonna buy their tickets towards

There are $1500 guaranteed to the grand finale pot and 6 free tickets will be given. Im assuming that its gonna be atleast 10 players for sure because prizes are shared to top 10 so thats extra $200 on the pot

As for the total players, I think we will only get around 12-16 players

[Mr. Magkaisa]

Almost 3 hours left before the table starts. as of now we have 32 players for the week 5 tournament. 7 players still missing.
Goodluck to everyone later, see yah at the table.

I have a small question about the prize pot, if we finally reach much more players how much is gonna be the prize pot? I mean im pretty sure we are gonna be more than 20 for the grand finale i feel like even people who didnt play at the qualifiers is gonna buy their tickets towards the final so for me we are gonna be between 30 and 35 players, if that ammount of players is reached how much is gonna be the prize pot?

They will adjust the prizes from rank 1-10. theres 1 saturday rest before the Finale. they will post it before the grand table link will open.

[arallmuus]

They will adjust the prizes from rank 1-10.

As long as its confirmed that there will be 10 places paid than its good enough. We wont get more than 20 players on the grand finale, thats for sure so pretty high chance to make it to top 10


I was late for 14 minutes and lasted 10 minutes on the 5th tournament. Xlays knocked me out. It was so bizarre that I lost my AQ to A4, flop the 4 for me then Im out

I checked the replay and noticed he cracked Aces with 55  . The very next hand he knocked that player out with his remaining chips, it was KJs against his 410. Well no wonder he cracked my AQ as well, this is totally gonna be his week

[rbynxx]

Made it to the last table again and now 4th but got no head to get there. Pretty crazy, the BB and SB got me in the end in that stint, elche got a very huge chips lead but as of this writing I think the defending champs is not to be budge. So, we will probably has new winner here for round 5 even if iv4n defends it. Just one last round and I think that last final ticket is out of reach 

[xLays]

Made it to the last table again and now 4th but got no head to get there. Pretty crazy, the BB and SB got me in the end in that stint, elche got a very huge chips lead but as of this writing I think the defending champs is not to be budge. So, we will probably has new winner here for round 5 even if iv4n defends it. Just one last round and I think that last final ticket is out of reach 

I finished 5th. elche got really lucky with some of his calls. I had pair of 3s then elche with an Ace high, then the flop would immediately give him what he needed. lol

But I’m still happy with the result cuz I managed to get 5 KOs today. I’ve secured my spot in the Final Round for completing the payment from KO and even have an extra $20. See you guys at the Grand Final table.

[Improved]

Had a good run finally. 2nd place plus ticket, with only 1 KO
ElChe, poor boy, lost his ticket and giant stack to Iv4n the Unstoppable   :