Topic: #2 Bitcointalk Poker Series (0.05 BTC & BIG BTC Ticket sponsored by SwC Poker) - page 6. (Read 5650 times)

Thanks great work. Still an exciting push for the end.
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.

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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.

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!

Hey I'm not bottom. For me that is a personal win.

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!

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.

well played, @Hhampuz. that chip lead was unstoppable.


5 of us are basically tied for 4 spots with only one game to go---it's even tighter than i thought!


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.


much appreciated. good luck tomorrow!

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.

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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

Got it, will do later to get some krill before tomorrow game


Nah I tend to not read any trash talk at all. It just doesnt sit right with me  


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


Considering that you had a sloppy start early on the game, I'd say you are doing great job taking 7 points . Goodluck tomorrow  

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Congrats to @Hhampuz for Slaying the game today ! 10 points worth

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.

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!

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?


You made the right call mate, family issue / real life comes first. You can always play tomorrow again.


Darn, I thought I would appear on your video today. I am on the same table with you right from the start  

cannot participate in the tournament today and tomorrow - wish you all good luck and lots of entertainment🍻😎💪

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

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.

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.

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?

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,  

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

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.

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!

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!!!