Yep, just bought BTC locally from an online poker player. He had a ton of BTC won a few hundred ago he needed converted to cash. And with Bitfinex not processing wires yesterday due to a holiday in Taiwan, it became the perfect match.
I sent the BTC to Bitfinex and converted it to FIAT for more play money. Cheaper than a wire.
I haven't played play money in over 10 years, but I've heard the highest limit play money games now actually have people who try to play well. Then again, the people who told me this are of questionable ability, themselves, so maybe that's just relative to them. Who knows? I'll never find out because I didn't get as good at poker as I am to not make money when I play it.
Strange, I see "I sent the BTC to Bitfinex and converted it to FIAT for more play money." And I think, he's gonna use the money for speculation, catching falling knives, bottom picking, you know, fun stuff.
Play means fun to me. Personally, I found that playing poker to win is not actually fun, at least not as fun as seeing your low-ball bid get filled during a flash crash.
But that's just me.
