Poker Today is a community-centric content series that highlights news, upcoming events, and personalities within the Steem Poker community.
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Poker Today was created to streamline current Steem Poker operations, increase awareness of Steem Poker to the entire Steemit platform and others, and raise support for ongoing community activities.
Run by @chiefmappster and @nicnas , the post payouts of Poker Today will go to achieving the three aforementioned goals. [THE: FRP]
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Today marks the third issue of Poker Today
Topics discussed in this issue of Poker Today are:
information and results from this past week's events from the @spl , Steem Pro Poker League, and the Weekly Thursday Steem Poker Tourney
need programming help to automate payments between Steem blockchain and Poker Mavens
innovative idea by @tuck-fheman and @bigpchef of a Team Poker Competition
epic new shirt and table designs created by Steemians within the Steem Poker community
schedule and sign-up information about this week's events from the @spl , Steem Pro Poker League, and the Weekly Thursday Steem Poker Tourney
Future issues of Poker Today will also include interviews of Steem Poker personalities.
@guyfawkes4-20 is currently planning the first interview. Let us know which Steem Poker personality you would like to see interviewed :)
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Three awesome Steem Poker community events took place this past week.
The third Steemit Poker Pro League Tourney was the first event played this past week by the Steem Poker community. Twenty-six (26) Steemians battled out a grueling Pro League competition.
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@luj grinded out a victory over @bola winning 40 SBD for his efforts.
Check out more detailed analysis and coverage of the event here: https://steemit.com/poker/@tuck-fheman/steem-poker-pro-league-100-sbd-7-11-results-are-in-congratulations-to
The next poker event taken place last week was the 100 SBD Steem Pro League Tourney. The @spl is the premiere Steem poker league that was founded by @tuck-fheman and @bigpchef and has paid out over 1700 SBD out to date to Steemians apart of the Steem Poker community.
They are the definition of leaders as they took this responsibility of starting and building a premiere Steem Poker league on themselves using their own time and resources to provide a place for Steemians to interact, build relationships, and play poker.
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Forty-two (42) Steemians took part in this epic poker tourney hosted by the @spl . @writingamigo mastefully navigated through the tournament with superb, timely play edging out @lexiconical for the victory and 40 SBD.
Check out more coverage of the event with a write-up by @tuck-fheman here: https://steemit.com/poker/@tuck-fheman/100-sbd-freeroll-poker-tournament-7-13-completed-results-are-in-steem-poker-league
The last event this past week played by the Steem Poker community was the Weekly Thursday Steem Poker Tourney hosted by @chiefmappster . This week's prize pool was supported in part from @guyfawkes4-20 as well. Thanks again @guyfawkes4-20.
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Thirty (30) Steemians took part in the third Weekly Thursday Steem Poker Tourney hosted on the epic lucksacks.net the home of the @spl and Steemit's premiere poker portal was an epic experience for all involved. There was a lot of action getting the last ten players down the money. @celsius100 ultimately ended up taking down the top prize by combining excellent play and timely calls to beat out @paulyaces76 and @lebekons for first place and win 15 SBD.
Sign-up for this upcoming weekly Thursday Steem Poker Tourney at Lucksacks.com
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In an effort to streamline operations, the @spl is searching for a programmer who can help automate payments between the Steem blockchain and Poker Maven, Lucksacks.com 's poker platform provider.
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By automating these payments, it will free up @tuck-fheman and @bigpchef to focus on community building activites and coming up with more epic ideas like the Steem Team Poker League.
More more information go here: https://steemit.com/programming/@spl/need-coder-to-automate-payments-between-poker-maven-and-steem-blockchain
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The third topic discussed in Issue #3 of Poker Today is an epic idea by @tuck-fheman and @bigpchef called the Steem Poker League: TEAM UP EDITION.
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This is truly an innovative community team building activity that encourages teams of three Steemians to group up and enter into a Team Competition where each team is rewarded points based on participation and results of its team players. There are some epic team designs already created in anticipation of the beginning of this amazing Steem Poker community competition.
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More more information go here: https://steemit.com/poker/@tuck-fheman/coming-soon-steem-poker-league-team-up-edition and/or join the @spl and community on Discord here: https://discord.gg/nMv6Hvt
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The Steem Poker communities' epic shirt and table designs created by Steemians apart of the poker community is the fourth topic discussed in this issue of Poker Today.
In effort to raise additional awareness and funds for the Steem Poker community, the @spl is selling merchandise including shirts, hats, and hoodies on their poker portal Lucksacks.com
Some Steemians like @fivefiveeleven are stepping up and creating multiple designs and donating them to the @spl .
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Steemians like @fivefiveeleven is what makes the Steem Poker community so great. We have so many talented souls willing to give their time and effort to help build this poker community. Its absolutely an inspiration to see. Thanks again @fivefiveeleven and all the designers who help the @spl and related events maintain a professional image.
More of his designs go here: https://steemit.com/spl/@fivefiveeleven/spl-redesign-projet
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The fifth and final topic discussed in this issue of Poker Today is the schedule for this upcoming week's events.
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Monday, July 17th at 2PM CDT / 7PM UTC is the Steemit Pro Poker League hosted on Pokerstars. The Pro League is currently filled up with fifty (50) players so if you would like to join let someone in the Poker Discord channel know.
Wednesday July 19th at 10AM CDT / 3PM UTC is the @spl 's league tourney. Register for the tournament at Lucksacks.com
Lastly, this Thursday July 20th at 1PM CDT / 6PM UTC is the Weekly Thursday Steem Poker Tourney. Register for the tournament at Lucksacks.com
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This concludes Issue 3 of Poker Today. Stay tuned for Issue 4 in a few days.
Make sure to follow @spl, @tuck-fheman , @bigpchef , @chiefmappster, and @nicnas for information from some of the leaders of the Steem poker community.
All post proceeds go to streamlining current @spl operations, increasing awareness of the poker community to the whole Steemit platform and others, and support ongoing community activities.
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Thank you as always for your time and attention.
Namaste
Really great post. You pretty much manage put all that's going on in a post. That's awesome :D
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Ayyy thank you my friend I really appreciate that :)
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Thanks for the update buddy. Great hearing the community is growing & getting more and more competitive .... count me in for team up series too 😉
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You're welcome buddy and heck yeah its awesome to see it come together nicely. Can't wait buddy see ya on the tables. If you need any help please do not hesitate to reach out to me on Discord
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Very nice coverage. No fake news here. Epic Post/News by one EPIC person. Cheers @chiefmappster
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ayyyyyyy heck yeah I hate fake news :)
And thank you buddy I appreciate you, #teamEpic :)
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#teamEpic FTW
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ayyyyyyyyyyyy
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First of all amazing post man, can't wait to play the team up edition, lol thats gonna be so awesome.
Second, thanks a lot for the credit, It's great to be part of the community and helping with everything I can, hope you can find a programer soon.
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Thank you buddy I really appreciate it, definitely put in the time into this one.
And heck yeah you deserve it keep doing great things buddy :)
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meep
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meep :)
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meep
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Thanks for this. I mostly play on Pokerstars, but as this becomes more popular and I find enough people playing in my timezone, I look forward to joining in:)
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You're welcome buddy and heck yeah can't wait to see you on the tables :)
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This is an awesome man and I can't wait to play more games with all the new players. Hopefully in due time i can get in the poker stars league and really play in those tournaments i see going on there. Continue upgrading this awesome poker league and i will be here to play those hands
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Heck yeah buddy thank you so much for your attention.
We are on it buddy I envision 1000 SBD tournies in the future :)
I will see what I can do in regards the the Pro League as well buddy.
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you're the best, Chief. :)
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ayyyyy thank you. right back ay you :)
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I love lamp :)
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I love lamp :)
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Gotta love those purple cobras!
Just a minor piece of errata, you have me listed as @lexicon. That's actually someone else that I'm not familiar with; I don't think he plays with us. I'm @lexiconical.
See you guys at the next tourney!
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Ayyy sorry buddy i'll update it now, thanks for letting me know.
And heck yeah glad you like and good luck :)
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Thanks bud, see you at the tables next time.
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Sounds good buddy. By the way I think BTC will reach $1000 soon :)
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I think you're right. Now, if only I could figure out a way to get cash in...
I tried to setup a wire to CCEDK for Bit.USD and my bank shutdown my whole account.
PS - I just posted new charts on the pricing in my blog.
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Ay I'll check it out buddy.
That is so odd, I have heard of Bitcoin options. Now a Bitcoin put option is something I would be all over
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Can someone explain how to join the tournaments ?
TY
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You register at lucksacks.com. Make sure to put your steemit username where prompted.
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go to Lucksack.com and create an account.
And then sign-up for tournies :)
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It asks for a password when i hit play . Do you mean the steemit password ?
I don't think i can give it away because a site ask me to .
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sorry my fault. the password is: donkeysonly
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I registered to the site. When it asks for name i put @enterg in both fields .
Is that correct ?
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Yes sir buddy. Can't wait to see ya on the tables
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See you there . may the flop be with you :)
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Ayyyyyyyy I love it sounds good buddy
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👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Great post @chiefmappster
Stoked with how this poker community is growing huge man. First the league, then the freerolls, the teams.... and now the merchandising :D
Great designs there @fivefiveeleven good stuff man, I def want a @SPL T-shirt
Thanks for all the hard work guys, lets keep growing and attracting more and more people into Steemit !
Peace
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Ayyyyyy you the man buddy really appreciate you. And heck yeah it's so awesome to see the community coming and working together. Teamwork makes the dream work :)
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Yessir, and I'm always waiting for you and you and you...lol...bring it! @geechidan Upped and I'll have to share this in my own way. I had a great time and the people I play with are cool as hell.
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Ayyyyyyyyyy heck yeah lets gooooooooooo buddy. But isnt it awesome, the Steemit poker community has so many good people
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I want to let you guys know that Geechidan and Geechi are the same person. I had issues with that password reset. It would not acknowledge my reset conf. code. I can't get back into Geechidan at all. I use Geechi. Just wanted to know that. I wish there were private messaging, I know this was a bit personal.
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Thanks for letting us know buddy. I know we are working on it. We are still in the early stages of the @spl it will only grow and get better :)
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And if you truly are the best rapper in Atlanta, submit a verse in this week's Rap Challenge and destroy these cats. https://steemit.com/rapchallenge/@rondonson/steemit-rap-challenge-week-6-win-a-song-with-pace-won-this-week-sbd
I am a judge and we need to elevate the challenge to a new level.
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