Today in the SPL (5/11/18): Freerolls, Updates, and More from the Steem Poker League

Hello Steemians and SPL Poker Players!

It’s Friday baby!!! Get ready for a full weekend of poker by joining us tonight! Want to get some ring games going? I’m down, just state your intentions in our Discord channel. Also, please also show your support the league with your upvote.

Updates, News, and Notes

• Yesterday’s Action:

In the @futuremind 5 SBD, the three short stacks at the table all go all-in. The AK wins the pot for Hoodish and sets him up for a nice run

BitKat can be sneaky and gets bst to go all in with A6. NH Bill

You don’t always need good cards to win a big hand. @arcaneinfo wins the big pot with king high and the two pairs on the board

• Yesterday’s winners:

We had two brand new tournaments added to the Thursday slate of games, including a 2 SBD Heads-Up Shootout hosted by @philippekiene and a 5 SBD NLH freeroll hosted by @futuremind. In the Heads-Up Shootout, @CoinBelly took down his 3 opponents for the victory, and in the @futuremind freeroll, @jkms beat me heads up for the crown.

It’s always good to see a tournament host take down a tournament (even if that host isn’t me). Congratulations to @oendertuerk who won the Community Casino 10 SBD freeroll, which runs every Thursday at 1pm Central and is hosted by @NicNas and @Bethalea.

In @oendertuerk’s weekly tournament, we had an interesting final table with some of the most aggressive and lucky players in the SPL. @10KruspeR had pocket rockets twice on the final table, riding them to victory. Congrats! Wish him luck as he headed to Estonia to play in live deep stack tournaments.

The @guiltyparties Victory Tournaments were a huge success with around 100 players combined coming out to play. Read and upvote the recap post right here

On Thursdays, the @follotbtcnews freeroll starts at 6PM Central. The final table was one-sided until @mstafford stood up to @arcaneinfo and has able to win heads-up.

We also had a late-night 2 SBD hosted by @inthenow. @angelgarz and I had a great heads-up battle going for first place. I made a very questionable call with 11 outs and hit one of them, giving me the victory. GG @angelgarz!

Other News and Notes:

• @oendertuerk runs one of the best weekly tournaments in the league with a Thursday afternoon 10 SBD freeroll. Check out his post for this week and please upvote to keep this game going here

• New Freeroll! Adsactly (alexvan & @adsactly-witness) is hosting a weekly 20 SBD Monday tournament at 6 PM Central. Make sure to follow him and consider voting him as a witness.

• Show host @pcste some love and upvote his tournament post here.

• Did you know you can host your own SPL tournament? Join our Discord channel to learn how. Visit the #roll-your-own-tourney page in our channel to get started.

Today’s Freerolls: Friday, May 11

Look at all of those freerolls! They are coming hot and heavy. Make sure to get a piece of the action.

• 10:00 AM CDT: .20 SBD HORSE (16 Players Max)
• 2:00 PM CDT: .20 SBD PLO8 (20 Players Max)
• 3:00 PM CDT: @Followbtcnews 5 SBD Freeroll
• 6:00 PM CDT: .20 SBD Limit Omaha Hi-Lo (20 Players Max)
• 7:00 PM CDT: Community Funded 20 SBD NLH Freeroll

Also, join ongoing Sit &Go’s and tournaments throughout the day. To find out when these tournaments are happening in your time zone, use this time zone converter. And make sure to play in “Tucket” Sit N Go’s to win a ticket to play in the weekly Tucket Freeroll.

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How to Join the SPL

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• Have a reputation over 35
• Have a valid introduction post
• Be a current, active Steemian
• Come to our Discord Channel and get to know the other players! It can help your pending-to-active transition if you have an established @spl member vouch for you!
• Register on lucksacks.com, the official home of the SPL

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~Starting to Heat Up, “Hoodish,” aka @MichaelLuchies