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THE VERDICT IS IN...The first ever Steemit Poker League official tournament series kicked off last night, and we are proud to say it was a heehaw of a success.

The play was fierce; with 50 players and 9 tables, the competition at times was "a real blood game over at Teddy's KGB's place."- Rounders: best poker movie of all time

The Steemit Poker League would like to congratulate our tournament winner Hive account@brnofre He beasted through the competition in two and a half hours flat.

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Early Round Action
Our very own Tuck was locked in an early battle with Hive account@lexiconical . Tuck was crippled to 1500 chips when his AJ failed to hold up against his opponent's A6. Tuck would come firing back shortly after, when he "called a raise out of the small blind with deuces like a boss." He ended up flopping a set which took down lexiconical's hand.

@Bigpchef made some early moves as well. One hand in particular we found Bigp vs @Nicnas which started out with a "prayer to the poker gods for a hand" by Nic.

Bigp has AA in the hole and raises to 270 in late position. It is folded around to Nic who calls. Flop comes 3d Ac Kd; Nic checks, Bigp checks. Turn falls Kc; Nic shoves all in for 583. Bigp instacalls; river is 10d. Bigp wins hand with aces full, and knocks Nic out of the tournament.

And what would poker be without a little friendly table banter?
Not sure what went down prior to me launching the table, but here is what was witnessed...
@Kryptik : "I'll show you by playing like a maniac."
@Kryptik : "Limp."
Hive account@tb0t89 : "Gonna comment on all my darn play?"
@Kryptik : "Yes!"
Hive account@tb0t89 : "Here is a donk bet for ya."

Tuck & Bigp's Demise
Somehow both Tuck & Bigp were taken down by seasoned poker veterans, Hive account@brnofre and Hive account@theewoolf respectively.

Tuck's tournament came to a sudden halt when he found himself on the button, and staring down at AJ. UTG (Hive account@brnofre) raises, Tuck having witnessed Alexander raise previously as UTG+1, reraises, thinking Alexander is making a move. Alexander shoves, Tuck calls. Alexander turns over AA. Tuck needed a Q on the river to eek out a straight, unfortunately for him, it was not meant to be.

Bigp's untimely fall from grace was not a pleasant site. Blinds were 60/120 at this point and Bigp looks down to see Ad6d in the small blind. UTG+1 (Hive account@theewoolf) raises to 240, Bigp calls. We have3 players, flop comes 6c Ac 9d , Bigp checks, BB checks, Ricardo bets 360. Bigp smooth calls, BB folds. Turn is Js. Bigp checks, hoping to drop a check raise on Ricardo's ass. Ricardo bets 720, Bigp shoves 3,136 chips, Ricardo calls, and turns over A9. River is an A. Ricardo takes down 7172 and goes on to take second place in the tournament. Bigp cries a little on the inside, and smoke a joint.

A couple of exciting hands mid way through the tourney
Blinds are now 120/240 Hive account@steemspoker raises 480 UTG (Ad10h), Hive account@theewoolf raises 1333 (AsJc). It is folded around to Steemspoker and he shoves 3460 into the pot. Ricardo calls. Flop comes 2h Js 7c 5d 3s and Ricardo takes down 16,564 chips with a pair of jacks.

Mr. Ricardo (Hive account@theewolf) finds himself in the middle of yet another exciting hand; albeit, this time on the losing end. UTG+1 Konstantine (Hive account@lebekons) shoves 1678 into the pot, Ricardo calls on the button, and the action then comes around to Eee Ee (Hive account@eirik) who calls all in for 2020. Pot size 5584. Konstantine (Ad10d), Ricardo (Kc10c), Eee Ee (JsAc), flop 4d 7h 9s 9c 6h
Eee Ee takes down the pot with ace high, jack kicker.

And with that we reach our first break.

Chip leaders after first break

1 hour 50 minutes into the tournament and we are approaching the final table. With 7 players left, a bubble boy will soon emerge. On table 3 we find Hive account@chiefmappster , Hive account@nathanjones , and Hive account@tb0t89 going at it thee handed. The blinds are up to 800/1600, Chiefmappster (As5s) shoves all in for 3370, Nathan (8c9c) contemplates for a bit, and makes the call. tbot calls as well. Flop comes 10h 6d 7h, Nathan goes all in for 27,265 chips in order to isolate Paul. tbot folds, and the hands are turned over. Turn comes 8h, river is a 7s. Nathan wins 10,710 chips with two pair.

Sorry, Paul. We couldn't resist. All in good fun. We'll be roasting the next bubble boy as well :D

Ladies & Gentleman, we have reached the final table. Watch it below.

The last 5 mins of the final table ended in grand fashion. Ricardo had almost an 8 to 1 chip lead over Alexander who turned up the juice to take down the last 4 out of 6 hands. After which Ricardo says, "Nice run, bitch!" and Alexander replies, "I run god like, sir."

That's a wrap. Please join us next time as we go even more in depth into the final table from the first Steemit Poker League series tournament, and we unveil the bounty leader board details.

Don't miss our next game. You could be the next winner.

Updated Tournament Schedule*

DATE	TIME CDT / UTC	Prize Pool
6/21	8PM / 1AM	200 SBD Guaranteed
6/25	6PM / 11PM	TBD
7/1	4PM / 9PM	TBD
7/7	2PM / 7PM	TBD
7/13	12PM / 5PM	TBD
7/19	10AM / 3PM	TBD
7/25	8AM / 1PM	TBD
8/8	6AM / 11AM	TBD
8/14	4AM / 9AM	TBD
8/20	2AM / 7AM	TBD

^{*Times/Dates are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control.}

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• We are not responsible for incorrect Steemit names being supplied for payout.
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