The Archives Of The GGPoker Blog – Part 5
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Part 5 – February 1st, 2018 through September 30th
Originally posted: February 21st, 2018
Introducing Vanessa Kade
Another amazing poker player joins the ranks of the ever-growing GGPoker Twitch legion. Long-time cash game killer Vanessa is from that snowy Northern land of politeness and maple trees that we call Canada. As well as her successful poker streaming career, Vanessa has spent time in other industries close to our own, as a producer for both BioWare (Yes, THE BioWare), Lucas Arts and Disney.
If her Twitch page is anything to go by, there’ll be good times on the regs. Bright striking primary colours, a pink pop tart nyan-cat tearing across a black background with a jetstream of rainbow glitter in his wake, Harry Potter references and more!
Vanessa will be hosting a weekly $100 freeroll on GGPoker with lots of cool rewards. This includes a bounty offer where if you knock Vanessa from the game, your player name is included in next week’s tournament title. Channel your inner Boba Fett. Channel your inner Porg – whatever it takes!
If you’re new to GGPoker you can sign up through Vanessa’s affiliate link to get rewards before you’ve even started playing.
The third man
It would be remiss not to mention the third party in this deal; Cero the stream cat. Cero longs for the crunchy hot (or cold, you raw poptart eating sickos) snap of a pop tart but unfortunately he’s diabetic. You can see Cero lounging in the background and hounding Vanessa for roast chicken treats during the week on stream. Me like human food now, thanks.
Between February 22nd through 25th Vanessa will be playing in our Mini-Mega event series with a bounty on her head! Saddle up and collect your perp – knock Vanessa out in any of these micro-stakes games and get a free $2.10 Bounty Hunter ticket.
Originally posted: February 27th, 2018
Introducing ShroomTheRiver
Make room for Shroom in your schedule
Another person joins the ranks of the GGPoker Twitch legion – Introducing ShroomTheRiver. George is 26 and has lived in London for many years, plying his poker trade for the best part of a decade. His goals for the coming year are to improve his stream as viewership grows and develop the mental side of his game, whether that means working on his mean mug in a bathroom mirror or taking meticulous player notes at the tables.
As well as his long-term interest in poker, George also plays and occasionally streams League of Legends on Twitch as Teemo the swift scout.
You can expect lots of fun on this stream as George is a natural chatter blessed with the Gift of the Gab and a certified Archbishop of Banterbury. If you like some easy chat with your poker action, this might be the stream for you. You’ll be able to watch Shroom multiple times a week streaming GGPoker playing $10-$50NLz.
Use the sign-up code Shroom during registry and receive rewards before you’ve opened a table.
Originally posted: March 5th, 2018
Introducing Twitch Streamer WowPoker
Introducing Shane ‘WowPoker’ Ball – our resident American and current Eastern correspondent, crushing GGPoker cash-tables on Twitch from his current residence in Japan.
Shane started playing poker in 2004 shortly after graduating high-school, soon leaving behind the family-friendly poker games hosted by his parents for more lucrative pastures. Like the scholars before him who would journey to Irish monasteries in the early Medieval period to study art, culture, law and other esoteric practices, Shane got stuck into the books.
It wasn’t long before his winning ways brought him to online poker. As is often the case with beginner’s luck, or people who initially rely on natural talent to get by, it’s easy to miss learning the rudiments. Shane soon understood the importance of bankroll management, which is the first step towards becoming a stolid professional.
After having some sweet rolls around various poker rooms, including one $45,000 jackpot win slotting in second place for the largest score in his career, Shane switched to cash games.
Finally after several years perfecting his craft as a pro, Shane moved to Japan teaching English at a university, a profession which affords him ample free time to chase his dream and chat with other like-minded poker aficionados in the stream chat.
Originally posted: April 11th, 2018
Revamped All-In Insurance
Our bad beat insurance is just what you need – what else can you do when you’re the favourite and temperamental Lady Luck makes like a banana and splits before the final hurdle? GGPoker has you covered.
A feature unique to GGpoker, our revamped All-In Insurance takes the venom out of bad beats, giving you the option to purchase insurance when you go All-In to protect your hand.
For details on how it all works, the odds, the when, the why and the how, head on over to our dedicated page.
Originally posted: April 30th, 2018
Omaha Cheat Sheet
As we’re crazy for all things Omaha this May, we’ve put together a helpful cheat sheet to help players who mightn’t be familiar with this exciting poker variant. You can also read more about Omaha and how it’s played on the Poker School section of the GGPoker website.
Omaha and Hold’em are the most popular poker variants by a long shot – here’s a quick rundown of the main differences between the two:
- Just like in Texas Hold’em, there are four betting rounds during a hand of Omaha: pre-flop, the-flop, the turn and the river.
- In Omaha, four hole cards are dealt to each player instead of two.
- Players must make the best possible hand using exactly two of their hole cards and three from the five community cards (unlike in Hold’em, where you can use one hole card and four board cards to make the best possible hand)
- The maximum bet a player can bet in Pot Limit Omaha (the most popular form of Omaha poker) is the amount that’s in the pot. For example, a $100 bet is the biggest can be made into a $100 pot.
If you’re interest in reading further into this exciting variant check out the GGPoker site, which includes poker school, the rules of poker and a comprehensive list defining the most common poker terminology.
Along with the $200K Omaha Festival, we’ve another offer for players who can pull a win out of the bag when they go all-in with the worse hand. To take part in our Omaha Underdog social media promotion, submit a hand moment to our Twitter or Facebook showing you going all-in where you’re behind but then go on to outdraw your opponent to win the hand. Your image must show any GGPoker Omaha table. We’ll choose the best submissions and award the winners a tasty $10 ticket package.
We’ll see you at the Omaha Tables
Originally posted: May 25th, 2018
3-Blind Mice, see how they run good!
Another day, another opportunity to win freebies; share a Hand Moment that shows you posting a straddle bet OR playing a pocket pair at any of our new 3-blind tables. We’ll choose the best of your submissions every Monday throughout June, and the winners will receive a $5 free ticket package.
We’ll see you at the new tables.
Originally posted: June 21st, 2018
Deal or no deal
Presenting June’s Featured Feature:
Grinding to the end of long tournaments is heaven for some, the essence of the game, and drudgery for others. We’ve all been there at the final table of a gruelling tourney session, anxiously checking how long since bedtime after every hand. Look no further; deal making is an convenient way to divvy up the remaining pool at a static final table.
Deals can only be made once seat selection is complete, and not before the final table. A prompt will appear showing all remaining entrants the percentage amount and figure of the prize pool owed with relation to their current chipstack. Once players agree to a deal, the prize pool is credited instantly. At which point, players can opt to close the app or continue to the game’s end for Tournament Leaderboard purposes.
Recently our popular Daily Main Event tournaments have ended with lucrative deals for each participant. Curious to see this feature in action? Catch the most exciting GGPoker games and all the hottest plays at our daily Featured Tables.
Originally posted: June 29th, 2018
Connacht Cup satellites
Exclusive satellites for the €10K GTD Connacht Poker Cup are running at GGPoker from June 28th through July 12th.
Satellites run daily at 9:15 PM. Each satellite guarantees 1 x $25 Connacht Cup Super Satellite ticket. You can use your Super Satellite ticket to enter any of our $25 Connacht Cup 1R/1A Satellites, which run on July 5th, 9th and 12th at 10:15 PM.
The main event kicks off on July 14th with €10K GTD and a trip to beautiful Galway City; all yours for just $4 if you take down the satellites.
Originally posted: August 9th, 2018
World Series vlog playlist
The World Series goes quickly as it comes, a trail of newly-minted millionaires and dashed dreams in its wake. Another year of anxious anticipation until its doors open again. So what have we learned in the interim? Let former PPI ambassador and GGPoker friend Laurence Grondin fill you in. All six vlog parts available in a single handy playlist for your perusal on our revamped Youtube channel, check it out:
Mike at GGPoker
Originally posted: August 10th, 2018
Mini-Mega Rumble – what went down
The wall of fallen heroes stands thusly:
WowPoker RIP
Scrimitzu RIP
ShroomtheRiver RIP
We commit you to the soil, our hearts firm knowing you’ve reached Valhalla, where never-ending games of poker are played, where cavernous mead halls echo with the clacking of chipstacks and the bristle of dealt cards. This isn’t over. You will all be back.
Meanwhile, IrEgption and Vanessa Kade watch from the shadows, appraising, waiting for their moment in the next Rumble – watch this space…
We have a winner
One of team GGPoker finally emerged victorious – Alyssa MacDonald cut down all comers, showing her nasty side and taking down fellow partner and all-around buzzlord ShroomtheRiver. Alyssa claimed the last-longer Team GGPoker prize to nab a $1000 package. Alyssa also graciously gifted her bounty bonus to the unlucky player who went out on the bubble – a wise warrior makes friendly with opponents.
Now the dust settles, the warriors return to peace. For now.
BUT… there was one who beat ALL of Team GGPoker and came first. All glory to *TenEggGuy* for first place – you’re truly the greatest this time around, and you have our respect!
Getting involved
Discord. Discord. Discord. Join our amazing, helpful, hilarious community of legends, speak directly with GGPoker staff, see promo skeletons and inklings ahead of anyone else and grab first dibs on freebie tickets and social media giveaways. Do you need another reason?
Originally posted: September 4th, 2018
Introduction Twitch partner Tudor ‘Scrimitzu’ Stefan
The GGPoker Twitch partners list is growing by the day. We’re delighted to announce a new streamer Tudor ‘Scrimitzu’ Stefan will be partnering with us to bring you guys the best of our unique games and tournament types.
Scrimitzu is something of a renaissance man, having written and published several poker books and offering poker coaching classes, as well a keen interesting in sports, particularly basketball, and PC games, including Prince of Persia and Doom. A nice healthy mix of sports and demon hunting – lovely.
Whether you’re a personal fan of his work or a student of the game, hop onto his channel and watch some high-level poker.
You can also find him across several social channels.
Last but not least, he’s an avid anime fan. If you’re an anime fan, check out his top ten list. There’s a whole heap of information in the bio section of his Twitch profile if you want to learn more.
Regards,
Mike D
Originally posted: September 7th, 2018
Tournament Kings
We pride ourselves on the vast array of tournaments on offer, featuring the lowest fees in the industry, lucrative guarantees and variants found nowhere else. GGPoker is your new home for top flight tournament action.
Here’s a preview of what’s on offer:
Daily guarantees: Does exactly what it says on the tin. These tournaments, running numerous times throughout the day across a wide-range of buy-ins, boast $100K GTD daily and guarantees doubled at weekends.
Bounty hunters: Heads will roll. Forget your sleepy hollow, forget your Slave One; this is the real bounty, these are the real hunters. Claim scalps while your bounty grows. Bounties are paid once the tournament reaches in the money, and continues on in a regular freezeout format. #coldblooded
25k high roller: Need I say more? The big kahuna. $500 buy-in, $25K GTD. Daily sats and qualifiers Monday through Saturday
Mini mega series: Who says minis can’t be mega too? Daily micro-stakes series, ranging from $1 to $4, scheduled regularly from morning to night. Take part in weekly Discord leagues; play in the most mini-megas between Mon-Sun each week to grab a $10 bonus ticket. Good things come in small packages.
Omaholic: Major omaha series running every day each week, available in bounty, freezeout and rebuy formats
Chinese zodiac freerolls: Upon his crown were the countenance of beasts. Free daily tournaments offering winners special animal avatars and turbo sat tickets. Running every two hours, there’s numerous chances to find your spirit animal.
T$B: Running every 30 minutes at $1, $2, $4 and $8 buy-ins, the prize pool is the total of all buy-ins without deductions or fees. Prizes are paid in T$, which can be used like MTT tickets to register for any tournament of your choice. T$ are used in place of cash during registry if both balances are present.
Daily main events: $23K in combined prizes across the Daily Main Events series, boasting affordable buy-ins, exciting structures and dizzying guarantees. The cream of the crop of our daily lot.
Featured tables: All eyes on you. This is a celebrity tournament, the glamour option. Playing our featured table, which changes format each day, means that anyone can hop in and watch the action unfold. Like live sports betting, players can stake a portion of their hero’s action and bite their nails in anticipation of a windfall.
Weekly high-rollers: From the mind of poker maestro Bryn Kenney, in conjunction with GGPoker and GGpoker, comes this dizzying high-roller series. Kicking off select Sundays each month at 17:00 UTC+0, the two tournaments boast $120K GTD, at $500 + $1000 buy-ins. Featuring some of the finest players to ever do it, you’re invited to test your mettle against the pantheon of mortal poker gods, or watch the action unfold on Twitch. Watch titans clash.
Phoenix Rebuys: The newest tournament to hit the lobby. Rise anew like the legendary phoenix with double rebuy periods
Get involved in the community and join the Discord server.
Originally posted: September 11th, 2018
$100K High Roller Roundup
100K High Roller roundup – Sep 9
This week’s $100,000 High Roller tournament ran alongside a new companion event – the $20,000 Mini High Roller. With a $1K buy-in and $20,000 GTD, the Mini High Roller kicks off on Sundays at 17:00 UTC+0.
In the main event this week, BMGFT burst the bubble while 4-handed after losing a pre-flop All-in to ImLividBuddy in the previous hand.
Congratulations to ImLividBuddy, Pdawg for cashing in third and second place respectively.
This week’s champion was StacknNvrSlackn, who took down the event for a cool $54,050 in pocket change.
The final hand saw Pdawg’s KQo racing against StacknNvrSlackn’s 33. The pair of 3s held up, bringing the tournament to a dramatic close.
| Placement | Prize (Total: $169,200) |
| 1. StacknNvrSlackn | $54,050.00 |
| 2. Pdawg | $32,430.00 |
| 3. ImLividBuddy | $21,620.00 |
Tune in next Sunday to catch all the thrills of both High Roller events at 17:00 UTC.
Originally posted: September 12th, 2018
Huge AoF Jackpot win
Hold onto your butts! A lucky player hit the AoFJackpot for a whopping $61,754.59! To put that
another way; that’s 205 Playstation 4 consoles, 7,719 cinema
Fund your new car, take an exotic overseas vacation, build a robot for the year’s upcoming conventions; decide how to spend your winnings and then hit the ground running.
Check out the full hand breakdown on the GGpoker blog.
