C
Corey
Rock Star
Silver Level
Hey everybody, I've been trying out bitcoin poker. Bitcoins are a topic all themselves but they can be converted into dollars.
OK, so there is a nice site called SealsWithClubs.org. You deposit 1 bitcoin, and you get 1000 chips. A bitcoin is about $5 right now (the value fluctuates. Check out mtgox.com to see how much it is right now). So 1 chip is worth about a half a cent.
You can freeroll some bitcoins on SealsWithClubs.org if you don't want to buy some. They have a 50 chip winner take all freeroll every hour, with a maximum of 20 players. Also they have a 31 chip buyin with 50 chips added every 2 hours which hardly ever gets 5 people.
Obviously you are playing for small stakes; but it is real money. There are ring games and the rake is pretty low, like 2.5% I think. Also there are SNGS with buyins of 20+1 and 50+2; so the fees for the SNGS are very low. You won't get rakeback or anything like that, but there is a rake race going on right now.
Also every now and then the owner puts up bigger freerolls which have prizepools of 1 or 0.5 BTC (BTC is the abbreviation for bitcoin).
He also posts games with buyins of 0.1BTC with 1 BTC added (guaranteed overlay).
The software is kind of quirky and takes some getting used to (the lobby is kind of strange), but it is fully functional. The card graphics look like they were taken directly from poker stars. So it kind of makes me feel at home playing it.
OK, so there is a nice site called SealsWithClubs.org. You deposit 1 bitcoin, and you get 1000 chips. A bitcoin is about $5 right now (the value fluctuates. Check out mtgox.com to see how much it is right now). So 1 chip is worth about a half a cent.
You can freeroll some bitcoins on SealsWithClubs.org if you don't want to buy some. They have a 50 chip winner take all freeroll every hour, with a maximum of 20 players. Also they have a 31 chip buyin with 50 chips added every 2 hours which hardly ever gets 5 people.
Obviously you are playing for small stakes; but it is real money. There are ring games and the rake is pretty low, like 2.5% I think. Also there are SNGS with buyins of 20+1 and 50+2; so the fees for the SNGS are very low. You won't get rakeback or anything like that, but there is a rake race going on right now.
Also every now and then the owner puts up bigger freerolls which have prizepools of 1 or 0.5 BTC (BTC is the abbreviation for bitcoin).
He also posts games with buyins of 0.1BTC with 1 BTC added (guaranteed overlay).
The software is kind of quirky and takes some getting used to (the lobby is kind of strange), but it is fully functional. The card graphics look like they were taken directly from poker stars. So it kind of makes me feel at home playing it.
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