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Cards Chat is giving members a chance to win some limited-edition pokerstars Power Up prizes!

Submerge yourself in a futuristic universe with lucky winners getting their hands on wireless Bluetooth headphones, a solar charger, a wireless mouse and/or a card protector.
Power Up is an innovative new variant of online poker that combines the competitiveness and strategy of traditional poker with the thrills and excitement of modern video games through the addition of nine game-changing powers. Specially designed graphics bring the game to life through immersive visual and audio effects, and fourteen avatars with rich personas.

Power Up is a three player No Limit Hold’em Sit & Go format with buy-in stakes of $0.25, $1, $3, $7 or $15. You can also practice on a play money table

To enter, simply visit PokerStars and play a game of Power Up. Post a screenshot in this thread of a hand where you or an opponent used a Power Up and let us know how it worked for you. We would also love to hear your opinion of the game!

The contest will run through March 18th and all members are eligible to participate. (Yes even US members - you can play on a play money table!). We will have a random drawing from all participates once the content ends.

Prizes:
· 1st prize – Wireless Bluetooth headphones, solar charger, wireless mouse and a card protector
· 2nd prize – Wireless Bluetooth headphones and solar charger
· 3rd prize – Wireless mouse and a card protector

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Learn more about Power Up on the PokerStars website and by watching this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-JZwEwS-8U&feature=youtu.be

You can also learn some Power Up poker strategy by watching the OP Poker live stream on Twitch every Tues and Thurs at 2pm GMT:

https://www.twitch.tv/op_poker

Good luck to everyone!

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I had 73s on the BTN & I used the "reload" power up to change the 3 to a better card & I got 6 of the same suit.
So then I opened the hand, both players tagged in.
The flop was J79, and I said wtf to my self & used the other power up I had called "emp" that would disable the other players using any power ups in that hand & shoved :eek:

The SB called & I knew I was beat. But apparently he doesn't know anything about poker & called with 8 high :D
I won the hand with a pair of 7s.

Here are the screenshots,

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What I think about the game

I have played the game before & I have absolutely no interest in playing it. It feels like a video game (a card like hearthstone/gwent) & a very bad one at that as well.

I'm playing poker for the money part of it mainly & I don't see reason to play this. Even if some people may find it interesting I found it rather frustrating to be honest.
And I believe it ruins the game & disrespectful towards the concept of poker.
 
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Thank you for another good action, let's see, we will take part
 
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I had 73s on the BTN & I used the "reload" power up to change the 3 to a better card & I got 6 of the same suit.
So then I opened the hand, both players tagged in.
The flop was J79, and I said wtf to my self & used the other power up I had called "emp" that would disable the other players using any power ups in that hand & shoved :eek:

The SB called & I knew I was beat. But apparently he doesn't know anything about poker & called with 8 high :D
I won the hand with a pair of 7s.

Here are the screenshots,

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uUv9hJH.png

4HeFrdJ.png

NYHI38e.png


What I think about the game

I have played the game before & I have absolutely no interest in playing it. It feels like a video game (a card like hearthstone/gwent) & a very bad one at that as well.

I'm playing poker for the money part of it mainly & I don't see reason to play this. Even if some people may find it interesting I found it rather frustrating to be honest.
And I believe it ruins the game & disrespectful towards the concept of poker.

There are definitely a lot of fish playing these games - might be able to make some money in the low buy-ins. :p
 
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Power up poker

Not all that keen On this game I couldn't get hang of it, I say leave poker as it is n give up on trying tro bring newer consepts of the game. It's fine as it is..... 😁 :jd4::jd4::cool:
 
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thank you cardschat, once again you are innovating more and more, in fact the forum that gives more prizes.
 
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The link to pokerstars website is not working (at least in my country,Romania).

Late edit: im redirect to .ro website so im pretty sure is not available in Ro right now.Hope it will be.See ya :D
 
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The link to pokerstars website is not working (at least in my country,Romania).

Late edit: im redirect to .ro website so im pretty sure is not available in Ro right now.Hope it will be.See ya :D

I just checked it and it works.
 
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I am training this modality in the fictitious, then migrate to the bets, but I loved the promotion. As soon as I feel safe for the bets, if the promotion is still valid I will participate.
 
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I am training this modality in the fictitious, then migrate to the bets, but I loved the promotion. As soon as I feel safe for the bets, if the promotion is still valid I will participate.

It is open to all members until Mar 18th. :)
 
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I am training this modality in the fictitious, then migrate to the bets, but I loved the promotion. As soon as I feel safe for the bets, if the promotion is still valid I will participate.

I believe that the "fictitious" (play money?) is ok to use as qualifier for this promo.
 
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this promo is amazing and also the poker modality, it is the poker of the future and it is very addictive and fun! . is much more entertaining when you are in HEADSUP where you have the opportunity to study your opponent very well, I had to go ALLIN with low cards to be able to win it because the opponent used to see my cards and thus try to win that's why I was ALLIN with 34 he used his X ray and he saw my 2 and he did CALL and he won the tournament
 

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This was interesting. I saw that they picked the Q to threaten a straight, but they didn't bet enough and I just called. They didn't have J and my pair of aces held. I won the game, but mostly I didn't use the power ups.
 

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So I played again and I didn't worry about capturing a screen shot and just concentrated on playing. I used the engineer power up and basically crippled someone that didn't seem to know what they were doing. That was the only power up I used and I just played regularly from there. They scanned my cards and still lost...what? I don't think the people playing this are that familiar with the game, because they could see I had clearly won (or one would think) and they still bet into me.
 
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So I played a third time and I didn't use any power ups and it was very easy to win. Funny thing was someone used an EMP on me, not knowing I wasn't going to use power ups anyway. I can see how it could be fun, but not serious.
 
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damn,very cool.sorry I was banned((((
 
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Uh, I don't like powerups in my poker.
 
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In this hand I had J3 and board was 10 J 4 K 9, I checked to my opponent hoping he will check back or that he has a queen and will bet so I can disintegrate the 9 and call him.
He bet 1,2k which was the size of the pot, I used the power disintegrate and called him, he showed Q4 and I won the hand and it helped me win the tournament.

I think it's a fun game to play when I'm bored but I don't play it too often because it's hard for me to multitable playing powerup. I think it's definitely a profitable game at least at lower stakes because there are many ways that you can exploit your opponents.
 

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Thanks guys - those of you who haven't tried yet you have nothing to lose and could win a nice prize package!
 
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Ok in the 2nd hand I was on the button with 74o and was given the power of Reload, I used it for both cards and got A6s of spades instead, so I raise gettin a call from BB. On flop I made a cbet as I got a FD, BB called. Turn was and ace and I bet again, villain used Upgrade and shoved.
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I called he got a set of aces, but the river was a spade, luckily for me.
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And in the last hand - Straight since flop, sweet :)
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But the turn was a another club :eek: I used a power Disintegrate and bet
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Well the villain had K9o without a club and I won (not the greatest screenshot lol):
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That's the game solely for fun for me, I don't plan on playing it because I just don't understand how those power are being given to players, and as I played it a bit since the beginning, I think that's power distribution gives a major advantage to some players, which makes you feel helpless, unless you're playing against some players who doesn't know anything about poker lol.
 
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I will try and post here. Tks for the oportunity.
 
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This new powerup game is amazing! It can turn even the worst of hands into monsters!


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I playes the free 0.25 Power Up and lost every time. However, I won two $1 Power Up tickets which I both won. Since I played on mobile I didn't manage to take screenshots.
My experience: hands take much longer to play, if you use your powers well, they can serve to deceive the villains as well, like using EMP and shoving makes them think you have the nuts. It's interesting, but I think I prefer standard games. Downsides are that EMP only works for the current street and some other powers are a bit unclear. The rake is massive as well, paying out only sth like $2.69 for three players.
 
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