The result of the 1st Hive Poker Freeroll

The first Hive Poker Freeroll has ended. There were 7 participants. The winner: @sevendst19

The freeroll held at Rebel Poker lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. There wasn't much action in the early blind levels, I found this part a bit drawn out with 3-4 players per table, but after the end of the late reg (30 minutes) it became much more interesting, especially when there was only 1 table left with 6 players.

Iascaire (@thehive) and @solymi didn't make it, so they were the first to be eliminated.

I managed to participate in the first real elimination. Littlebob3k (@bob3k) went pre-flop all-in with 1010 against my AA. He couldn't improve on the board.

The next to be eliminated was @yeckingo1. He was also eliminated by 1010 against A3s.

There are 3 of us left, thebull (@sevendst19), Snookat (@snook) and PokerMaria (me).

@sevendst19 could double up fast in the 3-handed game, which was basically the heads-up. Unfortunately, @snook couldn't stay. She was sitting out after she reached the final table. She finished in 3rd position.

The game was quite careful in heads-up, we even reached the first break.

At 2k/4k blinds, I went all-in from SB, which was called by @sevendst19. 22 vs. Q10o. He got the 10 on the flop, which lasted until the river.

The final result:

Congratulations to @sevendst19!

Position	Hive username	Rebel username	Prize
1.	@sevendst19	thebull	8 HIVE
2.	@pokermaria	PokerMaria	5 HIVE
3.	@snook	Snookat	3 HIVE
4.	@yeckingo1	yeckingo1	2 HIVE
5.	@bob3k	Littlebob3k	1 HIVE
6.	@solymi	solymi	1 HIVE
7.	@thehive	iascaire	-

Top of that prize all players receive 10k STARBITS for participation. The prizes sent from @the-dealer account.

I'm sure, this was just the beginning of a long series, and there will be more of us. It was a fun little tourney, see you all in the next one on the next Saturday!

Thanks to all participants!

A little off topic:

I am still thinking about how the time lag caused by future power down could be solved in the best way.

At first, it seemed the most logical that after 2 weeks I would permanently borrow liquid HIVE to the @the-dealer account. However, yesterday I discovered @reward.app, which could be a solution in several ways. Post rewards are paid immediately in liquid HIVE. The cost is 1%. In addition, a default of 4% liquid HIVE is also set for the voter. This might even be an incentive for the voters in terms of the poker prize pool.

So my questions: What do you think? Have you ever used it, and if so, what were your experiences? Do you perhaps know of a similar solution that has escaped my attention so far?

Good luck at the tables!

100% beneficiary of this post is @the-dealer. (What I just recognized, forgot to setup and can't do it by editing... 😂 keep in mind, also the reward of this post.)

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