Poker BIF - Game 6

Dontcounttoday · Feb 8, 2013

Our sixth Poker BIF will be held on Sunday, February 24th at 3pm central time. For those that do not know, this is a collaborative game between BeerAdvocate and Reddit's /r/beertrade, and though we haven't posted in the past, we invite anyone from Ratebeer to join as well.

Sorry for the hiatus in games to those who have been playing with us. We are back on track to get a late game in this month, and then back to the normal schedule of the first Sunday of every month.

If you are interested, the rules and details will be posted below. Simply BM me with what you would like to ante up and your Pokerstar account name and you will get added to the list.

** Please do not commit to the game unless you are as sure as you can be that you will be available on game night. The games are on a set timer and will start promptly at 3PM.
We have had players back out last minute, sometimes without giving any notice at all while the other players wait for them. Such actions may result in a ban from future games.

First off, I should explain the concept. For each game, participants will be playing a small tournament style game of Texas Hold'em poker using pokerstars.net. Each player will ante a beer, and the losers will ship their beers to the winners.

For the Poker BIF, each player will ante up their beer. The minimum requirements are 22oz of good beer. Each person must submit before the start of play what beer they will be anteing.
Requirements to Play
The only real requirement to play is that each player must have at least 2 completed trades via [1] /r/beertrade OR 2 documented, completed trades from the Beer Advocate or Rate Beer forums. This reputation check is to prevent scams, no ships, etc.
Guidelines for beers

Each beer ante should be somewhere between 10-20 dollars in value. This makes it reasonable to ship and interesting to play without breaking the bank.

Limited distribution beers are preferred to easy to find ones. While a large bottle of Duvel would fit all the the requirements, anyone can go to their local shop and buy one. Focus on beers with a small distribution area or limited production. Winners should be excited for the beers they will receive.

The beer should be highly rated. In general, a score of over 85 on BeerAdvocate is a good. This is more of a guideline than a hard and fast rule.

*Antes may consist of more than one beer. The minimum is 22 ounces, so assuming they meet the rest of the criteria, 2 12oz bottles is perfectly acceptable.
How the game works
The games will be played via Pokerstars and their Home Game function. For those who may be concerned, Pokerstars offers free money play (and only free money play for those in America), so you will absolutely not have to provide credit card or other personal information to the site. The client can be downloaded [2] here. Just follow the link and click download.
Once the client is downloaded and you have set up an account, the next step is to join the Reddit BIF Home Game club. To do this, go to the "Home Games" tab, click "Join Club", enter "651112" for the Club ID and "1123581321" for the invitation code. You are now a member of the club! Any upcoming games will be available on the schedule. I do recommend that you register for any game you are playing well ahead of time, up to two weeks before the start of play. You can always unregister, and this way if you are running a little bit late you can still play. Just make sure you have your client open and are logged in at the start of play and you will be taken to your table automatically.
To register for any particular game, either PM me or respond to the appropriate post with your Pokerstars name and your ante.
For the time being, the games will be tournament style Texas Hold'em with 5,000 starting chips and 10 minute blind periods. The game should usually run about 2-3 hours. This worked well for the last couple games but we can change the style of poker in the future if there is interest.
How winning works
I have created a payout structure which is available [3] here and on the sidebar of the Pokerforbeer subreddit. The numbers across the top of the spreadsheet represent the number of entrants. The numbers down the left side represent the finishing place of each player. The cells are colored to indicated which players will be sending beer and who they will be sending to. If the place has a number in it, that is the number of beers the person will be receiving. The beers will be sent from the losers of the same color to the winner. For example, if there is a game with 9 players altogether, the person who comes in first will get three beers, one each from the players that came in 7th, 8th, and 9th. The player who comes in the second will be sent beers from the players who came in 5th and 6th. The player who comes in third will be sent a beer from the person who came in forth.
Affiliations
Also worth noting, Pokerforbeer is unofficially related to[4] /r/beertrade as we will be using the reputation points from there to determine eligibility for play. All bad trades or issues with reputation points will be handled as per[5]/r/beertradeguidelines. Message the mods after a completed trade for reputation points, and absolutely message them if your trade partner does not ship. Failing to ship your ante if you lose will disqualify you from future games, BA or Reddit

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Dontcounttoday · Feb 20, 2013

The game is this coming Sunday and we have 9 players thus far and would love more! BM me if interested.

Dontcounttoday · Feb 21, 2013

12 players signed up and we welcome more! Going to be a great game

Dontcounttoday · Feb 24, 2013

Last reminder for the game! We had a couple join and someone drop out but we are up to 13 players this month. Still room for more! We start promptly at 3pm Central tomorrow, so if you are available and interested BM me!

Dontcounttoday · Feb 25, 2013

Great game tonight! 20 players turned out for our largest game yet. Hope to see everyone next month, but we haven't set the date just yet.

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