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Poker Today is a community-centric content series that highlights news, upcoming events, and personalities within the Steem Poker community.

♠♣♥♦ Poker Today Issue 6 ♠♣♥♦

What a season it has been so far. The ups and down. Wins and losses. The all-ins and all-outs. The excitement all starts on the site LuckSacks.com where the players of SPL all come to play SPL and Thursday League. Then the battle continues as the select battle it out on Poker Stars within the Pro Series. Who is dominating the leader boards? Whom are the biggest Donks around? Check out some of the LuckSacks and SPL's stats at Poker Tools. Thanks to @internetguy for all the hard work and skills put into getting the site up and running.

While it is exciting on the felt it is fun to chat it up with the players before and after the games. You should join us on Discord HERE. Do not forget to support and show some love to the people behind the scenes. @tuck-fheman, @bigpchef, and @chiefmappster put a lot of effort into these events, websites and just all around amaze-balls. Please upvote this 1337 peeps.

Today completed another SPL Matchup. The result can be found here. What an excited match up. Us on the West Coast USA were up bright and early trying to see cards with fuzzy eyes. Thats probably why I went all-in with seven two off suit. I thought they were Aces for some reason.

This is the Sixth iteration of Poker Today for the SteemIt Poker League. In this issue, we will offer a comprehensive lineup of events, game schedules, and some recent news. Please read and support the other participants of the @SPL as well.

Headlines

• 7/25 SPL League Results
• SPL Live Table Streams - What Happened in My Poker Stream 2
• Poker Odd Chart Lesson
• AFT Series Vol 4 - Get to know @nicnas
• Pro League Standings
• 7/23 Pro League Poker Stars Results
• AFT Series Vol 4
• New Team to enter the @SPL arena is Team 5!
• Support the community. Get your Swag on! View article about the Swag here

Prior Issues

• POKER TODAY ISSUE 5 by @chiefmappster
• POKER TODAY ISSUE 5 in Spanish by @elalec
• POKER TODAY ISSUE 4 by @nicnas
• POKER TODAY ISSUE 4 in Spanish by @elalec
• POKER TODAY ISSUE 3 by @chiefmappster
• POKER TODAY ISSUE 3 in Spanish by @elalec
• POKER TODAY ISSUE 2 by @nicnas
• POKER TODAY ISSUE 2 in Spanish by @elalec
• POKER TODAY ISSUE 1 by @chiefmappster

Also, there are certain qualifications to join each of these league so keep that in mind. One big thing about all of these leagues though is that you should make it very clear as to which SteemIt account you are linked to. It is important to keep people from having multiple accounts. This is ultimately cheating at its core.

Schedule:

Date	Time (CDT / UTC)	Guaranteed SBD	League
Thu July 27		1PM/6PM	Thursday League
Sat July 29	10AM / 3PM	TBD	PS Pro League
Mon July 31	6AM / 11AM	TBD	SteemIt League
Thu Aug 3		TBD	Thursday League
Fri Aug 4	8AM / 1PM	TBD	PS Pro League
Sun Aug 6	4AM / 9AM	TBD	SteemIt League
Thu Aug 10	6AM / 11AM	TBD	PS Pro League
Thu Aug 10		TBD	Thursday League
Sat Aug 12	2AM / 7AM	TBD	SteemIt League
Wed Aug 16	4AM / 9AM	TBD	PS Pro League
Thu Aug 17		TBD	Thursday League
Tue Aug 22	2AM / 7AM	TBD	PS Pro League
Thu Aug 24		TBD	Thursday League
Thu Aug 31		TBD	Thursday League

Plus Daily Freerolls on the new site - Check the Sit & Go's Tab

Keep in mind that I am using the dates and time that are available as of today. These are subject to change. I will try to keep them updated on future posts when I get updates. But the best way the most current of information is to follow @tuck-fheman, @chiefmappster and @spl.

Generic Leagues Rules:

There are few specific rules to be eligible to get paid out in SBD from winnings. First your steemit account must be over level 30 reputation on Steemit. You must have made an introduction post. And you use your @steemit-username in your profile on all sites.

The SteemIt Poker League (SPL) is a ten tournament league that started on Wednesday, June 21st. Though it is not too late to join. @tuck-fheman started this league on BluffAve.com but we are using the new site, as mentioned below, from now on. This is a freeroll league, just like all of other league games mentioned here. All you need to do is follow the rules and make sure to register for the tournament and show up. Follow @tuck-fheman and @spl for all up to date news.

Thursday's

In this week's Thursday Poker Tourney, there is 30 SBD guaranteed. It starts at 5PM CDT / 9PM UTC. Though the times are likely to change every week to accommodate different locations. The weekly games prize pool will be determined before tourney time depending on post payouts so make sure to upvote and support @chiefmappster. We will be using LuckSacks.com to play these from now on. To find out more and stay up to date please follow and keep an eye out for new posts by @chiefmappster .

Invite only this league if for people who play regularly (daily) and for the pro poker players of SteemIt. There are a limited amount of spots in this league. Come join us in Discord to find out more.

Each player that applies will be screened carefully before being admitted. We are looking for people who are passionate about poker, play daily and just have a love for the game. If that's you, then we'll know it by your blog here on Steemit and you'll be allowed in. :)

Click Here to see graphic of how to sign up or here to see the post with more info on signing up.

New Site:

Todays SteemIt League game is the last one to be held on BluffAve.com. So just about everything will be held on the site linked below.

• Visit www.lucksacks.com
• Go to the Private Sites tab.
• Select Steem Poker League.
• Enter password : Please visit @spl to get password. Here is the post. Or visit us on Discord to learn more.
• Sign up
• Enter you Steemit @user-name where prompted to ensure proper payment.
• Select Sin & Go and choose a game.

Discord channel:

For all discussions including upcoming games/tournaments, payouts, and general poker discussion please join us at https://discord.gg/QS9k4b

I look forward to seeing you guys there. I look forward to taking your chips, and sanity along with it. See you on the table!

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