I understand the need to have lower stakes options.  I don't play them myself but I know there are those that do so that's fine.  But it is a little frustrating to see a majority of tournaments on the schedule turn in to low stakes tournaments.  A lower buy-in will be more accessible to more players... but it also loses players that don't want to play that small.

The Nightly Seal Battle was a good tournament when it was a 1k rebuy... but I stopped playing when it went to 500.  I think it gets fewer players overall now.  I understand not wanting to overlay with 100k guarantee... so maybe go with 75k or something.  That's one I would play every night.

The newly added daily 5k 8max is nice... but it would get more players with a larger guarantee.  I would play that if it were at least 75k.  The weekly 5k 100k guarantee tournaments on always go over the guarantee.

Something later in the 2k - 5k range would be nice.  I've never personally liked the Late Night Smooth structure... if that tournament were changed to a 2k 30k-40k guarantee with a normal structure I would play that every night.

Overall just a few more options in the 2k - 10k range with at least 15-20 player guarantees.  Maybe something in between 2k and 5k like 3k/3.5k is what's needed as a balance to reach the most players.

Also agree with Lightning network and withdrawals to native Segwit addresses.

Nice to see the jackpot climbing back up.  The double krill bonus has been nice... not to be too greedy but doing triple krill during the slowest hours might help too.  That worked when it was done in the past.

Not personally a fan of re-entry in general but I can understand one re-entry in the Big BTC.  It's only once a month and it's the biggest tournament so allowing one second chance seems fair.  And it should help increase the prize pool, so that's good.

Some screenshots of the new look after the update:









Pineapple is fun, haven't played that in years.

The short deck with antes is interesting.  I love how quickly the cards are dealt on those tables.  Regular holdem with antes like that might be fun to try.

Back over 1 Bitcoin

The jackpot just crossed 750k with 7 BBJ tables running right now.  Not bad.

Climbing back up again.



 
I can see the argument that if it were tougher to hit it might draw in more players after it gets that big.

The games are obviously better the bigger it gets, but I think part of what draws players in is knowing that they have a realistic chance to win... or at least be at the table when it hits.  You know that there's a real chance that it could hit at any time.

That seems to be what gets players that don't even usually play cash games to join.  If the qualifier were tougher and it had only hit a couple times in the 14+ months since they launched I don't know if those players would continue to grind it out.

I'm happy with it either way.  If it gets back up over a million that's great and will draw players in.  And if it were to hit now that would be more evidence that anyone can hit it at any time and players shouldn't think "I'll wait until it gets bigger to play".

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Ooo yeah that's rough, nothing you could do there.  GG and GL in the next one.



Jackpot getting up close to 1,000,000 again.

I'd love if they had zoom tables but agree that there likely aren't enough players to sustain it currently.  But on the other hand if they had it it more players might play specifically because of it.  Maybe if they started with heads up or tournaments?

Jackpot SNG's would be cool too.  Would be nice to be able to play both of those with low rake.



The Bad Beat Jackpot is up over 800k.

The Bad Beat Jackpot is back up over 500k

Looks like it's going to be another record high prize pool in the Big BTC this month.

In the future when it becomes possible to deposit other coins they will still be converted to bitcoin when you deposit, and you will then play using bitcoin at the tables.

So if you have another coin that you'd rather use today and you don't want to wait, you can just convert it to bitcoin and then deposit.

The Bad Beat Jackpot was just hit again a couple days ago:



The best Bad Beat Jackpot in poker... the minimum buy-in at the lowest stakes is only 0.001 BTC, there's no extra rake or jackpot drop taken to fund it, and the hand requirements make winning/getting a table share realistic for everyone.

Having accepted bitcoin payments through the LN for over a year, there's definitely a growing market demand for it.

And outside of potential new traffic it will be great for current players and the site.

It will increase privacy and break the link if your payment is routed through the network.  And it will allow players to deposit and withdraw instantly for nearly no cost, so it can be done every session if they choose.  The ability to have funds in a channel that can instantly be pushed back and forth so that you don't have to give up control of your bitcoin while you're away is the future.

There are new Progressive KO tournaments in the lobby throughout the day at various buy-in levels.

When you eliminate a player half of their bounty is instantly credited to your account, and the other half is added to the bounty on your head.

Bad Beat Jackpot still at a record high...



And 15% gets split between the other players dealt into the hand, so even if you don't win the jackpot you can still end up with a pretty big prize just for playing.

The Bad Beat Jackpot is now at a record high.



There are a bunch of full tables running, and if you don't want to wait on the list it should be pretty easy now to start a new table and have it fill.

The Bad Beat Jackpot is over 1,000,000 chips again...



https://swcpoker.eu/post/bad-beat-jackpot-starting-at-100k