Ask HN: Is anyone interested in a Hacker News virtual poker night?

18 points by shytey 6 years ago | 13 comments

Hey all, is anyone interested in a virtual poker night? Pokerstars lets you run private games, we could organise a weekly Hacker News tournament. Let me know if you are interested, a range of times that might suit and a buy in you would be OK with. I'll try to figure something out that suits the most amount of people if I get enough interest.

I'll start, Friday or Saturday evenings 6pm-12pm GMT would suit and a buy in up to $30.

miej 6 years ago |

Here, in order to expedite this process, i've set up a google form to collect info from anyone interested:

https://forms.gle/ueJrw9A7CNomB3yH6

also, I set up a discord server to help facilitate live chat: https://discord.gg/vmg2HSD

shytey 6 years ago | |

Thanks, appreciate you helping out with organising. I just filled it in.

petemc_ 6 years ago |

A popular sentiment, r/poker has been inundated with people asking about where to play poker with friends.

https://old.reddit.com/r/poker/comments/fp2zll/where_to_play...

nbclark 6 years ago |

I built a web app over the past couple of weeks to host home games with video. https://pokerinplace.app/

If you'd be interested in using, please do. I'd love to join as well.

nicholas73 6 years ago |

I'm in... does Pokerstars accept US players for money? Or we pool the prize outside Pokerstars?

shytey 6 years ago | |

I think most states are blocked by Pokerstars, so I'm fine with pooling outside and finding a different service to run the game. We could start with the entry fee small the first week until trust builds, or use an escrow if people are nervous about sending entry fee to a randomer? It shouldn't be more than $10-20 anyway, depending on what people respond with

a3n 6 years ago |

Uh ... Your name isn't "Doc" is it?

shytey 6 years ago | |

Me? No

syspec 6 years ago |

I'm in

theebrownieee 6 years ago |

I’m in

rubatuga 6 years ago |

Down

miej 6 years ago |

im down

giruvegan001 6 years ago |

Pass...