What we saw on the Week 3 Sunday Games

I try to keep up with everything happening during the 1PM and 3PM games on Sundays,.

Here’s 10 things that I came away with, on the Sunday, Sept. 27th 1PM and 3PM NFL games.

1. Julio Jones WR ATL is still a stud, stack him with Matt Ryan QB ATL every week, you’ll see some nice fantasy points racked up, it’s about as sure a thing as you’ll find anywhere.
2. I really think the Ben Roethlisberger knee injury will put a damper on Antonio Brown’s MVP start to the 2015 season. Brown will still put up some nice numbers. But, not like he has the first couple of games of 2015.
3. It looks like Dallas RB’s will be solid plays the rest of the year with Romo out, play them weekly.
4. I should have known better, stay away from NE RB’s (unless you can read Belichecks mind), I started the wrong one, once again this week.
5. Devonta Freeman took over the ATL at DAL game, will the ATL coaching staff see this? Then, use him like that every week?
6. I thought Andrew Luck IND QB would snap out of it this week, playing the Titans—Nope, he did play better, but 2 picks is still not as good as he could be.
7. Philly came to life, barely. But, 231 yds of total offense is not exactly tearing it up. The 4 Jet turnovers made the difference. I’d still avoid Eagles players until further notice.
8. Maybe Andy Dalton CIN QB is worth another look, 383 yds passing/3TD’s with 227 of them to A.J. Green (2 TD) would have been a nice QB /WR stack.
9. Tyrod Taylor BUF QB 277/3TD had a great game in Miami, he was rather inexpensive this week (on all sites), expect it to increase next week and beyond.
10. Carson Palmer (311/2TD) and the Arizona Cardinals almost hit the 50 point mark again. Always keep Palmer, Larry Fitzgerald WR (134/2TD) in mind when making up your weekly line-ups.

Week Two has created a great deal Of Questions

Week 2 Fantasy News, Notes and Opinion

10PM ET, September 20th

As I sit here, watching the Seattle at Green Bay game, I was thinking about the Week 2 schedule of NFL Games and their results.

It has brought about many more questions than answers for all of us Fantasy Football Fans….

Here are just a few of those questions and what I’m thinking…….

Who will replace Tony Romo on the Cowboys? Brandon Weedon.

I would downgrade all Cowboy receivers, Romo’s broken Clavicle will require a estimated 8 week period to heal, Ouch…..

Will Jay Cutler ever be worth anything? Nope…..

Injuries or not, he still will never live up to his potential. Downgrade the entire Bears offense, even RB Matt Forte (every one will be stacking the box against him).

Is the Bear defense really that bad again? Yes!

Take advantage at every opportunity, play any QB, WR and RB against the Bears Defense every week………

Are the Miami Dolphins over rated? Their Defense, YES!

The Dolphin Offense has plenty of weapons and should continue to be a force that fantasy players can use, especially R Tannehill QB and J Landry WR.

Is the Drew Brees era over in New Orleans? It doesn’t look good, only use New Orleans players on a game by game basis and very sparingly.

Can any one stop a very determined Tom Brady in New England? I doubt it!

Brady is determined to show the world that the Deflate-Gate bull shit was exactly that and you can expect a career year from the NE Quarterback and his #1 target Rob Gronkowski…..

Also, the NE defense is not very good and there will be a lot of shoot outs involving the Patriots….

Can we all say that Antonio Brown is the Best Receiver in the NFL? I would!!!!!!

Play him every week, wherever possible……..Take advantage of Antonio Brown by using a Roethlisberger/Brown stack weekly.

Will Carson Palmer be that good, every week? Probably not, however he will tear up shitty defenses at every opportunity.

Use him against the weaker defenses with confidence.

Has Jordy Nelsons injured Knee made James Jones relevant again? I’d say yes, maybe even more so, because Aaron Rodgers is throwing to him and Rodgers likes him, a lot!

Play James Jones early and often, until further notice.

Whats wrong with the Eagles? I don’t know…..

Maybe they should use their top RB and try running it more? Maybe they should throw more, maybe less? Maybe they should slow it down a bit? Maybe they should have kept last years team intact?(that’s probably the problem!)

That’s a lot of Maybes….. Keep tabs on the Eagles and rely less on their offensive players until further notice. “No More Eagle Stacks”

Is Johnny Manziel a real NFL QB?  No, nothing to see here….. At least not yet……

Can we trust QB Tyrod Taylor on Buffalo? So far, so good.

He should be able to put up serviceable fantasy points (20 to 25) every week. His rushing abilities should off-set any passing turnovers each and every week. He has more than enough capable receivers to maintain a consistent production number.

Use these answers as a starting point for building a Million Dollar fantasy football winner on DraftKings.com next Sunday.

Fan Duel Improves their look!

Have you seen the new look Fan Duel?

Fan Duel has been very busy the last few weeks, updating the look and functionality of their already fine daily fantasy web-based platform.

This update was planned perfectly, just in time for the 2015 NFL Fantasy season.

All in all, the updates make Fan Duel look fresher, a little larger and I think, a lot easier to use than in the past.

The most first most noticeable change is the new look of the Main Lobby. There are still all the functions your accustomed to, but they have increased the lobby size, the function buttons and added a few more explanations of all the great fantasy contests they offer.

The Main Lobby now only displays contests for one sport at a time when you first log on. You no longer have to scroll thru every sport, every contest offered, to find what you are looking for.

With the anticipation of the upcoming NFL Season, NFL Contests are the current “default” sport shown on the main lobby when logging onto Fan Duel.

You can click the particular sport your interested in playing and omit anything you don’t want. The current lobby has NFL, MLB and CFB contests available. NBA, NHL and CBB will be available later this year.

If you click a contest name on the main lobby and you get all the details on that contest. Click Prizes and you get the exact payouts offered for that contest. Blue Dots are Guaranteed contests, Gold Dots are multi entry contests. Blue Flags means these are featured contests and offer the best prize pools.

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Fan Duel Main Lobby

The Draft Rooms for your fantasy contests also sport a new, larger look with the new feature that shows your chosen players in your line-up still on the available player listing.

This gives you the chance to make line-up changes already knowing where your original selections are ranked and their salary (the red circled minus sign), related to who you are now considering adding into your line-up.

This makes roster upgrades, using your leftover player salary balance a lot easier. There is now also a buy-in selection of $ or Fan Duel Points for each contest to make using you accumulated points easier to convert into contest entries.

Fan Duel Draft Room

In addition to the new look Draft Room, Fan Duel has updated the look of the player profiles, just click a players name and you’ll get that players latest news, season stats and detailed game log.

Fan Duel also updated their live scoring pages. They now have a all new Running Man feature.

Your score for each of your rosters is shown as a little blue man. His position shows your teams position in relation to contest payouts. If your in the green zone, your in the money (the payout zone) and the further to the right in the payout zone, the higher the payout.

If your position in the grey zone, you have an idea of how far your team(s) are away from the payout zone.

View by Entries Screen

When you Click View by Rosters you have your line-ups fully view able and how each line-up/player is doing.

View by Rosters

When you click a individual roster, you get the same scoring details and where you stand with that particular roster, with the running man showing your position in relation to contest pay-outs.

Fan Duel has been working constantly to improve their customers Daily Fantasy Experience and it shows……..I may have omitted a couple of new items, but the ones I listed are the ones every player will notice and use everyday as they play on Fan Duel.

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A closer look at week one salaries on Draftkings

DraftKings Week One Line-up Thoughts

I went thru all the position salaries listed on Draftkings for the Week One fantasy football contests and have listed by position the top salaries. If you take this information, you’ll have a decent idea of who you could start to build a week one line-up around.

It is still way to early (as of this writing) to lock your first DraftKing line-up, however you’ll have an idea of what you’ll want to start with and how much you’ll have left to fill the open positions.

There are a lot of things that can change in the next month of NFL camps, stay tuned in and pay attention to every bit of NFL training camp/preseason game news/opinion you can find.

The player salary listing on Draftkings includes player stats and recent news and notes (click player name), current weeks opponent, OPRK (opponents ranking against that position, green good match-up, white average match-up, red bad match-up) and FPPG (avg. fantasy points scored per game).

Top QB Salaries

Aaron Rodgers is the #1 salary/ranked QB, however you have to take into account he is not going against the same mismanaged Bear Defense from last year.

Honestly you cannot think of him as the #1 option just yet.

Drew Brees showed kinks in his armor last year and he has lost too many of his best targets.

I personally am thinking that Russell Wilson SEA just may be the safest option to start the year.

Top RB Salaries

Adrian Peterson MIN is rested, happy and on a Viking Team that is on the verge of success in 2015, He would be my choice as the RB to start building around in week one.

LeSean McCoy is also interesting pick, he could be hell bent on proving the Eagles as fools.

Matt Forte CHI is now on a John Fox coached team, that means more RB by committee and probably less time, less production for  Forte.

Top WR Salaries

I’m looking at Calvin Johnson and Emmanuel Sanders as a pair of WR that should start off the year with a bang.

Calvin Johnson is coming off a injury plagued year and wanting to re-establish himself as Megatron once again (the DET defense will not be as good in 2015 and the Lions will need to score points in bunches to compete in the NFC).

E. Sanders is the obvious #2 option in Denver with huge up-side, as #1 Demaryius Thomas will no doubt, attract more attention from opposing defenses.

R Cobb GB and J Nelson GB are usually very reliable options, but the unknown CHI defense in week one could be problematic.

Odell Beckham Jr. had a great 1st year, however he still needs to continue his early dominance and adapt to how defenses handle him  in 2015.

Top TE Salaries

I love Jimmy Graham on SEA……

He gives Russell Wilson a quality receiver with 1000 yd /15 TD potential. I think Jimmy Graham is a can’t miss TE this year, start him early and often.

Top DST Salaries

Seattle has kept their defense intact and should maintain their dominance. Houston is another DST to watch, if Clowney is back and healthy the Houston DST will be a force to contend with.

First Week One Line up Suggestion

This is just a first “trial” line-up, things can and probably will change before the Sept 13th Kick-off.

I stacked Wilson QB SEA/Graham TE SEA, went with my #1 WR as C Johnson DET and Seattle as my DST.

Carlos Hyde SF RB should be the #1 RB on the 49er’s. I also like J Rodgers CHI RB as a high upside, pass catching RB.

The balance of this line-up are very cap friendly rookie WR’s. Kevin White CHI, Amari Cooper OAK and DeVante Parker MIA. This could be considered taking a chance, all unproven and 2 with injury concerns.

Keep in mind that DK football scoring favors receivers PPR and it is always best to use high upside players on large tournament size fantasy football contests.

But it it still very early, the injuries noted seem to be minor and they each could prove to be sure things.

I will be writing more on DK week one value plays as we get closer to the opening week-end and will no doubt have more line-up(s) and ideas to share……

Here are the Details of all the DraftKings NFL Fantasy week one promotions and contests.

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Can you win a Million Dollars playing in the Masters?

Well, if you join DraftKings and play in the PGA $2.2M Millionaire Maker you could…….

Play commences on April 9th and runs thru Sunday April 12th.

For only a $20 entry fee you could be in the big money by making the final cut!

Just draft your team (or teams), using six golfers playing in The Masters on April 9th at Augusta National GC.

This is the Largest Fantasy PGA Contest ever offered and you can register now.

Be mindful that there may be additional players added to the field before the Masters tees off on Thursday, April 9th. So monitor your early entries accordingly.

All in all, over 20,000 fantasy players will make the cut and are paid based on the final fantasy standings:

1st     $1,000,000.00
2nd     $100,000.00
3rd     $50,000.00
4th     $30,000.00
5th     $20,000.00
6th – 7th     $15,000.00
8th – 10th     $10,000.00
11th – 13th     $7,500.00
14th – 16th     $5,000.00
17th – 20th     $3,000.00
21st – 30th     $2,500.00
31st – 50th     $2,000.00
51st – 75th     $1,500.00
76th – 100th     $1,000.00
101st – 150th     $500.00
151st – 200th     $250.00
201st – 300th     $150.00
301st – 500th     $125.00
501st – 1000th     $100.00
1001st – 2000th     $75.00
2001st – 3000th     $50.00
3001st – 5000th     $40.00
5001st – 10000th     $30.00
10001st – 24025th     $20.00

No, you don’t have to qualify. No you don’t have to join Augusta, just go to DraftKings and make your PGA dreams of a Masters Championship, yours on DraftKings.com……

DraftKings PGA Fantasy Rules

In each PGA contest, participants will be assigned a fixed salary cap of $50,000 that they can use to draft their entire 6 golfer lineup.

The golfer pool will consist of all PGA Tour golfers expected to be participating in the current week’s tournament.

Any missing golfers will not be added to the pool once DraftKings starts offering contests for that week. If a golfer is scratched late from an event, he will remain in the player pool, and you must be aware to remove them from your team before the tournament starts.

Golfer salaries will also not change once DraftKings starts offering contests for that tournament start time.

Contest results and winners will be based on the total fantasy points scored across each entrant’s 6 golfer lineup (scoring summarized below).

TEAM ROSTERS

Rosters will consist of any 6 golfers/players scheduled to compete.

POINT SCORING

Golfers on each fantasy team will accumulate points as follows:

 Per Hole Scoring
        Double Eagle (DBL EAG): +20 PTs
        Eagle (EAG): +8 PTs
        Birdie (BIR): +3 PTs
        Par (PAR): +0.5 PTs
        Bogey (BOG): -0.5 PTs
        Double Bogey (DBL BOG): -1 PT
        Worse than Double Bogey (WORSE DBL BOG): -1 PT

Players will be awarded based on their final tournament standings,
        1st: 30 PTs
        2nd: 20 PTs
        3rd: 18 PTs
        4th: 16 PTs
        5th: 14 PTs
        6th: 12 PTs
        7th: 10 PTs
        8th: 9 PTs
        9th: 8 PTs
        10th: 7 PTs
        11th–15th: 6 PTs
        16th–20th: 5 PTs
        21st–25th: 4 PTs
        26th–30th: 3 PTs
        31st–40th: 2 PTs
        41st-50th: 1 PTs

Streaks and Bonuses
        Streak of 3 Birdies of Better (MAX 1 Per Round) (3+ BIR STRK): +3 PTs
        Bogey Free Round (BOG FREE RD): +3 PTs
        All 4 Rounds Under 70 Strokes (ALL 4 RDS UND 70): +5 PTs
        Hole in One (HOLE IN ONE): +10 PTs

Scoring Notes:

Ties for a finishing position will not reduce or average down points. For example, if 2 golfers tie for 3rd place, each will receive the 18 fantasy points for the 3rd place finish result.

Playoff Holes will not count towards final scoring, with the exception of the “finishing position” scoring. For example, the golfer who wins the tournament will receive the sole award of 1st place points, but will not accrue points for their scoring result in the individual playoff holes.

Player Lock Notes: All golfers lock at the time the first golfer tees off on day 1 of an event.

Contest start times are subject to change. Please check back for exact times within 24 hours of the event.

DraftKings offers a 100% deposit Bonus and free entry to a paid contest when you join Draftkings,com and offers a full schedule of Fantasy PGA Contests during the entire PGA season.

Fantasy Football is not over on DraftKings

Fantasy Football Players won Big Money on DraftKings

The 2014 regular NFL season is now over, but Fantasy Football is not………

DraftKings paid out over $350 Million to fantasy football players during the regular season.

15 individual Fantasy Millionaires were made on DraftKings during the past 17 week regular season, not to even mention all the winners of $25K or more.

Now it is a fact that most fantasy football players lost out on their season long leagues and playoffs. It’s true, season long leagues are done.

But now is your chance to still make your fantasy championship run a reality, there still is time to be making money from a fantasy.

DraftKings.com still has NFL Playoff Fantasy Contests set up and ready to play……

Fantasy Games are set for the upcoming Wild Card weekend and the Divisional Playoff weekend. Including the Divisional Playoff ($2 Million /Millionaire Maker Encore)

The upcoming first round of NFL playoff games includes these great Wild Card match-ups.

Arizona at Carolina Saturday Jan. 3,  4:35PM ET

Baltimore at Pittsburgh Saturday Jan. 3,  8:15PM ET

Cincinnati at Indianapolis Sunday Jan. 4, 1:05PM ET

Detroit at Dallas Sunday Jan. 4, 4:40PM ET

January 10th and 11th Divisional Match-ups are TBD

Guaranteed Wild Card Contests on DraftKings

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Wild Card Week End Player Rankings

You can start setting your playoff lineups now, here are a few players that are worth using in your DraftKings line up this Wild Card Weekend:

Late Update 12/29/14:

Ndamukong Suh of the Detroit Lions has been suspended one game (for purposely stepping on Aaron Rodgers leg), this will be enforced for Sundays wild card game: Lions at Cowboys.

Suh is a key part of the Lions defensive line and will undoubtedly affect their defensive game plan.

Upgrade all the Cowboy top skill positions……

Players like Tony Romo QB, Demarco Murray RB and Dez Byrant WR will now be even better plays than previously thought.

Quarterback

I really like Cam Newton CAR $7600. He is moderately priced at $7600 and offers the twin threat of running and throwing for scores. The yardage may not be there, but the TD’s will be.

Running Backs

Jeremy Hill CIN $6200 has been flashing his rushing skills the last few weeks, he is trending up as a premier back and is undoubtedly the best RB option this weekend with LeVeon Bell PIT RB playing status in doubt.

Jonathon Stewart CAR is the Panthers top RB option, he has been putting up solid rushing and receiving numbers recently and is a solid play at only $5300 this week.

Wide Receivers

Antonio Brown WR PIT $8900 Need I say more, he is the Best WR option available this upcoming Wild Card Week End.

Kelvin Benjamin CAR $5900 Moderately priced, Kelvin brings the long threat against the Cardinals bottom 1/3 of the NFL ranked pass defense.

Martavis Bryant PIT $4100 is always a threat for a long score and has the potential for a huge game at any time. Defenses always pay the most attention to Antonio Brown, this allows Martavis a chance to sneak a long play in at any time.

Cole Beasley DAL $3700 is a absolute bargain, his increased participation in the aerial attack of the Cowboys the last couple of weeks and with the Detroit Defense worrying about Dez Bryant, Beasley will slip through the cracks for a cheap score or two this week end.

Tight Ends

Greg Olsen CAR $5500 is Cam Newtons favorite target, always gets the first looks and is about as reliable of pass catching Tight End you’ll find anywhere.

Jermaine Graham CIN $3700 has scored in his last 3 games and is likely to continue that trend should AJ Green CIN WR be limited in play.

Defensive Team

I really like the Cowboys DST $3200 this week. The Lion offense has really been in their typical late season disappointment mode the last 3 weeks of the season and I think you can be confident that the Dallas Offense (aka: Demarco Murray) will keep Matt Stafford and Calvin Johnson off the field enough to make the Dallas “D” a great play.

 Wild Card Line Up

Good luck this coming Weekend on DraftKings

Why is Fan Duel Fantasy Football so Popular??

The 2014 Fantasy Football season has been an interesting one to say the least…..

All the injuries, suspensions and player performance disappointments have been weighing on Fantasy Football Players since week one.

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One thing that however has been growing in strength and numbers is Fan Duel fantasy football…….

As I said before, I have playing Daily Fantasy Sports for a couple of years now and this year I finally decided to concentrate my efforts on playing more weekly fantasy football.

Sure, I still have my 4 season long money leagues, (I’m 2 and 2 on all of them) but I have been putting more emphasis on my weekly play.

I’m actually starting to like my Fan Duel play more than my season long leagues. I can use a wider selection of players, can use all the advice I read weekly about every player and take advantage of all of that inside, expert knowledge for my benefit.

For example, if a key cover corner can’t play on Sunday and I don’t own the Wide Out he’s facing that Sunday on my season long team, that info is useless to me. On Fan Duel I could use that info to my advantage and start a WR facing that team.

Just like the injury to Jamaal Charles made Knile Davis a Stud for most teams on Fan Duel. If you didn’t have Davis on your season long roster, that info was useless.  Many weekly fantasy players used K. Davis to their advantage the first couple week of the season.

Your not locked into a set 15 man roster, not forced to make agonizing line up choices on Sunday morning. On Fan Duel, everything that happens in the NFL can be used to help me and my teams….

“Playing the weekly games has gotten me more aware of what is and who is happening in the NFL and actually made me a better  fantasy football player”

The actual playing advantages are not the only reason. The major Daily Fantasy sites (Fan Duel and DraftKings) have been waging a growth war against each other since July and players like me who have become more involved have benefited greatly from their competition.

Radio and TV ads have propelled growth, (I’d bet you saw or heard one of those ads and searched Fan Duel to find this post!).

There are now more Million Dollar contests, more leagues and a lot more money floating around on the internet for fantasy football players to take a shot at winning than ever before.

On Fan Duel for example,

There are at least 1000 open Fantasy Football contests open every day of the week on Fan Duel leading up to Sunday.

How do I know this? The Fan Duel Mobile App shows the number of open contests whenever you log on, you can see that number.

Fan Duel continually opens new contests as the filling contests close.

You can see that by looking at the Main NFL Lobby. The variety of choices is endless, different formats, buy-ins and league sizes make choosing a contest a tough decision.

Let’s look at this screen shot of Fan Duel on Week 4  Sunday Morning,

See the $2 Mini Snap #5, #6, #7 and #8? That means that Fan Duel has 8 of those contests open or full. That’s a total of 2873 players in each, with $5000 of prizes guaranteed to be paid.

See the contests highlighted in Yellow? When you are on the contest lobby on Fan Duel the flashing (on and off) yellow highlights means another player has signed up for that contest. You will even see the entry numbers increase in real time while watching the lobby.

See the contests in a faded gray highlight? Those just filled, wait a while and another contest will be added to replace it.

There have even been times when I was drafting a team and when I hit enter, a pop-up would state that this contest is now closed. It filled up while I was deciding who to start.

I thought I lost that team, but when I went back to the NFL lobby and picked another similar contest and hit join, I was brought back to a draft room with the same team I just created showing ready to enter.

Just visiting the Fan Duel site shows you how popular they really are……..

The Fan Duel Radio and TV ads state that Fan Duel is paying out over $10 Million a week, I really think it is a lot more than that.

Fan Duel quotes: “That they have more players, more contests and more payouts than all the other DFS sites combined”, I believe them……..

I am becoming convinced that next year, I’ll limit myself to only one or two  season long teams and devote that extra money to Fan Duel.

I’ll get a better return for my time and money invested.

 

TV coverage of the Poker Championship…..

I have always found that the TV coverage of The WSOP© as the most fascinating TV…..

Watch poker on ESPN

I’ll be watching every chance I can…….

Why? Well to be honest, it is not what most players consider as Real Poker (it’s edited).  Because it is snippets of play, you only see the best hands, the best plays.

However, if you really watch and pay attention, you will learn a few tiny tidbits of strategy, a few little hints as how to trap someone, just pay attention—you’ll see what I mean.

The only time you really see live play is in November, when you actually see the Final 9 playing hand for hand on Nov. 10th and 11th, everything else is cut and pasted to show the big hands, the most shrewd play leading up to the final table qualifiers.

What you won’t see is how everyone throws most hands into the muck while waiting for that perfect hand.

Now don’t take me wrong,  Poker on TV is really great entertainment.

You will see how the pros make their moves, how to play a big hand and how to take advantage of a good thing.

Be ready to see exactly how to trap opponents, how to lure your opponents into big bets and watch them fall like flies as you flip your hand over…….

If you are like me, you ‘ll be tuned into ESPN© and watching all the WSOP© action.

Complete Schedule of TV coverage on ESPN© this Year

I like the 2 hour blocks scheduled this year, you can spend a whole evening watching poker and have a chance to really get behind your favorite players.

November 10th and 11th is can’t miss TV, those will the best 2 days a poker player can spend watching TV. You’ll see every hand, every play and every move made by the Final 9.

You’ll  see all the crap thrown away and what they think will work as they play for the Ultimate Championship of Poker.

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Be like me, watch for the TV advertising of Americas Cardroom during the WSOP© events on ESPN.

Join Americas Cardroom for the $1 Million Guaranteed Online Poker Tournament on December 14, 2014 you could cash out $200k for a few hours of Poker Play………

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K8 “Kate Poker” Preview

We highlighted K8 Poker on our last post, here are our initial thoughts and comments on K8 “Kate” Poker

Like we said, K8 Poker is one of the newer BTC Poker rooms, less than 6 months old,  we deposited a small 200 chip amount (about $10) and played to see what they are all about.

First off, I never heard of K8 poker, until last Saturday. They actually E-mailed me,  asking if I would consider reviewing their Poker site.

I did a quick search and found them, I looked around and decided I would give them a shot, so I made a small deposit to give them a try.

I then E-mailed to their support with a few questions.

Our inquiry to K8 poker was responded to within hours (a really good sign to start).

Here is their response (from Alex)

Dear Robert

Thank you for your prompt answer. Regarding your questions:

1. When are your peak traffic times, what is the most player traffic you have ever had?

-> Its usually from 20:00 to 00:00 GMT . We have 3 games, Poker, Roulette and Slots, most user online was 1023, and most player in poker room was 117 . 

2. How long have you been up and running?  Where are you based?

-> Near 6 month. We are new, but had a great progress. Currently we are based in Denmark.

3. Have you considered a Deposit Bonus?  

-> As we are offering anonymous registrations is hard to manage Deposit Bonus. But maybe in future we will find a solution for it.

4. Can you give me more details on your player point program? 

-> Its very simple. Its the square root of total rake paid by each player. We update this once per week. Currently we have 5 levels for players. 

5. What is the new Rakeback system?

-> We recently added Rakeback function. Players can get from 2% up to 40% rakeback based on their point and level.

I hope you will enjoy playing at K8Poker.

The freerolls are every 2-3 hours, so it will cover all time zones.

You had asked for the search term, I don’t exactly remember, but I was searching for poker reviews which I find your website.

If you need anything or have any questions please don’t hesitate and just send me an email.

Kind regards,
Alex,
Kate Poker Support Team,
http://www.k8poker.net

Their support team was fast to respond to my questions and answered each.

This fast response made me even more curious to play the next chance I could,

My first real tournament I played on Kate Poker was the 1 chip buy-in / 100 chip GTD on Monday afternoon.

Here’s how I did:

I’m Usalegal and I managed a 2nd place win of 28 chips (on a 1 chip buy-in, I used no re-buys)

Here are more details of that tournament:

Entrants:         20
Removed:          1 (1455 chips)
Rebuys:           28
Prize pool:       100
Places paid:      4
Place #1:         45
Place #2:         28
Place #3:         17
Place #4:         10

Total time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Kate Poker has a somewhat limited tournament schedule as we write this review.

The best  tournament to play on Kate Poker is probably the Sunday 1K GTD at 3PM ET, it has a 9.5+.5 chip buy-in (10 chips), 3000 chip stack with 10 minute blinds and re-buys  for the first 5 levels.

If the Sunday 1K anything like the 100 GTD I placed 2nd in, you can expect to win a little something with little effort……

No shows for all tournaments will be removed from play after the first level, this is key especially if you play on their free rolls and 1 chip buy-in tournaments.

The tournament schedule is rather light on choices right now, but I’m sure will intensify as player traffic increases.

Currently you will only find 1, 2, 3, 5, 10 chip buy-in and a 100 chip buy-in HU tournament offered.

I seen mostly Hold-em tournaments listed, but there is at least one PLO tournament listed.

Kate Poker uses standard level structures of 5, 6, 8 and 10 minute blinds

Default Blind Levels

Ring Games include: .10/.20, .25/.50 up to 25/50 games in NLHE and PLO

2 and 5 chip buy-in (6 max) Sit’n’Go’s are listed on their Tournament lobby

Something to note about the tournaments and ring tables, they only use 8 handed tables I don’t know why, but they not as hard to beat as a 9 handed table, these tables often only play 6 and 7 handed, making them easy prey for expert short handed (6max) players.

I also went online this past Monday morning at 6AM to find a .10/.20 cash game going, it had 5 players including me, most were ROW players from countries like France, Belarus, Indonesia and Antarctica.

Most players on K8 are from the U.S., they state 28% U.S. Players as a total.

I personally seen mostly players from everywhere, including the UK, Australia, Germany, Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia, France and others.

There were players chatting in their native languages, of which I had no clue as to what they were saying. I was like WTF, speak English or be quiet.

Kate Poker definitely has found a worldwide player base.

My small sample of play earned me the first step on their Rake back program, here are the Rake back tiers they offer:

I am currently at the 2% rake back level and I didn’t even try, lets see how long it takes to advance up the Rake back ladder.

Kate Poker uses the Poker Maven software in it’s purest form, no additions or subtractions—it is more than stable, it was a joy, I did not get disconnected once on this browser software. One thing to note, the turn clock is set at 15 seconds, be ready to make some quick decisions when playing.

Kate Poker Table View:

Is it the best software ever? No, but it is more than what you could consider adequate for the micro limit play offered.

Kate Poker uses Bit Coins as it’s currency, 1 BTC = 10000 chips.

Currently a BTC equals about $450, so a chip ($450/10000) is worth about 4.5¢ each.

Most Every ring table buy-in and tournament buy-in is priced at 1 to 20 chips (about 5¢ to $1).

I am sure this will increase as time and player traffic increases, but now it is perfect for any one who plays Micro stakes or Free roll winnings.

Kate Poker only charges 2.5% on their ring game rake  and 5% tournament fees.

Banking on K8 Poker is super easy using Bit Coins, I used my deposit code as my withdrawal code on another BTC Poker room and had my deposit done within a hour on Sunday morning.

If you don’t have a BTC wallet, just sign-up to Coinbase Here, set up a BTC wallet account, then just link your bank account (for buying and selling BTC) and buy some  BTC (you can buy in $10 increments) and deposit on Kate Poker, you’ll be playing within hours.

Withdrawals will happen within an hour (sometimes faster) and no longer than 12 hours. Once you get your withdrawal on your BTC wallet like CoinBase, you will see your money deposited into your Bank account within a couple of days.

Minimum Withdrawal on K8 Poker is 500 chips, about $20 at the current BTC Price. K8 Poker will accept almost any size Deposit.

Kate Poker Withdrawal Screen.

All you need to do is put your BTC Wallet address in the BTC address on the screen to get your withdrawal.

I really think Kate Poker has some real potential as a BTC Poker Room, Player traffic is decent, not great, you will be able to find a micro limit ring game or tournament when you  visit them.

Visit K8 “Kate” Poker to see what I am talking about.

If you have a bug to play more than Poker, Kate Poker offers Roulette and a simple Slot Machine that is straight forward and basic as basic can be……

Traditional Slot Machine on Kate Poker

You can bet 1 to 5 chips (coins), have a single win line and use the traditional symbols 7’s, Bar’s, Bells, Lemons, Oranges, Plums and Cherries.

What could be more traditional???????????

The Roulette wheel on Kate Poker is as realistic as you could find online, the wheel will spin one way and the ball travels in the opposite direction, just like a real wheel in Vegas……

The only bad thing is there is a 5 chip total limit on wagers, that’s the max no matter how you place them……..

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