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Gunnar

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Some here know me, others don´t. I used to be a big player in the Icelandic poker scene, I had my own store, I worked at the clubs and floored tournaments. My love for the game got lost in that progress a hobby became work/life and that was to much. So I decided to quit, and did so with excellence, closed my store, stopped playing and sold most all of my stuff. Three years later there were few things bugging me, first of all my love for pokerchips never stopped and I always missed PCF and my friendly fun homegames.

I still though back with a smile to the meetup in Florida where I payed full price to learn Circus games at @k9dr . And @inca911 thought me OPFC that I sometimes play with my mom still today.

Highlight was then when few PCF'ers came to Iceland for a meetup https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/berzerkr-island-17-21-october.26505/
I have players still talking about that and how much fun it was.

This atmosphere that runs in the meetups is what I want to create in my homegames, I also dream to be able to play something else than just Hold'em but I realise that will be a challenge as pot limit is not even played in the clubs here in Iceland.

I sent out an invite list to few old fellows for a microstake Mixed game next friday.
25/25kr blinds 3000kr or 1/2 big stack buy-ins
Games are
  • Doubleboard Hold'em
  • Doubleboard Crazy Pinapple
  • Doubleboard Omaha
  • SOHE
I figured 7 players would be a good number for these games and so far 5 are confirmed so we are on!

I still own one of my old cash sets Pink are 2500kr Blacks are 10.000kr and White are Bounty so we will rock this one to begin with
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I also aim to host tournaments, I just orderd my custom CPC set that will be my event tournament set but will also be able to run cash games. I also found my event ceramic tournament set, that is staggering 3291 chips, so Im safe to host any tournament under 60-70 people even as that is not on the plan.

This was the first set I designed and there are some mistakes there, the 50's are useless and the 10.000 should have been 25k chips. Also the design is very basic and wont win any awards but they do the job of being nice fresh ceramics that have a nice sound. And they support a very big meetup ;)



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Also found another small set 450x 100 and 50x10.000 that is fun to have for OPFC
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Here I will follow how my game is going
 
I designed logos for
The club - Berzerk Island
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Then for a future tournament set for normal tournaments
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And then a special event set
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As I have a set that I can use for cash set and a big tournement set I wanted to start by making a dream come true and create a CPC set that is for these special events, It focused on tournament but can also support my cash games if I want to start with.
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Awesome to have you back!

I wasn't around when the legendary Iceland meetup was held but I saw pictures and how highly everybody talked about it.
I also remember that everyone was bummed that you fell off the map some time after so I'm pretty sure you'll see a lot of happy familiar faces on here.

Welcome home brother. :tup:
 
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Starting stacks and rebuys ready for tonight’s game
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First night was a blast! We played 25/25kr mixed game, 8 players and 111.000kr hit the table :O
I ran like god in SOHE and scooped some big pots and ended the big winner of the night, all players asked to be invited next and loved the mixed games. So Berzerk Island is starting strong!
 
Game tonight and every thing ready! Starting stack with a bomb pot chip ☺️

9 players in Holdem
Bomb pot is gods game
If you win on 72 you get 100kr from every player and an extra bomb pot chip, yes madness is rewarded with madness
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Last game was a blast! Not a single 72 win in the night was quite funny also, but the bomb pot chips all got used and 9 bomb pots probably had an average 2 All-ins each!
105.000 hit the table and that is quite nice! Since we wore 9 players playing 25/25 so we had a 466BB average at some time...
16 rebuys and a lot of fun.

Special guest was a PCFer! @rrobyrrroby

With two night hosted with great success so far there will be more, I had an request to set up a points system for player of the year thing.
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I have ran quite well for both nights a photo of my stack during night two
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This hand was one of the big ones of the night, I did not loose any money but in Texas doubleboard this is a mad spot to have pocket sevens...

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Thanks @Gunnar for inviting me!
It was a pleasure finally to meet you and share some love for poker chips!
My first time handling 43mm chips and I just loved them!
I enjoyed a lot playing some cards with you and your friends.

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I personally think that Ante is a big motivator in playing more hands so I have BB ante in the structure. The aim is to start slow and then it starts to bite in the middle
 
Ante is good if you have folks doing the job of ante police OR my preference is to implement BB ante.
 
So first tournament in 4 years that I’m hosting. 15 players registered for Friday. I’m not saying that I’m too excited but here are the starting stacks

50k
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Rebuy stack
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Rebuy stacks are white heavy to get the whites in play ☺️
 
I’m not saying that I’m too excited but here are the starting stacks

Still plenty of time to decide how to line them up then :D - here's a few ideas

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(First effort trying to google for an image to use above was "lining up poker stacks" which didn't get me the results I needed. Adding "OCD" to the search was all that was needed :) )


edit: oh and good luck with the game - you've put so much effort into it it can only be a great success. Love those Broken Shields!
 
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Still plenty of time to decide how to line them up then :D - here's a few ideas

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(First effort trying to google for an image to use above was "lining up poker stacks" which didn't get me the results I needed. Adding "OCD" to the search was all that was needed :) )


edit: oh and good luck with the game - you've put so much effort into it it can only be a great success. Love those Broken Shields!
I guess I could give every player a guide in how to properly line them up haha

And thank you ☺️
 

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