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At the 2012 World Series of Poker, a shiny new product received its public unveiling. Players and fans the world over were introduced to a program with revolutionary potential. It could track the chip ebbs and flows of every player in a tournament while also serving as the back end operating system to run said tournament. It promised the ability to change the way poker tournaments were followed, with players and fans interacting at the stroke of a few keys.
That product was ChipTic. And it proved to be a colossal failure.
This is the two-part oral history of ChipTic, from those who experienced it first-hand and witnessed that failure — three former employees, two members of WSOP staff, and two poker media members who watched it implode.
Nível: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 40
From early position "bhammy11" raised to 800. Brendan "Brenadanshill" Shiller called from the button. The small blind called as well.
Three players saw an all-club flop of 
. After it was checked to him, Shiller bet 1,532. The small blind got out of the way and "bhammy11" called.
The turn was the 
. Shiller bet 4,956 and was called again to swell the pot to 15,321 as the river came the 
to complete the board.
Shiller fired a third bullet with a bet of 7,660. "bhammy11" thought a few moments before calling.
Shiller showed the best hand with the 
straight and gathered the nice pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
107,046 | 107,046 |
|
|
93,399 | 93,399 |
In the last hand of Level 3 (150/300/30), Zach "Kings702" Grech raised to 750 from middle position, and "InCaseICatch" called next to act. Thomas "OtB_RedBaron" Lim then three-bet to 3,165 from the small blind before New Jersey's YK "LuckySpewy1" Kwon four-bet all in for 4,346.
Grech folded, "InCaseICatch" called, and Lim just called to see a 
flop. Lim bet 4,600 and "InCaseICatch" got out of the way.
YK "LuckySpewy1" Kwon: 
Thomas "OtB_RedBaron" Lim: 
Kwon had the better pocket pair and locked up the welcomed triple after the 
turn improved him to a set. The meaningless 
was run out on the river and Kwon was pushed the pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
139,867 | 139,867 |
|
|
14,058 | 9,658 |
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
51,000 | 51,000 |
|
51,000 | 51,000 |
|
45,000 | -15,000 |
|
45,000 | 45,000 |
|
38,000 | -22,000 |
|
36,000 | 36,000 |
|
34,000 | 34,000 |
|
34,000 | 34,000 |
|
32,000 | -28,000 |
|
29,000 | -31,000 |
|
|
29,000 | -31,000 |
|
26,000 | -34,000 |
|
19,700 | -40,300 |
|
11,000 | 11,000 |
|
|
4,400 | 4,400 |
"tjdefense8" raised to 660 from early position. Everyone folded except for Gregory "GWRX_530" Wagner who called from the button.
The flop was the 
, "tjdefense8" bet 750 and was called by Wagner.
The turn was the 
. "tjdefense8" led out again with a bet of 2,200 and Wagner called again.
The 
came on the river to complete the board. "tjdefense8" slowed it down and checked. Wagner bet 3,375 and was quickly raised to 10,000. Wagner called the raise and saw the bad news as "tjdefense8" showed the winner with top two-pair with the 
and won the 27.940 pot to get their stack back up to a decent level.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,700 | 41,700 |
|
|
31,140 | 31,140 |
Nível: 4
Blinds: 175/350
Ante: 35
Ian "APokerJoker2" Steinman raised to 600 under the gun and "Ifirebullets" called next to act. Jose "ValueTown" Wong then three-bet all in for 1,520 from the big blind and both players called.
The two active players both checked the 
flop before Steinman bet 1,250 on the 
turn. That was enough to get "Ifirebullets" to fold and the hands were turned up.
Ian "APokerJoker2" Steinman: 
Jose "ValueTown" Wong: 
Steinman was ahead with a pair of aces and scored the elimination after the river improved him to trips.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
82,752 | 22,752 |
|
|
Eliminado |
A common sight among the top finishers in the WSOP.com high-stakes tournaments is "RubberFist.", the screenname belonging to poker pro Matt Stout, who is in action today.
Stout has had a long-standing tournament presence as any dating back to his days as "all_in_at420," the nom de guerre under which he's racked up almost $4 million in cashes.
Already a two-time WSOP Circuit ring winner, Stout absolutely killed it on the virtual felt in 2019-20. First, he added a third ring to his collection, taking down Event #8: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 6-Max for $47,330 in a field of 177 in the fall series.
Then, he crushed it even harder in March. He shipped Event #2: $215 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack for $43,286. After a sixth-place finish in another $1K six-max event, Stout tasted victory again in Event #11: No-Limit Hold'em - BIG $500, banking $63,234.
Stout continued churning out solid results with eight cashes during the domestic WSOP bracelet series over the summer, though none saw him run particularly deep.
Stout, who along with his wife recently celebrated the second birthday of their young son, is hoping for even more WSOP.com success here today.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
67,482 | 6,482 |
