# <center> Today in the SPL (5/9/18): Freerolls, Updates, and More from the Steem Poker League </center> # 
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### <center> Hello Steemians and SPL Poker Players! </center> ### 

<center> Over 50 SBD is up for grabs today alone! Come and play with us for the day, have some fun, and walk away with some new SBD’s in your pocket! Please also show your support the league with your upvote! </center>

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## Updates, News, and Notes ##   

* [Victory Day Tournaments are here! The action started yesterday and continues tonight](https://steemit.com/vday/@spl/guiltyparties-vday-freerolls-celebrating-military-veterans-on-the-blockchain). We owe a big thank you to @guiltyparties for funding the two 25 SBD freerolls on May 8th and May 9th. 
* Yesterday’s Action: 
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<center> *In the final hand in Tuesday’s HORSE with Hoodish, @CoinBelly hits his ace for top pair, beating out @sevendst19’s pocket nines*</center>

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<center> *Hoodish as the short stack goes all in with kings before the flop. @Celsius100 hits the diamond flush on the river to win a nice pot on his way to a tournament victory*</center>

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<center> *In the main event of the evening, @sevendst19 gets a little bit of luck after both he and @Celsius100 go all-in before the flop. Four hearts on the board give sevendst19 the flush, beating Celsius100’s set of aces*</center> 

* Yesterday’s winners: 

>   HORSE with Hoodish was back again and for the second week in a row the prize pool was increased to 2 SBD. Thanks for your support! @Coinbelly filled his gut with a first-place finish! Congrats, you’re starting to heat up! 

> In a classic edition of the 5 SBD @followbtcnews, @celsius100 hit a 3-outer to take the lead heads-up against @KingBum. He sealed the deal and won a Tucket ticket and 1.80 SBD for first place. 

> In the first @guiltyparties 25 SBD freeroll to celebrate veterans on the blockchain and Victory Day, @ArcaneInfo won 6.75 SBD for first place. He has taken down well over 10 SBD over the past few nights, who can put a stop to this!?  

* New Freeroll! Thanks to @futuremind, we have a brand new 5 SBD freeroll this week. The tournament will start at 1:00 PM Central on 5/10 (Thursday). Read about it and give FutureMind an upvote and comment if you’re up for it [here](https://steemit.com/spl/@futuremind/introducing-spl-futuremind-freeroll). 

* Here are the results and payouts from @PhilippeKiene’s [Tuesday Tooth Fairy](https://steemit.com/spl/@philippekiene/2-sbd-tues-tooth-fairy-payout).

* Help boost the prize pool for the upcoming You Pick It #6! [Upvote the You Pick It #5 Final Results and Top 5 Finishers Post here](https://steemit.com/poker/@michaelluchies/final-results-and-top-5-finishers-in-the-multitasker-championship).

* Our buddy @generausd began an SPL interview series. In this edition, he interviews @Tuck-Fheman. [Read it here](https://steemit.com/poker/@generausd/interview-with-the-poker-tuck-fheman)! 


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## Today’s Freerolls: Wednesday, May 9 ## 
Over 50 SBD up for grabs! 
* 10:00 AM CDT: .20 SBD HORSE (16 Players Max) 
* 1:00 PM CDT: @dontstopmenow 10 SBD NLH Freeroll   
* 2:00 PM CDT: .20 SBD PLO8 (20 Players Max)
* 3:00 PM CDT: @Followbtcnews 5 SBD Freeroll
* 4:00 PM CDT: @pcste 10 SBD NLH Freeroll
* 6:00 PM CDT: .20 SBD Limit Omaha Hi-Lo (20 Players Max)
* 7:00 PM CDT: 25 SBD Victory Day Freeroll Hosted by @GuiltyParties
* 9:00 PM CDT: 20 Wangchange Freeroll 
* (Thursday) 5:00 AM CDT: 2 SBD @PhilippeKiene Heads-Up Freeroll (8 Players Max) 

Also, join ongoing Sit &Go’s and tournaments throughout the day. To find out when these tournaments are happening in your time zone, [use this time zone converter](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html). And make sure to play in “Tucket” Sit N Go’s to win a ticket to play in the weekly Tucket Freeroll. 

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## Current SPL Leaderboard ## 
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## How to Join the SPL ## 
We would love to have you as a part of our online poker community. To be a member of the Steem Poker League, we need you to do the following:
* Have a reputation over 35
* Have a valid introduction post
* Be a current, active Steemian
* Come to our Discord Channel and get to know the other players! It can help your pending-to-active transition if you have an established @spl member vouch for you!
* Register on lucksacks.com, the official home of the SPL

Please comment, trash talk, or post nonsense (other than spam) below, and I’ll see you at the tables! 

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<center> *Banner created by @NicNas* </center>

~Occasional Tilter, “Hoodish,” aka @MichaelLuchies