Hammer League Poker Club DFW

SHPC 2027

We're about halfway through the season, ramping up towards the annual Sledge Hammer Poker Championship. Once again it looks like it might be a record-breaking turnout. Our little $50,000 guarantee tournament is likely to top $85,000, maybe more. Looking forward to the day when we break $100,000 prize pool!

Start clearing your calendars for the latter half of February!

REFERRALS LIVE

ONLINE PB CASH GAMES EXPLAINED

Every Thurs. night we get online to play together online low-stakes cash games in the private Hammer League PokerBros club. (ask us how to join). Mostly we play just 25¢/50¢ holdem, but sometimes we break into a game with an oddball feature.

Accept the FB Event to get notifications (or ask to get on the SMS reminder list) - https://www.facebook.com/events/1623694808662614/1623694828662612

Here are explanations of some of the fun games we play and features we have:

• BAD BEAT JACKPOT 🎰

The jackpot pool builds continuously at eligible tables until a qualifying monster hand gets cracked. When the trigger condition is met, a portion of the jackpot pool is instantly distributed to the table—with the lion's share going to the losing hand, a payout to the winning hand, and table share for everyone else dealt in.

• DOUBLE/ TRIPLE BOARD 🃏

Instead of dealing a single community board, the dealer puts out two (Double Board) or three (Triple Board) completely independent boards simultaneously through the flop, turn, and river. You use your same hole cards to make the best possible hand on each separate board.

The total pot is split equally between the winning hands on each board (half for each board in Double Board, one-third for each in Triple Board). To scoop the entire pot, your hand must win across all boards.

• BOMB POTS: 💣

Pure action with no preflop folding!

Every set number of hands, preflop betting is completely skipped. Every player at the table pays a mandatory Bomb Pot ante into the middle, and the hand immediately starts on the flop with everyone seeing the board. From the flop onward, standard betting resumes as normal.

• ROE (Round of Each) 🔂

We do a full orbit of No-Limit Hold'em and a full orbit of Pot-Limit Omaha. (Sometimes a round of PLO HILO)

• CONGRESS 🏛️

Five-card PLO5 HILO. Congress is played as 5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low (PLO5 Hi/Lo) on a single community board.

The pot is split 50/50 between the best high hand and the best qualifying low hand (an 8-or-better: five unpaired cards 8 or lower). If nobody qualifies for a low hand, the best high hand scoops the entire pot.

• PINEAPPLE & CRAZY PINEAPPLE 🍍

Hold'em with a twist—everyone gets dealt three hole cards instead of two!

In regular Pineapple, you must choose one card to discard preflop before the first round of betting. In Crazy Pineapple, you keep all three cards through the flop and discard your third card after the flop betting round finishes, right before the turn is dealt.

• "HAMMER" (SEVEN-DEUCE) GAME 🔨

Win a hand holding 7-2 offsuit, and every other player at the table owes you a 2BB paid directly from their chip stack. To collect, you must either win the hand before a showdown by forcing everyone to fold (your 7-2 will automatically flip over to show them), or win at showdown using at least the 7, the 2, or both.

• NIT GAME 😰

The Nit Game forces action so nobody can just sit back and play tight! Every player starts with a "NIT" button over their avatar. The moment you win a pot, your NIT button is removed.

The last player stuck holding a NIT button loses the round and pays a 2BB bounty to every other player at the table. A small reserve of chips is locked in your "NIT Vault" upon buy-in to cover the bounty if you lose.

Important rules: Split pots do not remove your button, running the board multiple times requires a full scoop to clear it, and leaving the table while still holding a NIT button counts as an automatic loss and triggers the bounty payout.

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Join PB: Click the link to join us once you are logged into PokerBros. https://i.pokerbros.net/0QWg1NKO2ob

FRIDAY'S BBJ

Hey Hammer League family — stepping away from the felt for a quick minute for a cause close to my heart: PAWS for Progress of Ladonia.

They are a scrappy, hard-working small rescue that has already saved and adopted out 322 pets, but right now they’re facing a stack of immediate medical bills to keep these pups healthy and ready for homes. They have 27 current pets spread across 5 foster homes.

If you’ve got some run-good to share, here’s an exact look at the action on their table:

❤️ $150 – Covers a neuter for Darren and Dobby 🐕
❤️ $200 – Covers full puppy vaccine rounds (new rescue fosters)
❤️ $300 – Covers momma spay & vaccine package for Jalha’s litter
❤️ $300 – Medical treatment fund for Bagel 🐶
❤️ $1,200 – Critical upcoming Heartworm treatments across the rescue

Every single dollar goes directly to vet care, meds, and getting these 26+ dogs into forever homes.

👉 Donate directly here: https://pawsforprogressladonia.org/how-you-can-help

(You can also donate PB chips, live game chips, Venmo/Z/CA to me or Ben, etc ... We will transfer to PAWS)

Whether it’s a big bet or just tossing in the small blind, every bit helps. Appreciate this crew! 🐾♠️

Reminder for tonight's SLEDGE HAMMER 50K SATELLITE 🛰️ tourney on our private PokerBros.

Reg by 7pm for 20% extra chips. Reg as late as 8:30.

Suggest loading (ask me how) 50-75 if you want chips ready for rebuy (25) and/the generous addon (25 for 300%)

Play: https://i.pokerbros.net/0QWg1NKO2ob

We will be streaming DAY 8 MAIN EVENT Tonight at the Hammer League game...

Biggest satellite this season!

50 $25 entries tonight for a total prize pool of $1,250. Six players battled it out for the top five prize awards.

We will continue playing Tuesday satellites all year, let's drive for a $100,000 prize pool at the 2027 Sledge Hammer Poker Championship!