So they have this new Poker variant on Stars called Power Up. It's basically 3-handed NLH, but you get random power cards which you can use to do stuff like exchange hole cards or nuke cards on the board.



They have it on as playmoney alpha, a 1k at first, and now added 10k, 25k, and 100k stakes, and a 1k Deep SNG. This is from a 10k:

PokerStars Hand #172781239933: Tournament #1963833650, 8600+1400 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (100/200) - 2017/07/09 0:25:40 CET [2017/07/08 18:25:40 ET]
Table '1963833650 1' 3-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: Morphismus (2184 in chips, 9 energy, no powers)
Seat 3: kikoprinci (3816 in chips, 11 energy)
Morphismus: posts small blind 100
kikoprinci: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Morphismus [5 7]
Morphismus: raises 268 to 468
kikoprinci plays Upgrade (5); draws another holecard and then chooses one to discard.
kikoprinci: calls 268
*** FLOP *** [5 7 A]
kikoprinci: checks
Morphismus plays Disintegrate (4).
Disintegrate destroys Ah.
*** NEW BOARD *** [5 7 --]
Morphismus: bets 253
kikoprinci plays Disintegrate (4).
Disintegrate destroys 7.
*** NEW BOARD *** [5 -- --]
kikoprinci: raises 3095 to 3348 and is all-in (and freezes the current board cards)
Morphismus plays X-Ray (2); all other active players reveal a random hole card.
kikoprinci shows the 6.
Morphismus plays Engineer (5) giving the ability to select the next board card from three options. Morphismus selects 7 as the next board card and discards 3, 3
Morphismus: calls 1463 and is all-in (and freezes the current board cards)
Uncalled bet (1632) returned to kikoprinci
*** TURN *** [5 -- --] [7]
*** RIVER *** [5 -- -- 7] [2]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kikoprinci: shows [6 6] (a pair of Sixes)
Morphismus: shows [5 7] (two pair, Sevens and Fives)
Morphismus collected 4368 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4368 | Rake 0
Board [5 (7) (A) 7 2]
Seat 2: Morphismus (button) (small blind) showed [5 7] and won (4368) with two pair, Sevens and Fives
Seat 3: kikoprinci (big blind) showed [6 6] and lost with a pair of Sixes


Brag: Won both 10k I entered.

Beat: Taking shots at medium stakes (?) playmoneyz.

Variance: I'm not staked for this, moving back down where they respect my OTF Disintegrates.

I want to see the Super Systems book on this type of poker.

Fold river

Pretty standard "fold after the 7 of spades is disintegrated on the flop" hand if I've ever seen one.

Nerd party, Morph invited

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...er-up-1653781/

This game might bring guys like NMHU or Omni back to poker imo.

But seriously guys we should be prepared! If this goes real money, and takes off, we will see threads like "Quads after two Disintegrates - What are the odds?", or "Engineering is rigged - what is the probability of this variance?".

What will our "standards" be? "Disintegrate river?" "Upgrade Pre"? "I reloaded your mom last night"?

I also hope for future gems like "Confession: I am a Power Up angle shooter".

will it bring me back?

It's playmoney, so yeah, it probably will...

fyp

I don't know, will it? I mean you never struck me as the super nerdy guy like these two.

Playmoneyz is now over powered.

FTFY

The good old Ten Deuce sooted plays well in this futuristic setting!

PokerStars Hand #172796261517: Tournament #1964166888, 8600+1400 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (100/200) - 2017/07/09 11:50:50 CET [2017/07/09 5:50:50 ET]
Table '1964166888 1' 3-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Jomuflo (2980 in chips, 15 energy)
Seat 2: Morphismus (3020 in chips, 12 energy, Disintegrate)
Morphismus: posts small blind 100
Jomuflo: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Morphismus [2 T]
Morphismus: raises 268 to 468
Jomuflo plays X-Ray (2); all other active players reveal a random hole card.
Morphismus shows the 2.
Jomuflo: calls 268
*** FLOP *** [8 Q 8]
Jomuflo plays Clone (2) and clones the X-Ray Power Card.
Jomuflo: bets 200
Morphismus plays Intel (3) and sees the next card from the deck is 9.
Morphismus plays Engineer (5) giving the ability to select the next board card from three options. Morphismus selects A as the next board card and discards 9, 9
Morphismus sees the next card from the deck is A (from Intel).
Morphismus: calls 200
*** TURN *** [8 Q 8] [A]
Morphismus sees the next card from the deck is K (from Intel).
Jomuflo: bets 2000
Morphismus: calls 2000
*** RIVER *** [8 Q 8 A] [K]
Morphismus sees the next card from the deck is T (from Intel).
Jomuflo: bets 312 and is all-in (and freezes the current board cards)
Morphismus: calls 312
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Jomuflo: shows [A 5] (two pair, Aces and Eights)
Morphismus: shows [2 T] (a flush, Ace high)
Morphismus collected 5960 from pot
Jomuflo finished the tournament in 2nd place
Morphismus wins the tournament and receives 25800.00 - congratulations!
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5960 | Rake 0
Board [8 Q 8 A K]
Seat 1: Jomuflo (big blind) showed [A 5] and lost with two pair, Aces and Eights
Seat 2: Morphismus (button) (small blind) showed [2 T] and won (5960) with a flush, Ace high

Hate to admit it but this looks like fun. Maybe someday I'll be able to lose the monies in this format too

You can always dream, Whiskey, you can always dream...

im addicted

This is a great thread. Inb4 PowerUp subforum.

PokerStars Hand #172907369643: Tournament #1966532707, 860+140 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (40/80) - 2017/07/11 22:21:08 CET [2017/07/11 16:21:08 ET]
Table '1966532707 1' 3-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: noenoe493 (2500 in chips, 12 energy)
Seat 2: Morphismus (2944 in chips, 0 energy, Disintegrate)
Seat 3: petro_popovi (2056 in chips, 12 energy)
petro_popovi: posts small blind 40
noenoe493: posts big blind 80
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Morphismus [A 8]
Morphismus: raises 80 to 160
petro_popovi: raises 1896 to 2056 and is all-in
noenoe493: calls 1976
Morphismus plays Engineer (5) giving the ability to select the next board card from three options. Morphismus selects K as the next board card and discards J, 6
Morphismus plays Reload (5) and redraws 1 hole card.
Morphismus redraws 8 to K.
Morphismus: raises 888 to 2944 and is all-in
noenoe493: calls 444 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (444) returned to Morphismus
*** FLOP *** [K 5 7]
*** TURN *** [K 5 7] [T]
*** RIVER *** [K 5 7 T] [3]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
noenoe493: shows [A Q] (high card Ace)
Morphismus: shows [A K] (a pair of Kings)
Morphismus collected 888 from side pot
petro_popovi: shows [9 9] (a pair of Nines)
Morphismus collected 6168 from main pot
noenoe493 finished the tournament in 2nd place
petro_popovi finished the tournament in 3rd place
Morphismus wins the tournament and receives 2580.00 - congratulations!
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7056 Main pot 6168. Side pot 888. | Rake 0
Board [K 5 7 T 3]
Seat 1: noenoe493 (big blind) showed [As Q] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 2: Morphismus (button) showed [A K] and won (7056) with a pair of Kings
Seat 3: petro_popovi (small blind) showed [9 9] and lost with a pair of Nines

I hate to say this, but they should come up with a boom player option for this. That would be way more fun.

Engineer/reload combo is so strong. Maybe too strong. I was thinking you'd be happy just to have a heart fall on the flop.

No the opportunity to improve to A K was just too good to pass up. It is 3-handed after all.

WTF!

PokerStars Hand #177159967338: Tournament #2074334488, $2.76+$0.24 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (100/200) - 2017/10/20 20:56:53 CET [2017/10/20 14:56:53 ET]
Table '2074334488 1' 3-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Morphismus (3274 in chips, 0 energy, Clone)
Seat 3: FroggGe (2726 in chips, 6 energy)
Morphismus: posts small blind 100
FroggGe: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Morphismus [Ah Ad]
Morphismus: calls 100
FroggGe: checks
*** FLOP *** [4d Kd 3d]
FroggGe: checks
Morphismus: bets 400
FroggGe plays Reload (5) and redraws 1 hole card.
FroggGe: calls 400
*** TURN *** [4d Kd 3d] [2c]
FroggGe: checks
Morphismus plays Engineer (5) revealing Ac, 7s, 3s. Morphismus selects Ac and discards 7s, 3s
Morphismus plays EMP (3)
Morphismus: bets 2674 and is all-in (and freezes the current board cards)
FroggGe: calls 2126 and is all-in (and freezes the current board cards)
Uncalled bet (548) returned to Morphismus
*** RIVER *** [4d Kd 3d 2c] [Ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FroggGe: shows [5d 9h] (a straight, Ace to Five)
Morphismus: shows [Ah Ad] (three of a kind, Aces)
FroggGe collected 5452 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5452 | Rake 0
Board [4d Kd 3d 2c Ac]
Seat 1: Morphismus (button) (small blind) showed [Ah Ad] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 3: FroggGe (big blind) showed [5d 9h] and won (5452) with a straight, Ace to Five

Haha!

PokerStars Hand #177160131154: Tournament #2074345087, $2.76+$0.24 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (40/80) - 2017/10/20 21:01:17 CET [2017/10/20 15:01:17 ET]
Table '2074345087 1' 3-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: chernykh1 (2000 in chips, 10 energy) is sitting out
Seat 2: Morphismus (2000 in chips, 1 energy, no powers)
Seat 3: glebok(rus) (2000 in chips, 5 energy)
Morphismus: posts small blind 40
glebok(rus): posts big blind 80
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Morphismus [Ks Kh]
chernykh1: folds
Morphismus: raises 107 to 187
chernykh1 has returned
glebok(rus): calls 107
*** FLOP *** [8d Jd Kc]
Morphismus: bets 168
glebok(rus): calls 168
*** TURN *** [8d Jd Kc] [5h]
Morphismus plays Scanner (4) seeing the deck's next 2 cards
Morphismus discards the next 2 cards from the deck: 5c, 6s
Morphismus plays Upgrade (5); draws another holecard and then chooses one to discard.
Morphismus receives Kh.
Morphismus discards 3s.
Morphismus: bets 192
glebok(rus): calls 192
*** RIVER *** [8d Jd Kc 5h] [Qd]
Morphismus: checks
glebok(rus) plays Reload (5) and redraws 1 hole card.
glebok(rus): bets 1453 and is all-in (and freezes the current board cards)
Morphismus: calls 1453 and is all-in (and freezes the current board cards)
*** SHOW DOWN ***
glebok(rus): shows [8c 5s] (two pair, Eights and Fives)
Morphismus: shows [Ks Kh] (three of a kind, Kings)
Morphismus collected 4000 from pot
glebok(rus) finished the tournament in 3rd place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4000 | Rake 0
Board [8d Jd Kc 5h Qd]
Seat 1: chernykh1 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Morphismus (small blind) showed [Ks Kh] and won (4000) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 3: glebok(rus) (big blind) showed [8c 5s] and lost with two pair, Eights and Fives

Morphismus: 1 energy, no powers

Sad

lol quads revealed

PokerStars Hand #177163220270: Tournament #2074411079, $2.76+$0.24 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (40/80) - 2017/10/20 22:07:57 CET [2017/10/20 16:07:57 ET]
Table '2074411079 1' 3-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Maginale (2000 in chips, 0 energy)
Seat 2: KSucci (2547 in chips, 5 energy)
Seat 3: Morphismus (1453 in chips, 5 energy, EMP, Scanner)
KSucci: posts small blind 40
Morphismus: posts big blind 80
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Morphismus [6d 4d]
Maginale: raises 200 to 280
KSucci: calls 240
Morphismus plays Scanner (4) seeing the deck's next 2 cards
Morphismus discards the next 2 cards from the deck: As, Th
Morphismus: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [6c 9d 6s]
KSucci plays Clone (2) and clones the Scanner
KSucci plays Scanner (4) seeing the deck's next 2 cards
KSucci discards the next 2 cards from the deck.
KSucci: checks
Morphismus: checks
Maginale: checks
*** TURN *** [6c 9d 6s] [6h]
KSucci: bets 80
Morphismus plays Clone (2) and clones the Scanner
Morphismus: calls 80
Maginale plays Engineer (5) revealing Kh, 8d, 2h. Maginale selects Kh and discards 8d, 2h
Maginale plays Upgrade (5); draws another holecard and then chooses one to discard.
Maginale: calls 80
*** RIVER *** [6c 9d 6s 6h] [2c]
KSucci: checks
Morphismus: bets 486
Maginale plays X-Ray (2).
KSucci shows Qs
Morphismus shows 6d
Maginale: folds
KSucci: folds
Uncalled bet (486) returned to Morphismus
Morphismus collected 1080 from pot
Morphismus: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1080 | Rake 0
Board [6c 9d 6s 6h 2c]
Seat 1: Maginale (button) folded on the River
Seat 2: KSucci (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 3: Morphismus (big blind) collected (1080)