Thread by @pokerprojones

So, this is such a good idea it's kind of hard to believe this hasn't been done before honestly.

- Invite-only KO event
- 48 streamers invited to play
- poker plrs + other games/esports
- Everyone streams
- $50,000 prize pool
- "Raid" viewers on KO

(more thoughts below ⬇️)

https://twitter.com/pokerindpro/status/1327243340383973376

According to the rules

- All 48 streamers stream on Twitch
- Everyone has 3 lives. (I guess like a multi-stack tournament? - wasn't aware partypoker supported this tbqh)
- If you knock someone out for the 3rd and final time, you get their bounty and *also their viewers*

So this is new to me, but apparently the kids are calling these "raids" and in fact the Twitch platform has support for this built-in.

When a streamer ends their streamer, with the /raid command they can send all their viewers to watch another stream.

help.twitch.tv/s/article/how-…

So as a Twitch streamer, when you knock someone out, all their viewers automatically come over to you.

That's *brilliant* for loads of reasons. The shit-talking here when another group come over will be off the charts.

As I say, it seems such a natural fit for a KO tournament that it's hard to believe no one has tried it before.

As a viewer you get to hop around 48 different streams (watching @jaimestaples and see him in a big pot with someone else? presumably you can jump to their stream and see their hole cards and hear their thoughts)

There's also a 49th stream, featuring the back-out-of-hibernation @Joeingram1 and @MariaHo, doing overall event coverage. Hopefully cards up coverage?

https://twitter.com/Joeingram1/status/1327103132220854272

And then as a streamer, there's a big opportunity to gain some new followers, brought over to you on a raid if you knock them out.

Should be a really fun event for all players and streamers. For only $50k in the prize pool (+ the costs of the stream), it seems like an absolutely bargain for the operator.

Honestly, only negative I see here is it's felt all a little rushed - to me this is a big deal that deserves some build-up. But from what I can tell, this was all finalized in the last 24 to 48 hours.

I'd love to see down the line the concept taken further with a fully interactive web page where you can quickly switch between the different streamers on each table.

Update - looked like exactly what Party poker are doing. Impressive turnaround.

https://twitter.com/jaimestaples/status/1327247005446443009