# <center> Today in the SPL (6/1/18): Freerolls, Updates, and More from the Steem Poker League </center> #
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### <center> Hello Steemians and SPL Poker Players! </center> ### 

<center> It’s a new month in the SPL. There are new tournaments, new players, and big prize pools to win. While you’re enjoying the fun, please also make sure to support the SPL with your upvotes and donations. We rely on your upvotes to keep the fun going. </center>

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## Updates, News, and Notes ##   

* Yuge News! [Bro Sports and the SBC (Steem Betting Community) will host a brand new 20 SBD NLH Freeroll in the SPL](https://steemit.com/poker/@brospn-contests/introducing-the-bets-and-bros-20-sbd-poker-freeroll). 

* And Now, A Look At Yesterday’s Action:
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* Yesterday’s Winners:

> @nuanced beat me fair and square heads-up to win the @futuremind 5 SBD Freeroll. Well played sir! 

> In the @oendertuerk 10 SBD Freeroll, new player @taaveti took the tournament down. Congratulations and welcome!

> In the 6 PM Central @followbtcnews freeroll, @wisher was the winner. Congratulations!!

Other News and Notes:

* @PotPlucker will host his first tournament in the SPL this Friday night. The tournament will launch at 23:00 (Central). [Read more and please support his announcement post here](https://steemit.com/spl/@potplucker/pluck-magic-midnight-6-max-nlhl-poker-tourney-friday-est). 


* NEW 20 SBD FREEROLL! Thanks to @curie, we now have a 20 SBD Friday freeroll! A big thanks to the SPL team for getting us a replacement for the Community Funded Freeroll which ended, and a big high five to @curie for hosting what will be a fantastic weekly tournament. 

* The Community Casino Freeroll is moving to Monday! Make sure to come and play this upcoming week at the same time, same place, different day. 

* [Introducing Bad Beat of the Week!](https://steemit.com/contest/@spl/introducing-bad-beat-of-the-week-in-the-spl-win-for-losing). Win 2 SBD for being the victim of the worst beat of the weak or 1 SBD for submitting a screenshot of the winning BBOTW. Get playing and start losing in order to win! 

* [Bad Beat Candidate #1](https://steemit.com/poker/@spl/bad-beat-candidate-1-byz-s-aces-cracked-bbotw-5-20-5-26). 

* [Bad Beat Candidate #2](https://steemit.com/poker/@spl/bad-beat-candidate-2-hoodish-cries-me-a-river-bbotw-5-20-5-26). Vote for your favorite “bad beat” on Sunday. 

* [Bad Beat Candidate #3](https://steemit.com/poker/@spl/bad-beat-candidate-3-iabuse-gets-abused-with-aa-bbotw-5-20-5-26).

*  @pcste hosted his weekly competition on Wednesday afternoon. Be sure to support his posts [here](https://steemit.com/spl/@pcste/steem-poker-league-pcste-10-sbd-wednesday-freeroll-10pm-gmt-30-05-18-lucksacks-com-the-site-for-players-not-for-profit) and [here](https://steemit.com/poker/@pcste/steem-poker-league-last-longest-pot-on-tonight-s-10pm-pcste-freeroll-on-lucksacks-com-30-05-2018).  

* Want to host a tournament in the SPL? You can do it! Join our Discord to learn more.  


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## Today’s Freerolls: Friday, June 1 ##  
* 10:00 AM CDT: .20 SBD HORSE (16 Players Max) 
* 3:00 PM CDT: @followbtcnews 5 SBD NLH Freeroll  
* 6:00 PM CDT: .20 SBD Limit Omaha Hi-Lo (20 Players Max)
* 7:00 PM CDT: @curie 20 SBD Friday NLH Freeroll
* 11:00 PM CDT: @potplucker 3 SBD NLH Freeroll 

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 ## 
Stay tuned for final results from the month of May!

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

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- Back In It To Win It, Hoodish aka @MichaelLuchies