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March Madness Tournament Series Returns to SwC

By PokerWired Staff

21 Mar 2024

PokerWired Staff 21 Mar 2024

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March Madness Tournament Series Returns to Bitcoin poker site SwC
64 events on the schedule, running from 22nd March - 7th April
3 BTC Guarantee across the series
Leaderboard prizes and end of series freeroll

Bitcoin Poker Site SwC announces return of March Madness Online Tournament Series

The annual March Madness tournament series is returning to Bitcoin poker site SwC, running from March 22nd until April 7th, with total combined guarantees of 3 BTC. Technically it isn’t all taking place in March, as the main event and other significant mtts on the 64-tournament series run during the first week of April. It’s also not entirely clear what’s so mad about it, but as poker series names go, it has a nice ring to it.

In addition to the 64-event schedule, there is also a series leaderboard with cash prizes (in Bitcoin obviously) for the top three finishers and tournament tickets of varying value for the top 10. Additionally, the top 64 players on the leaderboard gain entry into a two-day freeroll called The Big Dance.

The Schedule

Running for two weeks, including three weekends, the series features three tournaments on weekdays, with five on Saturdays and six on Sundays. The lowest buy-in tournaments cost 250 μBTC to enter with the main event priced at 5,000 μBTC. The biggest buy-in tournament on the March Madness schedule is the 15,000 μBTC 9-Game High Roller. Guarantees range from 10,000 μBTC for the smallest buy-in events to 300,000 μBTC for the main event.

Key tournaments on the March Madness 2024 Schedule

Date	Start Time (ET)	Buy-In (μBTC)	Tournament	Guarantee (μBTC)
Friday 22nd March	9pm	250	The Juggernaut (NLH)	30,000
Saturday 23rd March	9pm	2,000	NL Hold'em Deep Turbo	60,000
Sunday 24th March	3pm	5,000	H.O.R.S.E	50,000
Sunday 24th March	7pm	5,000	The Big BTC PKO	200,000
Tuesday 26th March	9pm	3,000	NL Hold'em 6-Max	75,000
Sunday 31st March	3pm	7,500	12-Game High Roller	75,000
Sunday 31st March	7pm	5,000	The Big BTC PKO	225,000
Friday 5th April	9pm	7,500	NL Hold'em High Roller	100,000
Sunday 7th April	3pm	15,000	9-Game High Roller	120,000
Sunday 7th April	7pm	5,000	Main Event	300,000

How much are the buy-ins worth?

As the price of Bitcoin is unstable and fluctuates wildly, its not straightforward to convert the price of the buy-ins to fiat currency. All deposits into SwC are made using Bitcoin and these are converted to chips with each SwC chip worth 0.000001 BTC, which is also known as 1 bit, or 1 microBTC (μBTC). 1,000,000 chips is equal to 1 Bitcoin.

To calculate the equivalent cost of tournaments in the March Madness series, simply multiply the buy-in amount by the current price of 1μBTC. At the time of writing, 1 BTC = $65,000, therefore 1 microBTC (1μBTC) = $0.065.

New Events for 2024

Several new tournaments have been included on the 2024 March Madness schedule for the first time.

#33 2K NL Hold’em Double Ante

NL Hold’em tournament played with antes twice the standard amount.

#39 1K NL Hold’em Sniper Snack

Play begins at the 100/200 blind level with a 6k starting stack. 8 minute levels.

#47 500 PL 2-3-4-5-6 Card Mix

A round-by-round mix of games featuring 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 hole cards. The games are played in the following order: PL Hold’em, PL Pineapple Hold’em, PL Omaha, 5-Card PLO, 6-Card PLO.

#55 1K NL Hold’em/5-Card PLO Mix

A round-by-round mix of NL Hold’em and 5-Card PLO.

#59 500 NL Hold’em Flip & Go

Entry to this tournament is via single table flip outs that are running throughout the series

Series Leaderboard

The March Madness Series also includes a leaderboard. All players who make the money in any of the tournaments receive points, which are calculated using a formula based on the buy-in, the size of the field and the finishing position achieved. There is also a 1.5x multiplier applied to leaderboard points for any players who register before the start of the tournament.

The top 10 players on the leaderboard at the end of the series win prizes (a mixture of cash and tournament tickets) and the top 64 gain entry to The Big Dance Freeroll.

The Big Dance Freeroll

With a prizepool of 20,000 μBTC, the Big Dance Freeroll takes place after the end of the festival and runs over two days. On the first day the players in positions 2-64 take part in a regular mtt, which stops when there are 15 players left. On the second day these 15 survivors are joined by the leaderboard winner (who receives a bye into the second day). These Sweet 16 players will contest a heads-up tournament on day two to fight it out for the tbc prizepool.

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