Nikachu Wins CardRunners Video Challenge

Author: Alex Huang

Category: CR News

Tags: Video Challenge, CR News, Videos, Nikachu

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Wednesday , August 25 , 2010


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Congratulations to Jonathon "Nikachu" Zaczek, winner of the inaugural CardRunners Video Challenge.  Along with the $5,000 Grand Prize, Zaczek has also signed as a new video instructor at CardRunners.

Polls were open for two weeks and voting was very close.  Fewer than 30 votes separated the top 3 finishers of our contest.

Final standings of the Video Challenge are:

1st Place - $5,000 - Jonathon "Nikachu" Zaczek

2nd Place - $2,500 - Matthew Janda

3rd Place - $1,000 - Lee Przytula

4th Place - $500 - Bryce Paradis

5th Place - Chip Set ($175 value) - Johan "Roundkick" Ryning

Thank you for all who participated and please keep an eye out for future contests at CardRunners.

 

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Comments (9)

  • Written by pokerbot101, on August 29, 2010
    I think that next time around if they do a competition like this the rules and methodology of determining the winner should be outlined a little more clearly ahead of time with maybe some changes. Instructors or No Instructors specified, how the winner(s) are actually chosen (maybe make it a rating system for each video or rate the final 5 in order from 1 to 5 with each rank given a different amount of points, etc, there are plenty of other methods), and maybe make the length requirement a little shorter (though I did notice at least 1 video was actually under the specified length though not by much, still a rule is a rule, and not enforcing it was sketchy)..
  • Written by jman73, on August 27, 2010
    Taylor brings up a good point, and given how six max NLH is the most popular and most viewed content you would expect the 6 max entry to receive more votes just based on sheer # of viewers. Given that, I don't believe the competition was fair to the other participants that entered videos for less popular/ less viewed games and the votes should have been weighted to reflect that. .
  • Written by JohnWM, on August 26, 2010
    glad one of the "none pro's" won this since it keeps it freeeesssssshhhhhhh.
  • Written by JulieAnnW, on August 26, 2010
    Well I am looking forward to lots more bunnies! Congrats Nikachu!.
  • Written by Taylor, on August 25, 2010
    badugi video was awesome, but it wasn't 6max NLHE. lot's more people watch our 6max videos than our others, i know the votes were still pretty close. thanks to everyone for participating, this was really fun..
  • Written by Nikachu, on August 25, 2010
    Ship it!.
  • Written by bachelder, on August 25, 2010
    Janda shoulda won. Rigged IMO.
  • Written by derfelc399, on August 25, 2010
    wtf? did nobody watch the badugu video. I thought nikachus video was awesome but i think that the badugi was probably the greatest visual production poker has seen .
  • Written by pokerbot101, on August 25, 2010
    how many votes were there total?.

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