We have our Winners!
Congratulations to Caryn and Dan on winning the $28K Freeroll and each getting a $11,500 WSOP Main Event dream package! Next stop the final table of the Main and a seven figure cash. 👍
#ccgpoker
Shove A10 on button for last 14 bigs, big blind wakes up with AJ, RIP. Thanks for all the love and support. $20K will have to do this year. But I’ll be back for a deeper run in 2022.
#sadtimes
#NextYear
#WSOPMainevent
CCG poker LIVE update from the Gym at the MAX in McCook: 22 tables currently in the MUG cash game with
@TheBradOwen
&
@andrewneeme
Congratulations Chicago on the biggest Meet up game to date. Short list right now and we will open one more table if need be.
#ccgpoker
#ccgmug
~500K on dinner break. Coming back to 2500/5000/5000 after dinner. Been able to sustain 100BB stack for 7 or 8 straight levels. 2 more levels tonight.
#WSOPMainevent
405K bagged up and in the money heading into Day 4. Took over an hour on the stone bubble. Luckily they moved the restart back an hour and I can get some much needed sleep.
#ITM
#WSOPMain2021
CCG poker SECRET SANTA for Twitter: comment to this tweet with your favorite poker movie for a chance to win a $120 STACK seat for FREE! Retweet and Follow to 2x your chance to win. Thanks Santa!
#ccgpoker
Apparently Chicago is ready for
@TheBradOwen
&
@andrewneeme
to do a Meet up game.
@ccgpoker
has 80+ reservations for the cash game list, and we just announced this yesterday. Super excited to play with you guys to get on the list.
1030 left (aka bubble) I was getting run over by big stacks dominating the bubble. Start w ~265k and call an open on btn from co w/ KJhh. He had ~215k. Flop 1063ddh, he continues 21k and I call. Turn Qh 👀, he bets 52.5k I call. River 2s, he checks, I rip it all in, he tank folds
Brandon here from beautiful Las Vegas. I will be taking over CCGPoker’s Twitter the next several days (hopefully) giving updates on my first ever $10,000 WSOP Main Event. Follow the action right here on Twitter.
#onetime
#TeamCCG
@theoverlaypod
@Beek219
Dinner break. 166K going back to 800/1600/1600. Up and down level but bad a nut flush against a nut straight and then picked off a 3 barrel bluff against the same player.
#spinup
#WSOPMainevent
@theoverlaypod
@Beek219
Lance and John, the 2023 $27.5K FREEROLL winners, started their main event yesterday.
John accumulated chips early and kept them all day, bagging a 105K stack at the end of Day 1C. Lance took a few on the chin early but battled back and finished the day with 33.5K.
#teamccg
CCG has been sanitizing all chips (tournament & cash) that go into play as well as tables, cards, chairs, cup holders & side tables. We will continue to do so several times today and tomorrow. Please be sure to wash your hands regularly, use hand sanitizer & be safe out there.
CCG poker LIVE update from the VFW in Warrenville: 4 CASH GAMES running: 2x $1-1NLH + 2x $1-3NLH. $115 sit n go just got off with seven players. 32 players in today’s $250 Big Bounty Deepstack. Short lists for cash games text 630-901-9797 to get on the list.
#ccgpoker
The Chicago Series of Poker starts at the end of the month.
What games do you want to play❓
Please send us your suggestions on what tournaments you want to try this summer
CCG will give away three $120 Tournament Vouchers to three random commenters. Bonus points for re-tweets!
Pt 2. He had about half his stack in the middle and I would have been crippled and been in danger of bubbling. Luckily for me he checked the river which left me with no choice but to stick it. Puts a lot of pressure on him with a capped range. This one def got the juices flowing!
235k coming back for the last level of the night 1k/2k/2k. New table for me inside the Amazon room with poker stars everywhere. Sitting Liv Boeree’s direct left isn’t easy.Thankfully only 2 more hours of play.
#WSOPMainevent
@theoverlaypod
@CCGpoker
Day
#102
of NO POKER: it’s official CCG will be back with smaller streamlined events on July 2nd at the MAX! Next weekend we will have events on Thursday, Friday & Sunday (no event on July 4th). Tournaments, Sit N Go’s & CASH GAMES. Watch the site/social media for more updates.
Main Event Joel update: after many second best hands Joel’s ME run ended with trip tens agains a set/full house. Congrats Joel for winning the freeroll and supporting CCG poker. Remember we are only 6 months away from next years $20K Freeroll and another CCG ME seat giveaway.
98K headed to the first break of the day. Made a nut flush on the river in a multi-way pot and KO’ed a shorty AJ>KJ button vs BB. Lost a race for 60k pot AK<QQ
#chipingup
#TeamCCG
@theoverlaypod
@Beek219
195K at first break. Terrible first level AA cracked by 54cc on K549Q. Paid off 27k turn and 61k river.
Coming back to 5k/10k/10k. 20 bigs and lookin for a double.
@theoverlaypod
@Beek219
#WSOPMainevent
Happy Easter from CCG poker. No poker event today.
Enjoy your Sunday and be ready for a Tuesday announcement for the all new MICRO CSOP coming April 15th through the 18th. SIX MICRO EVENTS + a $360 Main Event in Lake Forrest. More details to come soon. HAPPY EASTER!
#ccgpoker
The points are up on the website for the $27.5K FREEROLL. Click on the link in our bio for a direct link to the points page. Remember the TOP 5 players on the tournament points list and the cash game points list qualify for the $27.5K FREEROLL!
#ccgpoker
How many players have won more than 10 WSOP Circuit Rings?
Comment below with your answer to this poker trivia question, and we will give away ONE seat into Sunday's $300 Black Chip Bounty Tournament at the American Legion in Downers Grove. 🎁
#PokerTrivia
#ccgpoker
Join us TODAY Thursday May 20th from 2pm to 1am at Kings Hall in Lombard for a charity poker event. Offering 4 multi-table tournaments + Cash games at 2pm that run all event long. Go to for details on today’s event
#poker
#ccgpoker
First break ~300k, got my first big bluff thru of the tournament. Open AKcc BB defends, j1010ssh check I continue he calls, turn 4s, he leads, I raise and he tank folds. Coloring up black and coming back to 1.5k/3k/3k
#WSOPMainevent
#Day3
#TeamCCG
@Beek219
@theoverlaypod
After a slew of pocket pairs failing to mine a set, we got 45K in the middle with AA vs QQ and held up. ~95K at 300/500 500. 20 minutes left in level 4.
What hand did Mike McDermott have in the opening scene of the movie Rounders?
Bonus points if you can remember the suits.
Triple bonus if you can remember the total pot size!
Check out CCG poker meet up game featured in The Drawing Dead! If you are not watching this vlog you are literally drawing dead to me. Check out Jaman he will not disapoint.
@killogram
"The game is no limit hold 'em. The Cadillac of poker."
Mike McDermot ~ Rounders
With a new year comes new promos and new changes at CCG poker. The hosting charities and CCG will now offer $1-2 NLH and $2-5 NLH at all charity poker events.
#ccgpoker
#cashgames
The Bridge Phase, and how it will effect charity poker. These new mitigations are now currently in place. Anyone fully vaccinated or with a recent negative COVID PCR test will not count towards the 50 person capacity!
First hand jitters?! Walk up to the table and get dealt in the BB. Defend with J10o and get the J8364 board. By the river all 10k of my opponents chips were in the middle with Ace King high. It took exactly ONE hand to score my first KO.
72K from 60K starting stack
How Many Outs does our Hero have to fade?
The Hero is ahead right now, but with two cards to come how many outs does the Villain have?
Choose the correct number of current Villain outs for a chance at an alternate spot to our $20K Freeroll on Saturday in Warrenville.
The Gamblers Mentality: Episode 2 of The Overlay a poker podcast is now up & available on Apple podcasts, Google podcast, Spotify & the website. It's free to listen & and
Happy Holidays from the entire CCG poker family. 2020 has been a crazy year, but we have had so many people reach out that it makes me happy to be a party of the CCG family. I wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season, and that we get back to playing poker soon.
#ccgpoker
CCG poker LIVE update from the MAX at McCook: 3 CASH GAMES running: 1x $1-1NLH + 2x $1-3NLH. We have an interest list for a $115 two table starting at 6:30pm. Text Ken at 630-901-9797 if you want to reserve a seat.
#covidpoker
#ccgpoker
#poker
#pokertournament
#sngpoker
Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours. We all have so many things to be thankful for its hard to fit it all into one post. The CCG family is very thankful for our awesome customers, charities and venues. Have a safe & happy Turkey Day! We hope to see everyone very soon!
CCG poker LIVE update from Kings Hall (Lombard): 4 tables in the 4pm CSOP Event
#15
$180 TAG TEAM (each player starts with 10K/20min & will switch at random times determined by the TD) Late reg until 6:15. 4 CASH GAMES running: 1x $1-1NLH + 2x $1-3NLH & 1x $1-2-5PLO
#CCGCSOP
CCG poker LIVE update from the MAX (McCook): 5 CASH GAMES RUNNING: 2x $1-1NLH & 3x $1-3NLH text 630-901-9797 to save a seat. 2 table $115 sit n go running and $55’s and $25’s rocking. We have all 8 tables running but not at capacity so come play some poker if your up for it.
CCG poker LIVE update from the Bridgeview Community Center:
76 players in the 2pm $20 Early Bird
66 players in the 4pm $120 Stacks
3x tables in the 7:30pm $80 Sat Special
4x $1-2 NLH CASH GAMES RUNNING
Text (630) 901-9797 for event questions or seat availability.
#ccgpoker
Who remembers going to the green screened computers at the library to grab the floppy disk of Oregon Trail? My new favorite quarantine meme. I cannot tell you how many times in Oregon Trail I died from Disintary.
#oregontrail
#illinoislockdown
CCG poker LIVE update from the Gym at the MAX in McCook: 7 MUG cash games going right now.
@TheBradOwen
and
@andrewneeme
are already here and playing. We have 25 tables set aside for this MUG and we want to break this record.
#ccgmug
#ccgpoker
#meetupgame
@TheBradOwen
&
@andrewneeme
are calling for the Chicago Meet UP Game to be the second largest of all time. Who wants to be 2nd? We are up to 182 players right now and counting! Please go to to reserve your seat in this epic battle of cash games.
#ccgpoker
I tried to tell him that the games are from 20+ years ago, and it’s a documentary, but he didn’t want to listen. Kid can spot a winner though. ~outfit approved by Mrs Kaulen.
#nodaysofpoker
New cash game limits start tomorrow at Bella Banquets in Countryside.
$1-2 and $2-5 NLH cash games now running at every CCG poker event. The new limits should help bring in more cash game players and support a better game for smaller and big stack players.
#ccgpoker
$400 CSOP Main Event Tournament:
📍VFW
#6791
431 N Neltnor Blvd, West Chicago, IL
✔︎ Day 1A Friday at 6:30pm
✔︎ Day 1B Saturday at 4pm
✔︎ Day 2 Sunday at Noon
🎉 50,000 Starting Stacks (no add ons)
⏰ 35 minute levels
#chicagocharitypoker
#ccgpoker
CCG poker LIVE update from th GYM at the MAX in McCook: 47 players in Day 1A of the $240 Red White and Blue Deepstack. Late reg through the first 10 levels or direct buy in on Saturday before the 2pm cut off. 5x CASH GAMES RUNNING: 1X $1-1NLH + 2X $1-3NLH + 1X $2-5NLH + $1-2-5PLO
Day
#15
of NO POKER: I am not going to make it another 30 days with no haircut. I have now watched three DIY haircut videos and am seriously contemplating cutting it myself.
#daysofnopoker
#poker
#dyihaircut
#imnuts