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Six days. Six clues. One thief.
The incident
Something strange happened on Cardmates. Our $100 community prize has disappeared. No broken doors. No obvious suspect. No one saw anything. But seven people were around when it happened - and every single one of them has a reason to look suspicious.
Your job is simple: find out who took the $100.
Line-up
Meet the suspects
🦊 Felix “The Fox”
Alibi: Reading poker news from 21:00 to 21:40.
Suspicious detail: Felix somehow knew about the $100 before it disappeared.
♠️ Jack “The Shark”
Alibi: Playing poker from 20:50 to 21:45.
Suspicious detail: He had just lost a tournament - and an extra $100 wouldn’t hurt.
🎩 Oliver “The Gentleman”
Alibi: Chatting with another community member from 21:10 to 21:25.
Suspicious detail: He knew exactly where the prize money was kept.
🐀 Danny “The Sneaky One”
Alibi: Claims he left Cardmates at 21:00 and returned at 22:00.
Suspicious detail: Nobody actually saw him leave.
👻 Ethan “The Ghost”
Alibi: Claims he was completely offline.
Suspicious detail: He seems to know a little too much about the investigation.
💎 Harry “The High Roller”
Alibi: Reading a poker article from 21:05 to 21:35.
Suspicious detail: He definitely had a reason to want the money.
🦝 Riley “The Raccoon”
Alibi: Browsing the Community from 21:00 to 21:30.
Suspicious detail: Riley was closest to where the money disappeared.
Rules of the game
🔎 How to solve the case
This won’t be a simple guess. Over the next 6 days, we’ll release six pieces of evidence - but they won’t all be in one place.
- Follow the hints we post in the Cardmates Telegram channel.
- Explore the site and find the hidden evidence.
- Use it to eliminate suspects. Keep track of everything.
Your mission
Find the thief.
Then come back to this post and leave a comment with your answer.
DETECTIVE’S REPORT - leave it in the comments Who do you think stole the $100? Which clues convinced you?
🏆 Rewards
6 winners - $15
1 winner - $10
If more than 7 people solve the case correctly, 7 winners will be selected at random.
Good luck, detective 🕵️ Someone on Cardmates is hiding something.
Hello,
My name is Ross.
I am your average low stakes grinder, who loves a good free roll or very low stakes.
I started taking poker serious at the beginning of this year, in which i have managed to grind to $1000 as of now.
Here is going to be one of my easy grind ups for you guys, this is for 888poker.
So i start by max late registering the tournament below. There is a fair few of these throughout the day on 888poker.

Because you late registered on the last 30 seconds, you will go in the tournament just before your aloud a add-on of chips, which i always do. Only 1 add-on is allowed its $0.04c for 15k chips and it will take you to ITM, sometimes you don’t even need to play hand to get to the next tournament.

Then you arrive in the Micro Rollers - 20/30 Seats GTD, and these usually only have small fields like 50/60 players and its really soft play. Once you win that you WIN your $1 ticket for the $1000 micro rollers mystery bounty, i have some nice wins from these tournaments they are very soft. Try it yourself see how easy it!
Any questions feel free to give me a shout.
Ross.
Hey Cardmates,
Managed to get to step 3 today with a free ticket from GG. 
I'm sure many of you have done this and it feels great winning back to back! I felt good and felt confident but then something changed in my mindset while looking for the step 3 tournament, I said to myself hey maybe wait and play this game a little later no need to rush, I did stop and think maybe that is a good idea, But also felt good and thought if I'm playing well why not carry on and go for the next step.
I rushed entered a late registering game and was slapped with the BB first hand, I instantly knew I had made a mistake joining, Needless to say my head was gone and I didn't even stay long enough to warm my chair out in 24th, The dream died for today.
But it isn't all bad we learn from these things and if I have learnt something today, It is listen to those little feelings and just take a little longer to reflect on them and taking a step back even while winning isn't a bad thing.
Feel free to share your stories.
Thanks for reading and good luck at the tables. ♠️❤️♣️♦️
Morning Cardmates,
I was hoping to reach out to this community, as I have been back here the last couple of weeks and have noticed a big decline in blogging and community engagement.
I was under the impression that we were building a friendly and supportive community that interact and hopefully pick up tips on improving our skills along the way.
This all seems to be missing from the community since the financial incentives are not on offer at the moment.
I don’t know why because sharing information, blogging I have found improved my game, kept me involved and and I gained strategies which I implemented into not just Poker!
This blog may go unnoticed, but the few that do decide to read this I think you should try to get more involved as I know it will improve your mindset for not only poker but life in general. Interaction with other people/players who navigate the same extreme environment that these games can produce.
Communication with others who go through the same situation can make a big difference ♥️♠️♦️♣️💙

Well... that was quick. 😂
While preparing some space on my desktop for the Cardmates tournament, somewhere in the middle of closing tables and getting knocked out of others, I managed a genuine epic misclick on THE table that actually mattered.
Result?
Blind all-in with 7♣️2♣️😭
And of course... someone called.
That was enough to end my 888poker run for tonight. 😂
Absolutely ridiculous way to bust, but at least I caught the whole thing on video.
Enjoy the gif below. 🎬👇
💬 What’s Your Worst Poker Misclick?
What’s the worst misclick that’s ever cost you a tournament? Let me know below! 👇
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Damn! Melon I wish you the very best in your next run you got this !
Hey melon, Thank you! And I brought into these 2
congratz on finishes,
did you win your way to them or just buy in brother ? 😊
@DaGamingViking I felt like reading my own story haha but I neverwrote it hah
had the same exact experience and same thoughts 🤣🤣
I found myself too greedy over freerolls hah but Im a noobie fishy still
However managing to make some winnings already :)
Yes DaGamingViking, I’ve done this a few times, I think it is better to wait.
You do tend to feel your on a role and go with it and then regret it, but the more you experience it the more comfortable you are in these situations ♥️♣️♦️♠️👊🤞
Viking, I look forward to reading them. This is what the community is all about ♥️Image
Mike where’s the J when you need it! ♥️♣️♦️♠️🥹
hopefully the poker gods will be in your corner for the next one 👊💙Image
Hey Rono thanks for the comment, I will be sharing a lot more here on cardmates following my poker journey high and low!, I will be sure to add some more information about hands and some short stories moving forward, Again thanks for the comment and good luck at the table when you decide to play !
I like it Viking, good going. I have stepped away from playing at the moment, but I enjoy sharing in fellow Cardmates hi’s and Lo’s. Maybe share some stories about pacific hands and how they went down and turned out?
seems Like an enjoyable couple of days at the tables. Congrats 👊🥳💙Image