<center>*The Steem Poker League at <a href="https://lucksacks.com">Lucksacks.com</a> has been around since June of 2017.*</center>

![Screenshot-2018-4-2 Steem Poker League - Home.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmeS3zWSMBZ6zo8zue8kSxbjmor9cmEpCXURZbLyTeWs3u/Screenshot-2018-4-2%20Steem%20Poker%20League%20-%20Home.png)

# Support

###### Yes we've been around since June of 2017 as a not-for-profit Steem game and it was a good run for awhile, but support for the SPL from the Steem Community has dwindled to a point that we can no longer support SBD Freerolls, much less pay for hosting and development of new features.

# To date we've paid out over 14,000 SBD/STEEM!

# So What Now?

###### I don't know. 

###### I've spent nearly a year working on this site at 10-16 hours per day and I hate to just let it die. There are a few ideas I've come up with, but when I ran them by the hosts none were particularly interested in transitioning to a new way of doing things. So my hands are somewhat tied due to this.

###### Right now, the easiest option on me personally is to simply shut things down and move on to greener pastures elsewhere. The Steem ecosystem has been rampant with scammers and abusers since I arrived in 2016 and despite many fine people trying to make it better, it's only gotten worse.

###### The fact that you have to pay a bot to even make the trending page shows that there is very little to no interaction from humans on the Steemit website. We have over 6,000 Followers, over 960 players and yet the SPL receives only 75 upvotes on an average post. How's that for engagement?

# Leadership
###### When I look at the leadership at Steemit, or lack of it is more accurate, I cringe. This platform was one of the greatest ideas ever ... hell I even claim to have helped inspire it with a BitShares forum rant years ago ... that's how good I think it is! =)

###### But, when there is no solid leadership at the top any longer and no coherent direction for the future outside creating an even greater haven for scammers with SMT's, all while users pleas for simple website updates go ignored for years ... I think it's time to reassess things.

# Reassessing Things

###### So, that's what I'm doing. This is me reassessing things. Want to help? Chime in below with suggestions! =)