Hosted by
Remy Mess
Maja Brlek- Precilia Godart Deel
MongoDBDeelLondon TechPoker by MongoDB & Deel
For founders, operators, and investors. Play, compete, and meet the people you'll build with. Every guest is vetted.
Limited seats · Approval required
Poker is the world's greatest game: fast decisions, thinking in bets, a lot of math — and you learn more about someone in three hands than in three coffees.
Remy Mess, Maja Brlek and Precilia Godart are hosting a room in London with MongoDB and Deel. Texas Hold'em, No Limit, tournament. Buy in with TechGames dollars from your season balance, play for chips, and the prizes pay out in TechGames dollars, not real money. Any level welcome. First-timers get walked through the first hand, and the full rules are just below. Seats are limited and the list is curated: sign up and your hosts approve by hand. You’ll hear from them soon if you’re in, and the exact venue appears on this page. Play starts at 6:30 pm.
This event is part of the official TechGames circuit, the game circuit of the startup world: 10,000+ founders, operators and investors, 200+ game nights, 6 cities, one leaderboard per city. Your result tonight moves you on the London board, and playing earns startup perks.
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A word from your host
Hey guys! Tech poker night for founders/operators/investors, co-hosted with MongoDB. All levels welcome, see you at the table.
How does the TechPoker circuit work?
1Start the season with TG$ 1,000
TechGames dollars, your score for the season. Some tables play real money on top. That stays between players.
2Play
Every circuit result moves your TG$ and your place on the London board.
3Earn startup & enterprise perks
Games played, TG$ reached, where you finish the season. Each one earns a perk.
London TechPoker · S0
- RemyFounderTG$ 1323
- TG$ 1206HenryFounder
- TG$ 1180Dave
- TG$ 1130Frank
MariiaFounderTG$ 1123
Official total TG$ standings · London
Game rules
- Game
- Texas Hold'em, No Limit
- Entry
- TG$ 50
- Blinds
- Up every 15 minutes
- Rebuys
- One, until level 3
- Payout
- Top 10% split the pot, winner takes half
- Ice-breaker
- The big blind opens the hand with one line about themselves and a fun fact
These are the defaults for every TechGames tournament. If your host adds house rules, they announce them at the table.
About this event
Poker night for London's founders, operators and investors, hosted with MongoDB.
40 seats in central London. Founders, CTOs, engineers who ship, AI researchers, investors, and the MongoDB team. You don't need to be good at poker. Half the room is there for the people, the other half will pretend they're not.
How the night goes
- 6:30pm to 10:30pm, Thursday 8 October
- No-Limit Texas Hold'em tournament, everyone starts with 5,000 chips
- Blinds go up every 15 minutes, rebuys open until level 6
- Played for TechGames chips, no real money, free to join
House rule: to break the ice, the big blind shares one line about themselves and a fun fact with the table.
Who's in the room
Founders, operators and investors building in London. Every request is reviewed by the host and the exact address is shared once you're in. First time playing? Perfect. Someone at your table will walk you through the flow and you'll have it by the second orbit.
With MongoDB
MongoDB co-hosts this edition. Come for the cards, stay for the people who build the database you're probably running on.
Why poker?
The best builders are game thinkers. A table shows how someone actually plays: instinct, maths, timing and nerve, in real time. It's also the easiest way in London to meet people worth knowing.
TechGames
200+ nights across London, Berlin, Munich, New York, San Francisco and Dubai. 10,000+ founders, operators and investors have sat at the table.
Location
Approximate area. The exact venue is shared once you're approved.