Poker

[ForlrnPerplxity]

who here plays a lot of this?

I'm thinking about putting some money on Pokerroom.com, and signing up for some $5-10 tournaments when I get bored. Has anybody here done this, and how did you all like it?


If anybody ever wants to play me on there, just hit me up. It'd be cool getting a table over there with a $5 buy-in.

[xbrokendownx]

i play all the time, but havent really played online much at all

[Goodbye Forever]

I play on Bodog when I'm bored. If you have the free time the small money tournaments can be fun.

[Rock]

I play on pokerstars. Really low stakes. Typically, $3-$5 sit-n-go tournaments, or $.5/$.10 cash games. It's fun, but the bad beats seem to really get out of hand sometimes, which is frustrating.

[we are cured]

i 6-table .25/.50 no-limit cash on full tilt, and play $10-$30 tourneys. i used to play pot-limit omaha but i haven't in awhile.

i'd be wary of pokerroom...in the last year they've had a couple of issues with not paying out customers proper amounts after tournaments. their customer service is pretty shitty and the software sucks. if i were you i'd stick to pokerstars, full tilt, ultimate bet, or bodog.

going to AC this weekend, too.

[bjam12]

I play with my buddies all the time but I've never played online for money.

[jaimej]

Definitely avoid Pokerroom. I used to play there and it's shady. If you're going to bet small amounts then pokerstars is your best bet. Just realize there are a lot of fish out there and people will call you to the river with dick. That's why I stopped playing. It gets to a point where it's not even poker anymore.

[we are cured]

i played .05/.1 for fun last night on stars, because i only have like $15 over there, and it was ridiculously easy.

[jaimej]

i played .05/.1 for fun last night on stars, because i only have like $15 over there, and it was ridiculously easy.
I do that once and a while, but it gets annoying. I'd rather play $30 tournaments with my friends.

[looksthatkillbn]

online poker pretty much anywhere is not worth it. i've played at ultimatebet, pokerstars, empirepoker, partypoker, and full tilt and i've had way too many weird things happen at each and every, especially in cash games, that it isn't worth it. playing on empire i once had 7 straight pocket pairs. my record on ultimatebet was 5. that clearly does not happen. your best bet is to just find a small home game to play in. they're all over the place.

[we are cured]

you understand that online, you see 4x the amount of hands you see live. it may seem like bad beats are everywhere, and you're getting pocket pairs all the time. but i play 6 tables at a time and see approximately 600-700 hands/hr - i can tell you that it's not 'rigged', and that getting pocket pairs for even 15 hands in a row is statistically possible (though improbable).

also, online poker has become 100x harder than it was two years ago, even at the micro stakes. so if you're getting pounded, chances are you're getting your $ in bad or you're not playing your hands properly to maximize value - or the players are just better than you.

it's definitely 'worth it', when i log 20k more hands i'll show you my graph to prove it.

[bduke13]

I used to play a lot of freerolls on poker stars. I still have a ticket from over a year ago for a Weekly Round 2

[bigmike]

I find that going to some buddies house, throwing in $10-15 with 6-7 people playing, watching them all get hammered and walking away with half of the money - my friend won the other half - while drinking free beer and having a good time is much more worth my time then online poker for cash.

[Rock]

I used to play a lot of freerolls on poker stars. I still have a ticket from over a year ago for a Weekly Round 2
those weekly round 2's are bullshit. i made one once playing no limit poker, and it was LIMIT. WTF IS THAT SHIT? it's like, i didn't get here playing limit poker.

[we are cured]

I find that going to some buddies house, throwing in $10-15 with 6-7 people playing, watching them all get hammered and walking away with half of the money - my friend won the other half - while drinking free beer and having a good time is much more worth my time then online poker for cash.

oh i totally agree. i'm just an action junkie that loves poker, and playing online allows me to see more hands and get more experience than i could ever get playing live in home games or a casino. i don't really get a thrill out of winning x amount of money - what drives me to play is putting a guy on a range of hands, being right, and playing optimally against him.

[bigmike]

Oh, I know. I like playing poker too and would like to delve more into it, but I don't get excited about playing online. Even if you do see more hands, I'd much rather play a home game, or go to a casino and play. I just like playing live better then anything.

And none of my friends are big into it. Like being analytical about it and working pot odds and whatnot.

[Hot Damn]

I play the $2/5 NL games here in LA (commerce, the bicycle club, hawaiian gardens, hustler, hollywood park, etc.). Sometimes will play the $1/3 NL. Take a trip to Vegas once a month to play as well. Also have a thursday night home game that I play in with a group of about 25-32 guys a week that has been going every week for the past 4 years now. $20 buy in, its cheap but its some good poker going on and lots of fun.

Don't really play online too much and if I do its on fulltilt for sure and then I just play like $10 short handed sit n go's

[bduke13]

those weekly round 2's are bullshit. i made one once playing no limit poker, and it was LIMIT. WTF IS THAT SHIT? it's like, i didn't get here playing limit poker.

Yea I know what you mean. You could have unregistered from it, kept your ticket, and registered for a tourny that you like

[we are cured]

yeah ill def take smoking a blunt, drinking 5 beers, and playing 7-8 handed with my friends over staring at a computer screen.

[StuGrimson]

A keg of beer, 7-8 guys and you can waste a good 10 hours away playing poker, and at least you have a little more control over things in a real life game.

[we are cured]

i assume you're talking about bots/hole card software. the latter only works if a computer is directly connected to yours (through some kind of computer security failure), and the former only works for limit hold'em. i've been known to curse the random number generator from time to time, but in the longrun the stats make sense to prove things are legit.

[ForlrnPerplxity]

Oh, I know. I like playing poker too and would like to delve more into it, but I don't get excited about playing online. Even if you do see more hands, I'd much rather play a home game, or go to a casino and play. I just like playing live better then anything.

And none of my friends are big into it. Like being analytical about it and working pot odds and whatnot.
I've thought about going down to the casino here and laying down a $30 buy-in, but I hate giving up money to the dealer.

[iihungrieii]

i just started up again playing the 6.50 turbos on pokerstars

[iihungrieii]

I've thought about going down to the casino here and laying down a $30 buy-in, but I hate giving up money to the dealer.

you guys have 30 dollar buy-ins? thats cheap

[ForlrnPerplxity]

you guys have 30 dollar buy-ins? thats cheap
it's an Indian run casino, and a lot of the people that go in there are white trash. haha

[HoustonCalling]

i use to play on Bodog a lot, played 1-2 cash games and sit and go tournaments. but now that you cant use a credit card directly i don't even bother. you now need to sign up with another site and have your money transfered, its too much work.

i prefer live games anyway, there's a bi-weekly tournament played in my town, $20 buy in, around 40 people show up. top 5 make money, its a lot of fun. then there is also the 2 hour drive to AC...

[Rock]

Yea I know what you mean. You could have unregistered from it, kept your ticket, and registered for a tourny that you like
ohhh...damn. i had no idea it worked that way.

[iihungrieii]

it's an Indian run casino, and a lot of the people that go in there are white trash. haha

yeah the casino i go to is also indian-run. its the only casino i know of where the age limit is only 18.

[we are cured]

i've always wanted to play in LA, i hear there are a lot of good rooms out there.

[iihungrieii]

i've always wanted to play in LA, i hear there are a lot of good rooms out there.

the only one i know of thats good is commerce. but thats 21+ so i cant go yet.

[ForlrnPerplxity]

are you guys talking about pokerstars.com or pokerstars.net? also, is it really easy to deposit money while keeping it safe?

[we are cured]

.com is the real money site. you have to get a gift card and/or have a card that is accepted by stars (which its probably not), or get an internet payment processor (like epassporte, mywebatm). your money is safe once it gets to stars, because their $ is insured by the royal bank of scotland. its the payment processors that have the potential to be shady. fwiw i've used epassporte to get money between ftp and stars, and haven't had any problems.

[iihungrieii]

for online poker, you guys should use this site: sharkscope.com you get 5 free searches a day and it tells you some good information about your opponents. it only works for sngs though. works for me since i only play sngs.

[we are cured]

sharkscope is cool, but doesn't sort out by event type (i.e. 9 man, 90 man, 45 man). officialpokerrankings.com is great for both mtt's and sng's.

i use pokertracker and pahud for cash games, and just datamine the shit out of ftp, so i have pretty solid stats on all the regs.

[iihungrieii]

sharkscope is cool, but doesn't sort out by event type (i.e. 9 man, 90 man, 45 man). officialpokerrankings.com is great for both mtt's and sng's.

i use pokertracker and pahud for cash games, and just datamine the shit out of ftp, so i have pretty solid stats on all the regs.

my friend actually paid for it for a month. hes on a super upswing right now so 15 isnt anything to him. hes letting me use it too. but when you do pay, you get to see all that stuff like the size of the sngs and stuff like that. but i also use officialpokerrankings too. my stats suck so bad right now on that site. i was on a major downswing. they should be getting better now though.

[HoustonCalling]

im playing tonightt

[we are cured]

yeah the sharkscope subscriber stats are great. i love it though when some kid types in the chat, 'dude you suck look at your sharkscope'. why do you want to let anyone know that they suck? isn't the object of the game to take their money?

[iihungrieii]

hahaha yeah seriously. i just take advantage of the fish. actually thats how i found the site. some guy said something like that to me when i first started playing online.

[iihungrieii]

i also heard its a bitch to cash out on full tilt. how do you cash out?

[we are cured]

i w/d to epassporte. i then use an atm card that charges $2 for every w/d (since its an international card my bank doesn't charge its own fee), and max w/d is 500 though i've only pulled out 200 at a time.

[Scott Weber]

Probably the wrong forum for this, but I'll allow it since it's better discussion here and there's obviously a lot of interest.

[jaimej]

Poker is sort of a sport. It's on ESPN.

[Smash Adams]

Poker is sort of a sport. It's on ESPN.

so is bowling
espn has a lot of faux sports

[Scott Weber]

Poker is sort of a sport. It's on ESPN.
So is the spelling bee and the world series of dominos.

ESPN = ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS NETWORK

[we are cured]

it's pretty clear that poker is not a sport. it's just competition and testosterone, thrown together with some intellectual analysis.

[Scott Weber]

so is bowling
espn has a lot of faux sports
and for the record, i think bowling is easily a sport.

[jaimej]

So is the spelling bee and the world series of dominos.

ESPN = ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS NETWORK

I know, hence, "kind-of" a sport.

[Scott Weber]

I know, hence, "kind-of" a sport.
I wouldn't even come anywhere close to calling anything without physical exertion and played sitting down a sport or "kind-of" a sport. It's a game.

[Hot Damn]

yeah the casino i go to is also indian-run. its the only casino i know of where the age limit is only 18.

Where do you play? Morongo? that game is so juicy with all the 18 year olds in it.

i've always wanted to play in LA, i hear there are a lot of good rooms out there.

LA has great card rooms. Commerce is by far the best followed by the Bicycle Club. Then there is also Hustler Casino, Hollywood Park, and Hawaiian Gardens. The last 3 mentioned the quality of play isn't nearly as good and the games have a lot more action and loose players, where as Commerce the play is a bit tighter and the players tend to be better.


the only one i know of thats good is commerce. but thats 21+ so i cant go yet.

Yeah I love the commerce. I hit a bad beat jackpot there and had the losing hand. got $8700 on it. Then 2 weeks later got table share of another jackpot

[Smash Adams]

and for the record, i think bowling is easily a sport.
I can understand that, it's still amusing to watch
I wouldn't even come anywhere close to calling anything without physical exertion and played sitting down a sport or "kind-of" a sport. It's a game.

I think the rule should be you can't drink while playing a sport which you can do when playing poker

[we are cured]

going to harrah's AC tonight, playing the 7 pm $85+15 NL tournament at showboat, then 1/2 or 2/5 at the taj for the rest of the night.

[StevieShotgun]

Just realize there are a lot of fish out there and people will call you to the river with dick. That's why I stopped playing. It gets to a point where it's not even poker anymore.

This is not a reason to quit playing poker...this is a reason to KEEP playing poker.

[StevieShotgun]

without physical exertion

you've obvioulsy never played poker for 48 straight hours. Sitting at a table and playing well for 48 hours > standing around on a baseball field for 3 hours and running a total of 100 yards and maybe throwing a ball 6 or 7 times.

[StevieShotgun]

actually, after further consideration I agree that poker is not a sport. All you do is sit for hours and takes no physical skill. Therefore I have concluded that it is a "game" and not a "sport".

[Rock]

i finally went bankrupt on pokerstars :(

[leftstranded]

I find that going to some buddies house, throwing in $10-15 with 6-7 people playing, watching them all get hammered and walking away with half of the money - my friend won the other half - while drinking free beer and having a good time is much more worth my time then online poker for cash.
and when you play with friends, you can at least talk about other things instead of just having to only focus on poker

[bigmike]

I would love to be good enough/some how get a main event seat and get lucky to sit by Daniel Negreanu. I bet him and I could talk hockey all day long which would definitely make the day fly by.

[we are cured]

if i won a main event seat, id just take the 10k cash. everyone in that tournament sells pieces of themselves anyway.

[shes.a.ghost]

From my understanding you can't play online poker in Oklahoma anymore, since it is illegal. I heard that if your IP address indicates that you are from Oklahoma, or any other state in which it is illegal, then the website will not allow you to play for real money, only play money.

[KidRobot]

Old as shit bump.


I took 3rd place of 22 at my friend's today and won $150. Probably going to Turning Stone in upstate NY friday too.

[we are cured]

damn two years ago. i used to be crazy into this but burned myself out...although i've been getting back and playing for fun. played a 60 person $60 tourney friday night but busted in 12th.

[xbrokendownx]

im going to vegas next week...anyone thats been there- whats your favorite poker room?