plenzmd1 Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Okay fellas, last step tonight to an entry into the WSOP. Got to beat 100 out of 105 to get there. Sarting in three minutes. This is the fourth step for me, not bad with an initial $33 dollar investment. Maybe yall will see me on ESPN if i get lucky tonight. And away we go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brihs2005 Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 I lost plenty of money playing poker today... which means that there is luck out there, and at least you know it is not in my corner tonight... maybe it is in yours. Good Luck... let us know what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Good luck, degenerate gambler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted May 27, 2005 Author Share Posted May 27, 2005 I lost plenty of money playing poker today... which means that there is luck out there, and at least you know it is not in my corner tonight... maybe it is in yours. Good Luck... let us know what happens. 345928[/snapback] Well, that dream was short lived. Had doubled my stack when the following happens. Get dealt KK, bet 15% apppx(250) of my stack.One guy calls. Flop comes JJJ, dude checks, i check. Next card a 10, he bets 125, i raise to 200, he calls but doesnt raise. I figure him for some kind of ace- with anything.Next card comes another 10. So now we got a boat showing. He goes all in for 2500. YooHOO im thinking, Im doubling, and call. Ah, sorry hes got AJ, and my Vegas dreams are kaput. Fug em, didn't want to go anyways lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like A Mofo Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Well, that dream was short lived. Had doubled my stack when the following happens. Get dealt KK, bet 15% apppx(250) of my stack.One guy calls. Flop comes JJJ, dude checks, i check. Next card a 10, he bets 125, i raise to 200, he calls but doesnt raise. I figure him for some kind of ace- with anything.Next card comes another 10. So now we got a boat showing. He goes all in for 2500. YooHOO im thinking, Im doubling, and call. Ah, sorry hes got AJ, and my Vegas dreams are kaput. Fug em, didn't want to go anyways lol 345973[/snapback] AJ os beating KK is a normal thing online unfortunately, as you will always have a lot of players out there who will have their fresh bait out looking to reel in cards so they can think they are like a "pro" What site was this on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 I love the scene in Swingers where they sit down at the $100 table with a $300 stack, go double down on the first hand and lose. 346332[/snapback] always double down on 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffOrange Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 I love the scene in Swingers where they sit down at the $100 table with a $300 stack, go double down on the first hand and lose. 346332[/snapback] Every time one of my friends' gets dealt 18 at a table I always say "18, good. 18's good". I'm not sure if they even get the obscure reference, but it's pretty funny when they lose every time. Am I a bad friend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 always double down on 11. 346423[/snapback] "Apparently you don't ALWAYS double down on 11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Every time one of my friends' gets dealt 18 at a table I always say "18, good. 18's good". I'm not sure if they even get the obscure reference, but it's pretty funny when they lose every time. Am I a bad friend? 346424[/snapback] Of course you are....but that's half the fun of Vegas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Well, that dream was short lived. Had doubled my stack when the following happens. Get dealt KK, bet 15% apppx(250) of my stack.One guy calls. Flop comes JJJ, dude checks, i check. Next card a 10, he bets 125, i raise to 200, he calls but doesnt raise. I figure him for some kind of ace- with anything.Next card comes another 10. So now we got a boat showing. He goes all in for 2500. YooHOO im thinking, Im doubling, and call. Ah, sorry hes got AJ, and my Vegas dreams are kaput. Fug em, didn't want to go anyways lol 345973[/snapback] the onyl way you'll ever see a hand like this is in online poker...i still dont fully trust it to try it...i'll stick with poker night with the bros... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 I've been having a helluva run on Pacific. At first I thought it was just a good streak, but now I think I've turned the corner with my online game. I started with my usual $20, but I've been able to turn that into over $300 playing only 10-man sit downs. I ran my bank to about $150, cashed out $100 and played on house money until I hit $150 a second time. I did the same thing again and now I have it up around $80. I play either the $4, $5, or $10 sit downs. Once in a while I'll jump in a larger tourney and give it a go, but as of now I've made all my money on the ten man tourneys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffOrange Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 I've been having a helluva run on Pacific. At first I thought it was just a good streak, but now I think I've turned the corner with my online game. I started with my usual $20, but I've been able to turn that into over $300 playing only 10-man sit downs. I ran my bank to about $150, cashed out $100 and played on house money until I hit $150 a second time. I did the same thing again and now I have it up around $80. I play either the $4, $5, or $10 sit downs. Once in a while I'll jump in a larger tourney and give it a go, but as of now I've made all my money on the ten man tourneys. 346869[/snapback] I used to only deposit $50 at a time and then blame it on bad luck if I lost, but I was stupid then. Didn't even bother to research variance and realize that you need 300 bets in your bankroll. So I started out with $100 on Paradise playing .25/.5, then moved up to .5/1 when I had $300, then 1/2 when I had $600, now I have $1400 and moving up to 2/4 soon. Poker is a lot more than just knowing what hands are good preflop and complaining about bad players sucking out. There are some good books and discussion forums out there, you just gotta find them. BTW - I've heard Antoine Winfield is a decent high stakes player up in the MN casinos; and not a bad guy either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BF_in_Indiana Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 I used to only deposit $50 at a time and then blame it on bad luck if I lost, but I was stupid then. Didn't even bother to research variance and realize that you need 300 bets in your bankroll. So I started out with $100 on Paradise playing .25/.5, then moved up to .5/1 when I had $300, then 1/2 when I had $600, now I have $1400 and moving up to 2/4 soon. Poker is a lot more than just knowing what hands are good preflop and complaining about bad players sucking out. There are some good books and discussion forums out there, you just gotta find them. BTW - I've heard Antoine Winfield is a decent high stakes player up in the MN casinos; and not a bad guy either. 347083[/snapback] Best post of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BF_in_Indiana Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 the onyl way you'll ever see a hand like this is in online poker...i still dont fully trust it to try it...i'll stick with poker night with the bros... 346565[/snapback] Do you want to know why you see these type of hands more often? Online you are playing so many more hands than you would at a casino durring a session or in a home game. More hands=seeing more variables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of BiB Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 Do you want to know why you see these type of hands more often? Online you are playing so many more hands than you would at a casino durring a session or in a home game. More hands=seeing more variables. 347134[/snapback] But, doesn't the on-line engine give you a perfect random shuffle each time? How often does that happen around the card table? It would almost seem that the opposite would be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 Another problem with online is being able to quite openly cheat. Last night, my friends told me that the two of them join the same table online and then AOL Instant message the cards that they have to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of BiB Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 Another problem with online is being able to quite openly cheat. Last night, my friends told me that the two of them join the same table online and then AOL Instant message the cards that they have to each other. 347145[/snapback] Excellent point. When I was in Korea, we wouldn't let the Korean guys talk during a card game. They had to speak English to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 Another problem with online is being able to quite openly cheat. Last night, my friends told me that the two of them join the same table online and then AOL Instant message the cards that they have to each other. 347145[/snapback] I also have many friends that do this, which is why I DON'T play poker online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicBills Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 Another problem with online is being able to quite openly cheat. Last night, my friends told me that the two of them join the same table online and then AOL Instant message the cards that they have to each other. 347145[/snapback] You can cheat almost as easily in live games...in both instances, its easy to spot if you know what you're looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 You can cheat almost as easily in live games...in both instances, its easy to spot if you know what you're looking for. 347151[/snapback] I think its a lot harder online due to the fact that some things are harder to to differentiate between pure luck and skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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