POKER

[Kenshiro]

Hey,

Just wondering if any of you guys play poker? Internet or real. tips, books you have read. etc.....

I play on partypoker.com quite often and make a bit of money. I stick to NL Hold'em which i reckon is easily the best game.

I also go to a £10 tournament about once a week at a poker club, which has a top prize of about £1000, but Im not good enough to win it yet.

Im also trying to get through "Hold'em poker for advanced players" by Slanksy but its a bit of a struggle. Does anyone know any good tournament poker books?

[badass]

Poker on the internet is a waste of time. There's much less money to be made, and it's nothing like the real thing. NL Hold em' is the easiest game to play, and probably the fastest to win or lose a lot. As far as using a book goes, I think it's pointless. Just play more and develop your own strategies through experience.

[Honoko]

Originally posted by: badass
Poker on the internet is a waste of time. There's much less money to be made, and it's nothing like the real thing. NL Hold em' is the easiest game to play, and probably the fastest to win or lose a lot. As far as using a book goes, I think it's pointless. Just play more and develop your own strategies through experience.

agreed. playing the game when u're w/ actual people as opposed to just keeping track of bets online is completely different.

what i love about hold'em is that you'll never encounter the same exact scenario from before. there's always something a lil different from the last time.

[Xollence]

I play on PartyPoker.net too, but only for practice with play money. I'm usually at the poker tables at the Taj on weekends.

I disagree Badass. No limit is much harder to play than fixed. It takes no skill at all to play fixed because who ever has the best hand wins, while in NL, you can still win the pot if you play it right. Books do help a lot, especially Doyle Brunson's. And trust me, there is a lot of money to be made on internet games, my friend makes a good grand or two a week.

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Oh by the way is anyone watching the WSOP on EPSN 2? And yeah we should get a game going.

[Mut]

We should get a GW poker game going.

[Masamune]

we did once, but no one knew how to play haha

[Mut]

Originally posted by: Masamune
we did once, but no one knew how to play haha

It's cuz I was playing with 5 girls. Yes! I'm talking about all of you.

[Masamune]

Originally posted by: Mut@t@

Originally posted by: Masamune
we did once, but no one knew how to play haha

It's cuz I was playing with 5 girls. Yes! I'm talking about all of you.

But you loved it didnt you (^.^) mutata-sama [cleaves to his arm]


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[joker-kun]

Poker is a good game, and I agree with whoever said it above, the more you play the more you develop as a player.

[ChaosK]

we should change it to "texas hold'em." i just like it better, then again i have no grudge against poker [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

[Sam98034]

Texas holdem is DEATH. Don't go to Casinos!!! They are bad and EVIL!!! I'm down a little over 10 grand to the Casino in about a years time.

[Deblas]

Yes, We all love losing money don't we. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[SK]

Originally posted by: Sam98034
Texas holdem is DEATH. Don't go to Casinos!!! They are bad and EVIL!!! I'm down a little over 10 grand to the Casino in about a years time.

are you a fucking moron?

[ChaosK]

how in the world could u lose that much at a poker table? no offense,oh who am i kidding a lot of offense going into this 1... <u>YOU SUCK!</u>

[Honoko]

and whether or not u were playing limit or no limit. and if u were playing no limit, there are cheaper ways to learn ur lessons...

[ChaosK]

still he must suck pretty bad to lose THAT MUCH.

[Xollence]

Hehe yeah, well I'd understand if you said you lost it playing blackjack. Hehe you must get a lot of comps.

[Sam98034]

Um...I work at a restaurant so I would go after work with my tips, around 40-60 bucks . It was a 3-6 game, 6-12 kill pots. Very loose. And Lets say I came in a pot for a raise with AK and flopped top pair and bet the whole way and got sucked out on the river. 6 (pre flop) 3 (flop) 6 (turn) 12(river, raised/called). That's 27 lost right there. That's about half my buy-in just to see one hand to the river. In a Kill pot it would be 54. So yeah, got addicted to the game and played every day and never left when I was up...I'd play from 10 pm until 6:30 AM then go to school. I really got addicted. And in about one year I lost like 10 grand. I'm a much better poker player now...but who cares, I could have 10 grand in my pocket right now.

And if anyone here is trying to make money at poker...don't play a 2/4 or 3/6 game. Too much loose play and the rake is too big compared to your buy in. And don't even think about "bluffing" I've called a raise because I thought someone was holding AK. Flop was crap, I check raise, bet on turn, bet on river, AK calls and wins with ace high. This happens a lot. Don't bluff in these small limit games. It's cheap to play these games if you want to just learn how to play however. If you want to make money, go for the higher limit games and make sure you have a good bankroll. If you're going to buy in for $500 in a 10/20 game, make sure you got like 10K, so the world is not over if you lose this time. Geese don't want to talk about poker anymore, brings me bad memories.

[Xollence]

Damn most of the NYC poker places got raided and shut down.

[Honoko]

AJ in first position? i'd raise from the getgo.

but assuming i didn't and we both saw the flop, i'd raise at that point anyway. if anything, that'll force him to call (or raise) and it'll tell me that he got a piece of that flop. and that way, i won't have to lose any more money.

of course, i'm assuming this person is playing pretty tight. obviously ur style of play changes depending on who u're in the pot w/.

the guy raised w/ a 2,4 preflop b/c he thought he sensed a weakness. last position always has that advantage. u calling that preflop raise prolly let him kno that u definitely had some nice high cards. yes, he did get "lucky" on the flop but that's b/c u gave him the opportunity to do so. so the question is, if u came in first to call and raising preflop, would he have folded?