Poker

[ymu]

Oh yeah, I'm more than happy to know other regs are willing to shove 99 into me, I just didn't realise my table image was so crazy

He had a read, acted on it and then failed to readjust when you responded more aggressively than he expected.

The smallish 4-bet from you was a masterstroke, of course.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

anyone know a good site where I can easily practice for free, with little or no sign-up and no requests for CC details? Thanks....

 

[pigtails]

anyone know a good site where I can easily practice for free, with little or no sign-up and no requests for CC details? Thanks....

you can play on Facebook if you're on there.

 

[kained&able]

anyone know a good site where I can easily practice for free, with little or no sign-up and no requests for CC details? Thanks....

www.pokerroom.com was where i cut my teeth till i wanted to play for money.

Really nice looking programme and the best play money section of any site i have seen thus far.

Dpn;t play on facebook you wont learn anything.


dave

 

[Jon-of-arc]

www.pokerroom.com was where i cut my teeth till i wanted to play for money.

Really nice looking programme and the best play money section of any site i have seen thus far.

Dpn;t play on facebook you wont learn anything.


dave

Yeah, learning was kind of the point. I have xbox live poker, and you just end up playing against people who go all-in on every hand, which is a very unsatisfying experience.

Anyway, cheers for the link - will check it.

 

[heinous seamus]

Pokerstars would be ok, they have a playmoney section and they have freeroll games where you can actually win something too.

 

[ymu]

Yeah, learning was kind of the point. I have xbox live poker, and you just end up playing against people who go all-in on every hand, which is a very unsatisfying experience.

Anyway, cheers for the link - will check it.

Freeroll tournament listing. Join a site or two that run freerolls fairly frequently. There's still a lot of idiots who go AI any time they have a pocket pair, or can't fold two suited cards under any circumstances, but it's more worthwhile than play-poker on Facebook or XBox.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

www.pokerroom.com was where i cut my teeth till i wanted to play for money.

Really nice looking programme and the best play money section of any site i have seen thus far.

Dpn;t play on facebook you wont learn anything.


dave

good choice! just had a quick 1/2 hour there - 'twas fun.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

Freeroll tournament listing. Join a site or two that run freerolls fairly frequently. There's still a lot of idiots who go AI any time they have a pocket pair, or can't fold two suited cards under any circumstances, but it's more worthwhile than play-poker on Facebook or XBox.

also bookmarked.

Thanks ppl.

 

[fractionMan]

The freerolls on devilfish are worth playing.

I won one once, 2000 players. Decided it was time to start with real money after that.

 

[kained&able]

won! good work. I decided to start playing for money after getting 16th(i think) in a poker room 3000 person(i think) free roll.

Bastards didn't like any of my cards though so i changed to partypoker.


dave

 

[ymu]

also bookmarked.

Thanks ppl.

This site is useful too. http://www.freerollsmonitor.com/

If you're serious about learning, check out the Chris Ferguson Challenge. He set out to make $10,000 from scratch - starting out with freerolls and then strict bankroll management once he had some cash to play with. It's pretty much how he started out in poker also.

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/chris-ferguson-challenge

 

[fractionMan]

won! good work. I decided to start playing for money after getting 16th(i think) in a poker room 3000 person(i think) free roll.

Bastards didn't like any of my cards though so i changed to partypoker.


dave

still got the screenshot

Note the 5 euro payout at the bottom lol

 

[kained&able]

lame you only got $5?????

harsh.

I'm in a $500 freeroll in an hour or so.


dave

 

[fractionMan]

Why People Make Money Playing Poker On The Internets

Can somebody explain to me the game of Poker.?
i play online, i just bet and press the buttons, i know the terms and which hands beats other hands (most of em), but im not 100% sure on how the game is played

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/questio...8gbKlMlJBgx.;_ylv=3?qid=20090205001607AA97ZkG

lol

 

[kained&able]

here fishy fishy fishy.

I've started playing rin games insead of turnements. fuck me its soo much easier.


dave

 

[fractionMan]

here fishy fishy fishy.

I've started playing rin games insead of turnements. fuck me its soo much easier.


dave

Are you playing full ring or 6max? I started out at full ring, but have found 6max to be so much more fun and just as profitable. Folding 85% of my hands and playing against setmining nits drove me nuts at full ring so I ended up playing too loose and spewy to make up for it.

 

[heinous seamus]

How's this for a stop n go?

NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee, Level:13 Blinds(1,000/2,000-100 ante) - Thursday, March 05, 21:30:30 GMT 2009
Daily Quads $2,222 Guaranteed #223237
Table 2 9-max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of active players : 8
Seat 1: boratio ( 20,239.13 )
Seat 3: fitzy ( 7,899 )
Seat 4: bigtam ( 5,761 )
Seat 5: ljones ( 10,337 )
Seat 6: 55tez ( 7,132 )
Seat 7: allin barny ( 25,695.50 )
Seat 8: biribiri ( 15,341.25 )
Seat 9: ACEJOKER ( 14,899.50 )
Tourney Level:13 Blinds(1,000/2,000-100 ante)
boratio posts ante [100]
fitzy posts ante [100]
bigtam posts ante [100]
ljones posts ante [100]
ACEJOKER posts ante [100]
biribiri posts ante [100]
allin barny posts ante [100]
55tez posts ante [100]
fitzy posts small blind [1,000]
bigtam posts big blind [2,000]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to bigtam [ 8d, Qh ]
ljones folds
55tez folds
allin barny folds
biribiri folds
ACEJOKER folds
boratio raises to [5,000]
fitzy folds
bigtam calls [3,000]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ah, 7d, 9s ]
bigtam goes all-in
bigtam bets [661]
boratio folds
Returning uncalled bet [661] to bigtam
** Hand Conclusion **
bigtam wins 11,800 from main pot

 

[ymu]

How's this for a stop n go?

Dreadful, unless you had a read that he was an idiot who would fold getting 18 to 1.

Although, on second look, you probably can't fold given the stack sizes and there's no point pushing pre-flop. Nicely played.

 

[heinous seamus]

I still didn't expect him to fold though

I went out a little while later, I got a return of 15$ for my 11$ buy-in

 

[ymu]

I still didn't expect him to fold though

I went out a little while later, I got a return of 15$ for my 11$ buy-in

It is amazing sometimes, isn't it? I love playing low buy-ins.

35% ROI ain't bad.

 

[fractionMan]

fold equity lol

why didn't you shove utg if your stack was so low?

 

[strakweather]

I started my poker career with a deposit of $50. For the first three weeks I did handsomely, and had $1300 in the bank. I withdrew about $800-$1000 to pay off my rent. Easy, this I thought. Then I started losing, and lost the rest. I didn't cash back in. Part of me wants to though! But this is the thing, as fractionman points out. How much bankroll do you need even if you are a winning player?

Even for world class players the swings are massive, v few make a profit.

Gus Hanson won 20 million last year, lost 21 million.

 

[heinous seamus]

I just won an $11 MTT. $660 in prize money. Satted in for $2 as well!

You can't beat the buzz of a tourny win! Feeeling gooood

 

[DexterTCN]

Well done.

 

[fractionMan]

I'm a fantastic 1k down this month.

Grrr

 

[kained&able]

Are you playing full ring or 6max? I started out at full ring, but have found 6max to be so much more fun and just as profitable. Folding 85% of my hands and playing against setmining nits drove me nuts at full ring so I ended up playing too loose and spewy to make up for it.

yeah i was doing that! Have tightend up again and am starting to make money again.

whats 6 max?


dave

 

[fractionMan]

yeah i was doing that! Have tightend up again and am starting to make money again.

whats 6 max?


dave

6max refers to tables with six seats (as opposed to full ring tables of 9 or 10).

You can profitably play about 25% of your hands at 6max. Personally I'm playing 23-24% of my hands, raising 18-19% of the time pre-flop. In fact you can turn a profit playing even looser, but you have to be really good if you don't want to just donate money to the tighter players. Most of my losses this month have come from me experimenting with a more loose aggressive style and failing

 

[kained&able]

ahhh makes sense.


dave

 

[kained&able]

I just got done.

Bloke raised to 600 folded round to me.
I go all in(1800) with kk, everyone else folds
He calls to go all in.
Turns over 88.
7
4
9
10
j

Mother fucker

dave