Poker

[Evolution]

Any board members play poker at all?

Im having my 2nd ever serious game tonight, last time it was a ?10 buy in between 8 making for a ?80 pot and i came 5th 

Tonight however it is a ?2.50 buy in making for a ?20 pot, but the best part is most of the better players from last time can't make it so i have a good chance of taking home the twenty 

Ill post how i do later on but for now post poker stories, or just yes/no on whether you play it 

[Chris Misfit]

I play Texas Hold Em with mates. Love it. ?20 a head.

Would love to have the financial security to play in real tournaments.

[Surfrider]

I played all of the time in college. ?It was one of the ways I got my spending money. ?I also played a lot in vegas. ?I haven't, however, played as much since the Poker craze has started. ?If you know how to play though, there is a lot of money to be made because there are more people than ever that try to play that don't know how to.

Here's my worst story:

I was playing 20/40 at the Mandalay Bay in vegas. ?I got A J suited. ?I was in like third position, and I raised before the flop and get called by a few players. ?Flop comes A J 10. ?So I check, then the guy next to me bets, three more call, and then I check raised. ?Everyone called my raise but one. ?The next card comes: another J. ?So I have Js over As, and there is only one hand that can beat me in the game, pocket As. ?I raise, the guy next to me folds, the next guy calls, the next guy folds, and the next guy reraises. ?We both call. ?Final card comes Q. ?There is no possibility of a straight flush on the board. ?I assumed that the other players were on a straight draw, and maybe one had two pair, or the other J. ?I checked because there were two other players in the game. ?If they had anything they would bet, and if they didn't they wouldn't call my bet anyway. ?The guy next to me bets, then the guy next to him raises. ?I am thinking that I am golden and that this guy has a straight, so I reraise. ?The initial better folds. ?The initial raiser finally reraises me, and I call. ?Of course, he had pocket As. ?He just had the perfect hand, and he had the perfect victim in me with a great second hand, and of course a bunch of other stupid players. ?I thought he would have played it more strongly if he had the As, but I was wrong. ?That pot was huge. ?

I think it is in Rounders where they talk about not remembering your biggest wins, but vividly remembering your bad beats. ?That certainly was the case for me.


Good luck in your game. ?

[Vicious Wishes]

Play texas hold-em all the time. It truly is the cadillac of poker, love it. It's one of the few games where it doesn't matter what you have, but how you bet. Not always, of course, but if you can bluff really well, you can win alot. No better card game out there.

[MadmanDan]

Texas hold-em rules! Just never play with beginners or women: they'll kick your ass!

[Evolution]

Here here Madman Dan, i got fucked in a nice looking pot with a beginner with 3 aces the bastard, i had 2 pair at the time, after that i went downhill, i tried a big bluff which backfired and just decided to go all in with fucking nothing and i got beat by a king high 


i came 6th out of 8. And the game is still going on as we speak. We started at 8pm. Ah well win some lose some

[t800 series]

The most Ive lost in poker is about $500

[Evolution]

The most Ive lost in poker is about $500

My ?2.50 doesn't seem so major anymore 

[t800 series]

?2.50?

[Evolution]

?2.50 buy in as we are cheap bastards

[Evolution]

You guys probably know about this site but www.holdempoker.com has free sign up and is good just to improve your game slightly

[Mal Brossard]

I play a lot with friends and online.  I only play the free games online now, as the bastards at the credit card company won't let it be used for online gambling.

With friends, we just play $5 buy in tournament style games.  My best finish there is 3rd (walked home with $17).  As for online, I play at Pokerstars and UltimateBet.  I'll play anything, but my favorites are limit hold 'em (placed 30th in a 3500 player tournament in LH on Pokerstars) and triple draw.  Triple Draw is 5 card draw lowball, and with 3 draws instead of one.  Interesting game.  It's available in both A-5 (where the best hand is A-2-3-4-5, flushes do not count against you, nor do straights), and 2-7 (best hand is 2-3-4-5-7, straights and flushes DO count against you).  I greatly prefer A-5.

[Surfrider]

I play a lot with friends and online.? I only play the free games online now, as the bastards at the credit card company won't let it be used for online gambling.

With friends, we just play $5 buy in tournament style games.? My best finish there is 3rd (walked home with $17).? As for online, I play at Pokerstars and UltimateBet.? I'll play anything, but my favorites are limit hold 'em (placed 30th in a 3500 player tournament in LH on Pokerstars) and triple draw.? Triple Draw is 5 card draw lowball, and with 3 draws instead of one.? Interesting game.? It's available in both A-5 (where the best hand is A-2-3-4-5, flushes do not count against you, nor do straights), and 2-7 (best hand is 2-3-4-5-7, straights and flushes DO count against you).? I greatly prefer A-5.

All you have to do is open a Netteller account, send the money to them, and then send it from Netteller to website.

[Oddy]

i play poker on www.partypoker.com with fake money (i dont have any real money to start my own account).

its pretty fun. i play the tournaments, everyone starts off with 800 and its a race from there.

what do you think if some of the people on this board get it too and we can have a htgth texas hold'em championship?

i'm up for it.

[Mal Brossard]

I'd definitely be up for a HTGTH Hold 'Em tournament, or really any other type of poker.  I'll play anything and everything.  I'm on PokerStars, PartyPoker, and UltimateBet.  Screenname is drew23235 on all of them.

[Oddy]

i'm iwannarock1 on partypoker.

are there any online poker programs where you can make your own table?

because i dont think u can in party poker.

c'mon an online holdem tournament between HTGTH people could be fun.

don't make me resort to insults to get you to play.............


i mean.............what are you......................yella?

[Ignatius]

I like playing Texas Holdem. Sometimes I even play for real money online. I don't win much, I don't lose much. The thing though, I like to play with real people instead. Online is fun, but poker is a game in which every little detail counts and applying psychology and looking at the other players, it's something that can't be done online.

I do play for fun with my friends though. We do sometimes bet a few things, drinks, dinners whatever.

I'm up with Oddy, if you guys want to set up some kinda HTGTH poker contest (with play money of course) I'm up for it.

[Vicious Wishes]

I like playing Texas Holdem. Sometimes I even play for real money online. I don't win much, I don't lose much. The thing though, I like to play with real people instead. Online is fun, but poker is a game in which every little detail counts and applying psychology and looking at the other players, it's something that can't be done online.

I do play for fun with my friends though. We do sometimes bet a few things, drinks, dinners whatever.

I'm up with Oddy, if you guys want to set up some kinda HTGTH poker contest (with play money of course) I'm up for it.

Sounds good, if it can be done somehow. I'm sure I'd win, though, I've got tons of play money.

[Eazy E]

c'mon an online holdem tournament between HTGTH people could be fun.

don't make me resort to insults to get you to play.............

i mean.............what are you......................yella?

Nobody..... Calls Me Yellow....

[Oddy]

ah somebody got the BTTF reference.

and Kiss my Axl we'd have to do it so everyone starts off with equal play money, and then just play elimination til there's only one left.