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cant believe it took me so long to post here, lol... Its pretty obv what im really into.. I have recently just went from semi pro to just pro, doesnt mean that im that good, it just means that I make most of my income from poker.

Anyway, I used to play a lot online until that damn, stupid new law a year or two ago. I do a little bit but mainly just play cash and tourneys...

Hope to see some of you at the tables....
 
i just went to check the results for the world series of poker main event and was amazed to discover that it's down to the final nine and they're taking a break - until november!

it resumes on november 9th - 4 months from now. what on earth is that all about?

also, i've been rewatching some of the coverage of last year's main event and it's getting harder to watch. some great poker for sure but lots of stuff to get annoyed about.

hevad kahn's clowning around. a bit of levity has never been a problem but he makes a mockery of the event.

also jerry yang's constant praying to jesus christ to reveal his glory and show everybody his miracles by letting jerry win a hand! how is it not showing his miracles by letting somebody else win a hand? it seems decidedly non-christian to me...

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alasdair
 
^^

Yeah, Jerry Yang shat me to tears. God has nothing to fucking do with poker (nor anything else in my opinion ;))

CB.
 
I loved (and by loved I mean fucking hated) that hand with Jerry Yang and Lee Watkinson (I think it was Lee), where Watkinson was all in, and Yang is doing his prayer thing, while Watkinson's girlfriend was doing the same thing, praying on the sidelines "Please Lord show us your miracles" <-- that BS.
How fucking stupid. What was God to do in that situation, make it a split pot? LOL
Now matter what happens in that hand, He gets shit on by the person who loses ("I prayed and God didn't make my flush").
Praying has no fucking place in poker. Oh, I see CB just said that, but I'm going to stick with that anyway. Its true. No place for that. Play your cards, play the players, use your skill and hope for a little luck. No God, no prayer, no miracles.
[[end rant]]
 
alasdairm said:
i just went to check the results for the world series of poker main event and was amazed to discover that it's down to the final nine and they're taking a break - until november!

it resumes on november 9th - 4 months from now. what on earth is that all about?
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apparently they are going to show the final table on live tv.

my theory is that it will be pay-per-view.
 
Lol pay-per-view poker haha

I do love it, but not something I'll get my mates round with some drinks to pay for and watch


I lost £50 the other day at the casino (private table though).. first ever cash game, £100 buy-in. Went down to £60 then won and went up to £165. Won a few more small pots to £210 then it started to trickle away as I had loads of big beats (I.e. going in with pair of jacks and loosing to a straight on the last card)
 
^ i prefer the elegant simplicity of no limit texas hold'em

:)

alasdair
 
better how? it depends on your definition of better and personal preference.

there's nothing quite like the feeling of pushing all-in on a bluff and watching the better hands crumble.

i find, very generally speaking, people playing pot limit tend to chase, then they get so committed you can't bet them off a hand. no limit is beautiful - you don't have to have the best hand to win.

alasdair
 
At the moment I'm playing NLHE, 4 tables at a time 9 player sit and go's, $6+0.50 entry on pokerstars... it's going well... getting up and staying up (jeez, that sounds like a viagra commercial ;))

I've never really got into pot-limit... for similar reasons to alasdair... people chase... and it's those 1 in 4 to 1 in 10 chances when they actually hit and you get fucked over that really shit me to tears. You can control the game better in no limit I reckon... you can generally stop the possibility of people rivering you by not letting the hand GET to the river... sometimes this will mean that you don't take as much on the hand, but it also means that you won't get dicked on.

I'm quite interested in Razz, but haven't actually played it yet... if I do, I'll be doing it for play money first ;) get some sort of idea of what to do :)

CB :)
 
eDDe9 said:
Anyone like Omaha?
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i play a weekly home game.

lately we've been playing alot of high-low omaha (cash game).

i gotta keep telling myself to not chase the low....which i've been doing too much of.

but last week i was unstoppable. i had one of those magical nights were i could not lose.

i still like hold 'em better though.

too much craziness in high-low omaha.
 
I didn't like omaha when I played it.. you could be dealt some amazing cards, but you're forced to only use 2 and 3 from the table

Too unpredictable for me
 
i'm watching the 2008 wsop h.o.r.s.e. final table. down to three players: scotty nguyen; erik lindgren; michael demichele.

i used to quite enjoy watching scotty nguyen and i had some respect for him but the way he's behaved this final table has been really disappointing. he' smaking classless comments, talking shit during hands he's not in and he's berating the other players for doing things he turns right round and does himself.

the prince of poker? not any more...

alasdair
 
I enjoy texas hold em as my primary card game of choice, sadly whenever my friends and i do play poker(every 2 weeks or so), there's no money involved. Also I have nothing against online poker, especially because of the fact that my brother makes his living(a very good one i might add) off of it. Not a huge fan of omaha however, i do enjoy 5 and 7 card stud though.
 
Mercury.. best way to get your friends playing for money is to all put £5 in and the winner takes all.. if there's a lot of money in the pot, then 1st place takes 70% and 2nd place takes 30%

Then everyone has the same chips, so its tournament style
 
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