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i play at ultimatebet. i find the graphics are much clearer than at some other sites which go for fancier graphics.

i just finished in 7th place (out of > 650) in a $1 tourney. i got $35 for my trouble and was, of course, pushed out by the blinds at the final table.

to freakazoid69's point about live play vs. online play, i find a bit looser and aggressive in real life as people seem less keen to call when it's real chips they have to put across the line instead of a mouse click. i've bluffed some hand in real life in the casino which some dumbass would surely call online just to fish. :)

alasdair
 
If there's one thing I think has helped my game more than anything recently, that is playing the POSITION more than the cards. I've made it almost habit to always raise on the button if nobody raises in front of me, or if 1 person does I will re-raise. I don't do this everytime as to give off a pattern, but I do it alot.

When this happens, after the flop if the other player checks I will fire again, usually the size of the pot or 1.5 times the size. Anything less gives them good enough reason to call me. If after the flop the other person bets out large, I would usually fold if I didn't pair anything. Sure it's a waste, but for every 1 hand I'm forced to fold I bring in 4 or 5 using the above method.

I've also been "mastering" the re-raise in real life, too. This doesn't quite have the same pizazz when playing online. I think a sizeable re-raise gives you a good look at how your opponent reacts; the look on his face, if he exhales in frustration, does he check his cards and double think his initial raise, etc. And even if he goes crazy and goes all-in, sometimes the "read" you get from an occasional re-raise will be worth it in the long run when you see similar facial expressions.
 
i played at harvey's casino last tuesday in their morning 'shoot-out'. $40 buy-in and two table maximum (although, with alternates, often as many as 30 people play).

i stuck to some fundamental rules i've established for myself and came 2nd - took home $250. basically, being pretty picky about opening hands and playing tight-aggressive. that said, i bluffed a couple of pots when i had to. the buy-in gets everybody only $1000 in chips which is not much after the blinds have gone up twice. i arrived at the final table with the short stack which i kind of enjoy - it makes me play more aggressively.

i love playing in the casino - real felt, real nice cards, real chips, somebody else dealing - it's a lot of fun.

:)

alasdair
 
alasdairm said:
i love playing in the casino - real felt, real nice cards, real chips, somebody else dealing - it's a lot of fun.
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Definitely agree but if you ever play in a tournament at a casino, take a good look at the chips- they are typically filthy from being handled over and over again. The regular tables are usually fine though.
 
i played in the harvey's morning tournament again yesterday and finally won it. first place paid me $360.

the game pays three places and, when it got down to four, the talk of chopping began. i felt i was playing well and didn't want to chop which annoyed the others - especially the guy who went out in 4th. anyway, i was vindicated, i feel, by taking it.

i didn't really do anything very different. i had to adjust my game slightly - there was a lot of checking round going on so i loosened up a little and made a few decent raises to steal limpers early on. later, i played pretty standard 'tight-aggressive' until there were three of us then i went pretty nuts with some loose raises to steal the blinds and essentially blind the other two out.

:)

alasdair
 
i signed up on http://www.bodog.net, just because i saw an ad for the lingerie bowl 2006, and wanted to know what insane people sponsored this great idea...

then i found out it was a free/no real cash poker site...

good for practice, i'm thinking about signing up on absolute poker though
 
Glad to see the reappearance of the poker thread. I got quite good at poker over 2004-2005, easily winning back all the money I put in, but haven't played much since I moved back to the East Coast. Perhaps I should visit Atlantic City in the near future…

For some reason, online poker just doesn't do it for me. I forget who it is originally attributed to, but I agree with the saying, "Poker is a game about people, played with cards."

I've gotta agree with what BA said about playing position and re-raising. Usually, I play pretty tight, but if I'm near the end of the rotation, and the people in front of me haven't been betting aggressively pre-flop, I loosen up if I have a hand I normally wouldn't play because there's always a chance I can hit something on the flop. My friends claim that I'm extremely hard to read (though I don't know how this could be), and I think part of that comes from my ability to loosen my play when I don't stand to lose too much from it.
 
caffeine_voices said:
i signed up on http://www.bodog.net, just because i saw an ad for the lingerie bowl 2006, and wanted to know what insane people sponsored this great idea...

then i found out it was a free/no real cash poker site...

good for practice, i'm thinking about signing up on absolute poker though
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Change the .net to .com and you'll find the real money site. They can't advertise the .com/real money sites on TV because of legalities but they can advertise the .net/play money sites by adding the disclaimer "This is not a gambling website". They just hope you'll figure out to put .com instead of .net when visiting the site.
 
i think i'm getting the hang of this now. i played the horizon afternoon tournament today - only $20 buy in and 2 table maximum. only 18 people played and won it to take $148.

my online play is a succession of bad beats and suck outs while my real life play is meeting with some success.

alasdair
 
Sat down at a cash game in Detroit on Thursday. Bought in with 100$, stood up with 650. But I need to find some tournament games, thats where I really shine.

And as far as online goes, I gave that up. I'm not sure if its just that I play more poorly when other people can't see me, but I had a hard time winning online.
 
alasdairm said:
i think i'm getting the hang of this now. i played the horizon afternoon tournament today - only $20 buy in and 2 table maximum. only 18 people played and won it to take $148.

my online play is a succession of bad beats and suck outs while my real life play is meeting with some success.

alasdair
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You're going to see way more sucks outs and bad beats online, primarily because you see 3-4x the amount of hands online. Most people just chop it up to the online casino's trumping up of action... I also watch a lot of bad plays online, people who don't bet as high as they should on the turn, or the river, or even the flop... The exhibit weakness and then they get outdrew. Don't get greedy and try and slowplay your hand.... pick up the pot when the odds are in your favor. I have found that in low stakes tourneys, it is wise to splash around in the early blinds, tighten up through the middle, and then play loose aggressive when there are 7 or Less. Usually, you'll pick up a shit load early on, and win maybe a few mid-sized pots mid-ways through, and not have to worry about the blinds eating you alive, So that when you hit the final table, you have chips in front of you, and you are in a pretty good position to take chips from weak tight players like I would assume you tend to play.

Now I can hear the response But I'm winning real cash at real games. Which is good, it means one of two things, A) You're getting really lucky, or B) you are pretty good at reading people and can usually tell when to fold and when to call your friends bluffs...

I say be a bit more aggressive, and bluff from time to time, you'll get more callers when you actually have a hand.
 
caffeine_voices said:
so i went with...absolute... it's cool... not doing too bad if i do say so myself
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I play there too man, I got a 10 dollar referall bonsu and am playing for real cash again.. I'm up to 90 bucks... if you're ever in the $1-2 buy in tourneys... Look for Wildhorse22..
 
I just play on the fun tables (atm). I'm InfiniteJest. I play limit holdem, I'm up to $165,000. I'm on the 100/200 tables, will move up when I have $200K. If anyone is just playing for fun, look me up.
 
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