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ChrisW
Trad climber
boulder, co
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Sep 17, 2008 - 09:43pm PT
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I am IN...someone E-mail me. What Site? What day/time? How much?
Don't worry i suck and never bluff.
Maybe a Monday Night? or Tuesday night? when everyone is having a rest night.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 17, 2008 - 09:44pm PT
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CW, yeah rite.
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goatboy smellz
climber
स्कन्ध
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Sep 17, 2008 - 09:59pm PT
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Call out a date & time Lynners, we'll make it happen, easy peasy!
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Prod
Social climber
Charlevoix, MI
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Sep 18, 2008 - 07:59am PT
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Monday, Tuesday, Thursday are best for me.
Prod.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Sep 18, 2008 - 11:13am PT
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Tue or Thu... Too tired from the weekend on Mon...
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Sep 18, 2008 - 11:40am PT
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OK, how about Tuesday 9/23, 6PM Pacific?
$20 buy in? 1 buy back?
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 18, 2008 - 11:42am PT
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Tuesday or Thursday sounds good, or whatever works...
and everyone is welcome to join in!
So whadda say Lynne?
Russ?
Inner City?
Dirt?
ChrisW - we've been playing on full tilt, and we post the details for the tournament in this thread...
EDIT: works for me salad
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Prod
Social climber
Charlevoix, MI
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Sep 18, 2008 - 12:21pm PT
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Hey Salad,
That works for me.
Prod.
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Sep 18, 2008 - 12:42pm PT
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I have a few problems with online poker right now.
1. My wireless connection tends to crap out and fold me at some very bad times. Once with pocket Aces DOH!!!!!!! I've tried to install a better port for the USB 2, but it didn't help. Maybe I'll try a totally different setup before long, but I'm still looking for a solution.
2. I HATE Full tilt anyway.
3. IF there are not enough entries to make it worth playing, I hate to risk my money. IN other words, I want winnings potential (for first place) to be 50 to 100 times buy-in. That means a pretty good sized tourney, or a big guarantee.
4. I HATE cash games. I didn't say I was bad at em, I just hate em.
5. All these damned drugs and chemo make it really hard for me to play well for very long. I have had two cash winning spells in online poker, one built up from ZERO, on 4 different sites, but wound up tossing off all winnings in a drug haze both times. that's a little scary. If you think narcotics don't affect your judgment, you are wrong, LOL!
Before I got sick, I was a winner. Put in 50, turned it to 96 in short order, then the chempo and drugs started and it was not very pretty from there.
The cash from scratch thing went well when I had a respite from the pain and the drugs, then it came back, and again, I just could not keep it together to win consistently, so I got mad and dumped all my winnings out of spite (yeah, THAT will show em, LOL) I actually had it down to what time of day to play, what sites, and what sort of tables to look for in the cash games. it's an art, and some sites give you the table stats so that if you know what to look for, you can guarantee success by picking the right table to sit at.
6. I'd rather drive to Tunica and play a real 50 dollar or so tourney against real players.
7. HEHE while we're at it, rebuys SUCK. YOU have to suffer though the rebuy morons, and hope fully your soild play will hold up agaisnt their morinic " I got two cards, I can just rebuy if I lose" mentality, then you have to beat em again after the end of the rebuy period. I hate that.
having said all that, if some wireless guru can help me out, and you guys are playing tourneys not cash games, I will try to play some with you on (ugh) full tilt. I MUCH prefer Poker Stars.
My connection just sucks like a hoover. I'm so far out of the computer thing, (once ran 5 OS's, wrote assembler code, and could edit win registry by hand to make it do cool stuff, but no more) and never did learn about wireless, so I could use the help.
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 18, 2008 - 12:48pm PT
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This is meant to be more of like a fun house game rather than a huge money making scheme...if you're that serious about poker, just go play it. I was multitabling last time...
one thing I got from your list:
You want to play a big field of players, but yet you say you don't have the stamina anymore?
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Sep 18, 2008 - 12:51pm PT
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We dont have to have a rebuy... i was just throwing it out there. buy in can be smaller or larger, whatever the greater part of the group prefers.
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 18, 2008 - 12:53pm PT
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Salad, I'm ok with one rebuy and IIRC the majority of the people who played last week were cool with that as well. I might be mistaken though...
The buyin seems ok too...but I typically don't play that large of a buyin, no worries though
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 18, 2008 - 01:28pm PT
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Hey Guys, you are always so nice to include me ! I appreciate it. I will be at Face Lift. So if any of the guys at the Lift play I can watch and get the basics down for next time.
Have a great Thursday .... you are all winners. : )
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Sep 18, 2008 - 02:01pm PT
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what you SHOULD have gotten is that my wireless sucks so bad I can't really play for money, cause I tend to get disconnected adn folded at very bad times.
reading comprehension on this site just plain SUCKS, as usual.
And if you think poker is a money making scheme, you're wrong. You don't understand risk vs reward. this is a prime issue with any poker game you sit in.
IF you are playing with friends for low stakes, then the reward is the fun.
If you are going to put up 20 bucks, against strangers, then you ideally want to have a shot at 1000 for first place, because you only win or place about 20% of the time, so, you have to cover your play expense out of the few times you win or place, unless you just suck and like to throw away money cause you think poker is fun and you can afford to lose regularly. In general only the top three places pay very well, but in really big events as you ahve seen on TV (thousands of players, WSOP main event) even finishing 100 gains a LOT of cash. In the biggest year, I thin kthe one where Jaime Gold won, everyone at the final table made a million at least, LOL.
HINT: The idea that yo ucan only do well about 20% of the time in tourney play is standard. That counts for Pros and dedicated amateurs, not your average player, but the ides is, you find YOUR level and quality of play (read Buy-in) where you can win at that rate, or maybe even better.
Tournaments with short time controls and low prize to buy-in ratios SUCK. They are designed to make money for the organizers not the players, and nobody good plays in those.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Sep 18, 2008 - 02:18pm PT
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Dirt, you seem to be of a different calibre of player than what I'm seeing with the topo/tilt fun crowd.
AND you have a sh1tty net connection that has p1ssed you off more than once--we understand.
So your part of/in this thread is what exactly?
BTW, Tom, I should be in on this go around (poker), I'll talk to you Friday night at the Reel Rock film in Bozo. Hutch
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 18, 2008 - 03:49pm PT
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Actually, I was going to break it down point by point, but it seemed worthless because of your first point, the wireless issue. This isn't really the thread to look for help on that, and I don't have any suggestions for you. Hence, I didn't address the topic.
I'd also like for you to examine your own writing on here before you criticize me for my reading comprehension skills. I actually waded through what you had to say fairly well. It was pretty negative, and I generally don't like to respond that. You also seemingly didn't really read much in this thread yourself, seeing as you didn't know if we were playing cash or tournament style, which is clearly addressed in the thread.
Also, calling people who want rebuys 'morons' and saying stuff 'SUCKS' doesn't help your cause either. I think I'm the youngest here at 25, and I find your tone rather juvenile.
Below is what I was referring to as your 'money making scheme'. I mean, here we are figuring out details for the next game, and you just go off. I really was just ribbing you a bit.
I actually had it down to what time of day to play, what sites, and what sort of tables to look for in the cash games. it's an art, and some sites give you the table stats so that if you know what to look for, you can guarantee success by picking the right table to sit at.
As for the poker advice, your big claim was getting your role up twice and:
Before I got sick, I was a winner. Put in 50, turned it to 96 in short order, then the chempo and drugs started and it was not very pretty from there.
That's not a very big return for an example, which is what you were lecturing on. I know you are talking about cash games in this reference, but you said yourself that you 'hate them' and how we should be getting 50 to 100 times on our investment when we win.
I actually play with people who claim poker winnings as their primary income. They feel my game is pretty solid as a novice, and I'm actually not doing too bad. No offense, but I'd rather take their advice. The books they have and borrow out are good too.
Tournaments with short time controls and low prize to buy-in ratios SUCK. They are designed to make money for the organizers not the players, and nobody good plays in those.
True, playing a $20+$2 9 man isn't as profitable as playing a $20+$2 with hundreds of people playing, but it's not a bad way to learn. Winning a 9 man at that buyin level is a nice takedown too. Believe it or not, but good players actually do play 'sit and gos' and there are some books written by pros for 'sit and go strategy'. Overall I agree with you though, larger fields obviously yield larger pots.
IF you are playing with friends for low stakes, then the reward is the fun.
Which is pretty much what this thread is about, sorry about mucking it up with this response folks.
Dirt, if you get the wifi figured out, you're more than welcome to come by and play. It'd be fun, which is what this was supposed to be about.
Cheers,
Tom
P.S. I'll help get you set up Mojede
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Russ Walling
Social climber
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Sep 18, 2008 - 04:18pm PT
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All: don't mind the bitter and fukked up Dirt. We went through this with the first wave of Taco poker.... Dirt has all the excuses and none of the sack. Just let "Dirt Brunson" howl into the wind and set up your gig how you guys want. He will never play, never get it together, and will just be a cholla in our collective ring beards the entire time.
Dirt, get a new routine. This one is really tired. As for the wireless problem, maybe you could drape a wire into your basement and then plug into the back of your box. Why would a guy who never leaves the basement even need wireless?
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Sep 18, 2008 - 04:27pm PT
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Hey Russ,
FVCK YOU.
And I mean that in the nicest possible way.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
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Sep 18, 2008 - 04:31pm PT
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whatever tilt boy.... keep up the cheery veneer. Maybe you can get a "heads up" game going with Little Caesar as your challenger. Don't forget the little guys lipstick.
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officerugg
Social climber
maine
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Sep 18, 2008 - 04:44pm PT
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Personally, $20 seems a bit steep for the ST Tourny, but I will still play if that's what you guys decide, and I am available.
I have a regular home-cash game I play, and visit a tourny somewhat regularly. The tourny is a $10 buy in and generally has between 20-30 folks, no rebuy; the cash-home game is a $20 (.25-.50)and draws between 6 and 12 folks and you can buy as many $20 stacks of chips as you like once your down to almost nothing.
Dirt, you seem pretty clueless and I've only been playing about a year. The ST tourny was the first time i've played for money on the intardnets, took home something like $8 bucks from that and have since turned the mandatory $50 deposit into roughly $98 playing .05/.10 and .25/.50 cash games. I don't plan on loosing it, or throwing it away in spite, but if I do you can be certain that I won't be bragging about my internet poker prowess. You do know that regular Joes play for hundreds if not thousands of dollars per hand nightly in those cash games right?
Anyhow, I'm all in on the next one.
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