Poker Thread

[Max Raptor]

Win Win situation there fella,no buy in with the top 10 getting paid.Pretty sure you could at least get your night payed for !Good luck and Hail Hail

300 plays though (including rebuys), so it'll be tough. Going with 8 of us so hopefully someone gets paid.

[CE]

Casino cash tables are the best, put your cash down on the table and play like a man!

[jquinn]

Casino cash tables are the best, put your cash down on the table and play like a man!

Cash plays at some casinos in Vegas. You can just throw your cash into the pot, you don't even need chips.

[CE]

Cash plays at some casinos in Vegas. You can just throw your cash into the pot, you don't even need chips.

Aye that's what I play in Glasgow, minimum sit down is £30 and you just play until you feel like getting up or have no money. So much better than the multi-tables because your playing each pot based on winning money not about winning enough chips to stay in the tournament or catch up with the stack leader.

[jquinn]

Aye that's what I play in Glasgow, minimum sit down is £30 and you just play until you feel like getting up or have no money. So much better than the multi-tables because your playing each pot based on winning money not about winning enough chips to stay in the tournament or catch up with the stack leader.

I prefer cash games too, it's real poker. Normally in cash games, you have to buy chips and cash doesn't play but you can't beat winning a pot and having someone hand you a stack of bills.

[Dusty Mac]

If there's a few folks up for a coupla hands on Pokerstars the night geez a shout!

[Max Raptor]

Student night at the casino tonight, free buy in. top 10 get paid, £690 top prize.

This lasted precisely 2 hands. First hand I hit AJ suited, three undercards came, guy raised all in, had to put them down.

Second hand, pocket aces. Flop comes, I hit a third ace on the flop. I push all in, guy calls with 4 hearts, hits the flush on the turn.

Fucking aces

[jay]

This lasted precisely 2 hands. First hand I hit AJ suited, three undercards came, guy raised all in, had to put them down.

Second hand, pocket aces. Flop comes, I hit a third ace on the flop. I push all in, guy calls with 4 hearts, hits the flush on the turn.

Fucking aces

What can you do when you dont have lady luck at least sitting within a mile of you fella!In fact you only had bad luck for company mate,hope you still had a good bevvy.

[CE]

Game of Luck or skill in your opinions boys? It was officially assigned as being a game of Luck.

[Dusty Mac]

Game of Luck or skill in your opinions boys? It was officially assigned as being a game of Luck.

When playing poker i'd rather have luck than skill, you can play perfect and get fucked by anoutrageous hand, and it happens all the time too.

Yet, there's no doubt about it, there is a hellofa lot of skill involved, mathematical and just natural reading of players, actions and situations. If there wasn't a big element of skill to poker then what explains all the top players continually making the final tables of tournaments? Guys like Nguyen, Helmuth, Negreanu, and my dude Gus Hansen. Even young guys sweeping up like Tom Dwan. Gotta have the skillz.

[Max Raptor]

30% luck, 70% skill.

[jquinn]

Short term luck, long term skill. Luck evens itself out in poker.

[jay]

When playing poker i'd rather have luck than skill, you can play perfect and get fucked by anoutrageous hand, and it happens all the time too.

Yet, there's no doubt about it, there is a hellofa lot of skill involved, mathematical and just natural reading of players, actions and situations. If there wasn't a big element of skill to poker then what explains all the top players continually making the final tables of tournaments? Guys like Nguyen, Helmuth, Negreanu, and my dude Gus Hansen. Even young guys sweeping up like Tom Dwan. Gotta have the skillz.

Have to say man speaks the truth.

[Dusty Mac]

Been trying my hand (pun intended ) at a few different variants today.

A bit of 7 card stud and now playing some NL single draw 2-7 which takes a bit of getting used to but doing well at it here now.

[jquinn]

Been trying my hand (pun intended ) at a few different variants today.

A bit of 7 card stud and now playing some NL single draw 2-7 which takes a bit of getting used to but doing well at it here now.

Whatever you do, don't play razz. That game will make you kill yourself.

[Dusty Mac]

Whatever you do, don't play razz. That game will make you kill yourself.

Aye it's similar to 2-7 draw isn't it? 'Cept straights and the like don't count as a hand. Not really my type of game these variants. NL Hold 'em > all.

[Dusty Mac]

Hate the way everycunt goes all-in from the start on freerolls...

[Max Raptor]

Another bad beat at the casino the other night. Pocket 8s, the only guy on my table who has me covered bets pre-flop. I just call. Flop is 556. I know he's not hit anything there when he made a pre-flop raise, and fully expect him to make a continuation bet here, raising again. He does, and I call. The turn is a 5. He immediately pushes all in, representing the 5. I know he's not got it though and must have two high cards to make a pre-flop raise. Obviously I've also hit a full house here. I tell him I think he's got King Ace, call the all in, and he flips over King Ace. 86% in my favour, he hits the ace on the river. Goodbye tournament =(

[green_t]

Another bad beat at the casino the other night. Pocket 8s, the only guy on my table who has me covered bets pre-flop. I just call. Flop is 556. I know he's not hit anything there when he made a pre-flop raise, and fully expect him to make a continuation bet here, raising again. He does, and I call. The turn is a 5. He immediately pushes all in, representing the 5. I know he's not got it though and must have two high cards to make a pre-flop raise. Obviously I've also hit a full house here. I tell him I think he's got King Ace, call the all in, and he flips over King Ace. 86% in my favour, he hits the ace on the river. Goodbye tournament =(

You should have come over the top of him on the flop, put him to the test.

Not really a bad beat as such considering he was driving the action, a flop re raise from you would have got rid of him, by just calling you're giving him chances to hit his overcard against your shaky middle pair.

Still sick though.

[Max Raptor]

You should have come over the top of him on the flop, put him to the test.

Not really a bad beat as such considering he was driving the action, a flop re raise from you would have got rid of him, by just calling you're giving him chances to hit his overcard against your shaky middle pair.

Still sick though.

I know I should have, but to be honest I was wary of him having higher pockets.