Any Poker Players Here?

Just saw my old thread is still running. Lol. We haven't played in a few months. People moving away, early summer vacations, etc. I think I'm going to see if I can round up the crew and get a game going this weekend.
 
I play tournaments a few times a year at the local casino or dog track. Played back in April down in Dania Jai-Alai and did ok.

Now watching the World Series of Poker on ESPN on occasion and see Chris Moneymaker on TV, the guy who started the poker boom when I was just out of high school has me looking at tournaments for the upcoming weekend.

Wish I learned to broaden my game. I typically play premium hands but need to add the occasional bluff or gamble chasing a flush.
 
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I was ranked 300 on official poker rankings website in 2007 and almost went pro (all online tournaments). Was ranked higher than 99.83% of the players on the site. Was in the money 140/549 (26%), when only top 10% made the money on that site, so made a tidy profit. I made as much as my real job, just playing a $50 tournament after work almost daily, and $20-$50 rebuys on the weekend. No cash games as it's really easy to lose money in those online if you are not paying attention or playing too many games at once I found! Then "The Poker Room" got sold to b-win I believe, and it wasn't the same. Withdrew my money, and haven't really played online since. Think about it sometimes. Have zero idea of what are good sites anymore. So out of practice, no idea what would happen, lol. Now that I think about it, I really stopped playing once I started taking golf seriously... switched one addiction for another, haha.

Now its all for fun. I started a fun/cheap league for friends, and workmates. We play in the winter every second weekend for 8 poker nights.
We play 3 games each night for 30 chips ($5/game), and each chip is worth 1. Start at 1&2, 2&4, 3&6 etc.for blinds every 15 minutes. So it gets expensive quick, and you cannot sit around. Usually all three games are done in 2-3 hours.
You get 10 points for first place, 5 points for second place, and 2 points for third in each game. Half the money goes to whomever came in first, the other half goes in the pot.

Then after the 8 poker nights we have a final tournament which is $50 entry plus 1/2 the pot gathered weekly, and you start with 150 chips, plus you get one chip for every point you earned during the season. Almost every year the best players make it to the finals unless they are unlucky (which happens), so I think its a pretty good format, cheap entertainment, and a lot of fun!

Two or three years ago in reno in live poker I won a lesson from Greg raymer, but unfortunately I was unable to attend. He may have stoked my interest again.
 
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I play tournaments a few times a year at the local casino or dog track. Played back in April down in Dania Jai-Alai and did ok.

Now watching the World Series of Poker on ESPN on occasion and see Chris Moneymaker on TV, the guy who started the poker boom when I was just out of high school has me looking at tournaments for the upcoming weekend.

Wish I learned to broaden my game. I typically play premium hands but need to add the occasional bluff or gamble chasing a flush.
Moneymaker got me hooked on Poker Stars. That still a thing?

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Moneymaker got me hooked on Poker Stars. That still a thing?

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No idea. I was on the Full Tilt Poker website until I blew my last $350 sitting at $3/6 NL. 77 in the hole flop comes 5-7-Q rainbow. A dream flop. I bet, got re-raised, I re-raised, he pushed all-in, I snap called. He shows QQ. Busted and didn't bother reloading the account, just deleted it off of my CompuServ computer.
 
Moneymaker got me hooked on Poker Stars. That still a thing?

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Yes PokerStars is still around. It is not as good as it used to be, there are a couple of good sites up from what I can tell. I used to love playing online. I would always play the weird games like Omaha 8 or better or Stud hi/lo. I have been really bummed since it became outlawed. I can’t stand playing a live tournament because of the slow speed of it. Online you could play 4 games at a time. Maybe that’s why I busted.
 
much prefer playing in person, did small money online back in the day.
 
I play tournaments a few times a year at the local casino or dog track. Played back in April down in Dania Jai-Alai and did ok.

Now watching the World Series of Poker on ESPN on occasion and see Chris Moneymaker on TV, the guy who started the poker boom when I was just out of high school has me looking at tournaments for the upcoming weekend.

Wish I learned to broaden my game. I typically play premium hands but need to add the occasional bluff or gamble chasing a flush.
Let's talk during next round.

I'm a purely cash game live player---but played professionally/semi-professionally for several years.

.....and we did recently play with my buddy who happens to be one of the absolute top cash players in the area.


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No idea. I was on the Full Tilt Poker website until I blew my last $350 sitting at $3/6 NL. 77 in the hole flop comes 5-7-Q rainbow. A dream flop. I bet, got re-raised, I re-raised, he pushed all-in, I snap called. He shows QQ. Busted and didn't bother reloading the account, just deleted it off of my CompuServ computer.
You SHOULD get stacked every time in a cash game with that holding and a $350 stack

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You SHOULD get stacked every time in a cash game with that holding and a $350 stack

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Man I was like 19 when I shipped that money and logged out of online poker for good lol.

I’ll do the occasional cash game but just $1/2 NL. Don’t win big pots but don’t lose my ass either. I like my $100 tournaments. Drawn out, able to fold a lot and wait for good hands. Always been passive aggressive once I get a hand.
 
No idea. I was on the Full Tilt Poker website until I blew my last $350 sitting at $3/6 NL. 77 in the hole flop comes 5-7-Q rainbow. A dream flop. I bet, got re-raised, I re-raised, he pushed all-in, I snap called. He shows QQ. Busted and didn't bother reloading the account, just deleted it off of my CompuServ computer.

That's impressive to remember that....

Last time I played was in Orlando.... imagine this... the guy who brought the chips won everything. Not saying it was a rigged game but ya know, can't trust @ohiogolfer now
 
Man I was like 19 when I shipped that money and logged out of online poker for good lol.

I’ll do the occasional cash game but just $1/2 NL. Don’t win big pots but don’t lose my ass either. I like my $100 tournaments. Drawn out, able to fold a lot and wait for good hands. Always been passive aggressive once I get a hand.
Traumatic no doubt!

In short---if you're playing a sound game, playing consistently, etc---you really need at least 10-20 times the buy in for whatever game you're playing.

Closer to 20 is very preferable. More is even better.

Lots of caveats here but this is somewhat "conventional wisdom"

The hand you just described is one of many examples where you're all but destined to get stacked.

Not enough behind to fold in a game that probably has a max buy in of $1000-$1200 or so. Not enough information to raise/fold appropriately----unless you just happen to know this is the tightest/most predictable player that would never shove without the relative nuts--or play a hand that strongly they didn't THINK was a lock.

Otherwise you'd fold out too many times to worse hands (AA, KK, AQ, --maybe even 1010, JJ, etc.)

That's just bad luck---Inherent part of the game.

BTW: I'm speaking from a live game perspective. Very different from online.

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Starting to dabble online again.
Back in the day made some money on Full tilt, and Absolute poker.
Gave some money away on Poker stars...


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Played religiously on PokerChamps until it was sold to Betfair in 05 and I had difficulty getting money out being in the US.

I’ve not looked into it too much since, and I know there were talks of sites not accepting American cards. Are there sites that are allowing it these days?
 
I play in a weekly cash game with close friends one of the has an out building poker room. We had to set a limit a few years ago, it was not uncommon to still be playing the next afternoon. One of my friends plays professionally.he has made a nice life for himself!


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I used to play a lot on stars, fulltilt and Party till the shutdown came.
Still dabble on Ignition and now after Encorw opened in Boston I have 4 poker rooms within 1 hours drive.

I miss the old days on Party and Stars.

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Not enough behind to fold in a game that probably has a max buy in of $1000-$1200 or so. Not enough information to raise/fold appropriately----unless you just happen to know this is the tightest/most predictable player that would never shove without the relative nuts--or play a hand that strongly they didn't THINK was a lock.

60 blinds deep with middle set is a question of how the money gets in rather than if.

My impression is this is a classic way ahead or way behind situation (the turn card is unlikely to change things because there aren't any likely draws and even better could improve villain to a stronger but still losing hand if he spikes two pair) so all the hero's flop re-raise did was make the villain play more correctly against the hero's likely range of hands. The villain is now folding bluffs and weaker hands that he might have continued with on the turn were his flop raise just called.


Sure, hero still goes broke on the hands where the villain has QQ and is doubling up when the villain has 55, but by using this strategy in the long run he's gaining from all those times the villain has something like KQ or a bluff and continues the hand.

(if the board has more flush/straight possibilities the hero's reraise becomes the better play because now the villain is way more likely to have a draw and the re-raise serves the purpose of denying the villain proper odds to draw to those hands. It is no longer a way ahead / way behind situation.)
 
60 blinds deep with middle set is a question of how the money gets in rather than if.

My impression is this is a classic way ahead or way behind situation (the turn card is unlikely to change things because there aren't any likely draws and even better could improve villain to a stronger but still losing hand if he spikes two pair) so all the hero's flop re-raise did was make the villain play more correctly against the hero's likely range of hands. The villain is now folding bluffs and weaker hands that he might have continued with on the turn were his flop raise just called.


Sure, hero still goes broke on the hands where the villain has QQ and is doubling up when the villain has 55, but by using this strategy in the long run he's gaining from all those times the villain has something like KQ or a bluff and continues the hand.

(if the board has more flush/straight possibilities the hero's reraise becomes the better play because now the villain is way more likely to have a draw and the re-raise serves the purpose of denying the villain proper odds to draw to those hands. It is no longer a way ahead / way behind situation.)
Completely agree. Can't fold here pretty much ever. Not nearly enough behind relative to stakes.

Long run would make many more bad folds than good.

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Just read that Stars is launching in PA on the 15th and should join the multi-state agreement soon after. Nice for those that can take advantage.

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Just read that Stars is launching in PA on the 15th and should join the multi-state agreement soon after. Nice for those that can take advantage.

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What are the other states?
 
What are the other states?
I believe: Nevada, Jersey, and Delaware. I'd imagine that's the route they'll all take once they get it going which will be a must for true success, IMO. Big player pools means more game options which is good for everyone.

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any one play poker in Massachusetts ?
 
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