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It's trundling along - damn my slow internet connection

(my nickname on there is 'gneiss')

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

(I registered for play money last week, btu still haven't managed to deposit any actual cash)

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

mine isn't letting me run the java app, grrr!

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 23:11 (twenty-one years ago)

It looks like it's working - but i can't find you! help!

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)

No, I can't find Julia either. Hang on, we're sorting it out.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

it didn't seem to sort out, but we should totally play another time when things aren't acting wonky!

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 23:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Well. That didn't work. Chris, Ken, maybe you can explain this - Julia and I were both setting up tables, but we couldn't see each others anywhere. We then decided to find a small table in the existing play area, but the names of the tables she could see were different from the ones I could see! So we couldn't find anywhere to play at all. Wtf?

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Shall we try again another night?

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 23:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, let's. I ended up having a few hands of play Blackjack instead. I like Blackjack.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 24 February 2005 00:04 (twenty-one years ago)

the reason for that is because if you are only registered for play money your on a different server than real money.

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Thursday, 24 February 2005 00:26 (twenty-one years ago)

But ... there were three of us, and none of us could see each other.

― caitlin (caitlin), Thursday, 24 February 2005 08:35 (twenty-one years ago)

if some one has registered for only play money and the others are registered for real/play money essentially you are all on different servers. if everyone is registered for real money then you will all be on the same server.

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Thursday, 24 February 2005 11:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Bah. Time to hunt for the driving licence again

― caitlin (caitlin), Thursday, 24 February 2005 12:10 (twenty-one years ago)

But I've played with Julia before, Chris. It's a bugger though.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

To be honest, I think *everyone* on pokerroom.com was having trouble last night - watching the lobby chat window, lots and *lots* of people were complaning that the Holdem tables were almost all down.

― caitlin (caitlin), Thursday, 24 February 2005 20:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Bump - when's our next for-money game going to be?

― Markelby (Mark C), Sunday, 27 February 2005 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm going to be playing tournament poker on LadbrokesPoker.com this afternoon, if anyone's to be around. But I'd be up to take your cash this evening as well.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 27 February 2005 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

when you playing dom? i might join you in a tournament

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 27 February 2005 17:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I tend to play two table NL Holdem, I've not finished out of the money in six goes so far (I've not finished in the top of any of them, but still). I'm in the $3 NL mass tourney at the moment though, just to see what the major tournaments play like.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 27 February 2005 17:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Vital question - in online poker (specifically pokeroom.com), how many virtual decks are used in each game?

― Markelby (Mark C), Sunday, 27 February 2005 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 27 February 2005 22:35 (twenty-one years ago)

otherwise you can get 5 of a kind?

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 27 February 2005 22:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Makes sense. I'm down in a play game right now, but hopefully people are playing properly enough to teach me something.

― Markelby (Mark C), Sunday, 27 February 2005 22:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Play games are a lot more reckless than real games, people don't go all in on a whim like that when cash is on the table (apart from those guys just there to make the numbers up in tournaments. All in on 67 suited, good work fellow).

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 27 February 2005 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

i got 4th twice today at a 10 people tournament on ladbrokes precisely because people went all in with 67 suited and got lucky :(

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 27 February 2005 23:10 (twenty-one years ago)

So how much do these tournaments cost to enter? what's the most you can win/lose?

― Markelby (Mark C), Sunday, 27 February 2005 23:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I got fucked over on a $30 tournament today because I went all in on KA, the other guy had a pair of tens, king on the flop, ace on the turn, and ten on the river. Unfuckingbelievable.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 27 February 2005 23:19 (twenty-one years ago)

the cheap ones are like $5+1 mark. if you win through a 10 people you get $25. 2nd = $15 3rd = $10. there are variations with more players and more money etc.

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 27 February 2005 23:48 (twenty-one years ago)

So you spend $5 - what does the +1 mean?

― Markelby (Mark C), Sunday, 27 February 2005 23:53 (twenty-one years ago)

$5 goes to the prize money, $1 is rake.

so you pay $6 to be in. but if you add up the total prize money (25+15+10) is only $50 from 10 people

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 27 February 2005 23:57 (twenty-one years ago)

i think pokerroom actually is $5+$0.5 i.e. even better.

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 27 February 2005 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I was in a tourney this afternoon ($2 buy in, about 240 people entered), & was sucked out. I had pocket 8s (one club), three middling clubs were flopped. Dude had a 10 of clubs, and an red Ace. I went all in, he called, and a club came up on the turn. Would've won otherwise. I was k-pissed.

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 28 February 2005 00:05 (twenty-one years ago)

FYI - there's a $5.00 + $.50 no-limit Texas Holdem tourney on PokerRoom.calm that's due to start @ 7:50 PM EST.

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 28 February 2005 00:15 (twenty-one years ago)

i've been playing too many real money games lately. played at a friends this weekend, crushing everything in my path and taking home $400

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Monday, 28 February 2005 11:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Nice one, "The Nuts". Are you friends getting wary about playing against you?

I am still not disciplined or perecptive enough at this game. Definitely up for a tournament one day, though - would the logistics work for us all to join a tournament table at the same time?

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 28 February 2005 11:55 (twenty-one years ago)

we just need to be there at the same time and join an empty table.

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 28 February 2005 12:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Perhaps we should decided on a time/place? Tonight at 10pm GMT? They seem to announce the tourney times about 6 hours in advance on pokerroom.com.

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 28 February 2005 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

you mean we should all enter a multi-table tournament (i was thinking just a single table thing which you can start almost all the time)?

multitable (the ones they announce 6 hours ahead) sounds fun too though.

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 28 February 2005 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Single table sounds fun too - well up for that. Maybe we could try both? I guess in the multi-table format you can't choose which table you're at.

Though, don't the casino make much less money from tournaments? If $5 + $1 only gets them $10 in total?

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 28 February 2005 15:04 (twenty-one years ago)

it's a cheaper way to play in a way. but not everyone are up for money every hand games. Also, they're effectively taking a 17% (if it's $5+1) rake rather than 3% that they do in money per hand games.

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 28 February 2005 15:21 (twenty-one years ago)

huh? I thought you paid your $6 and that was IT until the tournament was over?

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 28 February 2005 15:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Unless they take $1 per hand... but then who do they take it from? I'm confused again. Can someone explain it all in a paragraph

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 28 February 2005 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)

So, this evening? I might give it a go anyway but it's much more fun playing with you guys*

*this includes you, Julia, Ste, Daver, Caitlin, Barry, Jams, okay?

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 28 February 2005 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

well if you pay $6, and they take $1 for the prize money, that's taking 16% right?

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 28 February 2005 19:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Ken, I understand that. But in the regular games, they take the rake EVERY HAND whereas, presumably, they only take it once in these tournaments?

Maybe I'll just have a look at the site and see if it explains everything.

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 28 February 2005 21:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Anyway, anyone up for play or real action tonight?

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 28 February 2005 21:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Fuck, what a dire night. Decided to use real money. First off, 399th out of 593 - not too disgraceful, I guess. Then three single-table tourneys - 10th, 9th and 8th. I suck.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 00:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Dom took a first place on a two table $5 buy in tournament today! Some nice playing by me, some retarded playing by various Scandinavians, I was down to 600 chips with eight players on the table at one point, and then the tide turned. The final all-in saw my AA against his AQ. There's nothing better than seeing those cards come up.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 00:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I've been hosed in all the multi-table tourneys - I go all-in w/ pocket 7s, the other guy has pocket 9s. Or I get sucked out. Or I make a dumb move. I am trying my luck @ the single-table things now. I phear I am now an addict. Pray for me.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 00:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, 300 player tournaments probably aren't the way to make a living off this thing. Stick to 20/10 player games, make a few notes on the players, you'll notice some of the same names pop up.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 00:28 (twenty-one years ago)

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