someone went all in with A5 to buy the blinds. I had KK and called it. he catches 436 and then 8 on the river. sick.
fuck party poker
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 01:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 01:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 01:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 02:25 (eighteen years ago) link
i ended up 12th in a 320 people tourney! it was amazing. i was totally down and out with like 900 chips left and went all in under the gun. somehow held on to the money bits (40th) and then slowly worked all the way up to loitering around the top 3 spots for best part of 40 minutes! it was mental.. it was such a good feeling.
then stupidity struck.. first i couldn't resist holding onto a nut flush draw from the flop. THEN i was on small blind and the big blind dude was AWAY, previously this happend i forgot to RAISE and gave him to chips. this time i remembered to raise BUT I DIDN'T SEE THAT SOMEONE ELSE ALREADY RAISED and i lost all the cash lol.
i could have been in serious money tonight but still it was a nice 2 hour adventure! i dunno whether i can ever play as well as this again (up to the stupid bits)
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 3 February 2006 02:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 3 February 2006 02:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 3 February 2006 02:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 3 February 2006 02:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 3 February 2006 02:51 (eighteen years ago) link
first up: came fourth out of five, no real idea what I was doing tbh. went and read a little afterwards to prepare for...
second game: chip leader for about half the game after pulling off some big wins early. then I got a run of totally useless hands which chipped away at my pile (we were playing antes rather than small/big blind). key moment: folded while on A-2-4-5 with one to come because it was getting way too pricey for me. should've backed myself in because guess what came on the river! and they were bluffing too. was out within three hands.
third game: useless, had mind on other things so probably subconsciously threw it. lucky it's only ten bucks to play.
― rez one-bagger (haitch), Friday, 3 February 2006 03:11 (eighteen years ago) link
I can take a little comfort in the fact that he probably had a better two-card hand, but hell. I could've seen the flop for free and then folded. Or hell, it could've been something crazy like 3-4-6 or 2-5-2.
Dumb move. It was late.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 3 February 2006 03:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 3 February 2006 03:48 (eighteen years ago) link
key moment: folded while on A-2-4-5 with one to come because it was getting way too pricey for me. should've backed myself in because guess what came on the river! and they were bluffing too.
You can't let yourself be results oriented, though. Unless you were getting 10:1 odds to call, you were well off out of the pot (and I'm sure you weren't if it was getting pricey). Your fold was good - you need to make sure you do the same next time, rather than remembering that the miracle card came last time and paying bad odds in order to see the river.
Guess what I saw on telly last night? A certain bearded lotherio winning $1.4m with rockets!
― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 3 February 2006 10:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Friday, 3 February 2006 11:13 (eighteen years ago) link
hey wher's my invite
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 3 February 2006 12:11 (eighteen years ago) link
If you want to join Party, you can also do it through raketherake though it's not rakeback as such, rather it's a sort of odd bonus thing that looks quite good. Or you can let me refer you, in which case I get $50.
― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 3 February 2006 12:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 3 February 2006 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link
So, who do you want to join? I can def recommend Interpoker - $100 bonus a month, a great freeroll tourney for new members (the one I won $200 in, above), and $, £ and € tables.
Ok Step 1 : Go http://www.raketherake.com/PokerInterpoker.html and follow the on screen instructions, basically you just need to click on their link which takes you to the interpoker site. This is important – you have to follow their link otherwise you will not be able to have rakeback added, so make sure you click the banner! There are no codes or anything to enter, it’s all automatic based on you clicking their banner.
Step 2 : Once you’ve set up your interpoker account and deposited some money (100% match up to $100 so deposit the full amount if you can), email newplayer@raketherake.com letting them know you have set up a new interpoker account from their link and give them your username and ask them to set up a new rakeback account. Tell them you want the rake paid directly in to your poker account. Don’t forget to say “I was referred by Mark Casarotto, RTR account number RTR04959”.
That's it!
― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 3 February 2006 12:28 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.homepokertourney.com/tables_build.htm
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Friday, 3 February 2006 17:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 11:28 (eighteen years ago) link
Anyone here play $100NL? I want advice about whether I could move up to it...
― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 11:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 12:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 17:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 22:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 22:38 (eighteen years ago) link
I knew there would come a time where I would finally agree with my friends who think of Game Night as a lame poker party. I think I've just been in denial for a long time. ... After 20 something weeks of hosting the poker tournament I've had enough. Some poker players are consistently rude, inconsiderate, sloppy, and way too serious. Last night D____, a weekly staple at the poker table told me I couldn't cut the deck the way I did. M______ handed me the deck to cut and the top card had practically fallen off, so I just knocked it off the rest of the way. D____ in a very serious no no tone said I couldn't count the deck. D____ had stormed out the week before without saying goodbye so I told him that he couldn't do that and I got pissed off and remained pissed for the rest of the night ... I'm tired of people being impatient and sitting around wanting me to warp the rest of the poker bunch into the kitchen so we can begin. I'm tired of our kitchen smelling like a dirty ashtray. I do not like waiting around after everyone is gone 'til four am so the tournament can end. L_____ and I are both sick of finding beer caps in the garbage disposal. ...And I hate it when people storm out of the house. It's not worth it to me. That's why no one else hosts a weekly 10 to 16 player tournament. ... The poker players also seem to think that if they meet someone that happens to like poker, they should invite them to my house, give them directions, and hand out my phone number. My very good friends have made some very bad judgement calls lately ...I'm sorry if cancelling the poker tournament disappoints some of the friendly poker players whose company I enjoy (you know who you are). But I know you will understand because you know what I have to deal with. It had to end sooner or later.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 22:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 12:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Friday, 10 February 2006 21:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 10 February 2006 21:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Friday, 10 February 2006 21:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 10 February 2006 22:35 (eighteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/biondino/royal.jpg
NB - stone cold nuts on flop, turn and river - the perfect poker hand :)
― Crimea River (Mark C), Monday, 29 May 2006 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Crimea River (Mark C), Monday, 29 May 2006 19:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lara (Lara), Monday, 29 May 2006 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Crimea River (Mark C), Monday, 29 May 2006 19:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 29 May 2006 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lara (Lara), Monday, 29 May 2006 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Crimea River (Mark C), Monday, 29 May 2006 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Crimea River (Mark C), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 14:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link
The week's highlight was this. Snazzy, eh?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/biondino/royal2.jpg
― Earwig oh! (Mark C), Friday, 11 August 2006 23:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Friday, 11 August 2006 23:04 (eighteen years ago) link
but, can anyone rec a good underground house in NYC? i used to really enjoy those, one on the ues and a couple on the west side. not that i bet much, mostly tournaments where you'd only blow $60-80 on the early rebuys. i've heard of some really loose games w/ drunk kids in williamsburg.
online just doesn't do it for me, i end up getting bored. haven't played in over a year, but was in a tournament last week that rekindled some interest.
― mentalismé (sanskrit), Saturday, 12 August 2006 01:02 (eighteen years ago) link
Louis - I got a £17 pot in the end - check/raised Phipps on the river and got a call. Not too shabby.
― Earwig oh! (Mark C), Saturday, 12 August 2006 10:26 (eighteen years ago) link