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i wasn't unhappy about it!!

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

roffles

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 22:20 (twenty-one years ago)

it was pretty dramatic stuff - twice i was going all in, and almost crashed out - another time i almost caught a flush but the river was no help. but in the end i came trumpantly 2nd!

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)

ok that one was deliberately out of context

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 22:23 (twenty-one years ago)

i played another tourny and was 3rd! awesome. we need to organise another game soon.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 10 February 2005 08:12 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm really glad i put the responsible gaming limits on.. i can feel myself getting addicted to this now that i know other ilxors are playing

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 10 February 2005 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)

FANCY A GAME TONIGHT GUYS?!?!?!?!?!?

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I would! It'd need to be like 11pm or so, I think, and I'm a beginner so you could all fleece me.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm feeling very tempted to try online poker myself. I am also rubbish, though. You *do* play for small stakes, right?

― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 13:33 (twenty-one years ago)

well we can either play $.25/$.5 blinds tables

or we can all join a tournament table ($5.50 buy in, 10 people table, top 3 share the money $25/$15/$10 i think??) which is very cheap cos a game can last half an hour, plus the bonus of possible lynching of non-ilxor money.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 13:38 (twenty-one years ago)

11pm sounds good mark.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

this is tempting, though I know I'll get addicted. Hmm, might check in later to see what the bobby is.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

you can set a responisble gaming limit to stop yourself being addicted!! (like setting an arbitary deposit limit per month/week so that you can't blow out all your money - of course it won't stop you being GOOD and addicted and so keep playing without having to deposit money, but then that'd be alright i suppose!)

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 13:42 (twenty-one years ago)

that sounds sensible enough, do I have to wear a tie?

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 13:55 (twenty-one years ago)

you can choose to be the cartoon character with a tie - i prefer to be the old lady with a square hat though.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Holy fucking shit I'm appalling at this. I just tried playing pretend poker (at least I hope it was) for half an hour - lost every hand, including one where I folded on a hand that would have totally won, and realised I don't understand the betting. If anyone wants to explain what call, check, bet and raise mean, simply and accurately, I'd be totally, pathetically grateful.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.pokersiteonline.com/Links/Glossary.html

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

i will play later this afternoon around noon. 11pm in london is 5 in the us? i can play then.

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 14:31 (twenty-one years ago)

This might be wrong. If it is, please tell me, because I'd appreciate knowing (I said, I'm not very good)

Bet: what each person has staked so far
Call: bet as much as you need to to stay in the hand, which is the amount that the players on your right have bet.
Check: don't bet anything at all, but don't fold (which you can do if you are the first player in the betting round to bet, or if all the players to your right have also checked)
Raise: bet *more* than you'd have to to call (meaning that players who have already bet will have to call again to meet your bet)

― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks Chris and Caitlin - I'm getting an idea now.

Chris, 11pm is 6pm on the Eastern seaboard.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

im an idiot. someone post here what time and what room when they are on and i will play.

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)

okay.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

anyone up for a game

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd love to but officially I'm still working (for the next 20 minutes, anyway). Hope to see you at 2300 GMT.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Bump! Anyone else up for this? pokerroom.com

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe, later tonight - I'll have a look at the site, see if I can register (do they take debit cards?) and see how sleepy I am.

― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

they take debit cards. and i am definately up for a game. it might be hard to get everyone in one room for a tourney. but we could set up a private table for just a cash game?

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:36 (twenty-one years ago)

That sounds good, assuming the stakes are still pretty low (I don't want you to clean me out *completely*). 2300GMT is good for me too, because I'll be able to get on the other computer (the Windows one) by then.

Um, will it work over a dialup connection?

― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 20:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I've registered ok (my nick is 'gneiss') but the Java version doesn't work very well on my rather old Linux computer - it starts up OK, but if I try to join a table it just seems to freeze up. I'll try switching over to the newer Windows computer and putting a deposit in my account later on.

― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 21:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Okay, I've signed up too. "FuzzySte" is my nickname.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 21:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Grrr, I can't find my driving license for the sign-up form. Does anyone fancy just a play-money game so I can see if I can get the thing working at all?

― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)

so are we okay with dial up connections, I'm feared my 1k per second rate is going to piss people off!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 22:38 (twenty-one years ago)

i've created a private table. letdown08's nl in the private table area.

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 22:45 (twenty-one years ago)

ok! i'm logging in

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

ALL OTHER ILXORS WHO WANT TO PLAY - THE ACTION'S ABOUT TO START!

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Ste, come back! I didn't mean for you to go!

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)

ok started to understand it now, but probly need a few more games with play money before i start to lose all i own

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Why can i not find your table on the private tables list?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 23:25 (twenty-one years ago)

it's deffo there.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 23:29 (twenty-one years ago)

"letdown08's"

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 23:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Dom, make sure your format (at the top) is ring games and then click the private tables tab. Ste, come back - we've stopped playing for now as we need a few more dudes! Caitlin, where are you?

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 23:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Cheers for that chaps! Shall we do another one soon? This time with more than three people (and Ste, briefly!).

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 00:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry for being a no-show last night - I was falling asleep at my desk by 10.45, and thought that poker probably wouldn't be a good idea at that point.

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 09:41 (twenty-one years ago)

haha yes sorry for choking last night. i got a bit confused with what was going on on my screen and it was all going too fast. I wasn't expecting the high bids either. i think i lost $3.50 in less than 30 seconds.

I shall spend a bit of time in the 'pretend' money games area before the next session.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 10:21 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, I'm in for round two whenever it occurs. Does one of the ILE Poker elders wish to set a date?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 10:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Ste, the bidding got scarier once Chris and Ken got into their stride - I think the biggest winning pots were $27 and $29 (the last one me thwacking Ken with an aces high straight, hehe). But by and large, the average (played) hand went for $4-6, which isn't a lot of $$$ when divided by 3 players.

I can do tonight?

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 10:41 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah i'll totally play - haha last night I kept not paying attention and got timed out twice when i had the top hand! pants!

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 10:43 (twenty-one years ago)

i shall be up for possibly another round this evening. mark, think your ready for a tourney? I think so....hustler.

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 10:45 (twenty-one years ago)

if you guys get a chance look at the private tables in the $100-$200nl rooms and look at the money these people have. I saw one person with approx $136000.

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 10:46 (twenty-one years ago)

also, mark called my stone cold bluff of $12 and took me down.

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 10:47 (twenty-one years ago)

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