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for money per hand games i get the impression that you can set it to go "all-in" when you get disconnected too! (i've never explored this option)

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 16:58 (nineteen years ago) link

oh yes i was meaning to ask, what's the 'rake' ?

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link

a rake is the amount the "casino" takes from the players.

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 18:13 (nineteen years ago) link

basically its how the site makes money.

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link

oh, how often do they 'rake' you?
(soz, I could go to the site and find out but ilxor's are so much more friendlier to ask info for)

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 18:16 (nineteen years ago) link

i think it's about 5% of the pot

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 18:44 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.pokerroom.com/main/page/games/poker4Rules#rake

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 18:48 (nineteen years ago) link

Dudes, as it ain't happening tonight, how about we make a date to meet at the Poker Room website tomorrow at 11pm GMT (6pm Eastern etc.)? Try and get half a dozen people in a private ILX room?

If you haven't yet registered, or fancy a bit of pretend-money practice, it'd be worth showing up early and using one of the play rooms, get the feel of the site. We can liaise, as before, though this thread in real time.

If tomorrow isn't good for y'all, I guess we can try and arrange a better time?

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 23:05 (nineteen years ago) link

i've just played for about 2 hours!

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 23:11 (nineteen years ago) link

p.s. are you guys all on AIM? it may be easier to arrange things that way!

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 23:12 (nineteen years ago) link

I think I played one day for 12 hours with them same $15.

― S!monB!rch (Carey), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 23:24 (nineteen years ago) link

yes, i have aim

chrisv1918

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 23:31 (nineteen years ago) link

Ken, I notice you haven't said how much you won/lost tonight.

Carey, you up for it tomorrow?

I'm on aim as Markelby.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 17 February 2005 00:14 (nineteen years ago) link

i haven't made much win/loss as yet! been playing for petty cash! i've been hovering around $40-50

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 17 February 2005 00:15 (nineteen years ago) link

I will be playing more next week. This week I am abstaining from poker.

― S!monB!rch (Carey), Thursday, 17 February 2005 00:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Boo. Any more Britishers up for this? 11pm is a suitable late, sexy time for poker-playin'.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 17 February 2005 10:36 (nineteen years ago) link

i often play whilst wearing no clothes.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 17 February 2005 10:37 (nineteen years ago) link

Is this the most cliquey thread ever?

Is there a mod reading this who can add TONIGHT 2300 GMT AT POKERROOM.COM!!! to the thread title or something?

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 17 February 2005 16:21 (nineteen years ago) link

BUMP!

Come on, guys, do I have to start begging now?

Caitlin, any luck registering? Do you not have a passport?

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 17 February 2005 18:19 (nineteen years ago) link

mark's desperate! i'm in obv.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 17 February 2005 18:21 (nineteen years ago) link

Tonight? Yeah, go on then. What are we playing, tournament or ring?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 February 2005 18:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Anyway, if we're gonna be playing poker regularly, shouldn't we all have Late Night Poker-esque nicknames? Like Dom "The Puffer Fish" Passantino or something?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 February 2005 18:29 (nineteen years ago) link

im in aim me. chrisv1918 for a reminder

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 17 February 2005 19:56 (nineteen years ago) link

i actually think that the play tournaments are good practice for playing in-the-flesh poker. you learn how to deal with over-aggressive players, you better learn traps, etc. i've only played for money on poker room a few times (on a friend's account) and generally found it dull; people play too tight. last week i won seven straight play-money tourneys! i'm play-rich!

by the way i love playing online players in person. always easy to spot, and very easy to take down. they freeze when there's an actual person staring them down, and they too often call big bets when they are in on draws. sometimes they hit, but most of the time they don't.

― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 17 February 2005 20:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Just a spectacular night last night with my poker group. (Texas Hold-Em play)

Game 1: I went all in on the first hand and was called. I won, and went on to knock out everybody else at the table except for one en route to winning.

Game 2: When it got down to head-to-head play, one guy was outchipped 9-to-1. He came back and won.

Game 3: Me and another guy were both all-in and had a million outs, but we lost to a pair of pocket eights. The guy who knocked us us ended up winning. Things were about even in head to head play, but then he got trapped by pocket aces and made the all-in call with a J-Q. He hit a straight on the river and won.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 17 February 2005 20:11 (nineteen years ago) link

we totally need play by play commentary on this thread

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 17 February 2005 20:13 (nineteen years ago) link

My driving licence should in theory be a lot easier to find than my passport - in that I know where my driving licence is supposed to be, and I know I used it a few months ago. I have no idea where my passport is.

― caitlin (caitlin), Thursday, 17 February 2005 20:19 (nineteen years ago) link

Caitlin, do you have both the bits of your licence? Do you keep them together?

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 17 February 2005 20:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Both bits? It's only got one. I don't have one of these posh modern photo ones.

― caitlin (caitlin), Thursday, 17 February 2005 20:38 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh I see.

So we currently have Dom, me, Ken and Chris. Ste? Julia? Caitlin? Jams? David? 9 would be rad!

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 17 February 2005 20:49 (nineteen years ago) link

WHERE ARE YOUR LATE NIGHT POKER STYLE NICKNAMES????

Ken "The Padre" Chu

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 February 2005 21:04 (nineteen years ago) link

Next game I will be there. Unless you are playing play money tonight. I think I won $5000 in 2 hours one night. Too bad it was play money.

― S!monB!rch (Carey), Thursday, 17 February 2005 22:10 (nineteen years ago) link

chris "the nuts" v

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 17 February 2005 22:52 (nineteen years ago) link

i seem to have a constant crap connection (over 15 secs) so I'm going to sit it out tonight. plus ive only just got off a 4 hour train ride and im knackered and going to bed.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 17 February 2005 22:55 (nineteen years ago) link

letdown08's private table ready for play.

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Thursday, 17 February 2005 22:56 (nineteen years ago) link

Aw Ste! :( You can just watch if you like, watch and chat?

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 17 February 2005 22:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Come on children, there's eight seats empty here. The Texan and the leisure suited guy are alerady taken, though.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 February 2005 23:00 (nineteen years ago) link

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 17 February 2005 23:05 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm signing up right now! Look out for POPSHIZZ!

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 17 February 2005 23:09 (nineteen years ago) link

dave you need to be in for "real money" in order to sit in.

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Thursday, 17 February 2005 23:26 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm trying! Stupid credit cards are getting DONGED, tho. I will have to try this again @ a later date.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 17 February 2005 23:40 (nineteen years ago) link

I just got owned.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 February 2005 23:41 (nineteen years ago) link

turned my $10 into $50

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Thursday, 17 February 2005 23:50 (nineteen years ago) link

well fuck, everytime i had a hand someone else gets the only possible higher one. should pay more attention

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 17 February 2005 23:55 (nineteen years ago) link

raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar. the nuts.

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Thursday, 17 February 2005 23:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Turned $29 into $49. That'll do me.

(Chris, you totally pwn when you're focused on pwning)

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 17 February 2005 23:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Here's my new name.

― Mark "The Shark" LB (Mark C), Thursday, 17 February 2005 23:59 (nineteen years ago) link

its tough to concentrate when your drunk and its dinner time. mark, maybe when your in massachusetts in may we can get you to visit me and organize a game?

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Friday, 18 February 2005 00:01 (nineteen years ago) link

Maybe Chris - if Sarah's up for it, I'm up for it (as long as it's small stakes as I'm prety sure you would REALLY pwn me in real life).

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 18 February 2005 00:03 (nineteen years ago) link

trying doing it whilst on the phone!

xpost

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 18 February 2005 00:04 (nineteen years ago) link

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