blah blah blah wins $4383 with a ROYAL STRAIGHT FLUSH!!
like that. i felt very special indeed.
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link
I came 2nd last night for the third time. Yet to win one though. Probably about $20 down on tounreys so far.
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 21 March 2005 12:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 25 March 2005 23:14 (nineteen years ago) link
I won $79 today, between finishing 3rd in a single-table tourney ($10), and getting really good cards at the real-money table ($69). I'm now playing real-money w/ "steve albini" (& 8 other folks). Up $6, too.
― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 26 March 2005 01:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Saturday, 26 March 2005 13:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 26 March 2005 20:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Sunday, 27 March 2005 20:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 27 March 2005 22:15 (nineteen years ago) link
So far: 24 tournaments; 2 x 1st; 4 x 2nd; 1 x 3rd; 17 x no place.
(I can't really deal with chess - it requires a level of skill/thought that is beyond my willing)
― Markelby (Mark C), Sunday, 27 March 2005 22:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 27 March 2005 22:42 (nineteen years ago) link
In my last two tourneys I've come 1st and 3rd, which means I am now in the black after twenty-seven $5 + $0.50 tournaments. This makes me very, very happy, this profit of, I think, two whole dollars.
What do people think of multi-table tourneys? Ever really worth entering, especially if you don't have like eight hours free?
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 31 March 2005 09:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Thursday, 31 March 2005 11:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 31 March 2005 12:06 (nineteen years ago) link
I like the multi-table tourneys, because it's longer, there's more of an investment, there's more chance of a big payout, there's a sense of being part of SOMETHING BIG, and the one time I finished in the money in a tourney (after almost 3 hours of play), it felt like I had, um, beat death? Even if it was only for $29. I DID IT MANG.
Also, I seem to have 8 hours to kill all the time, even though I'm working full-time & writing on the side - usually, I just throw on some MP3s, get a glass of water & maybe some snacky foods, and ready my cursor over the FOLD button for the next hour+. (If I make it out of the first hour, I consider it a moral victory.) (If I make it through Hour Two, I consider it sheer luck.)
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 31 March 2005 22:42 (nineteen years ago) link
www.ultimatepokerbankroll.com
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 31 March 2005 22:44 (nineteen years ago) link
Having said that, after spazzing out of a tourney in 10th and, with my 2nd attempt, getting down to $400 (notional) with no-one else under £1k, I managed to pull of an unlikely win, which has had the effect of raising my account to a record $67! Admittedly $10 of this was pokerroom.com's bonus, but hell.
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 31 March 2005 23:21 (nineteen years ago) link
(I suspect when Sgs is in the States I might enter a few multi-table tourneys - then I won't be disturbing anyone if I stay up till 5am playing...)
How are you all doing? Y'all give us an update!
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 7 April 2005 13:07 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, don't bet against someone who is consistently but unostentatiously raising - every single bad game I have, I lose all my $$$ by being overconfident with my 2 Queens or whatever.
If you feel it's going away from you, rein yourself in - fold all but the best hands, but maybe play a little looser on the ones where you've paid the blinds/where everyone else has folded.
I'm sure the advice of a mediocre beginner like me ain't worth diddly, but that's what has worked for me in its own small way. Losing $5.50 in one game and then winning $15 or $25 in the next seems to be my MO, and it's one I'm pretty happy with.
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 7 April 2005 13:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 7 April 2005 19:59 (nineteen years ago) link
I tend to play loosey-goosey before the blinds go up to $50 / $100, & then I tighten up. My problem is getting burned during the loosey-goosey stage by a decent hand, & me not recognizing what could be out there to beat me. (I'm always afraid of being bluffed out of a pot, w/ usually gets me in deep shit more often than it gets me a win.)
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:05 (nineteen years ago) link
Let the bluffers win sometimes, but keep an eagle eye out for when their hands are revealed and it proves that they bluff.
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:28 (nineteen years ago) link
I just won another $5 + $.50 tourney (bringing my tourney profit to $71 after 38 tourneys - yes, I am anal, but it helps me keep tabs). I'm beginning to think of moving to $10 + $1 - anyone want to give me reasons why I shouldn't?
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 7 April 2005 22:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 7 April 2005 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 7 April 2005 22:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Also - belated congrats to Ken on his win! Wooo! Moolah!
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 8 April 2005 00:44 (nineteen years ago) link
(I've discovered that if you get called a bully during play, you're doing something right)
― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 8 April 2005 08:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 8 April 2005 08:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Friday, 8 April 2005 12:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 8 April 2005 12:42 (nineteen years ago) link
I love talking about poker. I have become a complete poker bore/evangelist.
The only time I've played real life poker, I got pwned by Sgs.
― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 8 April 2005 16:04 (nineteen years ago) link
This is OTM. I fucked up royally in head-to-head play this past week with my regular group. I was short-stacked and hit a straight draw on the flop. I read my opponent as having a weak hand with a low pair (and I was right), but I kept calling his bets instead of raising him. I didn't hit an overpair OR the straight, so I went all-in on the river, he read it (correctly) as a bluff, and that was that.
Stupid. As Markelby noted, the correct play was to go all-in after the flop, or fold.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 8 April 2005 16:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 8 April 2005 16:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― mr. drew (mr. drew), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:42 (nineteen years ago) link
Anyone signing up there's some split bonus for referals so just let me know and I'll give you my username.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 9 April 2005 07:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 9 April 2005 08:12 (nineteen years ago) link
I was looking at a comparison site yesterday that rated all the major poker sites. Pokerroom.com gets a good all round report, but several other sites seem to have much stupider players who you can screw for vast amounts of money. I dunno if that should tempt me away from pokerroom, where I feel pretty comfortable. But, y'know, sign up bonuses, suckers, it's tempting...
― Markelby (Mark C), Saturday, 9 April 2005 11:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 9 April 2005 11:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Had a poor night tonight, playing lick a dick (genuine typo, so I'm leaving it in) and coming 5th twice. I pretty much know when I made my mistakes, but even so, it brought home how not very good I am at this game. I'm sure I'll be playing again tomorrow night, though.
― Markelby (Mark C), Saturday, 9 April 2005 23:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Sunday, 10 April 2005 00:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Sunday, 10 April 2005 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 10 April 2005 19:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Sunday, 10 April 2005 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Sunday, 10 April 2005 21:23 (nineteen years ago) link