online poker
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name='Toxcity' said:When playing with real money the chances of getting a good hand would be slim.. They would code the game differently..
True, but a good hand is not necessarily needed when playing texas-holdem.
As long as you don't do it too often and don't have to show your hand, bluffing's good.
When I said i fancied a go, I did mean online poker
I've played a few times in casinos and amongst friends and it helps that you can see your fellow players. Good players hate rookies (that's me!) playing for short bursts cos they are unpredictable when playing for low stakes.
Online play for fun is even worse since there's nothing to lose.
You find people always trying to bluff Ace-High, hoping for another on the turn or river.
Personally, I will usually fold if I don't get either a pair or two cards over ten in my hand. Although I will look at the flop if I'm big/small blind and nobody raises.
We used to play 3 card brag but it could easily get way out of hand, so now we just all stick 20 quid in a kitty and grab 20,000 in chips. at the end of the night, we share the money out, by chip count.
There's nothing like skinning your mates for 160 quid
If only I wasn't mostly on the receiving end
name='equk' said:
I think the house takes a cut of your winnings so with all human players, they get something each time.
The worst thing about online poker is the extensive use of bots. I read an article on it a while ago.
One guy had a bunch of PC's running bots, each with 8 serial ports, talking serially to other PC's running the online Poker clients. Most online operators get you to use a client that verifies you are not using any unauthorised software, like poker bots. Anyway, the guy was looking at winning about 40-60 quid per machine, per day, and had a dozens of them online at the same time.
Interesting about the bots. My boss at work plays all the time and is doing quite well, although he does lose now and again, he is in four figure profit at the moment.
In real life he is also a very good poker player and any other sport associated slightly with pubs and beer, I know great boss. He recently beat the world number 2 at pool, how cools that!
In real life he is also a very good poker player and any other sport associated slightly with pubs and beer, I know great boss. He recently beat the world number 2 at pool, how cools that!
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I found a texas hold 'em calculator which makes it a lot easier (prob similar to how the bots work). I went from $1,000 to $8,000 on 2 games shame it wasn't real money tho lol.
It also shows how easy it is to lose or split the pot tho. Loads of times I've bet with high odds to win and have either lost on the river or got a split pot
So many people bluffing on the fake money games tho, I guess cos they have nothing to lose they don't care.
I found a texas hold 'em calculator which makes it a lot easier (prob similar to how the bots work). I went from $1,000 to $8,000 on 2 games
shame it wasn't real money tho lol.It also shows how easy it is to lose or split the pot tho. Loads of times I've bet with high odds to win and have either lost on the river or got a split pot
So many people bluffing on the fake money games tho, I guess cos they have nothing to lose they don't care.
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So many people bluffing on the fake money games tho, I guess cos they have nothing to lose they don't care.
Too true, that's why it's so much fun to play face to face with your mates.
That rare look when you reveal your big fat full house or even three of a kind is priceless. Like I say tho, just restrict yourself to 20 quid or so for the night.
We split it up into 4 games so that if you go all in and lose, you still get another game. We have a deal that whoever hosts the game provides the tunes and nibbles, everyone else takes a case of beer.:beer: :beer: :beer:
The biggest problem is keeping the noise down later on when the kids and the missus are in bed
