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Online Poker
Any online poker players here? I play on a few sites, if any of you play, be glad to join ya or we can find each other.
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Not me. I'm the world's worst card player.
I do like your new sig, though. :D |
Not a chance, no way man.
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It's not like it's for real money, unless you want it to be...:D
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Lottery ticket purchases is as far as I go.
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Just to be clear, no money involved, just pretend chips...I wish it was real, I'd be worth about 40 million....
I have paid to play with real money, but seems it ruins my game, can't play the way I should when I have to bet hard earned money...fold, fold,.... |
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You know what they say, when you hit suck bottom, you can only move up.... |
They say wrong. Remember the old saying:
They said "Cheer up! It could be worse!" So I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse. |
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I thought it was outlawed in America.
I know it is still possible, but it is easy to rip Americans off from wins if it is being done illegally. See my point? I loves me some Texas hold em. But fear of being ripped off playing illicitly in the rare case I win big. |
I used to for about 6 years until about 2 years ago on Ultimate Bet, Bodog, and a little at Full Tilt. Mostly small stakes No-limit up to $25 NL. Did a small amount of bonus whoring-moving money from site to site to take advantage of different site's deposit bonuses. Not a ton, but I added a little to my bankroll doing that. There are websites devoted to bonus whoring.
It was only a hobby. A hobby that made me a little bit of money though. :D When it quit being fun as a hobby, I pulled out all of my money. It just got to be too much like work. I got out before the you know what really hit the fan when the Justice Department shut down some of them, at least temporarily. I haven't really checked back to see if they are up and running again. Not much desire to really get back into it. I know for a lot of people it was more than a hobby. Judging by what people posted on some of the poker forums, some people were really good at it and made a decent living. I know I never had an inkling to sit in front of a screen playing multiple tables all day long. If the poker gods started crapping on you, things could get ugly. Enjoy though! It is fun and as they say, Texas Hold-em takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master. :) |
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I used to play a lot. PLayed about 150,000 - 200,000 hands a year for a few years at my peak. Was a part time job for me, around 20 hours a week.
Tough to play anymore after black friday. Paid for a lot of bills and a couple fully paid trips to the bahamas with the winnings. |
Prefer to play poker IRL, than online, ive read of some players online make up to 300k a year - but poker is all about luck and there is no skill in it at all apart from bluffing or when to hold or chuck your cards in. Still its luck / chance. So how do they win big online :hmmm:
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Poker takes a lot of skill online. The few tourneys I've been in, you'll see many of the same players constantly make it to the top 100 out of 30,000 players. When I play for money, I start tight and play good hands, once I build up, I'll get loose, even willing to lose a few hands so people can see I will push a bluff to the end, then pray for that good hand you can set people up with. The hard thing is you've got to bet to see cards hoping you will hit. The hardest thing for me is figuring odds in my head on the fly, but I'm getting better at it. Most sites, you move up in class as you win money, so you can't take advantage of new players coming in. |
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But seriously, Poker is a game of skill, with an element of luck. Recent US court rulings even say so. Check out the lobby group I'm a part of, the poker players alliance. http://theppa.org/ They are pushing for poker players rights in the US. Have some nice t-shirts too. |
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