Online poker sites

GhostRider · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Karma :

A few weeks ago on a stag do we spent some time in a casino, was the first time I've seen a cash poker table as opposed to the usual tournament tables. Didn't do too badly, and it made to ch ge to actually have to think about my next move since there was real cash involved.

Anyways, pretty skint at the moment so I figured the best way to solve that would be to take up gambling. So anyone play poker online for cash? What site do you use? Which is the best and why? Being a novice I doubt I'm quite ready for the £50 buy-ins just yet, so anything with small bets is welcome primarily.

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FURBAR · Banned Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Karma :

Pokerstars is the biggest, best way is make some money and leave table .. keep doing that ..

Watch out for third world assasines playing tight and many tables .. a few dolas win a day for them is a months wage in their country ...

Only the top 3/4 % of players make a profit .. i'm not one of them ...... yet ... Thumbs Up

I use stars / fulltilt / and pkr ....
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yuri2085 · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Jul 2008 Karma :

Funny you should say that, I just came 5th in a 8.80 rebuy addon tournament on stars (58,000$ prize pool).

I went out when some guy shoved all in and I called on the turn. He had a 12% chance to win.

He won, and went on to win 9,600$ for first place.

I will be traumatised for months, this guy in question was down over 3.2k$ before this tournament and played so badly.

Despite this and the amount of people who call the website 'jokerstars' I do not believe there is any higher proportion of bad beats there than anywhere else.
Full tilt poker has the advantage that you can sign up through a rakeback site for 27% rakeback which you wont get close to unless you become a goldstar + on pokerstars.

RussG · Scooby Slapper Joined: 14 Sep 2008 Karma :

I love poker threads. So many Stu Ungar's about Very Happy

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GhostRider · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Karma :

doggone · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 May 2004 Karma :

One boring evening I had a go at online roulette, probably 888.com but not sure.
They let you play with imaginary money to try it, I got up to about half a million then they cut me off.

I hope that can't happen when playing properly. Razz

Bubbs · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 May 2009 Karma :

Used to be a regular on paradisepoker.com was back in 2003 before all the graphics and animated characters kicked in. Used to love it. Lost more money than I won in the end so decided to jack it in.

The only way to play is to play really tight and throw every hand away that is anywhere near shite. On the flop i'd throw away stronger hands if I didn't land a pair/two pair/three of a kind. This is how I first got into poker and sticking to this way of playing I made over $500. But then you get cocky and start trying to bluff people and call stupid hands which means you loose a shit load. The trick is to just be as patient as you possibly can and ignore the urge to call someone all in because you think they are lying.

I once won a $10 tourney which won me a seat to a $100 buy in, I won that and won a seat to a $1,000 buy in, and during this tournament I was doing really well, however the first tournament started at 10pm, each one lasted around 2 hours, and there was an hour break between each tournament. So by the time I was at the last one, having drunk almost a bottle of bells whisky, and smoked around 50 rollies I just couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. The prize pool was around the $50,000 mark if I remember correctly. Ended up loosing and coming like 110th and winning fuck all for my efforts. GUTTED!!!
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Bubbs · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 May 2009 Karma :

yuri2085 · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Jul 2008 Karma :

Opps, cant delete it now.

yuri2085 · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Jul 2008 Karma :

RussG · Scooby Slapper Joined: 14 Sep 2008 Karma :

Not aimed at anyone chap. Just saying no matter what forum there's always somebody who is a world champion in the making whenever there's a poker thread.
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FURBAR · Banned Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Karma :

This is a poker thread, who has implied they are anything near .. Question

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GhostRider · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Karma :

Probably the fastest I've lost £20 lol.

I'm a twat because within 5 minutes I was £25 up, why why why the fuck didn't I call it a night there and then!? Well I put it down to being a fookin noob and getting a bit too happy. Bollocks. I'll just keep practicing and Reading a bit of strategy before I bother outing any more cash in.

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I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.

FURBAR · Banned Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Karma :

[quote="Rapdude"]Pokerstars is the biggest, best way is make some money and leave table .. keep doing that ..

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You need to leave money behind, to allow for joining a cash game and getting busted with ot without the best hand ..

So when you had 45 .. leave join another table with twenty ... Thumbs Up

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GhostRider · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Karma :

yuri2085 · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Jul 2008 Karma :

Oh and I didnt reply to one of your questions.
A 'bad beat' is basically where you get very unlucky.

Normally where a lot of money has gone in (in relation to pot size or stack size) and someone who was very far behind outdraws you when he has very low odds.

For example AA vs 22 all in pre flop is a bad beat.

KQ vs A2 on a KJQ5 board, all in then 10 on the river. Thats a bad beat.

GhostRider · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Karma :

FURBAR · Banned Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Karma :

The learning comes from experience ... try large tournys lower stakes, those hours will be invaluable, and it will only cost a few quid ... Thumbs Up

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yuri2085 · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Jul 2008 Karma :

Just looked up Stu Ungar, that is a mad record.

He must be a lucky fucker aswell as being amazingly skilled. My blackjack play is terrible I can barely remember basic strategy when in a casino and card counting/steering is just a pipe dream. I find it staggering that people could do that, if only I was a genius.
Ah well at least I can make money in poker thats good enough for me Smile

Alexio · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Karma :

I think I'm addicted to poker stars Confused

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