How to play poker?

[Nick__C]

pokers stars seems pretty good, can download it and use 'play money' or obv put a few quid in if you want to bet.
Dl'd last night and played abit and it seemed decent
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[GhostRider]

The Artist - Would you recommend that PokerStrategy site you harked about a while ago (seem to remember you getting $50 free from them)? Have let my poker knowledge slip of late and thinking of getting back into it, but this time I want to come back with strategy, so is it worth spending a few hours trawling over?

GhostRider
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[The Artist]

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[Nick__C]

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[The Artist]

Play money is a totally different game. No one plays properly. It is impossible to play poker in the traditional sense without stakes.

People say "oh lets just have a fun game of poker" and I ask how much and they say "oh nothing, lets just play for fun!"

Well it isn't because no one cares. As a game without stakes it is fairly boring. It is like playing blackjack or something.

[Ariel Badger]

I agree, money, real money that means you buy a new car or makes your wife divorce as she can'y feed the kids you is the only way to score in a poker game. Without the cash it is just a game of snap.
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[Nick__C]

Well not really, but I see what you mean as there's no actual risk of losing anything therefore you'll be more reckless than a real game..

I try and play like I've bought my chips though and to go below 400 is a loss to me, there are the occassional tossers who join a game with 180 chips and go all in straight away.. Generally though people seem to play okay and it's definetly helped me get the basics.

I'm having a poker night later with some lads from work, either 2 £2.50 games or 1 £5 game. Anything you reccommend to keep it running smoothely?
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[GhostRider]

[Nick__C]

Nice one, think I'm plenty stocked with those and I'll ring for the bitches later

I'm reading through hand rankins, and next to the four of a kind it says

[The Artist]

The aim of poker is to make the best hand with any 5 cards out of the 5 on the board and 2 in your hand.

e.g.

Board comes J J J J 4
and you have A 3
and you opponent has K 6
You win because your best hand is J,J,J,J,A

It is unlikely you will have a hand with Four of a kind because they are kind of rare.

It can get confusing with counter fitted two pairs though.

e.g.

board comes

4 6 6 7 7

you hold 10,4
your opponent holds A,K

They would win this hand because their best 5 card hand is 7,7,6,6,A
Yours is 7,7,6,6,10

There is no such thing has 3 pair.

[Howling Terror]

Thing with poker is you got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them.
Know when to walk away, and know when to run.
You never count your money when you're sitting at the table,
There'll be time enough for counting when the dealings done.
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[Nick__C]

ahh, cheers. Wasn't considering that the four of a kind would be in the community cards, nice one
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[Nick__C]

ahh, cheers. Wasn't considering that the four of a kind would be in the community cards, nice one
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[Nick__C]

when you deposited real money on the poker stars did you have to put your passport details and driver license details in?

Just tried to add some to become eligible for those freeroll things and it is asking for loads of crap lol!
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[The Artist]

Yes. It is to stop money laundering and stuff. Otherwise you could deposit a grand, transfer it to someone else and they could withdraw it with no actual proof of who they are.

[WannaBeDude]

laundering
theft
age
use of credit cards
country of origen
tracking / compliance of funding and withdrawals

etc etc

STILL NO BCF GAME THEN ..
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[Nick__C]

Ah fair enough, just seems abit extreme when all I want to do is put a few quid in lol!

Playing on 888 now anyway, layout seems alot easier to get around.
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'02 GS 500.

[The Artist]

[Nick__C]

888 just seems a better layout, what tournaments you can enter etc seems more obvious.
Also not too keen on passport and drivers license details to put a tenner on..

Say you've put a tenner in, and got a tenner free, once you work your way up to £100 quid where do you stand?
Do you owe them 10 or how do they work it out?
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[The Artist]

The deposit bonus is bollocks mainly. You don't just get double your deposit. Same as any other decent site. I know 888 give away £5 free to new members. How do you think they manage to get people to play there.

There is a reason 888 has a few hundred players on at once and Stars has over 200,000 always.

I don't see how it isn't obvious. Click the tournament tab, then click the filter button and pick what sort of tournaments you are interested in. If you look at them all, you will be overwhelmed because there are loads starting every 5 minutes of the day. Filter out what sort of tournament you want and then you get precisely what you are looking for.

[Nick__C]

well all I'm saying is I found it easier to negotiate and get comfortable with a few games

will give the filter tab ago when I get back on.

What do you mean the deposit bonus is bollocks?
So do you keep any winnings you make off the 'bonus' or does it stop you from removing it from your account?
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[The Artist]

The way I look at it is, I deposit £10, I have £10 to play with and whatever I win I keep. You get random, $10 bonuses here and there the more you play based on rake. The bonuses go up and up but it takes time. Most I got was $50.

Don't expect to deposit £10 and have £20 in your account.

Also make sure you are playing in USD. 99% of the games are in USD. If you are only looking at GBP then it fails. Same with almost any other site.

[Nick__C]

Okay cheers, that's what I was thinking, didn't know if the winnings from that bonus would be unavailable or w/e.

Yeah I have been playing in dollars, are the freerolls you have access to any good? /do you stand any chance of winning or is it just about gaining the experience with that small chance of free monies?
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[The Artist]