OT: Any of you guys up for Poker?

[WayOutWest]

I noticed in my poker help thread that some of you guys play.  Would you guys be up for an internet poker game?  We could set up a private room and just play with forum members.  Not sure if you can do a private room with play money or if you have to use real money.  Even if you have to use real money we could keep it friendly with .25 and .50 games, either limit or no-limit.

[Lurker]

I might be interested.  Would need to have more details.  But I am heading out of town for the holiday weekend and won't be back until Tuesday.  I'll check this thread then.

[WayOutWest]

I play for an hour or so on Thursdays.  Friday is REAL poker night.  Sat-Sun is daddy daycare time.

I'd be up for Mon, Tues or Thurs.  East coasters might have issues with the time.

[Guest_Randy]

I noticed in my poker help thread that some of you guys play.  Would you guys be up for an internet poker game?  We could set up a private room and just play with forum members.  Not sure if you can do a private room with play money or if you have to use real money.  Even if you have to use real money we could keep it friendly with .25 and .50 games, either limit or no-limit.

Is Texas hold-em your favorite poker game?  I don't like it although it seems to be the more popular of poker games these days.  

Of course, I don't like gambling -- just like to play for fun and card games.

I did enjoy watching the math kid from Yale get trounced after telling everyone that Poker is based on mathematical equations.  While I agree that there is a lot of mathematical equations in poker, there is still a HUGE amount of chance involved.  Also, I watched a guy bluff the "poker expert" out of $500,000 -- his math didn't help him much either!

[WayOutWest]

I noticed in my poker help thread that some of you guys play.  Would you guys be up for an internet poker game?  We could set up a private room and just play with forum members.  Not sure if you can do a private room with play money or if you have to use real money.  Even if you have to use real money we could keep it friendly with .25 and .50 games, either limit or no-limit.

Is Texas hold-em your favorite poker game?  I don't like it although it seems to be the more popular of poker games these days.  

Of course, I don't like gambling -- just like to play for fun and card games.

I did enjoy watching the math kid from Yale get trounced after telling everyone that Poker is based on mathematical equations.  While I agree that there is a lot of mathematical equations in poker, there is still a HUGE amount of chance involved.  Also, I watched a guy bluff the "poker expert" out of $500,000 -- his math didn't help him much either!

For the most part the kid is correct in LIMIT games.  All the mathmatics go out the window in NO LIMIT poker games.

I've always been a draw poker or 7 card stud fan but after getting introduced to Texas Hold Em there is no poker game that can possibley compare.  It has become my favorite.  Omaha Poker is also fun but IMO alot harder to play in the end despite the fact it's 10X easier to play in the beggining of the hand.

I'll play any type of poker you guys want but I very much prefer Texas Hold-Em

[WayOutWest]

:cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

My wife just handed me my asterisk in Texas Hold-Em!

 :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

Here I was teaching her the finer points of reading the board and bets and she whipes me out.  She told me she read the Texas-Hold-Em Chapter in Doyle Brunsons' "Power Poker" book.  I still understand the game better than her but she played her cards well and lifted 30 bucks off me.  Even after I said we would only play for 20 bucks!   :bash:

[westkoast]

Im willing to play........gimmie more info!!!

[WayOutWest]

Im willing to play........gimmie more info!!!

I play on PokerRoom.com on Mon and Thurs.  I'm flexible though.

[WayOutWest]

bump up the jam

dobman: could you sticky this thread in case some other posters are up for a little poker in the back licker in the front fun?

[SPURSX3]

My internet connection at home bites, i would be interestes though...

[WayOutWest]

Yesterday was my dad's b-day so we were over his house doing a little b-day thing, we've got a huge surprise party planned for Sat.  Anyway, my dad and his crowd used to be BIG poker players.  My mom hated it because they would smoke, drink and stink up the house when I was just a little tad pole.

Anyway, he's JUST learning Texas-Hold-Em and he kicked my butt.  I did make a mistake on one hand and gave him half my chips when I was WAY ahead and that hand got him back into the game after he was the short stack.  He then informed me that he came in 4th out of 100+ at work durring a scheduled shut down that lasted 12 hours.  He still doesn't understand all the aspects of the game but he's a very good overall player.  The funny thing is there are alot to things I'm good at because I like to do them but my dads as good as or better than me because he had to do those things to eat.  My dad played marbles, poker and b-ball to put extra food on the table back in the day.  He and his little group of poor kids would goto the richer neighboor hoods in Oaxaca and Mexico and earn some cash.  If they lost it cost them BIG, because every cent couted.

I will kick my dads asterisk on Saturday in POKER.  I WILL!  He loves to play so we'll be doing a little tourney after his party.

[SPURSX3]

Yesterday was my dad's b-day so we were over his house doing a little b-day thing, we've got a huge surprise party planned for Sat.  Anyway, my dad and his crowd used to be BIG poker players.  My mom hated it because they would smoke, drink and stink up the house when I was just a little tad pole.

Anyway, he's JUST learning Texas-Hold-Em and he kicked my butt.  I did make a mistake on one hand and gave him half my chips when I was WAY ahead and that hand got him back into the game after he was the short stack.  He then informed me that he came in 4th out of 100+ at work durring a scheduled shut down that lasted 12 hours.  He still doesn't understand all the aspects of the game but he's a very good overall player.  The funny thing is there are alot to things I'm good at because I like to do them but my dads as good as or better than me because he had to do those things to eat.  My dad played marbles, poker and b-ball to put extra food on the table back in the day.  He and his little group of poor kids would goto the richer neighboor hoods in Oaxaca and Mexico and earn some cash.  If they lost it cost them BIG, because every cent couted.

I will kick my dads asterisk on Saturday in POKER.  I WILL!  He loves to play so we'll be doing a little tourney after his party.

so from what i get from Texas hold em wow is that you get two cards, to hold or not.  then the flop comes three cards down on the table from the house, you can win with a pair of highest value cards - CAN you still win by flush, full house etc if it so happens to fall on the flop??

[WayOutWest]

Yesterday was my dad's b-day so we were over his house doing a little b-day thing, we've got a huge surprise party planned for Sat.  Anyway, my dad and his crowd used to be BIG poker players.  My mom hated it because they would smoke, drink and stink up the house when I was just a little tad pole.

Anyway, he's JUST learning Texas-Hold-Em and he kicked my butt.  I did make a mistake on one hand and gave him half my chips when I was WAY ahead and that hand got him back into the game after he was the short stack.  He then informed me that he came in 4th out of 100+ at work durring a scheduled shut down that lasted 12 hours.  He still doesn't understand all the aspects of the game but he's a very good overall player.  The funny thing is there are alot to things I'm good at because I like to do them but my dads as good as or better than me because he had to do those things to eat.  My dad played marbles, poker and b-ball to put extra food on the table back in the day.  He and his little group of poor kids would goto the richer neighboor hoods in Oaxaca and Mexico and earn some cash.  If they lost it cost them BIG, because every cent couted.

I will kick my dads asterisk on Saturday in POKER.  I WILL!  He loves to play so we'll be doing a little tourney after his party.

so from what i get from Texas hold em wow is that you get two cards, to hold or not.  then the flop comes three cards down on the table from the house, you can win with a pair of highest value cards - CAN you still win by flush, full house etc if it so happens to fall on the flop??

Dear Allah, are you joking?

High stakes poker has EXPLODED in America.  There are two big televised poker tourney on TV.  The World Poker Tour and the OG tourney, The World Series of Poker.

Rules:

Everyone get's two "hole" cards face down.  
You bet or fold on your two cards.
The dealer then "burns" one card face down that's not used in the game.  
Then he shows three cards face up, the "flop".  
You bet or fold on your two cards and the three cards on the table.
Dealer burns another card.
Dealer shows another card face up called "the turn" or "4th street".
You bet or fold on your two cards and the FOUR cards on the table.
Dealer burns another card.
Dealer shows another card face up called "the river" or "5th street".
You bet or fold on your two cards and the FIVE cards on the table.

All possible poker hands are possible in Texas-Hold-Em.  No wild cards.
 

[WayOutWest]

FYI:

2004 World Series of Poker starts tonight at 9:00 p.m. time on ESPN or ESPN2.  Not sure if the time is 6:00 p.m. EST or if it's 9:00 p.m. for everyone or just the West Coasters.

[spursfan101]

I would be interested in playing, but not this weekend. I'll be busy breaking into Lurkers house while he's gone.