The Poker Thread

Well it seems poker is wherever you turn these days!

Until 4 months ago I didnt know how to play or gave a shit. Until a mate showed me the basics one night and then got addicted to it on the Xbox. Since then it seems everyone is jumping on the bandwagon having poker nights and having a ball. I'm watching 10 hours straight of World Poker Tour and loving it!
$200 poker table is being bought as we speak and organising some poker nights in the near future.

So who else loves poker?

I am growing to like poker....

Though, its kind of hard not to like it when you have to sit and watch someone play it on the x-box all night... or watch it on the tv with them all night...

In all honesty, its not THAT bad...

I'll watch poker with you all night G__, but i refuse to be your topless bar wench when you have a poker night! *puts foot down*

This post has been edited by jodiejai: Feb 1 2006, 01:39 PM

I love poker I've been watching it heaps lately, I used to stay up on Friday night at home just to watch poker on channel 10 Its heaps fun to play when your drunk

I dont even know how to play poker.... would liek to learn someday!

i used to play but forgot now aces high is real good at poker tho, he plays online all the time wins heaps, an also at the cas. on a online poker website he's ranked like 200 out of 10000 ppl i think

playing poker on the xbox?
more details G...

on xbox live? or just a game

Hello girls... there might be a poker game at my place soon

No limit texas hold em be where it at

Wooo lets all get drunk and play poker

been playing it a fair bit, not that i'd get an invite.. although taking all your money would be fun haha

love it!

some friends and i run a poker night every week at the ranch. Its been a tradition for just over a year

texas hold em
5 card stud
the occasional high card draw

$20 min buy in to play, no limit..

its always a good laugh, get the old aviator poker glasses out and psyc out the weaker players.. If ya do run a night and you get your numbers up you can easily walk away with $100 - $200 on a win!!

recommend it to everyone!

This post has been edited by BenJ: Feb 1 2006, 02:06 PM

And the best thing is for the weaker players is your are not going to lose your house. $10 buy in and thats all you can lose. Makes it good for everyone.

we usually have a 5-7 persons game of texas holdem every week or 2 for the past 6 months. fucking love it. good time, drink some booze and play some cards.

we just make it $5 buy in gets you 10k in chips. plus we allow $5 rebuys. the winner usually only gets 30-50 bucks but its just a good time.

plus ive also been mucking around with play money on the website pokerstars.com
good fun.

This post has been edited by TCB: Feb 1 2006, 02:13 PM

yeah i concur.. a good poker night isnt really about the money. its about sittin down with some friends playin a good light hearted game, havin a few bevvies and yeah laughin it up playin the pimp for a few hours

:P

dont forget about the cigars

ra poker night or stfu

i play poker online every night. im addicted

its great

and poker nights at mates houses aint jsut about the money. its about the bragging rights!!

This post has been edited by Decepticon: Feb 1 2006, 02:35 PM

Question: Is there technically an absolute amount of chips that is good to start out with each or just spilt up the available chips?

ie if you give all players $100,000 or you give them all $1,000.. its still the same , but a bet of $100 is VERY different in each game

amount doesnt matter a thing, depends what the blinds are. for instance...... if you had $100,000 to start with and blinds started at $20 that would just be ridiculous. however if blinds were $1,000 it would be quite acceptable to start with that much.

start with $1,500 and blinds at 10/20 thats how tournaments are run at poker stars

havent really ever played big and small blinds, just gone for everyone throws in the same at the start of each hand (usually not alot, starting at say 60 cents) and it goes up 40 everytime a player drops.

cos we play for $20-$50 generally deal out the cheaps accordingly, having $2 chips and working down to 20 cents.

after trial and error i learned its just easier to keep it simple after 6-8 ppl have been drinkin all night.

The Man, The Legend

Johnny Chan

10 times world poker championship winner

Nah blinds are very simple... just a forced bet... its a very good way of keeping the games moving

they actually have a reality TV show here called "King Of Vegas" where a group of pro gamblers playoff in different casino games. the worst 4 players each week playoff in a death match of texas holdem. the loser of that gets eliminated each week until they get down to 2 and they playoff at the end of the series for 1 million bucks. its good fun to watch.

theres a dodgy show on at 11:30 saturday nights called Joker Poker.

Its hosted at the Sydney Casino and Adam Spencer hosts the show lol.

it always features a few classic washed up B grade celebreties.

sweet thanks guys
got 4 seeders on WCP2...hasnt started downloading yet

and im gettin a solid 250kb/sec on world poker 2

when playin texas hold em do you: (this is open to anyone)

a.) play your hand using the 2 in your hand + any 3 from the river

or

b.) play your hand using any of the 7 cards on the table (2 in hand, 5 from the river)


personally i play option b, but im just curious how others play it

this is a silly question. whatever 7 cards makes up your best 5 you go with it ........

no no i meant as a rule..

ive been to a poker night where you HAD to use the 2 in your hand.. =/


ive played cas texas hold em and some tournament hold em, and all kinds of freestyle rules.. im just curious as to how others play it

This post has been edited by BenJ: Feb 1 2006, 03:44 PM

well you can use 1 if you want.. of even none..... of course if you use none your not exactly gonna win the pot. but say a flush comes up. then ya tie the pot if no one has any higher card suited

So you saying that you are NOT allowed to use the two cards in your hand at all? For Texas Hold Em? thats crazy!

So you are holding 2-Spade 3- Spade

Community cards are 10-Diamond 8-Club K-Spade 6-Spade 4-Spade

You cant claim the flush??

*Beat Me To It*

This post has been edited by TCB: Feb 1 2006, 04:17 PM

i was saying you dont have to use your cards... not that your NOT ALLOWED to lol. that would defeat the purpose of the game. everyone would draw

bring it go the royal flushes

Love texas holdem!! I play at the cas every week. Always good fun.

Yeah texas holdem is the best!

I have world tour on psp but not world championship 2, cant find it anwhere either. Pretty sick games actually.

Just been successful in my ebay bid for a big poker table so bring this shit on!

*gets poker style green visor*

You're goin down G-swizzle

pay tomorrow then 3-4 days courier from Brisbane.. proper casino style, padded edges , 10 player, with drink holders and red felt.... mmm

Bring it on you scum!

Texas holdem is the best. I never fold though. Like ever. I always wanna know what the opponent has. I just can't help it.

started playing World Poker Championship 2 on the xb0x3n last night
fucken cunt of a thing
kept me awake until 2:15am until i finally dragged my arse to bed
5 hours sleep...tops

had poker night last night..

managed to pull 4 of a kind on 9's, 2 on the table and 2 in hand. the fourth 9 came in on the river too managed to win the biggest hand of the night...

wooo love the poker!

Love the game, i play a tournament every night with about 6000 to 10000 players, played 2 final tables best ever 8th

playing tournament now 17 tables & 114 players left

If anyone is ever looking for chips i can get them at a pretty good price,

11.5g chips? How many for what price?

11.5g & 13.5g around the $100 you can get 500 or 1000 pacs

Gs scared lol but G if you want to win invite decepticon he gets a nice stack then plays stupid

just came 1st in a poker tourney

those KK on the last hand was absolute gold.

yeah im shithouse

is this the poke-her thread ?

yep... addicted to texas holdem.
nothin like a sketchy sunday 7am tournie!
everest poker is pretty good, $100 signup bonus but u have to play to earn it in bits.

OK Stupid Poker Question #1 :

Poker chips:

White = $1
Red = $5
Green = $25
Blue =$50
Black =$100

yes?
I just have friends that use blue as $500.. hmm

thats how they work

im sure u can get chips worth more.. and the step up from 25 to 100 and then 100 to 500 would be gay

you want the inbetween currancy to milk everyone out slowly, jumping up big sums scares ppl off aye

umm so you saying what I wrote is correct then?

yes G Underscore

Stupid Poker Question #2:

I have 200 piece poker set with:
50 black
50 blue
50 green
50 red

Is this enough for say a 6-7 person game? Or would it be easier with more chips?

more then enough we play 6 to 8 and pay out about 1000 in chips or 10 dollars total and have tons left over..

we dont go over 10 bucks cause where stooges but if u go all in and end up losing everything then you still have heaps of spare chips for ppl to buy back into the game

we found making the chips worth 1/100th of their actual value works best..

we tried playing most chips after 2hrs with a 10$ buy in but that means someone can streak ahead and then fold/protect their bundle

we dont even use half the case and i recon its a 200 chip set case is about 2 foot long and almost a foot wide

This post has been edited by Dimitri: Feb 6 2006, 01:50 PM

we didnt up the blinds but we probably will be from now on

im not sure its kingsly's set, i dont know if its a 200 or 500, its fairly big.. i havent noticed any white chips

grey/red/green/blue/black

we dont give out all the chips because someones ppl show up late so they can just take a pre made stack, we divide them all equaly and when they come they stick in thier bit of cash then start playing

yeah thats another reason we keep the stacks small

u cant go all in, you can only go 'in' as much as in the field of play, stops ppl from muscling other players out

or rather than keeping the stacks too small just make it a "limit" game
no all ins

maximum raise of $100 (in chips)

yeah good point, where still working it all out ;) fun either way! i cleaned up on saturday

things can get ugly really quickly with "all ins"

keep them out of the game and it makes for a long and interesting night of drinking and cards

OK Stupid poker Question #4:

Playing poker online or on the computer is easy because it gives you the options of what to do. When doing it yourself its a bit more confusing.

I was reading the rules and it said "The dealer is always the last player to have his turn except the first round."

Is this correct?

this is what I ASSUMED.. so tell me where it is wrong.

eg.

8 players
Dealer (player 1)deals,
blinds at $5/$10, player 2/3
player 3 needs $10 to call
assume all players call.. thenits back ot player 2 who needs another $5 to call yes? He chucks in $5 and all players are in
we see a flop

but then who does the next turn go to ? PLayer 2 , cos they are left of the dealer? Or player 3, cos they were next in turn?

actually player 3 is the last to act in the first round (big blind)

he has the option to check (if noone has raised) or if everyone calls round to him he can raise it.

Just finished 6th in a world poker tour game, (freeroll) 8741 players, and made $12.90 US in only 5.5 hours, woow. Best ever result

The first to act after the flop is always the person that is in front of the big blind, last to act is on the button.

To start the game, post small blind, then big blind, goes round the table back to small & big blinds to check or raise, then after that the game starts.

Button

Small Blind

Big Blind

Play.



This post has been edited by Dolton: Feb 6 2006, 11:30 PM

Yep that is understood totally... its more the next round after that. Ok another example.

After the flop, and all players are in.. as you say the play starts with PLayer 4 , the player after the Big Blind.
so say imagine player 4 & 5 check. PLayer 6 raises $20. Game continues and all players call , player 7, player 8, 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5. Now at this stage... all players have $20 in and hence we get the Turn.

NOW.. after the turn.. in theory it is back to PLayer 6 again.. or does it go back to the left of the dealer again??

stupid poker question number 189?

you know there are websites on texas hold em .......

* left of the dealer button makes the first call in every round of betting



This post has been edited by Decepticon: Feb 6 2006, 11:46 PM

I know 99% of it... dont see the need to wade through mountains of shite to found out one thing if thats allright by you!

solve the problem, get chips that are marked

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another way you can play is pot limit which is you can bet max what ever the pot limit is so the pot is 150 i can bet any thing from min bet say 10 to 150

card shuffler's are shit! don't shuffle properly. I'd give it a miss!!! We usually last 2 hands then it's banned!!

i'll raise you a 50

fuck since I got the big poker table i have only had two games on it.. no time now I am back at soccer

keen as fk for a game soon!

Does neone know if there is a website where you can play your mates over the internet. i have sites where you play computer etc but ive been looking heaps but cant find one. if anyone knows hook me up cheers

Cleaned up last night. had a big game with 9 players.... and I won! $90 woo! Top night

Did the same on the weekend... Only played for kicks though. Played Omaha as well as Texas.

Got a game on wed night, been ages since i got together with my long term mates and played. Usually 2 decks 7's up with one eyed jacks wild, (just to keep the intrest) Manilla, like texas hold-em but you need to use both cards in your hand and 3 of the five face up cards. Sometimes one of my mates gets crazy and takes the bank for pontoon and we fleece him with 5 and unders and doubling bets.You would think he would learn hey

cleaned up tonight 9 player tourny. $45 bucks better off!

Ya gotta hate it when your Royal Rocco is of a lower suite than the other guys Royal Rocco Lets just say that many many matches changed hands and i was left rubbing two sticks together for a while there, ended up only 15 matches down so would have to be the cheapest 6 hours i've ever spent being entertained. Bring on the next Poker Night

This post has been edited by StonedAgain: Mar 16 2006, 08:44 PM