Poker

[Grapes]

How the fuck does anyone play this game for a living and not end up jumping in front of a Skytrain, or their home town's equivalent?

I'm at the point now where I've learned a lot about the game.. I feel like more often than not, particularly against less experienced players, I know what they're holding.. and I've learned that's every bit as important as the two cards in your hand.

Just played a couple of games where my reads on people were immaculate, I played the hands perfectly and... WHAT THE FUCK!?! RUNNER RUNNER FOR A FLUSH!?!

And then they chalk up their win to "skill". Awesome.

Seriously, this game is fucked up.

[Grapes]

Maybe I should get back into chess.

[fritz]

if you're serious, play more hands, like hundreds of thousands more. you have to take 10 steps back for perspective. If not, just enjoy the game for what it is and don't worry about winning and losing. also realize that even when you're 'waaay ahead' (say 80/20), you'll still lose a full stack 1in5 times

but more likely you only have a small edge so you're losing almost every second hand against people of equal skill

and more likely than that, you dont have an edge at all!

[Erin]

Poker is lame.

[fritz]

^dont be so hard on yourself, im sure you're good at other things that are easier on the simple mind like baking, or napping, or making pointless posts in threads

[ebbomega]

Don't mind Fritz. He's just happy he found a hobby that he can be an expert on just by watching television.

[fritz]

fritz rewords his point into a question, asking why people are so eager to troll an otherwise normal thread

[ebbomega]

That wasn't a question, Jimmy.

[Grapes]

See, all poker does is get people angrified.

Btw ebbo, fritz also reads books on the subject. I've seen'em.

[fritz]

^^it definitely was a question, it even started with the word 'why', maybe just take a hint and go start your own semantics thread

^dave, i played 1000 hands today and it put a smile on my face more than once. You have to identify your long term goal(s) (fun, profit, enlightenment, strategy, competition) and then enjoy the progress.

[decypher]

so who wants to lose some money?

[Erin]

Originally Posted by fritz

^dont be so hard on yourself, im sure you're good at other things that are easier on the simple mind like baking, or napping, or making pointless posts in threads

I'm actually good at poker. But I still think it's lame. :)

[stringbeans]

get better lol

[ppcock]

Poker at Jim's place pt 2 is needed. triangle chair for rawb

[Pennywise]

I say the same thing, "this game is fucked up".
Anything can and will happen.

[Grapes]

Originally Posted by stringbeans

get better lol

Make better posts.

Lol.

[Grapes]

Nevermind, winning again.

[Pennywise]

Hopefully after tonight, I will be saying the same thing.

[Pennywise]

uuuugghhh, played for 12hrs straight lastnight/this morning.
goodtimes.

[The R]

i play on facebook xD

[Grapes]

Sitting at 2.45 million

YOU BETTER RECOGNIZE RAMAZE

[cubed]

I've hit tilt this week, can't seem to shake it either.

I'm a bad beat away from pulling out a coin and flipping it.

[Pennywise]

WOW!
the odds: 1 in 2.7 billion hands!

[Grapes]

Holy fuck! I thought losing with my trip aces to quad 3s the other day was bad...

[Pennywise]

won a good chunk of change in the .25/.50 blind cash game tonight!
gotta love pocket 10s!;)