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    Originally posted by willyboo View Post
    right don't know if this right place or not I play on pokerstars and i see there after banning some poker software.
    I play a good bit small levels but never use software and its like a mine field basically just playing the cards .which software is the best ? is there ones with one off payment that fairly good to say if a players a rock or if hes playing loose etc? and will it be legal on pokerstars etc sorry if its the wrong place .
    Any help be great cheers.
    you can download a 60 day trial for free on the link below.

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      Originally posted by willyboo View Post
      right don't know if this right place or not I play on pokerstars and i see there after banning some poker software.
      I play a good bit small levels but never use software and its like a mine field basically just playing the cards .which software is the best ? is there ones with one off payment that fairly good to say if a players a rock or if hes playing loose etc? and will it be legal on pokerstars etc sorry if its the wrong place .
      Any help be great cheers.
      Holdem Manager is what you want. Pokertracker is the alternative but these are the best 2 on the market. Just search for either word on this site and you'll find a ton of threads talking about the good and the bad. Both are 1 off purchases afaik but you'll also be able to get them for free by signing up through an affiliate and playing x amount of hands.

      You can also use sharkscope or Pokerprolabs to search for players tournament/sng results

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        Hey guys. I dont know much about online poker so Id like to ask some questions to help me get started.

        I was recommended to purchase pokertracker and table ninja. Are they easy to use? If I buy them and download them to my computer do I have to pay for them again for my laptop?

        What is the difference between pokerstars and pokerstars france? Can I play on both sites or whats the story?

        Any extra advice on online poker for a novice is greatly appreciated.

        Cheers for any feedback.
        If you're not in, you can't win

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          Originally posted by minor View Post
          Hey guys. I dont know much about online poker so Id like to ask some questions to help me get started.

          I was recommended to purchase pokertracker and table ninja. Are they easy to use? If I buy them and download them to my computer do I have to pay for them again for my laptop?

          You get a license to use them on 2 computers so your ok. Do you really need table ninja as a novice ? Other may be better poise to answer but id gues not

          What is the difference between pokerstars and pokerstars france? Can I play on both sites or whats the story?

          Pokerstars.fr is considered softer. You need to give bank details i believe once again other poised to answer better.

          Any extra advice on online poker for a novice is greatly appreciated.

          Id say post hands here a lot and be able to take it if your told your playing hands terrible.
          Cheers for any feedback.
          Hope the above answers help a little Michael.
          Pm for rakeback deals

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            Originally posted by minor View Post
            Hey guys. I dont know much about online poker so Id like to ask some questions to help me get started.

            I was recommended to purchase pokertracker and table ninja. Are they easy to use? If I buy them and download them to my computer do I have to pay for them again for my laptop?

            1st i would play without trackers and see if you are break even at least and then invest in a tracker if you feel the need..

            What is the difference between pokerstars and pokerstars france? Can I play on both sites or whats the story?

            Any extra advice on online poker for a novice is greatly appreciated.
            make notes on players/ keep notes on self and records of what games you are playing which are having the most return/good Bankroll management and leave ego at the door

            Cheers for any feedback.
            just a few pointers

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              need advice

              hello folks,
              i have been playing poker on paddy power for the last year or two and feel i have done ok, according to topshark pro im up 16 or 17k. would prob be a lot more if i stayd away from sit go's.. what my question is how accurate is this topshark, doese it take into consideration rebuys when it calculating your stats.. (i dont think so) so is there a better way to keep a more accurate acount..? i know im wining a few bob but it sure aint as much as this topshark says... is there a better way to keep track of what im doing. im only a recreational plyr and play for fun mostly. any sugestions? all top shark done was inflate my ego which in turn gave me the delusion that i was a better ply than i am,, this is my first post so not sure if its in the right place if not let me know.
              Last edited by liffy; 27-02-12, 21:36.

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                Originally posted by liffy View Post
                hello folks,
                i have been playing poker on paddy power for the last year or two and feel i have done ok, according to topshark pro im up 16 or 17k. would prob be a lot more if i stayd away from sit go's.. what my question is how accurate is this topshark, doese it take into consideration rebuys when it calculating your stats.. (i dont think so) so is there a better way to keep a more accurate acount..? i know im wining a few bob but it sure aint as much as this topshark says... is there a better way to keep track of what im doing. im only a recreational plyr and play for fun mostly. any sugestions? all top shark done was inflate my ego which in turn gave me the delusion that i was a better ply than i am,, this is my first post so not sure if its in the right place if not let me know.
                are you sure topshark is reporting the right player?
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                  Originally posted by liffy View Post
                  hello folks,
                  i have been playing poker on paddy power for the last year or two and feel i have done ok, according to topshark pro im up 16 or 17k. would prob be a lot more if i stayd away from sit go's.. what my question is how accurate is this topshark, doese it take into consideration rebuys when it calculating your stats.. (i dont think so) so is there a better way to keep a more accurate acount..? i know im wining a few bob but it sure aint as much as this topshark says... is there a better way to keep track of what im doing. im only a recreational plyr and play for fun mostly. any sugestions? this is my first post so not sure if its in the right place if not let me know.
                  Topshark doesn't take into account rebuys. I started a new account recently and both it and sharkscope were off the mark by a couple of thousand after only prob 100-200games.

                  Pretty sure if you get holdem manager or poker tracker that they keep track for you.

                  Welcome to the site.

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                    Originally posted by liffy View Post
                    hello folks,
                    i have been playing poker on paddy power for the last year or two and feel i have done ok, according to topshark pro im up 16 or 17k. would prob be a lot more if i stayd away from sit go's.. what my question is how accurate is this topshark, doese it take into consideration rebuys when it calculating your stats.. (i dont think so) so is there a better way to keep a more accurate acount..? i know im wining a few bob but it sure aint as much as this topshark says... is there a better way to keep track of what im doing. im only a recreational plyr and play for fun mostly. any sugestions? all top shark done was inflate my ego which in turn gave me the delusion that i was a better ply than i am,, this is my first post so not sure if its in the right place if not let me know.
                    What's your username and i'll compare it between topshark, SuperHUD and Sharkscope and you can see which is more accurate?

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                      liffybuy.... thanks for the helpflushdraw

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                        Originally posted by liffy View Post
                        liffybuy.... thanks for the helpflushdraw
                        It's definetly a small brag because you scooped a decent amount un the 25k doublestack for $4.8k, the $35k gtd for $4.2k and the $8k doublestack for $2.8k amongst others. If you check the last 90 days you're up $1600 so that's probably fresh in your mind.

                        Sharkscope has you up $10k which is probably les accurate. If has you down for 2 x $500 games that you probably sat'd into. Same goes for the $215 games etc. You'd also played a dew $100r and even if you just buyin and play it as a freezeout, it's recroded these at $265, $259 and $252. It's always miles up and i'd think the figure is closer to your topshark figure, so wpwp

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                          Originally posted by Caf View Post
                          Topshark doesn't take into account rebuys. I started a new account recently and both it and sharkscope were off the mark by a couple of thousand after only prob 100-200games.

                          Pretty sure if you get holdem manager or poker tracker that they keep track for you.

                          Welcome to the site.
                          thanks caf... ive heard of both these over the last couple of years think ill get one if it keeps track of money in money out?

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                            Originally posted by Flushdraw View Post
                            It's definetly a small brag because you scooped a decent amount un the 25k doublestack for $4.8k, the $35k gtd for $4.2k and the $8k doublestack for $2.8k amongst others. If you check the last 90 days you're up $1600 so that's probably fresh in your mind.

                            Sharkscope has you up $10k which is probably les accurate. If has you down for 2 x $500 games that you probably sat'd into. Same goes for the $215 games etc. You'd also played a dew $100r and even if you just buyin and play it as a freezeout, it's recroded these at $265, $259 and $252. It's always miles up and i'd think the figure is closer to your topshark figure, so wpwp
                            thanks flush draw, i asure you this is no brag and i think sharkscope is the more acurate amount. as i said i know im up a few dollers. but i know my self im not near 17k proffit.. as i said i play for fun but obiouvsly to win. but what im saying here is if there is a way to keep a more accurate acount of the dollers so i can see exactly what im doing... and yes most them buyins over 100$ were sats and those 100$ tournys were a bad move.. i just think this might get me to be more taughtfull about what im doing as the chances of an average player like me getting another 4k payday anytime soon is slim. i know i was lucky and what i want to do is keep future play to what i can afford and make profit... thanks again

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                              Paddy Power Poker Playmoney

                              Is there still a play money option on Paddy Power Poker? I can't see see how to get into a play money table since they updated the format a while back but the play money balance still shows in my account.

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                                Ye there is, its mixed in with all the cash tables, so just open Texas holdem and sort by the buy in

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                                  Thanks. I'd thought I'd already tried that but obviously missed it!

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                                    hi im new enought ot forum but not to poker.. only reason im posting here is because i dont know where else to put.. i was playing in the student masters 10th march.. all day i was running good with 100k and an avergae of60k.. im talking about the hand because i dont know whether i played it right.. i get JJ.. villain raises to 5k.. i just flat because hes raising with stupid hands and showing but i put him on AQ or AK.. flop come 10s 6s 4d.. he insta shoves.. i think about the hand for at lest 5mins before making the call.. he shows KsQs.. he hit the Q on the turn and i need a 9 or J to win the hand that obviously never hits.. i have this guy covered by 45k at least.. i asked him whether a rasie would have gotten him off the hand and he said depends on how big.. for all my chips then no.. i made the right call but i think i could have got him off the hand earlier.. i bust in 24th btw. this hand more or less killed me as i was chip leader on my table all day.. any opinion??

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                                      Originally posted by deanolydon View Post
                                      hi im new enought ot forum but not to poker.. only reason im posting here is because i dont know where else to put.. i was playing in the student masters 10th march.. all day i was running good with 100k and an avergae of60k.. im talking about the hand because i dont know whether i played it right.. i get JJ.. villain raises to 5k.. i just flat because hes raising with stupid hands and showing but i put him on AQ or AK.. flop come 10s 6s 4d.. he insta shoves.. i think about the hand for at lest 5mins before making the call.. he shows KsQs.. he hit the Q on the turn and i need a 9 or J to win the hand that obviously never hits.. i have this guy covered by 45k at least.. i asked him whether a rasie would have gotten him off the hand and he said depends on how big.. for all my chips then no.. i made the right call but i think i could have got him off the hand earlier.. i bust in 24th btw. this hand more or less killed me as i was chip leader on my table all day.. any opinion??
                                      You really are looking at this all wrong. You should not be looking to get him 'off' a hand when you are ahead. You played it fine, ul. Also, you cannot put him on 2 hands if he is making his standard raise in this spot and as you say yourself has been turning up with a wide range of hands.

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                                        Originally posted by ghostface ste View Post
                                        You really are looking at this all wrong. You should not be looking to get him 'off' a hand when you are ahead. You played it fine, ul. Also, you cannot put him on 2 hands if he is making his standard raise in this spot and as you say yourself has been turning up with a wide range of hands.
                                        This

                                        Plus, I'm not sure why you think a 9 wins you the hand

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                                          How does it take 5 mins to make the call?

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                                            pretty standard stuff w/o live reads, hand history etc. even if you 3-bet by the sounds of things he's not folding, if you wanted to "get him off his hand" you should have just set him in pre. but once you take this line post-flop its ABC poker.
                                            "true friends stab you in the front"

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                                              Originally posted by Flushdraw View Post
                                              This

                                              Plus, I'm not sure why you think a 9 wins you the hand
                                              sorry i was writing the message on my phone so it went in wrong.. the 6 was and 8.. so 9 would have given me the straight..

                                              i may have exaggerated the time it took to call.. the reason i took so long was because he was talking alot.. telling me he had nothing, then saying he had top set. i didnt listen to him but i was talking to him during his all in..

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                                                Originally posted by RobotUnicorn View Post
                                                pretty standard stuff w/o live reads, hand history etc. even if you 3-bet by the sounds of things he's not folding, if you wanted to "get him off his hand" you should have just set him in pre. but once you take this line post-flop its ABC poker.
                                                ya i know. the guy was new to the table.. only sat down around 20mins before the hand that cost me the tournie :/

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                                                  I'm looking for advice on how to play a 15bb stack heads up tournament against a very aggressive villain if someone can point me to a good website. Thanks.

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                                                    There is not much play in such a short stacked game. It's just about picking the right hands to shove and call shoves with. This will give you an idea of what hand you should be shoving with to be unexpoitable: http://www.holdemresources.net/hr/sn...alculator.html . Just plug in how many bbs you have and it will give you shoving and calling ranges.

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                                                      Would you agree with this with 15bb heads up?




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                                                        I was at an event in Cork the other night, and there was blackjack tables there. That reminded me that I'm near enough Cork city now that I can go to the casinos. I've never bothered before because I'm not willing to invest that much money to get good and I wouldn't even be bothered paying for a taxi home from a casino. I've played freerolls online before and a few games with friends but I've never played in any way seriously. The freerolls I generally start out well in, but then get over-excited and/or bored and play something stupid. When playing with friends I've done ok, but no-one is in anyway a serious poker player, and we're usually boozed up.

                                                        My questions:

                                                        Is it possible to learn how to play in a casino? There's a place nearby that has freerolls (on quiet nights I'm guessing.) Is it alright just to pop in and have a go in one? Do I admit I'm a complete newb and get a bit of hand holding?

                                                        The freeroll I'm thinking of has a rebuy(?) I've read enough to know that in some tournaments people are willing to sacrifice their free chips early on on a semi-decent hand in the hopes of people folding and them picking up the blinds, or they have a chance of someone going all in, lucking out and doubling their stack. With the rebuys are people likely to try this in freerolls or is the payout too small? (I don't even know what the payout is, I'm guessing a ticket to a tournament with cash prizes.)

                                                        What do you do for a smoke break? Whenever I've played with friends we either smoke in the house or everyone takes a smoke break. Do I just wait until the blinds have passed me and go speedily? Will the dealer post the blinds for me like in Online Poker? Or would there be a break (how often?)

                                                        Anything else I should know?

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                                                          Originally posted by Buceph View Post
                                                          I was at an event in Cork the other night, and there was blackjack tables there. That reminded me that I'm near enough Cork city now that I can go to the casinos. I've never bothered before because I'm not willing to invest that much money to get good and I wouldn't even be bothered paying for a taxi home from a casino. I've played freerolls online before and a few games with friends but I've never played in any way seriously. The freerolls I generally start out well in, but then get over-excited and/or bored and play something stupid. When playing with friends I've done ok, but no-one is in anyway a serious poker player, and we're usually boozed up.

                                                          My questions:

                                                          Is it possible to learn how to play in a casino? There's a place nearby that has freerolls (on quiet nights I'm guessing.) Is it alright just to pop in and have a go in one? Do I admit I'm a complete newb and get a bit of hand holding?

                                                          The freeroll I'm thinking of has a rebuy(?) I've read enough to know that in some tournaments people are willing to sacrifice their free chips early on on a semi-decent hand in the hopes of people folding and them picking up the blinds, or they have a chance of someone going all in, lucking out and doubling their stack. With the rebuys are people likely to try this in freerolls or is the payout too small? (I don't even know what the payout is, I'm guessing a ticket to a tournament with cash prizes.)

                                                          What do you do for a smoke break? Whenever I've played with friends we either smoke in the house or everyone takes a smoke break. Do I just wait until the blinds have passed me and go speedily? Will the dealer post the blinds for me like in Online Poker? Or would there be a break (how often?)

                                                          Anything else I should know?
                                                          There's lots to learned at a freeroll tournament, and although this a freeroll to enter, it's effectively a rebuy. Games like this are a good start for you to worry about yourself. How you handle your chips, how you follow the action, how you bet, how you sit, how you hold your cards etc. Watch people and see if you can pick up any tells and get comfortable in the surroundings.

                                                          The dealer will always help if you're stuck and he will put your blinds in if you miss. There's usually enough breaks involved for you to go for a smoke, but if not, most people wait until they post their blinds before heading. I'd rather miss my blinds that miss my button/cutoff.

                                                          Go along, get a rebuy or 2 and have some fun. There's bound to be a lot of really bad players there so try and spot their mistakes and don't make them yourself. You'll only get better and feel more comfortable the more games you play and this sounds like a good place to start

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                                                            Originally posted by ChuckNorris View Post
                                                            Would you agree with this with 15bb heads up?



                                                            Do we really need to open shove 15bbs ?
                                                            Pm for rakeback deals

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                                                              Thats just it, 5bb plays itself, 10 is fairly straightforward and 20 allows a wider range of options but ~15bb seems to be the spot where most mistakes can be made.

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                                                                Originally posted by ChuckNorris View Post
                                                                Thats just it, 5bb plays itself, 10 is fairly straightforward and 20 allows a wider range of options but ~15bb seems to be the spot where most mistakes can be made.
                                                                Min raise a lot (around 100%) and have a decent range for 3b shoving till you hit 10bbs.

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                                                                  Why is there no such thing as a 2 bet?. Why does it start as the 3 bet?. It makes sense to me if a fella raises to 2k and is popped to 4k its a 2 bet. Who invented this 3,4,5 bet term?.

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                                                                    The blind is the first bet. Comes from limit holdem where re-raising would be 'making it 3-bets' to go.

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                                                                      Originally posted by rounders123 View Post
                                                                      Why is there no such thing as a 2 bet?. Why does it start as the 3 bet?. It makes sense to me if a fella raises to 2k and is popped to 4k its a 2 bet. Who invented this 3,4,5 bet term?.
                                                                      2bet is just called a raise. Blind is 1 bet raise is 2 bet then 3 bet.
                                                                      post flop you have bet raise 3bet 4 bet etc
                                                                      airport, lol

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                                                                        Originally posted by eamonhonda View Post
                                                                        2bet is just called a raise. Blind is 1 bet raise is 2 bet then 3 bet.
                                                                        post flop you have bet raise 3bet 4 bet etc
                                                                        Ah right, got ya.

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                                                                          Originally posted by deanolydon View Post
                                                                          hi im new enought ot forum but not to poker.. only reason im posting here is because i dont know where else to put.. i was playing in the student masters 10th march.. all day i was running good with 100k and an avergae of60k.. im talking about the hand because i dont know whether i played it right.. i get JJ.. villain raises to 5k.. i just flat because hes raising with stupid hands and showing but i put him on AQ or AK.. flop come 10s 6s 4d.. he insta shoves.. i think about the hand for at lest 5mins before making the call.. he shows KsQs.. he hit the Q on the turn and i need a 9 or J to win the hand that obviously never hits.. i have this guy covered by 45k at least.. i asked him whether a rasie would have gotten him off the hand and he said depends on how big.. for all my chips then no.. i made the right call but i think i could have got him off the hand earlier.. i bust in 24th btw. this hand more or less killed me as i was chip leader on my table all day.. any opinion??
                                                                          I was at your table for this hand and remember it clearly, I thought from the time you took and from the way the other guy was playing that you were much weaker than jacks..... I think your mistake was not re-raising pre flop especially against that fella, he defiantly never thought you were that strong,

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                                                                            This has been asked loads Im sure. Can anyone tell me the stats I should have on my HUD for specifically Turbo 180's and Turbo MTT's?

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                                                                              Self deal pub game. One player says he has seen a card dealt to another player. What happens now?

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                                                                                Originally posted by joedolan View Post
                                                                                Self deal pub game. One player says he has seen a card dealt to another player. What happens now?
                                                                                redeal

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                                                                                  If it is one of the first two cards dealt out then it's a mis-deal, otherwise all cards are dealt out as normal and that card is replaced by the first burn card, only after the TD confirms it is the card a player thought he saw. The card is shown to the table so all players have the same information.

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                                                                                    I’ve an old VC poker account, under mothers name, which I virtually never use. It’s got a couple of grand in it and no payment credit card associated with the account this stage. I haven’t made a withdrawl for 4/5 yrs on the account and it’s been practically dormant of the last no. of yrs.
                                                                                    Can I just enter the mother’s cc details in the withdrawl section and take out the cash or are there likely to be hassle/ further information required by the site at this remove?

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                                                                                      PM Sent

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                                                                                        If i throw 5 Euro chip, without saying anything, on top of my 1 Euro small blind, is it a raise or a call of the 2 Euro big blind, in a cash game?

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                                                                                          Originally posted by Dahman View Post
                                                                                          If i throw 5 Euro chip, without saying anything, on top of my 1 Euro small blind, is it a raise or a call of the 2 Euro big blind, in a cash game?
                                                                                          My understanding its a raise. Pull back the euro first then throw the 5 is a call. Much easier state your action first to avoid confusion different clubs may call it differently
                                                                                          airport, lol

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                                                                                            Originally posted by eamonhonda View Post
                                                                                            My understanding its a raise. Pull back the euro first then throw the 5 is a call. Much easier state your action first to avoid confusion different clubs may call it differently
                                                                                            it's a raise all day every day, Vegas or the bluff in tubercurry.
                                                                                            "true friends stab you in the front"

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                                                                                              One chip is a call.
                                                                                              "I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson

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                                                                                                Originally posted by AndyFatBastard View Post
                                                                                                One chip is a call.
                                                                                                Yup, pretty sure this is true. If you pick the €1 chip up and drop it back down with the €5 chip it's a raise, if you just drop the €5 chip by itself it's just a call.

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                                                                                                  Can I have two separate , say, Paddy Power poker accounts on the one computer?
                                                                                                  By separate I mean the account holders name is different and never use both accounts at the same time.

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                                                                                                    Yup, you can log into your account on any computer, so that wouldn't be a problem.

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                                                                                                      BRAND NEW TO POKER

                                                                                                      hi, im brand new this is my first forum so i hope im at the right spot, here goes,im playing poker nearly 2 years but never for serious cash just a fiver or a tenner at mates houses.recently tho after some bad beats and good snearing the games have become some what competitive, about six 6 months ago the price of our games went up to 20 bucks so that started my quest for poker knowledge,my bro recommended playing the free roles on poker heaven for practice which brings me round to my question 'how good am i really'..i qualify regulary for the free roles,highest finish was 3rd for a euro and 5th loads of times, i never won one outright but do see plenty of the final table. is this good enough to keep betting me hard earned...

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                                                                                                        Welcome to the site

                                                                                                        First off try to break your long posts up into paragraphs if future as it's torture trying to read a block of text and will have more people reading it

                                                                                                        So to be honest trying to judge your skill level via freerolls really is pissing against the wind,

                                                                                                        If your looking to improve your poker game I would definitely recomend really doing some homework by checking out some poker training sites like Dueces Cracked
                                                                                                        (I'm to drunk to link any or give you more but google it and loads will show)

                                                                                                        Poker is like anything else, if you want to get better you've to learn and put the hours in, nobody is born a prodigy

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                                                                                                          Interesting one for you folks.

                                                                                                          I was playing a $2 Turbo freezeout on stars. I was pretty deep with about 170 left of out 4600. I had about 15BB (Decent stack at the time) when I had some other commitments for 30 minutes. I phoned my mate and asked him to cover for me for that time. He did, and when I got back in after 30 minutes there was 70 left and I had 8BB. I phoned him and he said he has his aces cracked and lost a flip, but was down to 4BB when he took a gamble with 96o -v- button raise and it paid off.

                                                                                                          I ended up winning the tournament for a little over $1400. What is a good % to give him?

                                                                                                          Cheers

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                                                                                                            Pretty awkward one alright probably give him about 15-20% I think thats a really fair amount!

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                                                                                                              1400 quid? you should give him 150e imo, he navigated you through a tough part of the tourney. nice score btw

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                                                                                                                Originally posted by flushjee View Post
                                                                                                                Interesting one for you folks.

                                                                                                                I was playing a $2 Turbo freezeout on stars. I was pretty deep with about 170 left of out 4600. I had about 15BB (Decent stack at the time) when I had some other commitments for 30 minutes. I phoned my mate and asked him to cover for me for that time. He did, and when I got back in after 30 minutes there was 70 left and I had 8BB. I phoned him and he said he has his aces cracked and lost a flip, but was down to 4BB when he took a gamble with 96o -v- button raise and it paid off.

                                                                                                                I ended up winning the tournament for a little over $1400. What is a good % to give him?

                                                                                                                Cheers
                                                                                                                I wouldn't give him a thing right away anyway,

                                                                                                                The way you discribe it is that you had to do whatever so you phone him to log into your account and play from his computer and when you got back you logged back in on your, is that how it went down?

                                                                                                                Stars are usually on the ball with switching IP address and mac id's mid game so I'd be very caution how you step not to get banned and have the loot confiscated but if you get the cash in your hand I'd say pay him 10%
                                                                                                                Last edited by Donkathon; 04-01-13, 11:54.

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                                                                                                                  Trying to open PokerStars account and the account info won't take/accept my home phone number. Tried with country code 353 before it/ without it, with and with out a zero at beginning ect and no luck. When it shows my details before verfication the phone no has no zero in it i.e 021 xxx become 21 xxx in the verification process and it fails and asks me to retype no.

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                                                                                                                    Originally posted by Donkathon View Post
                                                                                                                    Welcome to the site

                                                                                                                    First off try to break your long posts up into paragraphs if future as it's torture trying to read a block of text and will have more people reading it

                                                                                                                    So to be honest trying to judge your skill level via freerolls really is pissing against the wind,

                                                                                                                    If your looking to improve your poker game I would definitely recomend really doing some homework by checking out some poker training sites like Dueces Cracked
                                                                                                                    (I'm to drunk to link any or give you more but google it and loads will show)

                                                                                                                    Poker is like anything else, if you want to get better you've to learn and put the hours in, nobody is born a prodigy
                                                                                                                    hey thanks for the advice man, ill check out a training site, im not a gambler by nature but i dont mind dropping 50 bucks a week cos it does be gas craic with the losers sometimes... on the other hand tho i want to know what im at so as to compete, any idea on the standard of freerollers would help...

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                                                                                                                      Losing €50 a week still adds up to €2,600 a yearr so it all adds up

                                                                                                                      The reason why you shouldn't be trying to learn via freerollls is that nobody plays them seriously their just a bit of craic so you'll have people calling your all ins with stupid hands etc

                                                                                                                      Take a week off from your home game and deposit the €50 onto boylepoker or pokerstars and stick to €1 tournaments, the play in those would still be atrocious but a shit load better than the freerolls

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                                                                                                                        Originally posted by Donkathon View Post
                                                                                                                        Losing €50 a week still adds up to €2,600 a yearr so it all adds up

                                                                                                                        The reason why you shouldn't be trying to learn via freerollls is that nobody plays them seriously their just a bit of craic so you'll have people calling your all ins with stupid hands etc

                                                                                                                        Take a week off from your home game and deposit the €50 onto boylepoker or pokerstars and stick to €1 tournaments, the play in those would still be atrocious but a shit load better than the freerolls
                                                                                                                        Yeah this is the best idea. Training sites generally cover much more advanced stuff, way beyond what you would be needing to learn at this point, and there's no point spending money on it.
                                                                                                                        "I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson

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                                                                                                                          What do you guys recommend wrt a cheapish monitor for multitabling/grinding?

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