The Poker Thread

[BarcaRulz]

It seems a few of us play the game, so we might as well have a topic about it.

After yesterdays triumph i went in for round two, and it was going beautifully until this happened:

Had KK. One person small-raised before me. I re-raised to 4xbig blind. I get two callers.

Flop comes up 3s, 6h, Jd.

Perfect. No Ace, no flop, no straight in sight..

I raise the pot, one guy calls, the other goes all in. I call, the other dude folds.

He flips them over and he has AK off suit.

Turn = Q
River = 10

He hits the ****ing straight.

May he burn in hell

Was going very good up till that point, i was third and there were only 112 people left, but the **** who called me was 6th and pretty much kicked me out.

[W]

I found a new game on Pokerstars that's fun. It's a Korean form of poker called Badugi. I'm pretty decent at it considering I've only played it a couple of months. The goal is to have the best Badugi hand, which means a hand where the most suits are represented, no duplicate numbers, and the lowest one.

Any 4 card Badugi beats a 3 card Badugi. Any 3 card beats a 2 card. And any 2 card beats a 1 card (though I have never seen a 1 card Badugi). The best hand possible is A234 representing all 4 suits.

Anyways, I've had a lot of fun playing Badugi, HORSE, Omaha, Texas, and Razz. I've won three round 2 entries so far this week and hopefully I can get some starter capital tomorrow in that round 2.

Hey, Barca, with all that cash you made, get a Fantaverse Freeroll going!

[BarcaRulz]

I found a new game on Pokerstars that's fun. It's a Korean form of poker called Badugi. I'm pretty decent at it considering I've only played it a couple of months. The goal is to have the best Badugi hand, which means a hand where the most suits are represented, no duplicate numbers, and the lowest one.

Any 4 card Badugi beats a 3 card Badugi. Any 3 card beats a 2 card. And any 2 card beats a 1 card (though I have never seen a 1 card Badugi). The best hand possible is A234 representing all 4 suits.

Anyways, I've had a lot of fun playing Badugi, HORSE, Omaha, Texas, and Razz. I've won three round 2 entries so far this week and hopefully I can get some starter capital tomorrow in that round 2.

Hey, Barca, with all that cash you made, get a Fantaverse Freeroll going!

That's actually not a half bad idea. I will see if that's possible to set up. Will need alot more than three people to be interested in it (me, you, shryke) if it's going to happen.

[Shrykespeare]

I've been meaning to ask you, Barca... what is it about CD Poker that makes it better than the others? Are your odds of winning really that much better, or is it just luck?


And you want frustrating? Down to two tables, and my stack is getting smaller by the moment...

Finally, I get pockets sixes, and push all in. I get one caller, a guy with just a little bit more than me. Turns out he has pocket fives.

Flop comes A, 2, 3. Bet you can't guess what came on the turn. (Yup, a four.)

I call that one "taking it from behind." Lucky bastard...

[BarcaRulz]

I've been meaning to ask you, Barca... what is it about CD Poker that makes it better than the others? Are your odds of winning really that much better, or is it just luck?


And you want frustrating? Down to two tables, and my stack is getting smaller by the moment...

Finally, I get pockets sixes, and push all in. I get one caller, a guy with just a little bit more than me. Turns out he has pocket fives.

Flop comes A, 2, 3. Bet you can't guess what came on the turn. (Yup, a four.)

I call that one "taking it from behind." Lucky bastard...

Neither. The multi-table tournaments have less players, and they (the players) tend to be better than the ones at PokerStars.. IE: while you get the occasional fish, mostly it's good play. While the cash prizes are less, it's easier to win them.

Plus i really like the layout. Just easy to use and maneuver.

[Donte77]

I don't play poker much, I am just trolling for posts trying to hit my 1000. LOL Hi guys!

[NSpan]

i play some free online poker.. i avoid the sites that require you to enter credit card info--mostly because i don't want the local sheriff to put me in the stockades for a week, but also because i don't want to stupidly lose my last $32.. (i'm saving that for whisky and queso!)

[Shrykespeare]

I'm at Full Tilt, not PokerStars. But I imagine it's the same at either place. I'll give CDPoker a try in the next couple weeks, as I'm hella fed up with FTP at the moment.

Perhaps it's just me whining, but I get so frustrated when it only gives me one playable hand in every twenty, and in those cases someone always has a higher pocket pair, or has me outkicked by one, etc. Plus the hugest pots seem to go to whoever is the "big stack" 75% of the time, and usually that person has the weakest hand going in. I'm sick of it.

[geezer9687]

I haven't been able to play as much between classes and homework and the girlfriend. I used to play every day. My buddy bought me into the Sunday million on Pokerstars a few weeks ago and I cashed in it, made 90 bucks that I split with him. It was intense. I'm pretty proud of it. Its the biggest event they run basically, for those who don't play on there. $216 entry, over 7000 players.

[W]

Shhhhhh!!!! I'm watching Shryke and he doesn't know...

[Shrykespeare]

Uh, yeah I do...

[BarcaRulz]

I just lost $20 on one hand! It's all good though, i'm up $50 in the past two hours.

Anyway:

It's a cash table, blinds are 10c/20c. I was small blind. 6 people playing.

It goes like this:

Position 1 = fold
Position 2 = raise to .60c
Position 3 = call
Position 4 = fold
Position 5 (me) = raise to $2
Position 6 (big blind) = call

Position 2 = all in for $3.20
Position 3 = fold
Position 5 (me) = call
Position 6 (big blind) = call
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Now, i had KK.

The flop comes up: 6d, Qh, 3d.

I bet $2
The guy on big blind goes all in for roughly $15.
I call.

He has KJd and is chasing the flush for all the money he has. On the river a diamond hits! What a knob.

Would have murdered someone if i wasn't having a good session.

[geezer9687]

That's actually not a bad play. You were only about 62% to win after the flop. There are much, much worse beats than someone going after a flush and hitting. Certainly not worth killing someone over. I've had more 2 outers on the river hit against me than I can count, so this wouldn't even phase me.

[BarcaRulz]

That's actually not a bad play. You were only about 62% to win after the flop. There are much, much worse beats than someone going after a flush and hitting. Certainly not worth killing someone over. I've had more 2 outers on the river hit against me than I can count, so this wouldn't even phase me.

In a tournament this is OK play, on a cash table for all you have it's just stupid. Especially when you didn't hit anything. For example, i can understand if he did that after hitting the K or the J, or even if there was a straight draw in it for him as well, but to chase a flush and NOTHING else when you don't even have the Ace is just very wrong. He should have called/min raised to see the turn.

Chances of hitting a flush with a flush draw on the flop = 30% (roughly)

[geezer9687]

Its closer to 35%, and its called gambling for a reason. I'm just saying that someone hitting a flush draw isn't even a big suck out. Its not like you had KK and he had QQ and hit a Q on the river, not that would be something to complain about. Sure, it was a risk on his part, but online sights always seem to pay off the player coming from behind. Try winning a coin flip with the under pair, it just never happens unless you hit trips. Plus I'm sure its not "All he had." I'm sure it was pennies to him if he is making that call.