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By llimllib
Wed Sep 10th, 2003 at 01:42:43 AM EST

I just won at poker. Sure, I only won $15 bucks, but that hardly matters.

We played tournament-style texas hold-em. The buy-in was $5, and there were 5 of us. It took me two and a half hours to take out the rest of the field, and I had to go all-in twice (both times with moderately good hands). I was saved on one of them when the river gave me a full house.
Poker is an adrenaline rush, I can barely sit still, but it's not because of the money.

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Poll

Poker?

Draw 7%

Stud 7%

Hold-em 38%

Omaha 7%

Fire Implement 7%

Sure, I will. 30%

No. 0%

Votes: 13
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I love poker | 12 comments (12 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Hold em. (5.00 / 1) (#9)
by Politburo on Wed Sep 10th, 2003 at 02:33:41 PM EST

I play both online and in friendly tournaments. Great game. There's actually a poker room in my area that I may start going to for more live-action games, as online games tend to boil down to pot odds rather than bluffing and reading people.

live is much better (none / 0) (#10)
by llimllib on Wed Sep 10th, 2003 at 02:58:28 PM EST
(llimllib at f2o .. org)

I played online for the past few days to prepare for this game, and it's way less entertaining. A showdown lacks the thrill of real money when all you're changing is a number on the screen. Also, as you mentioned, the reading and bluffing and bullshitting is much better live.

Peace.
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Does not compute (5.00 / 1) (#3)
by synaesthesia on Wed Sep 10th, 2003 at 06:13:39 AM EST

$5 x 5 = $25

$25 - $5 = $20

Is it wrong to eat cheese in the presence of turtles? - Stick

2nd place gets his stake back (none / 0) (#4)
by llimllib on Wed Sep 10th, 2003 at 07:43:33 AM EST
(llimllib at f2o .. org)

so $25-$5-$5 = $15

Peace.
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Nice, I might try that. (5.00 / 1) (#7)
by synaesthesia on Wed Sep 10th, 2003 at 07:59:59 AM EST

Ever get second place and third place going all in together on the final hand? Half their stake back each?

Is it wrong to eat cheese in the presence of turtles? - Stick
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My guess? (none / 0) (#8)
by llimllib on Wed Sep 10th, 2003 at 08:56:45 AM EST
(llimllib at f2o .. org)

I'd say that second place is the chip leader going into that hand.

Peace.
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I lost ~$150 a couple weeks ago. (5.00 / 1) (#2)
by jjayson on Wed Sep 10th, 2003 at 03:39:02 AM EST

in a casino. I play a couple times a week in various card rooms and casinos.
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Smile. =)

hold-em? (none / 0) (#5)
by llimllib on Wed Sep 10th, 2003 at 07:44:01 AM EST
(llimllib at f2o .. org)

what games do you prefer?

Peace.
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Holdem and Omaha (none / 0) (#11)
by jjayson on Wed Sep 10th, 2003 at 03:42:07 PM EST

I also (used to more than now) play in backgammon tournaments.
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Smile. =)
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re: backgammon (none / 0) (#12)
by llimllib on Wed Sep 10th, 2003 at 09:57:05 PM EST
(llimllib at f2o .. org)

any skills I might have thought I had at backgammon are ruined by the fact that my mom can consistently whoop my ass at it. Always.

Lately, I've been trying to get good at poker, as my previous attempt at getting good at Go ran out of steam. Come to think of it, I always get obsessed with a game for a couple months (longer or shorter, depending on circumstances) then stop playing it.

Peace.
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Completely random fact (5.00 / 1) (#1)
by Stick on Wed Sep 10th, 2003 at 02:53:26 AM EST
(stick@itupyourbum.com) http://itupyourbum.com

I used to play poker in a garage.

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Stick, thine posts bring light to mine eyes, tingles to my loins. �Yea, each moment I sit, my monitor before me, waiting, yearning, needing your prose to make the moment complete. - Joh3n

Stick, (none / 0) (#6)
by llimllib on Wed Sep 10th, 2003 at 07:45:19 AM EST
(llimllib at f2o .. org)

I expect abusive comments from you. I'm sorry, but this acting serious shit is just not gonna work. Don't tell me you're getting soft in your old age.

Peace.
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