Just wondering how many poker players we have here? The Main Event at this years World Series of Poker starts today. They have almost 9,000 players this year playing with a buy in of $10,000 each. $10 million to the winner. I wish I was sitting with them.
My avatar is a chip, so waddaya think?Just wondering how many poker players we have here? The Main Event at this years World Series of Poker starts today. They have almost 9,000 players this year playing with a buy in of $10,000 each. $10 million to the winner. I wish I was sitting with them.
My avatar is a chip, so waddaya think?
Jennifer Harmon (broke my heart when I heard she got married),
Bob
Hellmuth's out. ...and while I don't take any joy in it because you had him in your pool, I did like seeing him leave early. The guy is a jerk, and he didn't show up to play today until two hours after the tourney started. He HAS to be the center of attention. His wife is a shrink; one would think she'd be able to council down his ego.I can spend hours on hours at the poker table. I just love it. I have always been a gambler. I am like you guys, I started playing poker back in 98 before it was popular like today. I would have to beg people to play. Nowadays, here in Houston we have several websites and you can find several games around town every night of the week plus we have a bunch of cardrooms as well. Its like heaven on earth now!!! I dont play as much as I would like too. I normally play once a week in a live game and a couple online tournaments. I am a pretty decent player. I can take down home games pretty easily but I am no match for a pro but I do well.
Bob, I myself am in a pool for the winner/who goes deepest in this years WSOP Main Event. Last year I won it with Phil Ivey. This year we were able to pick 5 guys and my 5 are:
Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Phil Hellmuth (he's on fire right now), Chip Reese,
and Greg Raymer. Raymer is very underestimated, the guy is a great poker player. He isint like Moneymaker. Moneymaker got lucky. Raymer is good. I saw Harrington is already gone after the first day. I was hoping he would do better. Oh well. Good luck to everyone out there.
Hellmuth's out. ...and while I don't take any joy in it because you had him in your pool, I did like seeing him leave early. The guy is a jerk, and he didn't show up to play today until two hours after the tourney started. He HAS to be the center of attention. His wife is a shrink; one would think she'd be able to council down his ego.
Raymer and Reese must be in the 4th first round. I have one player gone, Cernuto. Yer right, Raymer is for real, much more so than Moneymaker, but Chris still manages to cash at an event or two this time of year.
I wish I was there playing!!
You should be playing more tournaments Chris! I've had the most success playing single table sit-and-go's, but the larger tourney's offer deeper payouts and more money. I see you play both limit and no limit. It's like two completely different games, but that doesn't hurt at all. I think the best players are those who can play a wide variety of games proficiently. After playing 7-stud and hold'em for years, it took me a while to figure out what was a set of good hole cards for Omaha Hi/Lo. Now, it's one of my favorite games!I live in Vegas, and poker is by far the best game you can play. It's the only game in the casino where you don't have to beat the house.
I love to play and I spend many hours a week in the $10-20 blinds no limit game at Wynn or Bellagio, as well as the $15-30 limit game at Bellagio. The $2-5 blinds no limit game at the Palms is a lot of fun, mainly because it has crazy action because of the relatively low limits. I don't play in many tournaments, as I normally cash in live games, but I think I am going to start playing them a bit more seriously as the money available even for the local tournaments here in Vegas is just getting too big to ignore. Look at this year's World Series, top 12 are millionaires and the winner gets $12 million. That is an unbelievable overlay for a "mere" 10K ... almost like winning the lottery ...
I like Poker Stars. Lots of variety in the games, any limits you want (.02/.04 to $100/200), and there isn't a time limit to qualify for a bonus deposit. Party Poker requires you play a specific number of raked pots in a short time frame to get what ever bonus they might be offering--like 20% on a deposit--which won't work if you don't play a lot.BTW.... Which on-line poker sites do you guys like? I would like to start playing on line occasionally but there are a lot of sites and I would rather go with someone's recommendation.
I like Poker Stars. Lots of variety in the games, any limits you want (.02/.04 to $100/200), and there isn't a time limit to qualify for a bonus deposit. Party Poker requires you play a specific number of raked pots in a short time frame to get what ever bonus they might be offering--like 20% on a deposit--which won't work if you don't play a lot.