[DacBietViet]

wow. ****ing lost quick as hell. omgosh..i'm bad luck had pocket aces and was to overexcited

[mathdotcom]

Poker sucks. I've been there. It just gets old after a while.

Try going a month without it - you'll feel much better, and won't miss it.

[Red_Sux]

i am up and down with poker. win 1 k, lose 2k, win 300, lose 500. i have trouble controlling myself when i go on a tilt.

[jjgold]

Poker is a game of chance only and your chance of winning is no different than playing craps.

[20Four7]

Poker is a game of chance only and your chance of winning is no different than playing craps.

You can't seriously believe that JJ. But then again you say you can't beat sports but claim to be a professional. My belief that on line isn't rigged has certainly be shattered in recent months, but LIVE if you can't beat the casino's 1/2 NL or 2/5 NL you shouldn't play. Now if you get to the high stakes games in the underground clubs the competition is certainly much higher. It is a game of skill but as with any skill based game (sportsbetting, BJ, poker, gin, backgammon etc) your edge is not as large as you think. A good poker player probably has a 2 to 4% edge of the competition. That's all you need but that still doesn't mean your AA isn't gonna get busted when pocket 2's hits the set.

I play craps for the Rush not because I expect to win, winning is a bonus there. But to compare the two JJ, I thought you were a little brighter.

[purecarnagge]

did you play online?

[jjgold]

I have watched more professional poker than anyone here, when you watch the high stakes cash games all they do is take money from each other and the big winners are the guys that get the cards, it then flips to other guys at the table. I can now see poker is very elementary and you can put any guy in the game with the pros and he will do the same thing.

[dodif]

I have watched more professional poker than anyone here, when you watch the high stakes cash games all they do is take money from each other and the big winners are the guys that get the cards, it then flips to other guys at the table. I can now see poker is very elementary and you can put any guy in the game with the pros and he will do the same thing.

Watching is for birds

[Red_Sux]

for some reason, i feel more confident playing in casinos and private games than online. i have this thing i do that convince people that i am bluffing when i am not...works everytime

[dodif]

for some reason, i feel more confident playing in casinos and private games than online. i have this thing i do that convince people that i am bluffing when i am not...works everytime

what

[Red_Sux]

what

i start robbing my crotch and make this noise...

[Philavanh]

wow. ****ing lost quick as hell. omgosh..i'm bad luck had pocket aces and was to overexcited

Du Ma May , Xui Qua Vay

[Kellen]

JJ is a railbird

[GONDORFF]

poker online sux. you have to be a idiot or a crook to play online. i only play live.

[slacker00]

I still play online occassionally. I always regret it.

The rake is just rediculous.

Live isn't any better. I played at a local indian casino once, and I think they took 5-10% of every pot in rake. There's no way even a good player can win a heavily raked game without discounts of some kind.

Home games are the only way to go.

[supershark]

online poker is ridiculous. Im working on a theory that PartyPoker stacks the deck. Not for a particular player but just in general so everybody is coming out with pairs, the pots get bigger (and rake), and when you lose its normally a bad beat putting you on tilt to play more. I get two pair or better seemingly every second hand there but 90% of the time theres a river flush or straight, its ****ed.

[betplom]

not easy

[Bullajami]

you have to be a idiot or a crook to play online.

I assure you I am neither.

[Bullajami]

online poker is ridiculous. Im working on a theory that PartyPoker stacks the deck. Not for a particular player but just in general so everybody is coming out with pairs, the pots get bigger (and rake), and when you lose its normally a bad beat putting you on tilt to play more. I get two pair or better seemingly every second hand there but 90% of the time theres a river flush or straight, its ****ed.

I have seen this theory posted dozens of times in various poker forums. Proving it seems to be much more difficult, as this I have never seen.

[TheLock]

Poker is a game of chance only and your chance of winning is no different than playing craps.

I have to disagree strongly.

Chance comes into play at various times but pre-flop hand selection, betting patterns and reads on opponents are just some of the non-luck factors involved in poker.

And that's without even mentioning calculating proper pot odds and implied odds.

The list goes on.


Besides, in craps (name that table game) you play the house and their advantage. In poker you play people.

[Richkas]

wow. ****ing lost quick as hell. omgosh..i'm bad luck had pocket aces and was to overexcited

I dont gamble on anything that you cant have a physical edge.

[purecarnagge]

wow. ****ing lost quick as hell. omgosh..i'm bad luck had pocket aces and was to overexcited

your too compulsive. you should stop gambling more than I should...

[donjuan]

Lots of ridiculousness in this thread. To sum up my responses in no particular order.

1. Online poker at the same stakes is tougher than live poker.
2. Rake online is not ridiculous, especially with rakeback.
3. It's always amusing to get a look inside the heads of fish.

[mr. leisure]

Lots of ridiculousness in this thread. To sum up my responses in no particular order.

1. Online poker at the same stakes is tougher than live poker.
2. Rake online is not ridiculous, especially with rakeback.
3. It's always amusing to get a look inside the heads of fish.

I agree with #1 & #2 but i still wonder if the hands aren`t inflated to create action and more rake

[donjuan]

Surely if hands were inflated, players would value those hands less and be more apt to throw them away?