Ping Hold Em Players

[SirFozzie]

PokerStars is running their freeroll at 9 tonight, Ron and I are already planning to be in it, both of us have top 500 finishes in the last couple days, so, if you want to join about 5,000 players and see how strong your poker skills are.. ;)

[BishopMVP]

Never used PokerStars before, but I'll probably make it in depending on how much of my paper I can get done ahead of time.

[MJ4H]

Cant touch my 3rd out of 4641 :)

The weeknight freerolls are limited to 1000 entrants, and you have to be fast on the register button to get in. Ill try if Im around at the right time. Username: Gorgonian

[BishopMVP]

Dola.

Rather than starting a new thread, I figured I'd ask in here. For people who play at casinos, specifically in the Northeast, is there any site that has information on what types of games are available and the minimum age. I saw something on here that said some New York Casinos allow gambling at 18 and I'm trying to figure out the nearest place to play a little Hold'em, whether it is in CT or NY.

The only one I've been to is in the Bahamas, and while it allows gambling at 18, Caribbean Stud is the only "poker" game.

[RPI-Fan]

Bishop: You'd have to go to Turning Stone.

PM me if you want more info.

[SirFozzie]

True, 1000 entries to this one, no limit to the entries in the 3 am one apparently.


(I'll probably do both)

8:10 PM, entries open, any and all folks NEED to be ready the second it opens.

[Chubby]

Turning Stone would prob be the closest to you since Foxwoods you have to be 21 to go in the casino.

[sabotai]

I just played in a tournament last night. Finished 371st out of 1202 ($3 tourney), mostly thanks to someone going all-in with a pair of jacks (he held KJ) against my AA, and he got a K on the river. Grrr. I was still alive for awhile, but ended up going all in with a pair of Kings, and someone else ended up with Kings and Nines.

[tucker342]

I love Hold Em Poker.

[SirFozzie]

it sounds down to earth and ritzy at the same time.

"No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em Poker" (sounds like some crazy game you'd do on poker night)

and then

"The Cadillac of Poker"

[BishopMVP]

less than a minute until registration begins

EDIT - Registration has begun

EDIT - Didn't get in, even though when I clicked register, ~60 people were listed as registered. Oh well, I'll probably be up for the 3am one.

[SirFozzie]

got locked out despite registering in the first 15 seconds

oh well, 3 am for me, and probably RPI too

[Eilim]

Damn you, SirFozzie.. Because of you I'm now up to 3 places to play cards online. :) I missed out on the entry for this one myself and will try and get in on the 3 am one. Off to play some Turbo Texas Hold'em to warm up a bit. Been a few weeks since I last played.

[SirFozzie]

Eilim: I just bought the Tournament Texas Hold Em to feed my Hold Em urge. Instant tournament, any time I want ;)

[BishopMVP]

I'm on Absolute right now, if anyone else wants to play. Kind of packed, but not as much as for that Freeroll tourney was. I'll be on the 3000/10000 playmoney buy-in tournaments.

[Eilim]

I bought TTH off my uncle a few months back when he got tired of it and fell in love, been pondering over picking up the Tournament edition for a while now. Maybe I'll have to ask santa for a copy for Christmas.

[QuikSand]

Anyone who orders software from Wilson Software (the Turbo THE guys) -- be sure to enter "Holiday Special" in your coment space if you order on line, and you'll get a nice discount-- $20 off for the standard software, $15 off the tournament game. Pretty good deal, all told.

I just got the Tournament THE game - only sat with it once, and don't yet have a feel for how useful I will find it. But the system is awfully good.

[cthomer5000]

Originally posted by QuikSand
Anyone who orders software from Wilson Software (the Turbo THE guys) -- be sure to enter "Holiday Special" in your coment space if you order on line, and you'll get a nice discount-- $20 off for the standard software, $15 off the tournament game. Pretty good deal, all told.

I just got the Tournament THE game - only sat with it once, and don't yet have a feel for how useful I will find it. But the system is awfully good.

thanks for the tip. was considering ordering it pretty soon, and will now make that sooner.

[RPI-Fan]

What is the principle of the TTHE software?

What is the progression of events, or what types of thing make it so useful?

Thanks for any opinions,
~kyle

[sabotai]

Link?

[SirFozzie]

www.wilsonsoftware.com


Turbo Texas Hold'em teaches tight, aggressive play. It gives advice as you play, gives exact odds, evaluates your play, has lots of statistics and lets you do testing. (You can even assign specific cards to specific players if you like.) You set the limits and the number of players (2-10) and what type of game you want to play in (loose, tight, average, etc.). You can even make your own players. It does not include tournament play nor no-limit or pot-limit play.

Tournament Texas Hold'em plays tournaments; limit, pot-limit or no-limit. You choose from 1-100 tables, rebuys or not, how quickly the blinds increase and level of competition : average, above average or loose. The Turbo features listed above are not in the tournament.

In summary, Turbo helps improve your play for both regular and tournament play while the Tournament program adds the ability to practice the timing and money management skills needed for tournament play.

[RainRaven]

I have been interested in Hold'em for awhile and will be playing with friends next week and have played a bit on yahoo and fiddled with the play money section of Party Poker in the last few months. However I want some soild software to play on the side since I find the game fascinating. Is the Wilson software the best for that even if I don't forsee myself playing seriously at a casino or gambling any time soon or would other software do a good job of simulating the game/tournament of Hold'em?

[cthomer5000]

Originally posted by RainRaven
I have been interested in Hold'em for awhile and will be playing with friends next week and have played a bit on yahoo and fiddled with the play money section of Party Poker in the last few months. However I want some soild software to play on the side since I find the game fascinating. Is the Wilson software the best for that even if I don't forsee myself playing seriously at a casino or gambling any time soon or would other software do a good job of simulating the game/tournament of Hold'em?

Its supposed the be easily the best software out there, and a very accurate simulation.

[Bonegavel]

Messing around for an hour on PokerStars and I managed to accumulate over 20000 in free chips. I may venture into the pay tables one day.

[SirFozzie]

Bone: Do not mistake freeroll play as good pay table play.

There's a good reason that Play Money ring games are called "Texas No-Fold-Em Hold Em". ;)

Tournaments are a bit different

[Bonegavel]

No doubt Fozz. I actually managed to find a table with a low player/flop ratio and it was fun. Later on, every table saw 99% at the flop and people were "all in" every hand. Oh, and the amount of "your mama's" and the like were not uncommon.

I may plop down some money just so I can play a bit more seriously.

[SirFozzie]

try the freeroll tournies, there's some decent p[lay there

[Bonegavel]

i tried the one tonight, but it was closed by the time i found it. Can you set up your own mini-tournies in there? It would be sweet if we could get a bunch from here together and each throw in like $5.

[edit: it would be nice if we could get 9 from here to commandeer a room one night in the freeplay.]

[SirFozzie]

well, over at Absolute Poker, they offer FreeRoll "Sit and Go" tournaments, so if we had a full crew, we could play the entire night.

[Bonegavel]

I would be up for that. I'll have to check out that site.

[kingfc22]

I'll be there at PokerStars for the midnight PST freeroll as per usual. SN - kingfc22

The freeroll tournaments start to have really good play after the first break. Usually, the first hour is full of people going all-in because they want to leave.

[SirFozzie]

Just cashed in $60 at PokerStars.. hopefully I'll do ok, and make the stake grow :)

[SirFozzie]

Quick Report:

Up $7 on a .10/.25 blinds table (started with the max allowed at table $25, now about $32.50).. it's DIFFERENT when it's real money. REAL different, ring vs tourney play

[Turd Ferguson]

Freeroll tourney in 23 minutes on Pokerstars.com for all who are interested. No limit on players allowed to join.

I'll be playing as Yarmy6.

[SirFozzie]

Me and Ellim are already in :)

[Eilim]

I'm in as well as "Eilim". Hope to see you guys in the tourney, not untill the last table ofcourse. ;)

[SirFozzie]

I meant to spell Eilim. ;)

BTW.. Franklin Rules, Foxboro Drools!

(Still have a grudge against you guys from some of the league games I saw when I worked for the High School announcing ;))

[kingfc22]

I'm in too

[Eilim]

Hehehe.. I won't begrudge you any Foxboro bashing. While I've lived here for a little over 10 years now and love living within hearing distance of my beloved Pats I actually grew up and went to school in Attleboro.. (I know, not much better.. ;p )

[SirFozzie]

Which one?

Attleboro Blue or North Attleboro Red?

I still hate Red even today ;)

Attleboro's at least a LITTLE better, we don't play em much :)

[Eilim]

Blue ofcourse.... North Atlleboro?!?! Now I could take you bashing foxboro, but even thinking I might be from North Attleboro! *starts grumbling and kicking dirt around* No mercy for you in the tourney. ;)

[SirFozzie]

Ah ok... ;)

( verry very glad now I didn't use the old "Cattleboro" joke) :)

[SirFozzie]

Table 206 for me ;)

[kingfc22]

26 for me

[SirFozzie]

Only had 3 of 8 active players. Got moved to Table 132

[Eilim]

Table 1 for me.

[SirFozzie]

HOLY HECK! I just saw something I never saw before.

Flop

7 7 7

I start to make a joke about wishing I could see that on a slot machine.

Turn..

the FOURTH 7.

Shock and Awe

[SirFozzie]

holy hell, this is my night

Dealer: Starting new hand: #203234837
Dealer: Gambler626 posts small blind 15
Dealer: Hafa0 posts big blind 30
Dealer: Dealing Hole Cards
Dealer: Sparkster calls 30
Dealer: SmOkEyWiSdOm raises 30 to 60
Dealer: SirFozzie raises 30 to 90 (AQx)
Dealer: jake steed calls 90
Dealer: Hdrider46 folds
Dealer: PeteMitchell folds
Dealer: witchhazel folds
Dealer: Gambler626 folds
Dealer: Hafa0 folds
Dealer: Sparkster calls 60
WhyNotMe40 [observer]: spark spark spark
Dealer: SmOkEyWiSdOm calls 30
Dealer: Dealing Flop: [Kc As Qc]
Dealer: Sparkster bets 30
WhyNotMe40 [observer]: *smirks*
Sparkster: Hey yoou
Dealer: SmOkEyWiSdOm raises 70 to 100
WhyNotMe40 [observer]: how ya doin
Dealer: SirFozzie raises 800 to 900
Dealer: jake steed raises 290 to 1190 and is all-in
Dealer: Sparkster folds
Sparkster: still here
WhyNotMe40 [observer]: see dat
Dealer: SmOkEyWiSdOm, it's your turn. You have 15 seconds to act
Dealer: SmOkEyWiSdOm raises 450 to 1640 and is all-in
Dealer: SirFozzie calls 740
WhyNotMe40 [observer]: even wiffout ya luckycharm
SirFozzie: I can ACK!
Dealer: Dealing Turn: [Ts]
Dealer: Dealing River: [Ah]
Dealer: SmOkEyWiSdOm has a straight, Ten to Ace
Dealer: SirFozzie has a full house, Aces full of Queens
Dealer: Game #203234837: SirFozzie wins side pot (900) with a full house, Aces full of Queens
l house,
Dealer: Game #203234837: SirFozzie wins main pot (4005) with a full house, Aces full of Queens

saved by the river, against a 10-A straight on the turn. Damn!

[Eilim]

Well, 1266th place. Lost to a higher flush on the river going all in. Was playing too conservative early and it cost me alot of chips on decent hands and then ended up battling a short stack after a misplayed hand on my part.

One nice thing, SirFozzie took my seat, make sure and kick their asses. ;)

[Turd Ferguson]

Well, finished at 1251 out of 3255, not too great. It was the first tourney I have played though. Most heartbreaking moment came when I folded Jc 5h and the flop was three 5's, it was all downhill from there and I couldn't recover.

[Eilim]

I'm definetly picking up the tourney addition of TTH though. This was my first tourney, and my first try at no-limit. Even after a few years of playing Hold'em, I felt like a fish out of water.

[kingfc22]

Well, at the break with 4390 in chips. Been all in once and the hands I've been dealt have seen better nights.

[Turd Ferguson]

It is definately a whole different ballgame then Limit. Plus being freeroll you have a ton of people slowplaying with nothing until the river comes and winning with an awful starting hand.

[SirFozzie]

Near the top 100 in chips, with 870 left in the shebang.

[SirFozzie]

guh. Just got moved to another table, and a guy went on a rampage, winning 3 big hands. I'm 2nd at the table with $10,000..

he has 40K. Guh again.

[SirFozzie]

whew. I'm a movin man ;) Away from the terror

[Eilim]

I know how you feel, SF. Granted it was at a smaller scale when it happened to me, but it totally threw me off. Made me play rediculously<sp?> tentative and I let him get away with buying some pots that I shouldn't have.

[kingfc22]

At 9150 right now. Had pocket Q's turn into a boat. Guy went all-in and bang. The chips were mine.

[kingfc22]

Was on the big blind with pocket dueces. One guy went all in and it cost me another 155 to see a flop. Came up 2 A 9. Bet and was called by 3 others who had an A. Next card was an A, which made my boat and left the others calling my bets.

I won the hand and now have 14,820 in chips.

[SirFozzie]

I'm out. Gambled on a bluff and left my tush hangin out in the breeze.

Back to the ring game :(

[kingfc22]

2nd break just started. Made up some nice ground that hour. Currently with 22,000 chips and sitting in 83rd place. Maybe I can beat my best finish which was 38th.

[kingfc22]

3rd break. 74,720 chips and in 23rd place with 64 left.

[RPI-Fan]

HOw'd you do?!

[MJ4H]

Jeez you guys really played the 3am freeroll? Dont you have JOBS!?

hehe

Ive been sick and let the evening one slip my mind. However I know you have to click that button in around one second or less or you wont get in. Youve got to be really fast.

[Turd Ferguson]

Hey for those of you without jobs, another tourney is starting in 10 minutes.

[kingfc22]

Originally posted by RPI-Fan
HOw'd you do?!

Haven't had a chance to post until now. I got as high to 4th in chips and then my table closed down and I was put in a new one with 36 people left.

I was able to win one or two hands, but then got caught in a bluff and lost a good chunk of my chips. At that point in the tourney I was ranked 18th out of 20 with 119K chips. The avg. was around 275K.

A few hands later, I had the same amount of chips and came across AdQd. The blinds were 3000/6000 and I was in position number 6. Everybody in front of me folded. So I came out aggressive with a 20K bet. Next 3 guys folded and then the chip leader at the table and #3 overall raised me to 32K. Everybody else folded and it was back to me. Being one of the smallest stacks left, I decided that this was a chance to double up. ALL-IN. He calls.

He turns over a 7h 10s?!?!
I have AdQd.

flop comes Qc Jh Kh

At this point we both have draws and I have a solid pair.

turn card comes 9s.

Crap. I need a 10 to save me now on the river and I can not believe that I might lose to this horrid hand.

river card is another Q.

My 3Q's with A kicker loses to his 4 card straight on the table.

20th out of 3100 is now my best and hopefully I can beat that on Wednesday night.

[MJ4H]

Nice job!! Tough ending, though.