Does anyone play? I play when I can. I play in free Tourney's, Cash games, and at Casinos. Thought it would be a nice to have a thread we can all talk about the game.
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I play for a living. (half of my living)
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Your wife gets the other half?
I've played on Party Poker (before they went anti US), Poker Stars (still do) and Full Tilt (don't like them, when I got to my first final table in a big tourney, my connection lagged)Fin-Omenal and Section126 like this. -
I play online on Pokerstars. I try to stick to tables with higher blinds because the number of donks on lower ones are unbelievable. When I lived in Miami I played at the Miami Jai-alai, Miccosukee Casino and Hard Rock.
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Favorite hand: QJT9 double suited in Pot limit Omaha
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section do you travel? or just play online?
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I have played in 3 WSOP events and will be playing in a WPT event this March....I have been to Vegas may times and a couple times had some nice scores at the 10-20 NL game at the Bellagio. My problem is those 5 dollar slots and alcohol influencing me to play really dumb blackjack stakes.
As far as online poker goes I was playing in the Sunday Million at Poker Stars almost every week for awhile highest finish was 34th but I ruined that in a cash game. I dont play online poker hardly at all. Now I play local tourneys and card clubs on occasion.
Oddly I play way better drunk, this past summer I won the $50 buy in tourny at my church while drinking close to 20 plastic cups of draft beer...infact I puked later in the night. Not the first time ive played better drunk I think the booze just takes the edge off.Section126 and Jt0323 like this. -
Thats awesome Fin-O! I would love to go to Vegas and play in an event like that. I think I could do well but you need cards to help u. Poker is alot of skill but you need alot of luck and good cards dont hurt. I hate playing bad cards. I play in alot of 30-50 man tourneys and I do pretty good. Actually the last 4 that I entered I came in 2nd, Knock out early, 3rd, and 6th.
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The envirement in a WSOP event is pretty mind boggling I went deep in the large fields everytime but cashed only once...me and Shanon Elizabeth were both leaning against a wall RIGHT NEXT TO EACHOTHER during one of the breaks (I got a smile thats it) all those guys on TV are short like me.
Jennifer Tilly looked pretty ran down, had a beer gut.
Andy Bloch actually knocked me out of one of the events when his Q-10 beat my 99 (all in pre-flop) the next day in the 2k event I was in the top 20 in chips already in the money had KK made a big pre-flop raise BB called with what else?He had QUEEN-TEN of spades....flop is 2 spades and a Queen, I push..he thinks for a few minutes and calls...turned a 10 for two pair and I was crippled and went out less than a half hour later.
I dont blame him for the call since we were both in the $$.....he had top pair with a flush draw.
Anyway IF you ever plan on playing in a big event like that be ready for a long mentally draining day. FYI -
online, local casinos, and I travel to Las Vegas.
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I used to play alot more than I do now. I've played in a few casinos around the country. For some reason I always play well outside of Florida. I've had so many cooler hands in Florida it is ridiculous. Lately I've played Full Tilt and at Daytona Poker Room. I seem to always get my *** handed to me at the Hard Rock casinos. I'm always running into AA when I'm holding AK, KK, or QQ.
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Ouch that was a tough loss but I understand the call too. I actually got really lucky yesterday. I had K-10 off suit and a King on the flop. Guy next to me makes a big raise. I think about it and I pushed as I was down on chips and top pair with a decent kicker. He turns over pocket Aces!!!! I stood up cause I thought I was done. 10 came on the turn and I won! Two hands later I look down and get QQ!!! I make a reasonable raise amd the same guy I just beat pushes. I thought about and called. He turns over KK!!! I stand up and then a Q on the flop! Wow survive again. I have heard about the grueling days at tourney's.Fin-Omenal likes this.
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Not far behind...2600 and some change at the Bellagio boat over boat and the guy was the biggest maniac at the table so I thought I had just doubled up.:pity:
Most Ive ever won in a pot...around 3 grand....I have A-J and call a preflop raise in position flop A-A-J!!! He was pounding the pot and I just called all the way to the river then I moved in he insta called and tabled AK... It was nice to be on the right side of that.Section126 likes this. -
phunwin Happy kids are Dolfans. Luxury Box
I love to play, but we keep it very small. As much as anything, it's about drinking beer, making horribly inappropriate jokes, and if you can win a few bucks, so much the better.
I wouldn't want to play professionally or even semi-professionally. Just not for me. I salute those who do, though.Section126 and Fin-Omenal like this. -
did you talk **** with mike matasou(sp?)?
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Yes the nights with the guys is really alot of fun. Does not matter how much u play for as long as you have fun IMO.Fin-Omenal likes this.
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Never played with him, but I was playing at Ceasers and his brother was their drunk with one of the best looking asian chicks I have ever seen!
He kept saying "Im Mike Matasows brother Im such a donkey" but he was playing extremely tight, thing is some people at the table didnt care and paid him off almost everytime.
Table image is very important when I was obviously drunk people would automatically assume I was bluffing and paid me off more than they should have. -
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From what ive heard Mike is a very tight player, he has a knack to make it far in big fields for a reason....he just makes dumbass moves from time to time but a real succesfull player nonetheless.
I was a couple tables over from Phil in one event he is very tall and there is always a crowd around him. I think the blow ups are for TV to protect his image as "the poker brat"Skeet84 likes this. -
I play live once and a while and just stopped playing online, got too boring.
Places i've played poker at:
Casino Montreal
Casinorama
Casino Niagara
Seneca NF
Turning Stone
Foxwoods
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I have no clue what the biggest pot I've won or lost is, as I really don't factor that in unless I'm factoring pot odds. I've probably only won $6-700 in a day and lost up to $500 in a day.
I don't play anything bigger than $1/$2 no limit here in FL. The day they change the law to where I can buyin without a $100 limit is when I play different stakes.
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check this **** out from today!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFn3XxRWcO0"]YouTube- EPT Berlin Robbed by 6 armed men, live stream recording. Pokerstars version of rush poker?[/ame]Fin-Omenal likes this. -
Wow, security must suck in Berlin because I was at the WPT just thursday and u couldnt get threw the door with a stick of gum!
Lot of local home games get robbed though sad.Skeet84 likes this. -
Here's some crazier video!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3-sADcD0DY"]YouTube- EPT Berlin fight FULL footage! Security vs "gunmen"[/ame] -
well depending on when that video was recorded(i didnt watch), that might've been the reason for the extra security.
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No in the US where ever theres lots of money there will be alot of guns. Security is very tight along with the billion camerasFin-Omenal likes this.