Was I the last guy in the world who hadn't played on-line poker?

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  • Mudcat
    Restricted User
    • 07-21-05
    • 9287

    #1
    Was I the last guy in the world who hadn't played on-line poker?
    Well now I have. Been checking it out for the first time this weekend. Between that and finally getting a cell phone a few months back, I feel like quite the happening 21st century dude.



    The highlight was when I flopped a straight flush to the queen. The lowlight was losing my entire deposit.

    No one mistook me for Phil Ivey.
  • capitalist pig
    SBR MVP
    • 01-25-07
    • 4998

    #2
    Well, I guess that now makes me the last guy on the planet to have not played online poker now.

    later
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    • trustbutverify
      SBR High Roller
      • 01-12-07
      • 221

      #3
      makes us....
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      • gummo
        SBR Hall of Famer
        • 09-04-06
        • 6297

        #4
        I've only played it online for fun...not for money.
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        • rob
          SBR MVP
          • 08-23-06
          • 3007

          #5
          I haven't yet, either. I haven't fared well at local games...which gives me little initiative to go online.
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          • Sam Odom
            SBR Aristocracy
            • 10-30-05
            • 58063

            #6
            wish i had all of my $$ back
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            • imgv94
              SBR Posting Legend
              • 11-16-05
              • 17192

              #7
              It's a lot better to play live.. Online I feel like it's rigged..
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              • imgv94
                SBR Posting Legend
                • 11-16-05
                • 17192

                #8
                Originally posted by gummo
                I've only played it online for fun...not for money.
                That is like drinking O'Douls
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                • onlooker
                  BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                  • 08-10-05
                  • 36572

                  #9
                  Im not big on cards, so Ive only played non-cash games online. It just dont interest me.
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                  • Mudcat
                    Restricted User
                    • 07-21-05
                    • 9287

                    #10
                    Here's my impression:

                    I have played poker for years and am actually a pretty decent player. I win more than I lose (although I don't play against a particularly high level of competition).

                    The competition on-line didn't seem particularly dazzling and I felt like I was winning more than I was losing - but my balance kept slowly eroding.

                    Maybe I'm kidding myself that I was playing winning cards but the point is, the rake seems deadly. It's subtle but I guess it adds up so that almost everyone loses long-term - like the vig in sports betting. (I'm sure regular players are now saying, "DUH!!")

                    That aside, I don't know how people get so caught up in it. I only played maybe 6 hours altogether and that was too much time sitting like a vegetable in front of a computer.
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                    • trustbutverify
                      SBR High Roller
                      • 01-12-07
                      • 221

                      #11
                      Thats my view as well. Are there players really cleaning up in online poker?

                      I didn't expect the spanish inquisition.
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                      • pags11
                        SBR Posting Legend
                        • 08-18-05
                        • 12264

                        #12
                        never have yet played online poker...regular poker's hard enough for me...
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                        • operaman
                          SBR High Roller
                          • 02-21-06
                          • 157

                          #13
                          Originally posted by trustbutverify
                          Thats my view as well. Are there players really cleaning up in online poker?

                          I didn't expect the spanish inquisition.
                          yes
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                          • imgv94
                            SBR Posting Legend
                            • 11-16-05
                            • 17192

                            #14
                            In the old days(not too long ago HAHA) if you are a decent player & bonus hunt it's not hard to make a profit..

                            Takes forever to clear the bonuses though.. For some reason I did a lot better when I played SNGs..
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                            • goldengoat
                              SBR MVP
                              • 11-25-05
                              • 3239

                              #15
                              only played yahoo poker for no real money

                              am slightly up but i don't think it is in my best interest to play for real money in the long run

                              plus it's so slow
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                              • operaman
                                SBR High Roller
                                • 02-21-06
                                • 157

                                #16
                                Originally posted by goldengoat
                                only played yahoo poker for no real money

                                am slightly up but i don't think it is in my best interest to play for real money in the long run

                                plus it's so slow
                                if its too slow for you, play 2 tables at once. (or 4, or 8 , or 12)
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                                • freebie
                                  SBR MVP
                                  • 08-10-05
                                  • 1174

                                  #17
                                  haven't play yet, but would like to try it out some day.
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                                  • Mudcat
                                    Restricted User
                                    • 07-21-05
                                    • 9287

                                    #18
                                    The one point I would make to people who say they have only played the "Fun Money" games: don't think your results would automatically translate to money games. I don't say that just because of the rake either.

                                    I played some Fun-Money games to get used to the software and the play was at a much lower level than the money games. Some people try to play properly but a lot of people are absurdly aggressive because they have nothing real to lose. You can trap them all over the place.

                                    Some people are going to see every flop no matter what. If you have any concept of basic strategy and patience, you can't help but win.

                                    Those overly aggressive players are not totally absent from the real money games but if you see them, you better sit down with them fast because they won't last long.
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                                    • Mudcat
                                      Restricted User
                                      • 07-21-05
                                      • 9287

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by trustbutverify
                                      I didn't expect the spanish inquisition.
                                      Of course not. Our chief weapon is surprise. Well, surprise and fear. Our chief TWO weapons are surprise and fear. And an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope. Our chief THREE weapons are . . .

                                      Leave it with me.
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                                      • garyking
                                        SBR Wise Guy
                                        • 01-18-07
                                        • 684

                                        #20
                                        online poker

                                        I've played for the last three years, it was absurdedly profitable for the first couple of years, but now I find it difficult to win on a constant basis and have resorted mostly to bonus hunting.
                                        I'm not sure that the players have improved that much recently, I have a sneaking suspisicion that the sites run a program that gives you worse cards if you have cashed out profits on a regular basis. (and are playing at that site only when bonuses are offered)
                                        That said, playing four tables you can still clear from $10-20 per hour in bonuses providing you can play break even poker.
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                                        • WWTSblows
                                          SBR High Roller
                                          • 10-14-06
                                          • 161

                                          #21
                                          Back before October, I could average $40 in hour in bonuses alone. Now, I can only get about $20. Things are going downhill fast.

                                          There is still plenty of money to be made. I recommend getting kickbacks at any site you play at though, there is a way to get kickback at nearly every room.
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                                          • Willie Bee
                                            SBR Posting Legend
                                            • 02-14-06
                                            • 15726

                                            #22
                                            Count me amongst those who haven't played it. Maybe slots would be fun on-line, but poker, craps, etc, is only fun to me when it's live and in person.
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                                            • Dark Horse
                                              SBR Posting Legend
                                              • 12-14-05
                                              • 13764

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by Mudcat
                                              The competition on-line didn't seem particularly dazzling and I felt like I was winning more than I was losing - but my balance kept slowly eroding.

                                              Maybe I'm kidding myself that I was playing winning cards but the point is, the rake seems deadly.

                                              WSEX has no rake poker.
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                                              • rolemand
                                                SBR MVP
                                                • 03-24-06
                                                • 1033

                                                #24
                                                WSEX needs more players. I can't believe how few players are actually there compared to pacific and party both of which I can't play at anymore.

                                                The rake is nice but the better players really outnumber the less skilled at WSEX IMO.

                                                Interestingly as much as I like to play live poker I've never won in a B&M whereas online I've never had to redeposit.
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                                                • jjgold
                                                  SBR Aristocracy
                                                  • 07-20-05
                                                  • 388179

                                                  #25
                                                  I stopped playing poker but love watching it on TV
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                                                  • Arilou
                                                    SBR Sharp
                                                    • 07-16-06
                                                    • 475

                                                    #26
                                                    rolemand, didn't you answer your own question?

                                                    Who wants to swim with the sharks...
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                                                    • rolemand
                                                      SBR MVP
                                                      • 03-24-06
                                                      • 1033

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by Arilou
                                                      rolemand, didn't you answer your own question?

                                                      Who wants to swim with the sharks...

                                                      I was just adding my own commentary on WSEX. I love the rake free idea but I find myself rarely finding a table that is suitable (ie. where I feel I have an advantage over a nice % of the table) due to the fact that most of the players are either better or play a style I don't play well against. In addition there are few full ring games going most of the tables are 6 handed.
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                                                      • Sam Odom
                                                        SBR Aristocracy
                                                        • 10-30-05
                                                        • 58063

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by rolemand

                                                        WSEX needs more players. I can't believe how few players are actually there...
                                                        1500 people is a big # for them and 800 people of that are in the free-roll for $50

                                                        WSEX aint advertising correctly BUT many people I know complain about their software.
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                                                        • rolemand
                                                          SBR MVP
                                                          • 03-24-06
                                                          • 1033

                                                          #29
                                                          well it's true I get booted out of their site occasionally but I couldn't say for sure how much more I got booted out of WSEX than say Pacific when I played there.
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