why i gamble on sports rather than on poker

[keyboarding]

if u r talking about me so yes, nothing will cool me off. to tell u what frustrated the hell out of me, i was at a 10 players table, i pushed all-in with an AK and lost half my stack to an A9, few hands later i went all-in with A9 and lost all to an...AK. if it had happened to u u wouldn't touch an online poker room ever again.

Maybe you should stop pushing all in with high card?

[MJT1212]

I'm perfectly comfortable with playing poker and doing sports gambling face to face in beautiful Las Vegas. But as for online, I am inclined to agree that sportbetting is the MOST, although not fully, unscammable by the bookmakers, as the ESPN scoreboard does not lie and as the book (most of the time) cannot influence the outcome of a game.

[DrStale]

if u r talking about me so yes, nothing will cool me off. to tell u what frustrated the hell out of me, i was at a 10 players table, i pushed all-in with an AK and lost half my stack to an A9, few hands later i went all-in with A9 and lost all to an...AK. if it had happened to u u wouldn't touch an online poker room ever again.

Stop pushing all-in with A9 you dunce. You're never touching poker again because you lost one hand that you were 70% to win and one hand that you were 30% to win? You realize how incredibly stupid this sounds, right?

Haha, if this had happened to you you would never touch it again, what a joke. Bad beats happen every day brother, if this is how you respond to them then yeah, you probably shouldn't be playing poker.

[keyboarding]

... if this is how you respond then yeah, you probably shouldn't be playing poker.

That is the one thing you could say to about 98.5% of people who say poker is rigged or is a game of luck.

[loyd]

yeah, you probably shouldn't be playing poker.

im not touching it again and no online poker room will ever see a cent of me u can be sure of it. i cannot prove that online poker is rigged but u cannot prove its not rigged either.

[keyboarding]

i cannot prove that online poker is rigged but u cannot prove its not rigged either.

That sounds like the God debate between the realists and the crazies. Guess which side you are on?

[loyd]

That sounds like the God debate between the realists and the crazies

no it sounds like the debate of those who take anything for granted and those who use their brains. if u follow the online poker industry news did u know about the absolute poker scandal where one employee set up a super account which means he could see the other players cards? AP itself recognised this incident claiming a "security breach" and offered to return the funds to the players affected.

[keyboarding]

no it sounds like the debate of those who take anything for granted and those who use their brains. if u follow the online poker industry news did u know about the absolute poker scandal where one employee set up a super account which means he could see the other players cards? AP itself recognised this incident claiming a "security breach" and offered to return the funds to the players affected.

I am well aware of that breach. What's your point? There have been scandals with equipment tampering and referees being bought in practically every major sport, does that mean you no longer bet on any sports?

You need to get a grip.

[Powderguy]

The people that play for more money get all the cards, fukin weak. The sites rewards those who play higher stakes with more sucksouts, fuk the online bs.

[Jericholic]

Agree. Maybe because I understand that another thousands of people are also beaten just like me

Completely agree, I may be getting screwed over, but at least I'm not alone!!

[keyboarding]

The people that play for more money get all the cards, fukin weak. The sites rewards those who play higher stakes with more sucksouts, fuk the online bs.

[blueghost]

might only playing sports soon poker sites that have already turn down ** are now starting not to accept **** this will slow every sites deposits

[loyd]

There have been scandals with equipment tampering and referees being bought

i bet on soccer where there no possibility of a scandal, if a referee make a mistake even not volantary he kisses his career goodby. and as i bet on many teams at a time it limit my exposure to one match.
on another subject, as u r here on SBR it means u gor fed up with poker badbeats right?

[DrStale]

i bet on soccer where there no possibility of a scandal, if a referee make a mistake even not volantary he kisses his career goodby. and as i bet on many teams at a time it limit my exposure to one match. on another subject, as u r here on SBR it means u gor fed up with poker badbeats right?

So you only bet on soccer despite the fact that your avatar is the NBA logo, which is the most scandalous sport to bet on.

[keyboarding]

i bet on soccer where there no possibility of a scandal

on another subject, as u r here on SBR it means u gor fed up with poker badbeats right?

You do know what SBR stands for, right? It has nothing to do with poker.

[whatsgood5]

poker is a game of luck, no one can be good or suck in it, a 62 hand can beat a QQ but Fulham can NEVER Beat Arsenal. thats why i decided to just bet on Rock solid teams and watch the money flowing instead of burning my brain vains on what to do with my QQs!!

Don't be an idiot. Luck plays a big factor in it, but if you actually think no one can be good or suck at it, then you're just ignorant.

[whatsgood5]

i bet on soccer where there no possibility of a scandal

Really?

[bruceBRUCEbruce]

i bet on soccer where there no possibility of a scandal

that is a beyond laughable quote.

I still have yet to figure out why anyone plays poker online-unless you're a rookie who has no poker face, and even then...

[whatsgood5]

that is a beyond laughable quote. I still have yet to figure out why anyone plays poker online-unless you're a rookie who has no poker face, and even then...

As opposed to live you mean? Or are you just talking about playing poker in general?

[bruceBRUCEbruce]

As opposed to live you mean?

absolutely.

I'm not very old-pushing 30, and might have missed the boat on the online craze, but I'm old school in the fact that I want to see the guy's face, mannerisms, etc when he makes a raise.

to me, that's the essence of poker-reading a table, betting and reacting to bets by the way people act at the tables...

[Slainte]

The difference is that SPORTS control YOU, YOU control POKER. You can play sports when there is actually a game, you can play poker whenever you want.

[whatsgood5]

absolutely. I'm not very old-pushing 30, and might have missed the boat on the online craze, but I'm old school in the fact that I want to see the guy's face, mannerisms, etc when he makes a raise. to me, that's the essence of poker-reading a table, betting and reacting to bets by the way people act at the tables...

I can understand that, but the options online are so much better. Much better tournaments with better payouts and more people. Much more convienient too of course. Can play multiple tournaments/cash games at the same time, and get hands in much quicker. Also when you live a couple of hours from the nearest casino, online poker is very helpful.

[bruceBRUCEbruce]

I can understand that, but the options online are so much better.

and I understand that.

but it means nothing to me-there's just simply no way of knowing that there aren't 3 or more guys at the virtual table I'm at who are friends competing together as a team chatting together or on the phone, etc. it's just not for me-you've eliminated what I think is a crucial element of the game, the face to face aspect.

[whatsgood5]

and I understand that. but it means nothing to me-there's just simply no way of knowing that there aren't 3 or more guys at the virtual table I'm at who are friends competing together as a team chatting together or on the phone, etc. it's just not for me-you've eliminated what I think is a crucial element of the game, the face to face aspect.

Definitely understand where your coming from. I stay away from cash games for the most part because of that factor, but collusion rarely happens in multi-tables. I prefer live games as well, but with the nearest casino being about 2 hours away, it's kind of tough.

[tbone40143]

i agree screw online poker

[Lint Pockets]

not really you cant be scammed at poker unless your getting an absolute poker stunt pulled when you dont know it. also with poker you control the the hands you play and the way you play them as with sports betting you have no control over anything so i guess there is positives and negatives with both.

[texashighroller]

Im not patient enough to play poker

[whatsgood5]

Im not patient enough to play poker

That's what usually hurts me too

[Lint Pockets]

if your not patient then i suggest playing turbo sit-n-gos single table 6-10 people. goes by really quick but you just gotta be aggressive.

[whatsgood5]

if your not patient then i suggest playing turbo sit-n-gos single table 6-10 people. goes by really quick but you just gotta be aggressive.

I'm also not very good, so I try to stay away from poker completely. Hard to resist the urge at times though

[loyd]

So you only bet on soccer despite the fact that your avatar is the NBA logo

as iam on The GMt+1 time zone the only action durring the day for me is soccer, i started betting on the NBA only a month ago.

ou do know what SBR stands for, right?

yes i know, its a sport betting forum, u didn't understand my question, i asked u if u came to SBR because u decided to start betting on sports because u got fed up with poker.

Don't be an idiot. Luck plays a big factor in it, but if you actually think no one can be good or suck at it, then you're just ignorant.

u don't have to call me idiot if u don't agree with me. now that i see u r so smart tell me what has more chances of happening, the Clippers to beat the Suns in phoenix or an AA hand to beat a QQ?

[Lint Pockets]

I'm also not very good, so I try to stay away from poker completely. Hard to resist the urge at times though

sounds like me but the opposite with sports betting lol.