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BentRod said:
Poker is a skill game.

Anyone that says it is gambling does not know how to play the game.
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If you play the game with no money or for any reward, it could be classed as not gambling, except for a compulsive gambler. If money is involved or the likely hood of loss of any kind it is gambling, NO IFS OR BUTS, that's it.
 
noirua said:
If you play the game with no money or for any reward, it could be classed as not gambling, except for a compulsive gambler. If money is involved or the likely hood of loss of any kind it is gambling, NO IFS OR BUTS, that's it.
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Same as trading shares then?
 
Gundini said:
Sounds good ozpoker...

8-8.30pm AEST sounds good to me. I am in Brisbane, so 7-7.30pm (no daylight saving) works well for most canetoads I would think. Tue/Wed perfect!
;)
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Sounds good to me. Nearly won a big tourney last night. Bent, yeh, the blinds raise ultra fast with turbo tournaments, I wouldn't say it's a lot more luck, it just forces a different style of play. But still need to wait until you hit decent cards generally, though can't sit on your hands all night and try and check/fold your way onto the final table. A few guys will get lucky though I find at first and end up with a lot of chips, and call most things, so best to spot them and when your on their table, wait for some very good cards and try and get them all-in. Very good win %. Others are easy beats on the bluff when you have chips to throw away, they wait so damn long to get good cards to call, they are eaten alive by the blinds and ante, which you take most of. Some make it far by waiting and being so cautious, but are easy rips when the tables get low on players.

Noirua, you obviously have no skills at either Poker or Trading. Sorry, just the truth.
 
So_Cynical said:
Interested to know what "skills" are required to get a pair of sevens to beat a flush?
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don't get me wrong, there is a big element of luck in poker. Much less luck involved in being a profitable poker player over the long term. On any given day you can play well calculate your pot odds and implied odds bla bla bla bla and still get beat - no doubt. However over the next thousand games if you are any good at the maths of poker and you can read how people bet you will come out in front (even if you are rubbish at reading others and are a pure 'maths guy' you will still come out in front). Very similar to trading - you can do great analysis, totally be in tune with the instrument your trading and get murdered in any given trading session. However if you continue to do good analysis, money management etc. Over the long term you will be a winner.
 
I've been playing at pokerroom 'cos Jersey or someone mentioned it in another thread. Definitely seeing how much skill comes into it the more I play and really starting to enjoy it. So much psychological discipline required, plus of course knowing the odds etc., but there's much more to it than the maths.

The luck definitely comes into play and can make the ride forward in a tournament easier, but a good player should be able to place well in a tournament regardless of luck imo.

Have won a few smaller 10 handed tourneys and also won heaps of 10 handed TILT games and a few 50 handed TILT games as well.

Had my best placing last night in a larger one got 36 position out of 411 starters in a $5.50 standard hold'em tourney - got me a small payout.

I learn a lesson from every beat - and have no doubt there is a lot of skill in placing in these tournaments.

I enjoy the heads up or short handed aspect of the game as well, though usually only end up there as a result of winning a 10 handed starter.

Being good at short handed and heads-up helps a lot in getting some money if you get down to the final three or four in a TILT game - particularly if its winner takes all.
 
Ozpoker said:
Hi Guys

Just noticed this thread and thought I may be able to help you.

I have access to Pokerstars backend, so I can set up private tourneys for you.

Just give me the dates and times and passwords and I'll set them up.

All I ask is that anyone who is opens a new account there uses the pokerstars marketing code XXXXX when they set it up. It'll give you access to special bonuses and make you eligible for the 5 $2000 freerolls we run there every month plus others at different times.

Don't know about what your movements are like, but I have found private tourneys on Tues / Wed nights starting about 8:30pm/9:30pm usually suit the majority.

The minimum private tourney buy in is $5 and you can play any game like Omaha, razz or Horse; but if most of you are juts starting out it would be better to make it NL Holdem.

Give me some dates and times.
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OzPoker,

Can you set up the following tournament for us:

Every Wednesday night 8pm EDT (7pm Brisbane time).
$5 No limit texas hold em tournament.
Tourament Name: ASF Weekly
Tournament Password: trader

Can you have unlimited entries? So if we have 30 people here who want to play eventually we can start with 3 tables? or is it limited to one table?

Is there a function on PokerStars that we can keep records of the tournament each week and view stats like number of games played, win loss records of each player for this tournament, etc.

Hopefully you can set it up for tonight, otherwise we can hold the first game next week.

Anyone from this forum who joins Poker Stars if possible use the same username as you have here so we know who we are putting the bad beats on :D Also leave a message on this thread so we know approximately how many people will be playing and we can start the trash talk early;)
 
I think it will be great playing against fellow ASFers.

Even though I don't know you guys and gals, I still feel a kind of mateship, as we go through this global turmoil trying to help each other out along the way!

I will download the software, and deposit some cash as soon as we get the team together, and I will try not to take all of your money in one hit :cool:
 
well i've managed to turn $50 into $56 over the last hour or so... what a superstar :rolleyes:

i must say i'm not overly impressed with the PokerStars platform at all. Pokerroom.com leaves it for dead based on functionality and graphics in my opinion
 
ha ha, better than me. I've managed to turn 50USD into 40USD.

Been playing the 180 person tournaments and JUST missing out on the cash cut.

Had tripple kings with a queen kicker, and the other guy happened to have the other king and hit a 4 so a full house. WTF!!! :rolleyes:

Been playing a couple tables at the same time to make it more interesting. I'll win one of these big tourneys one of these days!!! :banghead:

Went on a 10 player sit and go just then and won it, luckily.
 
MRC & Co said:
ha ha, better than me. I've managed to turn 50USD into 40USD.

Been playing the 180 person tournaments and JUST missing out on the cash cut.

Had tripple kings with a queen kicker, and the other guy happened to have the other king and hit a 4 so a full house. WTF!!! :rolleyes:

Been playing a couple tables at the same time to make it more interesting. I'll win one of these big tourneys one of these days!!! :banghead:

Went on a 10 player sit and go just then and won it, luckily.
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thats a tough beat.

i'm playing in a 10c/25c cash game. whats your username MRC? i'll try and hunt you down and take all your money:D
 
We'll have to start a bad beats thread.

In the tournament I got 36 out of 400+ last night I had 18th highest chip stack before I went out - went all-in with KK and my opponent came up with A-10os - an ace came through for them. Not a bad beat - pretty fair race imo - but would have put me in a bloody good position in the tournament if I'd won it.


In a hand tonight I folded a K-6 pre-flop ... and watched the hand unfold into a three way all-in. One of them had pocket kings which improved to full house K's full of 7's by the river. Guess what it was beaten by .... 7777 (four of a kind)! lol. Glad I folded that King preflop.
 
Nothing like a bad beat when you move all in with A-A and the guy calling has 2-2. Flop comes A-K-K (full house for me). Turn - 2 River 2 (quads for the calling station).

It was for a live pot $450
 

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