Poker

I pretty much just play texas hold em with my buddies in my home town for $10-$20 buy in depending on their checks that week haha. I've also played in vegas on my last trip, nothing serious though, just a regular $100 buy in tournement at the hotel I was staying in.

does anyone else use data mining software to see tendencies of other players? have you ever wondered if the number of people spectating the game actually meant anything?

I don't think I would ever play for actual money online.  Too easy to collude/cheat.  Could be the same person at all other 9 spots on the table using 9 different IP addys for all I know.

I really enjoyed playing a few years ago, in person, in casino and online.  It just took up too much time and a lot of the players I played with stopped playing (fad at the time).

i love poker and play regularly in cash games usually 2-5 at the local casino or home game. i used to play tournaments but my patience for tournaments has gone down...ill play WSOP circuit events here and there when they come to town but I stick to No Limit Hold 'em cash games mainly. like everybody else said i wish i had more time. but my teaching schedule allows me to put in some solid hours in the summer time.

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Originally posted by 716Clothing I have played a lot of online poker. My problem is cashing out, a lot of the online sites make you wait 48 hours to submit a payout request after first initial deposit. Check out Bovada, after the ban of pokerstars and fulltilt, Bovada is one of my favorites!

and Bovada is good because the players arn't as good.

I used to play online quite a bit but that was due to the 04/05 nhl lockout. May have to consider getting back into it this season haha. Only play live with friends but have always considered playing at casinos. Though I've heard from other ppl that its very intimidating so it kinda deters me from trying it.

what site is this? i would definitely be interested.

I used to play Texas holdem poker with friends and then one day they got all serious wearing sunglasses and reading poker books and reading my facial expression. so i quit playing because it wasnt fun anymore.

I played online occasionally back in the day on full tilt but I pretty much made my living on playing live during the 14 months I was unemployed. Now that I'm working again its hard to get that time needed to be in "poker shape" for lack of a better term, especially for live action, so I'm looking for alternative ways and online is defo a time saver. If some guys around the Chicago area wanna get together for a home game I'd be down.

I play just for fun with my brother and friends.
Its pretty rare because Im Russian and Russian parents hate cards!
So we have to find time when the parents are out somewhere.

Well so far I've managed to turn $0 into around $390 on that juicystakes site. It's amazing how far you can take your couple bucks from a freeroll you won and turn it into so much more with some solid play and patience. I've been doing a good job managing my bankroll. Sold a good amount to friends for cash, but still have a good amount to keep building to eventually play bigger buy ins to see bigger payouts. All it takes is one nice payout of $1k+ to really boost my bankroll and then I'm really rollin'.