Online Poker - playing from the U.S.

Woolygimp said:

Last time I went to Vegas for the World Series, I was late to the table. I sat down just in time before my hand was auto-mucked, looked down at AA. I raised, the MP (guy to my left) 3-bet, folded around, I 4-bet, he 5-bet, and at this point I know he has KK and decide to just call and get the money in post flop. We started with 20,000. We each put about 4,000 in pre.

Pots $8,000. Flop is K22. I check, he checks.

Turn is an 8, I check, he checks.

River is a T, I bet $2000 (sheepishly) trying to block because I knew he had KK but didn't want to check/call anything larger, he raises, I insta-fold. After I got busted out he comes up to me and asked if I had aces, I said yes. He said, "wow sick, I wasn't folding, you should have gotten all my money but I got lucky on the flop."

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What is odd is that your hand would be declared dead if you were not sitting when the last card was dealt. So while there is the possibility that the dealer was not following the rules and allowed you to play your hand. It is also possible that your story is completely made up and you are full of shit.

https://www.wsop.com/2015/2015-WSOP-tournament-Rules.pdf
"81. At Your Seat: A participant must be at his or her seat by the time all participants have been dealt complete initial hands to have a live hand. Participants must be at their seats to call the clock as described in Rule 79 “At your seat” is defined as being within reach or touch of your chair."

Of course it is, just like his "worst bad beat ever" story is complete bullshit too since no casino would ever let 2 jack of hearts in the same hand fly.

zombiewizardhawk said:

Of course it is, just like his "worst bad beat ever" story is complete bullshit too since no casino would ever let 2 jack of hearts in the same hand fly.

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Pinochle deck maybe?

Was that PLO game 8s or better? Or no low? He could have been playing for a qualifying low hand, even if that's usually a bad idea.

Haven't played any serious online poker since the Big Crash, this thread is making me feel that old itch again....Goddamnit.

Cad said:

Wooly full of shit? You don't say.

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It was a typo. Jesus Christ. Lighten up.

You guys are fucking asshole faggots, seriously.

Sterling said:

Was that PLO game 8s or better? Or no low? He could have been playing for a qualifying low hand, even if that's usually a bad idea.

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No, it was Omaha High. We don't play Hi-Lo here.

elcaro1101 said:

What is odd is that your hand would be declared dead if you were not sitting when the last card was dealt. So while there is the possibility that the dealer was not following the rules and allowed you to play your hand. It is also possible that your story is completely made up and you are full of shit.

https://www.wsop.com/2015/2015-WSOP-tournament-Rules.pdf
"81. At Your Seat: A participant must be at his or her seat by the time all participants have been dealt complete initial hands to have a live hand. Participants must be at their seats to call the clock as described in Rule 79 “At your seat” is defined as being within reach or touch of your chair."

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I sat down right as the last cards were being dealt to the button. They did not kill my hand. Blame the dealer, not me.

Would anyone like to play me in high-stakes HU match (PLO high or NLHE)? We can easily make this happen. There is an underground online poker site that I have an account on, I just don't play it because of the limited amount of players - i prefer the relaxation of live (and the hot cocktail waitresses).

I have pictures of my house and car. Holy fuck, stop calling me a liar you stupid cunts. I probably still have all my Poker Star & Party Poker hands on an old hard drive.

Adebisi said:

What stops online poker players from using software that calculates odds, pot odds, tracking player betting trends, etc?

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Nothing? I used to use poker calculators all the time. I know them all by heart now.

Here's a quick way to get a rudimentary odd %. Count your outs, multiply (outs) x 2% x (# cards to come)

If you have 2 outs on the flop, you have 2 cards by 2% by 2 to come. So 8% (it's really 9.5%)

If you have 10 outs with one to come it's 10 x 2% by 1 = 20% (it's really 21%)

Odds calculators often have you inputting other people's hands which can change the odds by increasing/removing the number of cards in the deck that help or hurt you. You should always disregard other people's hands because you don't know them while in the middle of a hand, and every card to come has the same % chance of being any particular card, not in play. The only cards you KNOW that aren't in play are the 2 (or 4 cards for PLO) that are in your hands, and the cards on the board, or any exposed cards.

Utnayan said:

Sure you do.

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I get called the Rainman every day, no fucking joke. I'm just cuter than Dustin Hoffman. You can call me on video phone, ask me an odds percentage, and I'll stand there (without touching a computer) and tell you.

I'll bet you 500 I get within 2% as long as it's not something ultra-unlikely.

That Omaha Hi bad beat, the guy's reasoning was that he was really rich and wanted to gamble with a pair of fours. He didn't care about losing, he'd have just bought in for $35,000 and got it all in again to bust me. He didn't know I was leaving after winning that hand.

It's the sickest bad beat I've ever seen.

If it wasn't poker, how do you expect someone like me to have been so successful? With a real job? lol, okay. I've only worked like a week in my life.

I won't post in here anymore. You're a faggot UT.

If you guys actually wanted help improving your game, or tips, I'd have gladly helped.

97% of the people who play poker are long-time losers. You're one of them, dumbfuck.

Either go full-on Chris Moneymaker, pray to 12 dieties, have the luck of Leprauchans, and run like God... and just maybe you'll have a 1,000,000,000,000 shot.