A thread to talk about poker

[SunMo]

won a $500 pot with 5 aces last night...was pretty happy about it

[Munson]

A pot-sized bet should be enough to see who has what. If someone calls, then remember pot control, so you don't all-in yourself out.

Problem with that is poker got so popular that not everyone at the table plays by the book anymore. Someone with top pair and a shtein kicker or even a flush draw might call a pot sized bet. Hell I sometimes pay to see the turn if I'm working on a high flush draw.

[SunMo]

Deadspin just posted this...farging great


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1FtJvWSvTS0

[Munson]

lol ouch.

Just turned it on tonight to see Doyle Brunson is still in it with about 600K in chips, and they're 18 away from the money.

Would be awesome to see him go far.

[phattymatty]

dude should have kept his mouth shut. that was awesome.

[reese125]

ive spent many youtube hours watching the worst bad beats, laydowns, bluffs, finals etc.--why--who the hell knows

while youtube is one of the best creations ever, the right side of the page is the farging devil

[hbionic]

Poker. It's enough to make a man go broke.

[phattymatty]

taking a private plane to AC in a few hours...if anyone is in AC and wants to gamble / watch the birds at chickie and petes at the trop tomorrow, hit me up.

[Munson]

Shame you weren't there last week, you could have seen me experience some of the worst luck at a craps table I've ever seen.

Just wasn't a good trip, nothing went the right way. Even took $60 over to blackjack at a $10 table....was broke in 7 hands.

[phattymatty]

yeah i haven't won in approximately 20 consecutive vegas / AC trips. but i feel good today.

[Seabiscuit36]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/26/delaware-signs-online-poker-compact-with-nevada/5827947/?

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Delaware Gov. Jack Markell and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday signed the country's first gambling compact that will allow people in both states to play online poker against each other.

The governors described the agreement as the first of its kind and said they hoped other states, like New Jersey – the only other state to have so far legalized online gambling – would join.

Unlike casino expansion, in which one state competes with another, the governors said the new opportunities could increase revenues for all states involved.

"I consider this a landmark intersection in the road of gaming history," Sandoval said at a signing ceremony in Wilmington. The deal comes as increasing competition in the region, especially in Maryland, has hurt Delaware's brick-and-mortar casinos, which historically have provided the state with a significant amount of its annual revenues.

The technology is not yet developed, so it will take some time for multistate online poker to be up and running, the governors said. But the agreement signed Tuesday gets "the legal piece" taken care of, Markell said.

The agreement with Nevada, currently limited to poker, is "a natural next step to make sure our gaming industry remains on the cutting edge," Markell said. A bigger pool of players will be more attractive to potential players, Markell said.

People would need to be physically present in either state to participate, no matter where they live, the governors said.

The Delaware Gaming Competitiveness Act of 2012 allowed for Internet gambling, as well as parlay football bets in venues outside of casinos, and the creation of a statewide Keno network. Online gambling in Delaware started in November.

The new agreement will allow people in both states to compete for the same pot of winnings, Markell said. Each state from which the players hail will keep the revenues, Sandoval said. It was unclear how much revenue the new offering is expected to generate.

Sandoval said his state's online gambling legislation was passed one year ago, 24 hours after it had been introduced, making it the fastest moving law to be approved in Nevada's history.

Democratic state Rep. Helene Keeley called it "a step in the right direction," along the line of interstate compacts in agriculture and biotechnology. She said 10 states are considering legislation for online gambling.

"This is something that is coming of age," Keeley said.

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://www.vanityfair.com/society/2014/07/viper-room-hollywood-poker-game

Jeremy Bloom's sister ran the game and wrote this

Tobey Maguire is a douche

[hbionic]

That's his sister?

[Chameleon]

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=172390

23 years old, from North Wales. Just tearing it up. SKILL GAME!

[Chameleon]

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/updates.asp