A thread to talk about poker

[phattymatty]

yeah definitely the best thing about online tourneys is that is teaches you how to fold for when you're in a live game.  i played on party poker for a long time and hit a bad spell a few months ago.

switched to pokerstars now and have been playing the 45 person $6 or $10 tournaments and haven't finished worse than 7th, which is in the money already.

i have noticed that betwen the two sites, pokerstars has much better players.  you still see the idiots that refuse to get rid of thei ace high and go all-in, but much less than partypoker.  all in all i find pokerstars much better.

[phattymatty]

in other poker news, a new underground pker club just started in dc about 3 months ago.  i did well in their opening tournamnt and won a free half-year membership ($2,500 value).  anyway, it's been going well for the last few months and then all of a sudden last week the dude running it took off in the middle of high stakes night with everyones cash.

i wasn't there that night so i lost nothing but some people lost some major coin.  it's weird because he put a lot of time and effort into getting his thing started, getting a nice core group of players, had a full staff going.  he even has the lease at this penthouse apartment where we play for a full year.

i'm sure he made off with a good $50K just from what people had invested that night.  but considering he was probably making a good $15K a week at least off of the rakes it doesn't make much sense.  we've come to the conclusion that someone was probably after him and he decided to take off.  it's like some shtein from the movies.  he was a great con man, i went out for drinks with him a couple of times and his stories were good.

oh yeah, his name was matthew mcdermott.  we're guessing he took matt damon's real first name and his character's last name from rounders.

but some regulars that lost money now took over and the place is still going strong.   i go more for the free johnny walker blue available than anything.

[Wingspan]

i would agree...the absolute bottom of the barrell as far as player quality is found on partypoker.

i've used pokerroom.com currently, but have also played on hollywoodpoker, and full tilt...all three are much better than partypoker

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Ultimate Bet.

[Father Demon]

Me and Mrs. Demon have been playing ParadisePoker.com for several years.  A lot of idiots in the lower stakes game, but in the higher stakes it's a pretty good game except for the few.

[ice grillin you]

phil helmuth has a chance to tie johhny chan and doyle brunson in braclets today....hes second in chips in the no limit 5k hold em event

[Wingspan]

i love helmuth. the guy is a friggin master at getting under peoples skin to the point they lose all focus and just start calling to call him.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

i love helmuth. the guy is a friggin master at getting under peoples skin to the point they lose all focus and just start calling to call him.

He also lets his share of people get under his skin, though.

[ice grillin you]

thats why i cant figure out if i want him to win or not....i love when hes a cocky a-hole and being one of the all-time bracelet holders will put him on another stratosphere in terms of that

but his meltdowns are great too....

[phattymatty]

i like helmuth a lot too, but marcel luske is at the final table too, he's 3rd in chips, and he's probably my favorite.  it's hard not to root for him.

[SunMo]

did Mike Matasow cry yet?

[Wingspan]

i dont know why, but i enjoy it every time phil ivey loses.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

i dont know why, but i enjoy it every time phil ivey loses.

Racist!

[ice grillin you]

yup definitely

[Wingspan]

i dont know why, but i enjoy it every time phil ivey loses.

Racist!

nah. but i find the "pat burrell strike out looking" expression he gets amusing.