A thread to talk about poker

[T_Section224]

my wife had some of her college friends and spouses down to our place for the weekend.  the girls wanted to play poker, i was too drunk to get in, but she ended up winning $100 from them.  if she could have tripled that it may have paid for the food and booze for the weekend, oh well.

[Father Demon]

College friends and spouses, girls wanting to play poker, people drinking, and you play poker for money?

Fag.

[T_Section224]

College friends and spouses, girls wanting to play poker, people drinking, and you play poker for money?

Fag.

yeah, silly me not wanting to see one of the dudes in the buff.  the guys that did play were so loaded that they were among the first out.

[rjs246]

I play better when I'm drunk. Then again, I'm convinced I do everything better when I'm drunk.

[T_Section224]

I play better when I'm drunk. Then again, I'm convinced I do everything better when I'm drunk.

assuming everyone else is drinking, i agree, but in the cast of chicks were two pregnant women, and one who regularly meets at AA, so she doesn't drink, then there is my wife who was half and half, another drink or two and she would have been over the edge, but she kept it together long enough to take home the pot.

[phattymatty]

lennox lewis got taken out by a girl last night.

[ice grillin you]

daniel negreanus comments on his podcast are pretty funny....

"the level of play in this tournament is the worst ive ever played in."

"one guy grabbed money from the pot to get change."

"the play after the flop is so terrible, im going to play anything remotely playable."

"i feel like i got a read on every single player."

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

George Lopez is in 6th place.

[phattymatty]

is that really the comedian or another lopez?  i can't tell.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I have no idea.

[phattymatty]

just announced that the winner will get over $12M.

And at least a dozen people will make $1M.

[Father Demon]

Quality of the tournament is all down hill, thanks to the many internet poker sites.  They all send as many people as they can afford, hoping against hope that the winner is from their site.  Best advertising ever.

If people still had to pay $10K to get in, the quality would still be very high.  Of course, the number of entrants and the pot would be much, much lower, making it less of an event that everybody and their mother knows about.

Not sure which is worse.......

[phattymatty]

I like the fact that for the rest of our lives there will probably be one "professional" that wins it for every 20 times that amateurs do.

even the word professional isn't going to mean anything much longer.  all you have to do is win one big one.  take hachem for instance.  he only came last year because some of his buddies were playing.  and now he's considered one of the best players?  really the only reason he gets to play with the world's best is because he won $7M last year and never has to work again for the rest of his life.

i think it gives regular schmucks something to go for.  and probably lose all their money doing so in the process. 

[MadMarchHare]

It's like accelerating Powerball.  Cool!

[ice grillin you]

basically the main event is now your average casino