A thread to talk about poker

[Rome]

Anyone know when they start televising it? I'm getting sick of watching Jamie Gold get lucky on ESPN.

I've been on a real bad luck streak lately....lots of shtein like flopping trips and someoen else having the case card with a higher kicker. straights losing to river flushes, etc. farging poker.

Settle down, Diamond Jim.

[Munson]

farg me. Got 5th place and my money back in a 100 dollar tourny, went over to the 2-5 cash game and bought in with the minimum 100, got up to 420 then lost it all.

farging. Poker.

[Wingspan]

Maawnnn...nad you werte sooooo drank toob!

[phattymatty]

rick tocchet made it to day 2 of the wsop, which started last week.

that is so awesome that he's in the world's biggest poker tournament after all that gambling shtein.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The wife and I played a home game with this dook a few years back.

He dropped out of NCSU to play poker professionally.


Also, this is funny:

Stalled
Players at table 77 ran into an annoying problem, intentional stalling.  A short stack who had less the $15,000 chips decided that it was more important to make day three then to actually play poker.  With only five people left until play stopped, he stalled every time action was on him.  This led players to try an explain to him that stalling with his short stack is actually a disadvantage.  That tactic failed, so they just called the clock on him immediately when it was his turn.  A floor man was basically station at the table.  The short stack survived the day.

[rjs246]

Stalling is one of the most irritating things about playing in large tourneys. Awful.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

NL cash games >>> any tournament

[phattymatty]

you can't blame the guy.  he's probably on an all-expenses paid trip from one of the online poker rooms.  they pay for you room the whole time you're there.  if he doesn't make it to day 3 they might make him go home.  just a guess.

anyway, my buddy has a comp room at the borgata whenever he wants for the most part, so i decided i'm taking the afternoon off tomorrow and going to AC for a night or two to play.

[SunMo]

it's more irritating playing at a friendly low cash game and someone takes forever to make a decision on a $2 pot

[ice grillin you]

most people who play poker are farging wanna be phil ivey know it all douchebags who take themselves and the game way to seriously...that why i absolutely refuse to play with anyone i dont personally know...otherwise im def getting in a fistfight

[phattymatty]

this makes me sad.

Rick Tocchet Pulls a Vinnie Vinh

Yes, it's unfortunate that Vinh's condition has become a catchphrase, but I think it's one that is here to stay.

While Vinnie Vinh himself showed up today (but busted early with a short stack), Rick Tocchet never returned for his Day Two. He survived Day 1c with 17,100 in chips, and his stack made it to the second level without him before succumbing to the blinds.

Why didn't Tocchet ever return to play? There's a theory that he was getting too much pressure for his legal troubles with gambling and conspiracy charges. While it's completely legal for him (or anyone over the age of 21) to play in the World Series of Poker, it may have been bad for him in other ways.

Regardless of the reason, Tocchet never returned on Day 2b, and his chips are now gone.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

most people who play poker are farging wanna be phil ivey know it all douchebags who take themselves and the game way to seriously...that why i absolutely refuse to play with anyone i dont personally know...otherwise im def getting in a fistfight

I would chip in about $20 to the bankroll to see you and Munson go heads up.

[Munson]

I'd tear him up. Actually, no, I seem to do better at full tables then I do anything less then 5 handed. I get too loose and don't pick my spots well.

[rjs246]

Fascinating.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I tear shtein up short-handed.  That's easy money.