I've been a big fan of Alec Torelli and his youtube channel until this came out, he always seemed like a great guy to me but this seemed pretty scummy
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Quote: (09-18-2016 06:55 PM)HighSpeed_LowDrag Wrote:
Quote: (09-18-2016 05:22 PM)BrewDog Wrote:
So we get the deal, Texas Hold Em, and I get an Ace-Queen
I knew exactly how that story would end the second OP mentioned what hand he had.
Was not disappointed.
AQ is infamous in professional poker for leading to bust-outs in poker tournaments against AK, AA, or mid-to-high pairs.
Quote: (06-02-2017 06:39 PM)The Catalyst Wrote:
I've been a big fan of Alec Torelli and his youtube channel until this came out, he always seemed like a great guy to me but this seemed pretty scummy
Thoughts?
Quote: (06-03-2017 01:56 AM)sterling_archer Wrote:
Started playing two weeks ago. I play this Texas Hold Em 3D game on my computer, of course for virtual money. It will be a while till I start to play for real money, but even then I am not completely sure.
There are casinos in Croatia, but we don't have a culture around it so you will not see these American style of casinos here; they are more like an automat club populated with one armed jack machines (is that the name?), some roulette tables and what not.
I am thinking of free registering on one website I saw to play with real players for fake money instead and do it for some time.
This is the link: https://www.replaypoker.com/
Opinions about it?
Quote: (10-27-2016 11:38 AM)RichieP Wrote:Generally accurate. I know master chess players who lost their minds playing No limit but were excellent limit holdem players. Logical brains cannot understand getting punished heavily sometimes for great play. Emotional intelligence is huge. In live poker you can draw comparisons with good PUA's and good poker players. Understanding it is all about volume and knowing who you are dealing with in any given situation eg Is he a tight or loose player and what will he do in this spot.... is she DTF and do i have good logistics. Being alpha minded also helps. I have never met a women who i think is world class at poker
Quote: (10-03-2016 07:24 PM)chicane Wrote:
I know almost nothing about poker, but I have a fairly high IQ, so it would be an interesting task to become competent. It would be cool to get good enough to come out ahead in low stakes games. Any recommendations for books to start with?
Better make sure your strengths actually match up to what it takes to succeed in poker.
Emotional intelligence? Ability to tolerate hours of endless grind? Natural penchant for strategic thinking, game theory? (I dont even know if these are what it takes, but point is - you have to find out)
High IQ is deceiving. The genius mathematician James Simons admits he failed as a computer programmer - super high IQ, but his particular strengths didn't match what's required to be a good software engineer.
He failed at that, quit, but went on to do amazingly well as a hedge fund manager. Now he's a billionaire.
Quote: (06-04-2017 01:32 PM)sterling_archer Wrote:
Some questions:
- What is the minimum buy in for real money in Pokerstars?
- Do you professionally play there or in real life in casinos?
- What do you recommend regarding how long should I dabble with virtual money before attempting to play for real?
- Lastly, can one make some proper money there?
Quote: (09-28-2017 11:31 AM)Gambler Wrote:
Quote: (06-04-2017 01:32 PM)sterling_archer Wrote:
Some questions:
- What is the minimum buy in for real money in Pokerstars?
- Do you professionally play there or in real life in casinos?
- What do you recommend regarding how long should I dabble with virtual money before attempting to play for real?
- Lastly, can one make some proper money there?
1. There are cash games for blinds as low as 0,01/0,02$. Usual buy-in there is 2$.
2. I mostly play at casinos.
3. When you've been winning regularly for while, switch to real money
4. Yes you can, but it requires a lot of work. Players are getting better and better, it's not year 2006 anymore.
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One of the great things about poker is that anything in the game can be an analogy for real life
Quote: (06-02-2017 06:39 PM)The Catalyst Wrote:
I've been a big fan of Alec Torelli and his youtube channel until this came out, he always seemed like a great guy to me but this seemed pretty scummy
Thoughts?
Quote: (03-07-2018 06:56 AM)Rob Banks Wrote:
↑ ↑ This.
I've been playing live poker (low stakes NL hold-em at my local casinos) for about a year. Everything you said is true.
I'm surprised there aren't more poker players on a forum like this. I remember seeing a thread about poker on here (it might have been earlier in this thread) and there were a lot of responses saying things like "poker is gambling and gambling is bad," "gambling is for losers," etc. I was genuinely surprised. Poker is very masculine in my opinion. A lot of men have been able to make a living and even get rich from playing poker. To claim that poker is "unmasculine" or "for losers" because some people go broke is like saying that drinking whiskey is unmasculine because some people become alcoholics.
Quote: (03-08-2018 01:00 AM)Rob Banks Wrote:
Quote: (03-07-2018 11:36 PM)Rhyme or Reason Wrote:
Man i just ate my words today. I tried to stake jump to 200 NL and got smoked.
Online or live?
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For someone to win, someone else has to lose.
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Some guy who just dumped a few grand a few minutes before was talking about working two jobs to support his wife and kids. Clearly there's a problem there.
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To the posters who say poker teaches you certain skills, I guess but I'd argue you could learn these skills doing something else like starting a business.
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The Dan Bilzerian worship among young men I find especially disturbing these days