OT: Poker
rubertoe
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Cycling is not the only hobby of mine that takes up a lot of my time and gets on SWMBO's nerves.
I am also a big poker fan - both playing and watching and i have been following the WSOP (world series of poker) this year with great interest.
I am sure many of you don't care - but a certain pro - Phil Hellmuth who is the all time Bracelet leader (they give out bracelets to the winner of each event) has been immense this year with 3 2nd place finishes in his quest for his #12 bracelet. and recently finished 2nd again in the $50k buy in players championship wrapping up the player of year standing.s
anyone else play/follow poker?
what are your thoughts on this wonderful game, or do you think its full of cheats and online poker is rigged and card rooms full of cheats?
I am also a big poker fan - both playing and watching and i have been following the WSOP (world series of poker) this year with great interest.
I am sure many of you don't care - but a certain pro - Phil Hellmuth who is the all time Bracelet leader (they give out bracelets to the winner of each event) has been immense this year with 3 2nd place finishes in his quest for his #12 bracelet. and recently finished 2nd again in the $50k buy in players championship wrapping up the player of year standing.s
anyone else play/follow poker?
what are your thoughts on this wonderful game, or do you think its full of cheats and online poker is rigged and card rooms full of cheats?
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I once played Snap with stephen hawking.....made a small fortune.The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
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I used to play for fun on-line on Facebook. I "won" $100million in about 6 months, mainly due to the fact people playing on Facebook were idiots.....--
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I got roped into a poker night at very very rough pub where my mate was bartendering. His boss was making him go on his night off and he needed some moral support.
Managed to come 2nd and won £30 (having put a fiver in). I've never been so reluctant to take people's money... Frightening.
I think that was luck rather than skill. Manged to get to the final table, where the winner took everyone out and I ducked it all. Then the head-to-head I think he had 10 times the chips I did.0 -
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Dog Breath wrote:When did playing cards become a 'sport', as it now appears on sports channels on TV
same could be said for darts, snooker, pool, fishing.....
i also never called it a sport, i refered to it as a game and a hobby."If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."
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You win Bracelets - sounds like a game for young girls to me.
Do you get Hello Kitty ones - if so my daughter mightbe interested in taking it up.Bianchi Infinito CV
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I play a bit. I played in a tournament at Gutshot in London once (now closed, I believe). Their forum used to run a vBulletin hack I wrote years ago, called vBookie (although they renamed it gBookie).
Playing next Friday at a mate's. £10 buy in, no rebuys, winner takes all. Not too expensive to lose, but enough to make it worth winning.
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