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  • Where and who !!!Screen Name post!!!
    I was thinking about how we use to have a post like this but i cant find it anywhere(trust me ive looked). So how about we start this and maybe it will become a sticky if we get enough people. So when were just boared and playing cards we can chat with other board members.... I play at PartyPoker...
  • Reporting forum abuse
    It has been brought to my attention that someone signed up to the forum today and then PMed one of our long time members soliciting for money into an online poker account. The offender has been handed a permanent ban but this seems like a good time to mention reporting forum abuse. The most obvious...
  • At A Final Table for whoever wants to watch....
  • Would you call this?
  • trouble hand from tonight

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  • Anyone want money on Full Tilt For Money on pokerstars?
  • Did I botch this hand?
  • Few hands for comments
  • the girlfriend couldnt have been luckier
  • Unable to log into pokerstars
  • AA... time to slow down?
  • AQ v 77 - and 77 v AQ ! - Both lost !! Drat.
    Any thought on how I played these 2 hands please. On the 2nd hand I read the guy right, but could I have raised him higher > Turn..? On the 1st hand, I wonder if I should re-raised after the Flop to find out where I am. Hmmmm. Texas Hold'em $0.50-$1 NL (real money), hand #495,696,287 Table...
  • What To Play, Where To play...Help needed.
    Sup guys, need some aid - not playing as much live lately cos I am back at home and can only play online really. Pokerstars $100 + mtts are massive fields, luck orientated and basically not suited for me. So Is there any site that has good mtts, sound prizes or very easy cash games ? I only been playing...
  • (FL) Selecting Tables by Avg Pot Size
    I'm still playing primarily fixed limit ring games on Stars (after having been booted by PokerRoom). I've set a desirable average pot size in a $0.25/0.50 game of $3/hand as my criteria for joining a table. I find that these games tend to be very profitable, whether they have large number of passive...
  • was this correct to chase?
    POKERSTARS GAME #10465700193: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/06/16 - 14:44:20 (ET) Table 'Kiviuq V' 9-max Seat #9 is the button Seat 1: eze18700 ($59.45 in chips) Seat 2: Delara50 ($48.75 in chips) Seat 3: CheckyChecky ($50.85 in chips) Seat 4: regisseman ($27.15 in chips) Seat 5: hinskin...
  • Opinions on this hand please
    Texas Hold'em $0.50-$1 NL (real money), hand #486,998,210 Table Hibbing, 20 Jun 2007 8:39 PM ET Seat 1: Nara19 ($47.00 in chips) Seat 2: Concussed ($22.30 in chips) Seat 3: - Owl - ($18.25 in chips) Seat 4: edpoker43 ($50.80 in chips) Seat 5: sn00kie69 ($99.05 in chips) Seat 6: ekkek ($51.90...
  • building bankroll on Heads up Maches
    Has anyone made experience with it ? Actually i am playing the lowest headsup avaible on stars with 5+0.25 which are nice and fairly easy to beat. At the moment i manage to have winnings sprees that last as long as 6 sessions in a row, on the average id say i win 4 out of 5 headsups. The first question...
  • pushing in fear of the set?
    i don't really see what else villian has that would play out like this... villian is 10%vpip/5%PFA/0.67postFA/40%WTSD POKERSTARS GAME #10465707548: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/06/16 - 14:44:48 (ET) Table 'Cheruskia' 9-max Seat #4 is the button Seat 1: CGuill ($100.30 in chips) Seat...
  • free bankroll
    as you know im a member here and not a spammer, im just giving a heads up that at yourpokercash dot com they are giving away free $50 at ultimate bet, absolute and titan poker. i followed the steps and my free $50 at UB is now pending.... no deposit needed.. sounded pretty decent. give it a shot
  • Choosing best site for cash game play
    Hey everyone, took a little bit of a break and played in the massive tournaments at pokerstars. After a few months I'm ready to start grinding out that $$ again in cash game play. I currently live in US and am worried about the cash games at pokerstars being the hardest on in the net. Anyone have a US...
  • 0 to $1000 challenge.
    I recieved a letter from party poker inviting me to play in a $10 000 freeroll. I have exactly 0.00 in my account so I thought I'd set myself the challenge of going from 0 to $1000, just to see if I can actually do it. The freeroll has just started and I'm about 300 chips up at present. There are...
  • what odds do you need to chase an OESD?
    only getting 3:1 here on the turn but the EP might call giving me 4:1... do i chase on implied odds or is this a clear fold... assume both villians are average TAGs.... POKERSTARS GAME #10481913084: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/06/17 - 14:22:45 (ET) Table 'Risha V' 9-max Seat #7 is the...
  • Comments please
    I'm going to show you a hand history from last night that knocked me out of the $7K guaranteed bounty on UB. This was the latter stages of the tourney and my stack was getting down (note that the blinds were up to 150-300). If I win this hand, however, I'm in pretty good position to cash. I'm not...
  • HOLD.... HOLD....
    POKERSTARS GAME #10465569853: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/06/16 - 14:36:02 (ET) Table 'Sibylla III' 9-max Seat #5 is the button Seat 1: Ensano ($49.75 in chips) Seat 2: jslk ($77.75 in chips) Seat 3: Fluideng ($11.70 in chips) Seat 5: Liskie ($47.25 in chips) Seat 6: Guff Master...
  • Jackpot SnGs
    Jackpot sngs like maui or fort knox. Anybody got experience at these ? You get 18k when you finish 1th five times in a row and $200 when you finish 1st or 2nd five times without a loss. I got 50$ at the Tony G room and played the 5+1 Sngs! sO I screwed up my first 2 by rivers. I got 3 wins in...
  • THP DONKFEST!!!
    There WILL BE a $10+$1 private tourney on Stars sometime tonight.... ...we need someone with the ability to set it up, though. C'mon DC...I know you're game... Anyone that's interested, IRC is the place to be.
  • I love this hand
    Wish I could've gotten value out of it.... FullTiltPoker Game #2660551217: Table El Greco (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:03:53 ET - 2007/06/13 Seat 1: Landersp ($45.70) Seat 2: albee48 ($12.90) Seat 3: GeneralSal ($107.20) Seat 4: jtbull ($23.30) Seat 5: scidgy ($72.05) Seat 6:...
  • Playing the playa - two interesting hands
    So, we're looking at .25/.50 nl... get2theCHOPPER (an Arnold Schwarzanegger groupie) is a little wily... a bit loose, but pretty solid aggressive. Before, I really stopped to look at his hands though, I definitely saw him as a LAG playa. Here's the first hand. FullTiltPoker Game #2661270166: Table...
  • 15k PS getting deep
    hopefully not going to F this one up. Mortal420 on PS
  • autorate rules....
    for pokertracker what autorate rules do you use for FL and for NL...
  • low-limit no limit online... who is playing?
    I'm just curious who else is playing this game... specifically .25/.50 NL at fulltilt or stars....
  • ugly days
    wow, i lost like 15 buy-ins at 50NL these past 2 days... i couldnt catch a break? look at some hands where i just couldnt win... left is my hand, then the opponent's hand and finally the board as it ly WHEN the money went in.. with the suits when relevant. all these were all-ins for ~full buy-in JJ...
  • Daniel Negreanu Joins Team PokerStars
    PokerStars has finally added a name of the caliber of the Full Tilt crew. Although Stars is the home of four world champions (including 3 of the last 4) and is the #1 tournament site, many of the "name" players have signed with Full Tilt. Daniel now joins Joe Hachem, Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker,...
  • how do you know when you're playing against a complete donk.
    PokerStars Game #10357687192: Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/06/09 - 22:17:36 (ET) Table 'Walpurga' 9-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: woodchuck306 ($34.20 in chips) Seat 2: mlg1952 ($27.35 in chips) Seat 3: 8 PEOPLES ($26.95 in chips) Seat 4: Ensano ($41.30 in chips) Seat 5:...
  • type-o... what to do now?
    PokerStars Game #10351951964: Tournament #51838306, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/09 - 15:33:52 (ET) Table '51838306 80' 9-max Seat #8 is the button Seat 1: Chancew (24217 in chips) Seat 2: Jettius (18250 in chips) Seat 3: kkutah (28627 in chips) Seat 4: xtk_75 (14732...
  • I Literally feel sick
    Crypto Golden cup series of poker. £530 buy in mtt. £30k for first. I feel fucking ill im actually shaking. Early levels of the £100k gtd £530 buy in in this series. I get 99 in mp, ep riases 4X to 80 i call as do both blinds. FLOP : Ac 9c 8h Blinds check and intial raiser bets...
  • Doesn't get much worse...does it...???
    Today...played 450 hands, won only 17 !! Lost $170. Far and away my worst day after 2 months of steady if unspectacular profit. Both my KK hands got busted with junk after i raised 3xBB. Both AA hands made poor profit. Both my sets of 8's got rivered away by the Fish of the century calling my pot...
  • Best Way to Use Stars FPP?
    What are your preferred ways to use PokerStars FPP? I earn 500-1,000 per month and have generally been using them for the 500 pt no-rebuy qualifiers to the Sunday Million. I figure that's got a great payoff if all of the stars align twice and could be OK practice at MTT NL tournys. (Though I often...
  • to call a raise...
    POKERSTARS GAME #10308721394: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/06/06 - 21:52:13 (ET) Table 'Sponde V' 9-max Seat #9 is the button Seat 1: ChristopherT ($65.60 in chips) Seat 2: keef1960 ($7.55 in chips) Seat 3: Rubiliac ($73 in chips) Seat 4: VladKramnik ($10.50 in chips) Seat 5: fittycent777...
  • I got a free $10 at VCPoker
    I recently cashed the $1,650 out of my VCPoker account which I had made from the $50 deposit in May and I got an email from them saying that if I filled in a questionnaire they would credit my account with $10. Sure enough, I filled in the questionnaire which took all of 5 mins and I have 10 bucks...
  • never ending string of sets
    wow! i was playing on 2 tables and caught 2 consecutive sets on both tables at the same time PokerStars Game #10237802279: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/06/02 - 18:46:42 (ET) Table 'Nasl' 6-max Seat #2 is the button Seat 1: Benicio333 ($59.35 in chips) Seat 2: kingetje ($101.60 in chips)...
  • Tough spot
    Got a new notebook and forgot to store the hh on FT NL25 EP limps (plays a lot of Pots) has about 25$ MP raises to 1$ (TAG) has about 40$ I am in the SB with AQs and have about 28$ EP calls as well Flop comes 66Q rainbow I lead out with 2$ EP calls MP raises to 4$ I call, so does...
  • FREEROLL MANIA!!!
    Ok, I'm calling it! NL Hold'em on Stars in 40 minutes. Grab a beverage, get on IRC and have some fun.
  • 3rd hand $5 SnG--Insta call?
    Previously, I had won a 600 chip pot from gkuehn (different villain) when I raised 5x BB in late position with ATs, flopped an A, and he called my bets on the flop, turn, and river with bottom pair. PokerStars Game #10234706730: Tournament #51870835, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20)...
  • Full Tilt Limit hand
    This ticked me off, although I do not think I misplayed it, I do think the other 2 did. They strongly disagreed. I raised UTG w/ JJ, button and BB called. Flop 10 4 3 RAINBOW. I bet, button calls, BB raises, I 3 bet, both call. Turn K (2nd heart) I bet, button calls, BB raises, I fold button calls....
  • My First ROYAL !
    Texas Hold'em $0.50-$1 NL (real money), hand #401,841,029 Table Tijuana, 31 May 2007 9:15 PM ET Seat 2: orzula ($54.75 in chips) Seat 3: Rossen8 ($58.85 in chips) Seat 4: Fischi67 ($102.45 in chips) Seat 5: katerka ($64.95 in chips) Seat 6: baconsarny ($50.00 in chips) Seat 7: mirceaholzer ($7.40...
  • an honorable mention to all those heroes out there...
    party recently gave me a free 10$ to play with... I decided to take the full stack to .05/.10 NL... so this goes out to all of you who manage to play and keep your sanity at those stakes... i was only playing 1 table and it felt like the beginning of saving private ryan... i don't know how you'se...
  • Best site for cashgame
    Hi! I want to play more cashgame, but missed to get Rakeback on fulltilt, so i am looking for a site, that has lots of lowlimit poker and offers rakeback. Do you know any sites that are easy to beat? ty
  • $5 MTT: Straight vs. possible flush draw
    In this hand, both villains are fairly loose. Villain #1 is loose, but tighter post-flop. Villain #2 is loose both pre- and post-flop. Villain #1 has called a PF all-in on the second hand with A9o, limped then called a 8x BB raise PF with K9o, Called another person's all-in for 1/4th of his stack...
  • might as well been on strings
    POKERSTARS GAME #10158723301: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/05/28 - 23:06:48 (ET) Table 'Kippes II' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: _exellence44 ($38.55 in chips) Seat 2: Jakey1000 ($10.50 in chips) Seat 3: Ensano ($88.05 in chips) Seat 4: LeafsFan1122 ($84.60 in chips) Seat 5:...
  • full tilt hand histories
    hey does anyone know where the hand histories are stored for games played on full tilt? obviously i'm using it for pokertracker
  • 500+ Tourney dollars on Stars
    Today I played and won a seat into the Sunday Million and then couldn't play in it, so I cashed out my 500+ tourney dollars. I'm thinking I want to put these to good use. Any suggestions? I was thinking I might do a SNG challenge as they seem to be all the rage on here lately. I used to multitable...
  • to anyone bored
    Im pretty deep in the 11$ Deep stack tourney theres like 100 people left 81 paid. name is Squid300 on stars
  • A new strategy to beat the online world.....
    Feign weakness to beat your opponents I have been thinking lately, that poker tournaments are becoming less and less about preservation of chips, survival and prudence and more agressive with no regard to staying alive in a tournament. I am not saying this is a good or bad thing, but its hard to counter...
  • Thoughts how to play a post-flop set
    How do you play a low (under 888)-set ? I like a check from an early position (regardless of whether its a low or relatively high set) hoping to check/raise, and raise from Late position. But is there a thought that to check-call is just as good to disguise a hand strenght, and then pile in on a...
  • Full Tilt vs Poker Stars?
    I have been playing a little on Poker Stars lately and I've noticed that their VIP club promotions are incredibly good. I currently get rakeback on Full Tilt and have always figured that the rakeback + FPP points > FPP on Stars. My rakeback is usually around $500 a month, but looking at the...
  • How did I play this set.
    I don't think I could play this any better, My flop re-raise i thought was big enough to shake of any draws. Early position raise had to be a big hand posibly AK AA KK QQ JJ TT. My turn bet was to keep him in, get some more vale and find out if he was holding JJ. I was hoping the board would pair and...
  • I'm learning!
    I'm finally learning to pack it in when things are going poorly, rather than keep hitting my head against the wall and losing. What I mean is that in the past I would get in a tournament, get knocked out on a bad beat, find another tourney or SNG, suffer another bad beat, and continue on and on, always...
  • 5-card draw
    Never played it before, and accidently ended up in a freebie tourney last night thinking it was a NL game. Didn't know what to do for about 20 hands, got lucky, bet aggressively, got the hang of it, and ended up in 5th place having led for about half an hour at one point !
  • How to play a set very very badly
    PokerStars Game #10085917033: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/05/24 - 17:22:51 (ET) Table 'Ruchbah IV' 6-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: krazymonkey3 ($98.50 in chips) Seat 2: kingetje ($121.45 in chips) Seat 3: loves2screw ($114.60 in chips) Seat 4: FRITTS ($63.25 in chips) Seat 5:...
  • gotta love the micro's
    This hand just happened. notice the guy who cold call 2 raises got the most upset. 3.5 points to whom ever guess his hand : Full Tilt Poker Game #2491327767: Table Bingham (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 11:50:43 ET - 2007/05/23 Seat 1: teamhonda3 ($44.15) Seat 2: hero ($25.45) Seat...
  • he might have well been on strings....
    PT stats on villian were basic rock... FullTiltPoker Game #2493283026: Table Catalan Sails - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:57:46 ET - 2007/05/23 Seat 1: Mr RedSpade ($20.70) Seat 2: Chipp3r ($52.75) Seat 3: Irrational ($18.75) Seat 4: Ann FirstL ($18) Seat 5: Ensano ($56.15) Seat 6: Vinegar...
  • overplaying an overpair?
    was this correct to get AI here of should I have slowed down? FullTiltPoker Game #2492974936: Table Hinson - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:10:50 ET - 2007/05/23 Seat 1: meto123 ($19.45) Seat 2: jethro1121 ($19) Seat 3: pickled spam ($48) Seat 4: mxc78 ($88.90) Seat 5: Ensano ($53.65) Seat...
  • Couple of exciting hands
    PokerStars Game #10068255228: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/05/23 - 15:39:37 (ET) Table 'Alsafi' 6-max Seat #4 is the button Seat 1: kingetje ($100 in chips) Seat 2: Francix ($127.25 in chips) Seat 3: blondclover ($90 in chips) Seat 4: badboyz13 ($42.85 in chips) Seat 5: traivietbuon...
  • Is there anyway I can change my T$ into cash?
    PokerStars Tournament #50508180, No Limit Hold'em Super Satellite Buy-In: $5.00 144 players Total Prize Pool: $2460.00 Target Tournament #50506312 Buy-In: $530.00 4 tickets to the target tournament Tournament started - 2007/05/22 - 13:05:00 (ET) Dear finalhonor, You finished the tournament...
  • How to proceed here?
    Was playing a 20+4 Tourney yesterday on FT and I cant get the hand out of my head Blinds are 100/200 Everybody folds to the SB (16.000) who was pretty solid, but everytime it was folded to him in the smallblind he raised it 3xBB and giving up the hand after some resistance. So he raises to 600...
  • should I let him dig his own grave here?
    FullTiltPoker Game #2469755623: Table Hinson - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:06:08 ET - 2007/05/20 Seat 1: W3B5K1 ($17.65) Seat 2: RalphPerry ($50.75) Seat 3: stlpoker82 ($127.20) Seat 4: -sultan2k- ($74.85) Seat 5: echamp ($47) Seat 6: Burgundian ($49.50) Seat 7: StLPride ($125.65) Seat...
  • playing in the 11$ 2.5k added on stars
    this is the same tournament that i got 3rd in for 937$ last monday. a little background, ive been at this table about an hour and 15 minutes, i got moved during the first hour. during the second hour, ive been really aggressive, buying a lot of pots, stealing cont. betting etc. a couple of times...
  • Just wow..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVpkXDY8DLc&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epokerstarsblog%2Ecom%2F2007%2F05%2Fjustine0003%2Dwins%2Dpokerstars%2Dten%2Ehtml This is pokerstars 10 billionth hand, everyone on the table got 10k minimum and the winner got 100k, they hand was dealt at 0.01/0.02 and 2 idiots...
  • Sunday Million w/ 250k added
    Gonna be ~230k 1st place. I'm playing with ninetensuited and maybe MilkyPirate - anyone else playing?
  • Action board I busted on
    I was all-in pre-flop as I was fairly short-stacked and figured I might quadruple up after flopping middle set. They each min bet the flop then after a lot of raising/re-raising, they all got all-in on the turn card. I knew I was facing at least AJ here and was praying for the board to pair. Alas...
  • Best cheap way to qualify for WSOP
    I'm looking to find a few cheap tourneys to try and win an entry this year last minute as I basically have the month of July off. Preferably Stars, but I've also got money on fulltilt. What are the best values, I've already tried a 33+R tourney, but that was ~180 players and only first place got an...
  • Finalled in the nightly...
    just did a six way deal, where i got $11,000 and we played for $5,000. I ended up coming 3rd my Kd9d no good against the chip leaders 5-8h, he was running too good not to lose. Still $11,000 is nice result. We were all pretty even chipped so I think It was sensible deal.
  • THP sessions
    Coercion? nope POKERSTARS GAME #9971682041: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/05/18 - 00:23:29 (ET) Table 'Nashira V' 6-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: MilkyPirate ($29.45 in chips) Seat 2: tice03 ($24.75 in chips) Seat 3: squid300 ($11.95 in chips) Seat 4: Damn Ringer ($27.10 in chips)...
  • canadian depositing
    okie i thought i would try to use moneybookers a few weeks ago to deposit and after going through many problems, it doesn't work for me. so here is my question. what is a way i can deposit easily without all this hassle damn NETELLER, i miss it... it was so easy...
  • one of those Pokerstars players
    Saw some pretty astounding hands at this SnG last night. This one player just made everyone boggle in amazement... First, he called an all-in re-raise with 8d 9d... PokerStars Game #9955880828: Tournament #50493687, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/05/17 - 03:36:42 (ET) Table...
  • strange HU
    Hi! Just had a strange HU game going on: The guy played ultratight and let me bet and take down almost every pot. Starting chips were 3000 and when we came to the point where I had about 4200 and he 1800: He started to go all-in on almost every 2nd hand (when he was SB)... sometimes reraised...
  • Top pair with flush draw
    http://www.pokerhand.org/?1095880 Comments?
  • river bluff raise
    PokerStars Game #9810591361: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/05/08 - 13:32:27 (ET) Table 'Thebe IV' 6-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: mentor99 ($99 in chips) Seat 2: Blizzy23 ($121.80 in chips) Seat 3: xxxJDLxxx ($103.45 in chips) Seat 4: SwimFree ($168.65 in chips) Seat 5: kingetje...
  • I love rake back
    I have loads of swings playing pokers. Most of my down swings are due to the fact that players in my level are simply too bad. And the worse of them, is me :oops: I'm now averaging 4.5bb/100 hands. So, even when I play this mediocre break even poker, I still make money due to rake back. So...
  • Online Tournies - How do you avoid playing too tight!?
    I have started playing online tournies and have noticed that at least half the time I don't see hands that are in my mind "playable" with blinds that are 1/10 your stack. For example if I grab A :club: 7 :club: in middle position with no limpers I usually fold. (I typically would raise with this hand...
  • Qualifying for the Sunday Million?
    Does anyone regularly play in the Sunday Million on Poker Stars? I want to start playing this regularyly, but don't want to spend $200 every week to do so. Any suggestions?
  • Ciso Returns to Old Stomping Ground....
    Just finished a long 8 hour tournament playing the 55k on pokerstars. Under instruction from a friend who said these tournaments are better for me cos of the deeper stacks and more play I played it even though I thought it'd be hard to motivate, but i decided to play it funnly , play good poker and see...
  • When did Victor Chandler sell out?
    I decided I'd move to VCPoker for a change of scenery and because I always liked the software there. I logged in, made a deposit and only then realised that they use the same crappy skin as Titan Poker now. When did this happen? :?
  • Too aggressive?
    Played a 20+4 satellite yesterday and wondered if I played it right or maybe too aggressive. 3rd Hand in the tourney nothing special happened so far so everybody has about 1500 in chips I´m in the Bigblind with QQ Blinds 15/30 MP raises to 120, 3 callers I put in a 500 raise, hoping...
  • Back on FT
    So FT drew me back with bonus offer, and so far I must say its different that I remebered it. The graphics are the same, but it seems like the people are more action junkies that last time I was there. And the bonus is being cleared on a faster pace then I expected. Good stuff!
  • Anyone playing in FTOPS IV?
    I'll be playing in 6 events. Event 1 - Friday, May 11th - NL Hold'em Buyin: 200+16 300k Guarantee QUALIFIED! Event 3 - Sunday, May 13th - NL Hold'em Buyin: 300+22 750k Guarantee ENTRY IN SATELITTE(S): (A) 50+5 Event 4 - Monday, May 14th - NL Hold'em Buyin: 1000+60 300k Guarantee ENTRY...
  • Fun With Bodog
    This is a tough post for me to write since I usually praise Bodog as a fun place to play poker and/or donate poker winnings via their sports wagering system. Maybe I'm still bitter about the Neteller situation as it relates to this post (http://www.texasholdem-poker.com/forum/t20751/bodog-5k-victory)...
  • Qualified for sunday million!!!!!
    Buy-In: 500 FPP 167 players $2120.00 added to the prize pool by PokerStars Total Prize Pool: $2120.00 Target Tournament #48227531 Buy-In: $530.00 4 tickets to the target tournament Tournament started - 2007/04/24 - 03:05:00 (ET) Dear Yozzman, You finished the tournament in 1st place. You...
  • Wait for the money or go for the win?
    45-player sng 9 remain Full Tilt Poker Game #2400776312: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (18161898) , Table 4 - 600/1200 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:17:35 ET - 2007/05/11 Seat 1: Karero (14,390) Seat 2: DOK_HOLLYDAY (17,402) Seat 3: JotaRota (4,485) Seat 4: Eusebio1210 (7,025) Seat 5: hopper2007 (460),...
  • To PokerOffice users..
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  • Full Tilt to Stars Transfer
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  • Figures...
    Microlimit 2-7 Lowball SnG's on Stars now. Can I count this one? http://www.pokerhand.org/?833900
  • That Roothlus is a luckbox
    I played with with this player quite alot of times online, he/she plays really solid and when he/she makes the speculative calls with 78d or 109s he/she hits every time. Last nite i did a silly move (lost discipline) and re riased all in with 8-4 he had K K. Today, I played a 6 handed mtt, he only...
  • 180 man on stars
    Hey guys my first tourny on stars 40 left im in first.. Wish my luck cuz ima need it:)!
  • Diggin up an old FT tournament
    trying to find out where i could find the stats of a specific full tilt tournament, or if there are websites that track full tilt multi table tournies thanks
  • What a strange evening
    So, it all starts with me playing some backgammon, some random stuff, while poking around the interweb. As per usual I hopped on IRC, and as per usual I can't figure out why. Quick backstory to those that may not know: I was 'semi retired' or at least 'on hiatus' from the poker thang. I hadn't...
  • royal hand... + pay off
    $50 6 man SnG table loved to limp and call raises. just checked it pre-flop. didnt feel like playing a big pot out of position against multiple peeps. its still going on Table Name Hand ID Game Stakes $50 - NL - 6 Seats 15610329-14 Holdem No Limit 30/60 : Hand Start. : Seat 1 : imslack99...
  • Low Stakes Cash game
    Say im playing low stakes .02/.05 Nl 10 Max buy in. You dont really have a read on the people. You have AK, you then raise it to 25 cents and 2 guys calls. Flop is A53 You bet .50 cents and guy raises to 1.50 What do you do? Another situation, (everything applies) KQ flops is K79 You bet .50 and...
  • Almost a royal, almost
    Check out this sick 7CS screenshot just before my Internet crapped out. Luckily it came back just before I timed out and I managed to hit 7s on 5th and took it down. The Ks eluded me :( http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/937/royaljk5.jpg
  • Poker in America
    I have an opinion regarding the state of poker play in america for cash. America, after the passage of any act relating to personal freedoms, seems to have a penchant for creating a 3-ring circus to make a point. Soon, I would expect to see a few players online and a few poker rooms offering cash...
  • This is what happens when you sit at a table with Beer Wench
    ... you get pwned Game #8443445761: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2007/02/14 - 19:12:37 (ET) Table 'Phocaea' 9-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: RuBenPoCoPrO ($10 in chips) Seat 2: sparke5 ($12.20 in chips) Seat 3: pokerjay1111 ($13.50 in chips) Seat 4: Hightime ($7.25 in chips) Seat...
  • It's Official! Ciso is Quite Good
    We all knew it already, but with his excellent form so far in the FTOPS Ciso has squeezed his way into the top 100 players for this month on the whole of the interwebs! If he had even half the volume of some of the other players in there I'm sure he'd be ranked overall too. Way to go Ciso and...
  • Free money from Titan
    I was emptying my junk mail today and saw an e-mail from Titan poker saying "you have money in your account" I was like WTF :? I cashed out all of my funds from titan a while ago, so I had to re-download the software and sure enough there was a 20$ balance on my account. Sweet :-D...
  • Advise Needed (long)
    A few months ago, I watched HSP Season 2 and I really liked the show. I started playing poker at some random online pokerroom for playmoney. After a while I stopped playing because I had exams at schools. Two weeks ago I started playing again, and deposited 20$ at PKR. I go to the casino once in...
  • Should we call value bets
    Do we always call value bets with decent hands? Its great playing at micro levels when villain tell you they have a monster and over bet. But rarely you play with good players that actually value bet. You are priced to call with your 2 pair, over pair, and even TPTK. So, is it a leak to call those,...
  • Push or lay down
    rdojer is a player that will play any two cards from any position. NutzUindoor hasn't shown down a hand yet. $0.05/$0.10 NL Holdem rdojer $31.97 to start Dead1 $8.88 to start nutz4indoor $8.70 to start Hand Actions Player Action Action Dead1 ...
  • Why do we call when we know we are beat?
    Great flop for me but given the calls he made on the flop and turn, I was 95% sure I was beat. Had he flopped TPTK he was beating me on the turn and had he flopped an up and downer with 69, he had me done on the river. Then there was the big chance he had a set of 3s. THEN he bet the right amount...
  • Question for FT PokerOffice users
    Sometimes my table overlay will not show any statistics on some tables. Typically if im playing on 5 tables the last 2 joined will not show the players stats on the table overlay. The live tracker does detect the tables its just that no statistics show up for my opponents. Does anyone know how to fix...
  • Favorite Poker Site & Why EVERYONE!
    Exactly as the title states. Bodog: The only place I've ever won a MTT in my life :oops:
  • question:neteller restrictions
    i'd like to start playing online for real$ so i set up a neteller account and tried to transfer money from visa but it said i had some kind of restriction. i don't recall ever being asked about any restrictions. is this normal, do i have to call visa to change this or is that just the way it is?. i...
  • new online feedback please
    i just started playing for real$ for the first time. i played 3 hours on the 0.01/0.02 but i found that too boring so i moved up to the .02/.05tables. this is both combined. ok what if anything am i doing wrong. Hold'em (Real Money): 448 hands played and saw flop: - 38 times out of 63 while...
  • Sick calldown
    so pissed off ... down a buyin already PokerStars Game #8363705909: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/02/09 - 23:04:24 (ET) Table 'Dschubba V' 6-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: toska82 ($93.70 in chips) Seat 2: ftnillini ($113.75 in chips) Seat 3: Sonny617 ($99.50 in chips) Seat 5:...
  • Sucks to be this guy
    Check out the action on the river. There was an Oscar winning pause between his raise and my re-raise :lol: Seat 1: smallieking (1570 in chips) Seat 2: GenoTHP (1430 in chips) Seat 4: donkslayer (1940 in chips) Seat 5: vpted (1570 in chips) Seat 6: Mushy365 (1190 in chips) Seat 7: Heaven...
  • My first MMT win
    Kinda had to brag about it. Got really lucky on a couple key hands....my AJ gave a severe beating against A-Q, K-Q outlasted A-Q and 6-6, etc. http://i18.tinypic.com/4bdq1s4.jpg
  • does anyone actually play with a br?
    i've been trying to start a bankroll for the longest timef or NL50 and 100 but it just seems not be working i have swings everyday actually... i will go up and down and just stay around my buy in amount i know salche plays nl50, if u read this, any help to build a roll so i can move up to nl100? and...
  • running straight flush for my ass. dubious turn call?
    after the bigstacked dude called the ridiculous turn bet i was getting a bit over 2:1 i believe, with $36 in the pot, $16 to call. Table Name Hand ID Game Stakes Gaslight 10475050-196339 Holdem No Limit $0.50/$1 : Hand Start. : Seat 1 : Laydown666 has $35.75 : Seat 2 : stevopal has $98 ...
  • Question about Poker OFfice 2
    Hey guys, Im learning poker office to as well as trying to learn to manage my bankroll on it. However, I cant seem to understand this. Ive cashed in 3 tournys today and it shows me loosing alll of em and its screwing up the graphs and everything else. Am i supposed tpo adjust the winnings myself? Thanks...
  • Anyone playing in the Sunday Million This Sunday?
    I am. Pretty excited as it's my first attempt at it. Will anyone be joining me?
  • AQ, well played or no?
    PokerStars Game #8326312570: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/02/07 - 16:13:53 (ET) Table 'Kassandra III' 6-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: Pret ($34.65 in chips) Seat 2: Biosludge ($50 in chips) Seat 3: séraphin59 ($49.50 in chips) Seat 4: bonsaiking3 ($57.20 in chips) Seat 5: IOwnFejj...
  • Couple hands from todays session
    Hand 1- Villain is 65/50/3. How was this hand played? ***** Hand History for Game 5647461624 ***** $100 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, February 05, 17:09:14 ET 2007 Table Table 131545 (Real Money) Seat 1 is the button Total number of players : 5 Seat 1: cbboy01 ( $105.50 ) Seat 6: mikkad1973 (...
  • Pissing match
    This guy was so stupid, it drove me crazy. Maybe he was just trying to tilt me, but a $30 SNG wasnt going to get me excited. About 2-3 hands in I limp w/ 87 suited and get a flop of Q64. I semi bluff and get 2 callers. Turn was a 5 so I bet 1/2 pot and someone moves all in, I call w/ the nuts...
  • thanks
    iw ould like to thank Groton, Misterjokerboy, KingOhearts, and Leafsfan1122 for railing me at the final table in a 10$ mtt which i won for just under 500$
  • Could this mean a huge wave of new players??
    http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2007/1/cryptologic-chinese-market.htm Discuss!
  • Last one for the day, Help please:)
    Full Tilt Poker Game #1737348756: Table Balzar - $0.05/$0.10 - Pot Limit Hold'em - 16:20:49 ET - 2007/02/05 Seat 1: buhula ($4) Seat 2: slimthuggahhh ($7.20) Seat 3: crystalsstanley ($10.35) Seat 4: xMisterManx ($9.65) Seat 5: Acersion ($0.50) Seat 6: pinknpen ($2.50) Seat 7: Aceofspades5315 ($6.65) Seat...
  • What to do when you feel like your not getting any cards?
    Playing no limit hold em Sng's My biggest issue is most of the time I feel like I don't get any cards to play I end up playing worse cards then I should, such as A7 suited, Q8 etc. bluffing at wrongs pots, and making incorrect reads. Should I just be more patient, limp into hands more,
  • MTT To Cash Help
    Question for you guys. I'm a pretty decent MTT/Sng player at the low levels, Only having troubles with my long loosing streaks at times which always ends up breaking me. So ive decided to try cash games. Right now im loosing at even the 10/25 CENT tables. I currently play no limit and want to know if...
  • Another hand for yalll:)
    Full Tilt Poker Game #1737261181: Table Balzar - $0.05/$0.10 - Pot Limit Hold'em - 16:05:59 ET - 2007/02/05 Seat 1: notnert ($4.65) Seat 2: slimthuggahhh ($8) Seat 3: crystalsstanley ($1.20) Seat 4: xMisterManx ($3.45) Seat 5: Acersion ($3.60) Seat 6: pinknpen ($6.75) Seat 7: Aceofspades5315 ($9.70) Seat...
  • Question for Cash gamers
    Hey guys quick question, say im playing .5/.10 NL this means max buy-in is 10. 100$ BR. What do i buy-in for and why?
  • Full Tilt still down.
    going on 13 hours now. At first it was technical difficulties, now they claim routine system maintenance.
  • Poker Hand Dispute
    Someone please help me settle this big argument between me and my husband. He has played in 3 Texas Hold 'em tournaments and says I'm wrong. Player #1's Hand: Queen, 4 Playe #2's Hand: Queen, Ace Community Cards: Queen, 10, 10, 4, 7 I say Player # 2 wins win 2 pairs: Queens &...
  • Annette_15
    When we talk about great tournament poker players the same names keep coming up Ivey, Hellmuth, Negreanu, Juanda etc. All the top TV pros. But what about some of the online sensations? A lot of these players are too young to play in a casino, but are still raking it in hand over fist online. Case...
  • My biggest cash yet, advice needed.
    PokerStars Tournament #41629995, No Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00 686 players Total Prize Pool: $6860.00 Tournament started - 2007/02/02 - 14:15:00 (ET) Tournament finished - 2007/02/02 - 17:51:13 (ET) 1: Volscam (Huesca), $1715.00 (25%) 2: IOwnFejj (SB), $980.98 (14.30%) 3: timea1975...
  • On fire today
    As my other post said, just cashed in the $11 tourney earlier in 2nd place for $1,000. 656 entrants. Now i just made another FT in the $7.70 PL holdem tourney. I am first in chips, 241 entrants, 1st gets $460. 2 Final tables in 1 day is a hell of a day imo :)
  • AHK Scripts
    Anyone have any ideas or information about these? I was looking to get one for Party (I just signed up there) and I have no idea to even start. If someone could point me in the right direct, post one and tell me how to use it, that would be great. Thanks in advance.
  • i would like to congratulate
    myself on winning a 2$ mtt on Full tilt just about 10 seconds ago, only 270ish entries. not a big prizepool, but a win is a win is a win... thanks to leafsfan for railing
  • so many sites
    i wanna know something really quick... how long do you stick to a certain site?
  • Rail me hard.
    Sounds like the newest spam message to come to THP, but thats not the case :) Im in the $11 6-handed MTT on stars, 10 people left, im 2nd in chips. 436 entrants, top prize of $1,090. tourney 41629732 if you are bored. Technically im not at the final table, but ill count top 9 as making a FT...
  • AVOID: Hollywoodpoker (long)
    Hi I found a new pokersite with a decent signupbonus so I f thought I'd try it out.. A friend owed me $150 so I deposited with his NETELLER.. When I was done I wanted to cash out, and this is what it says on their homepage: "Cash-Outs to a NETELLER account are usually funded in 1 to 3 business...
  • whyyy meee... what did i do?
    PokerStars Game #8202661976: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/01/30 - 20:33:48 (ET) Table 'Fujian' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: RockinRic75 ($36.35 in chips) Seat 2: jgoddensa ($50.65 in chips) Seat 4: tokeweed ($47 in chips) Seat 5: Johnthestraw ($50 in chips) Seat 6: TripsZ111...
  • FT 300K during Superbowl
    $200+16. currently only about 45 registered. THink there might be an overlay? I won a SNG to play in the qualifier on Sat. But I might be tempted to buy-in if I have to.
  • A Very Scary Fish
    Spent an hour yesterday at a table with the biggest (and luckiest) fish I've ever seen. It was 0.50/1.00 FL ring and this guy would play 80% of pots with the crappiest cards I've ever seen. Raised pots didn't mean a thing to him. He cold called two bets with hands like 83 suited, K2 offsuit, etc....
  • ADDICTED TO POKER
    play online poker everyday for as long as i can i have a good social life still and am healthy and do other normal things but i think i am playing way to much so can anyone recommend anything to stop this. the only time i dont play when is when i cant i know this is very bad so can anyone...
  • Party Poker
    Am I correct in assuming that Party Poker does not have any rakeback affiliates? I believe that I read somewhere that you cannot get rakeback from Party? Is that true? Edit- I may be stupid, but I can't see where they show their sign up bonus? Does anyone know what type of bonus they have? Or show...
  • How did I play this?
    FullTiltPoker Game #1666543768: Table Streamer - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:05:10 ET - 2007/01/24 Seat 1: LeafsFan1122 ($43.70) Seat 2: chouboots ($46.60) Seat 3: LFCking ($85.20) Seat 4: pj233 ($38.90) Seat 5: Jay James ($66.65) Seat 6: phoenix burn ($20.70) Seat 7: de royber ($43.35) Seat...
  • Calling a bluff with 10-high
    I don't know what I was thinking, but I was curious as to what he was min-betting with. http://www.pokerhand.org/?772184
  • The Doyle wins ... without a boat ...
    Strangest hand I've seen in