Wanted to make an ongoing thread for people to share their poker stories, talk strategy, organize games, talk about the WPT and the shows on TV, etc.
I've been playing a shitload of poker lately, 4-5 days a week. The girl I've been dating for the last 10 months is a big player and she got me back into it, and lately I'm playing constantly. Thankfully I've gotten good enough where I'm winning a little more than I'm losing. Still, when I hit a bad streak it can be a stupidly expensive hobby.
I play in so many different locales...
Full Tilt
Where I started playing online and while I still like it, I'm usually on Poker Stars more these days. My favorite here is Rush Poker -- multi-table tournaments (or cash) where as soon as you fold, you're moved to a new table and a new deal immediately. Since it's dead boring watching computer avatars play out full hands in online casinos after you've folded, this keeps your attention since you're always playing a hand.
Poker Stars
Doesn't look quite as nice as Full Tilt, but they pay much faster (direct deposit) and have my favorite game of them all - Double or Nothing. It's a 10 person sit & go but the game ends when there's 5 left and those 5 double their buy-in. I usually play the $20s or the $50s. Usually good players in these, though, probably because it's one of the most sure fire ways for a decent player to make consistent money.
Atlantic City
Playing no limit cash in AC is pretty sick, you need to sit down with $200 at least and not be afraid to use most of it on good hands or you'll get pushed around badly. I much prefer playing limit in AC or tourneys/sit & gos. I haven't found the tourney competition to be that amazing, but the no limit cash games are rough. Especially at the Taj. I think that's where all the sharks go to feast on amateurs and tourists who saw Rounders and want to play in the same place in the movie. Thankfully I only got beat for $60 there last Sunday but my gf lost $400, most of it in one hand.
Eastern Poker Tour
Up here in Massachusetts there's a "charity" poker tour that travels from different bars and hotel banquet rooms every weekend. They generally have one huge tourney every Saturday where 100-200 play, plus satellites for that, and cash games and sit & gos on the side. Not the greatest players, although the top 10% are very good. I usually clean up in their cash games and bubble in the tourneys.
Mohegan Sun
WAY nicer than Foxwoods, but a smaller poker room. I like it better, though. It's more touristy so I don't think the competition is as tough, plus the atmosphere is so much nicer than Foxwoods, which is basically a big ugly room full of Marlboro Light smoke.
Foxwoods
As mentioned, it's a large and competitive poker room, but the rest of the place is a fucking dump. I like playing poker there, but everything else about it blows.
Where and what do you play? Good stories? I have a great one I'll share later when this thread needs a bump.
I've been playing a shitload of poker lately, 4-5 days a week. The girl I've been dating for the last 10 months is a big player and she got me back into it, and lately I'm playing constantly. Thankfully I've gotten good enough where I'm winning a little more than I'm losing. Still, when I hit a bad streak it can be a stupidly expensive hobby.
I play in so many different locales...
Full Tilt
Where I started playing online and while I still like it, I'm usually on Poker Stars more these days. My favorite here is Rush Poker -- multi-table tournaments (or cash) where as soon as you fold, you're moved to a new table and a new deal immediately. Since it's dead boring watching computer avatars play out full hands in online casinos after you've folded, this keeps your attention since you're always playing a hand.
Poker Stars
Doesn't look quite as nice as Full Tilt, but they pay much faster (direct deposit) and have my favorite game of them all - Double or Nothing. It's a 10 person sit & go but the game ends when there's 5 left and those 5 double their buy-in. I usually play the $20s or the $50s. Usually good players in these, though, probably because it's one of the most sure fire ways for a decent player to make consistent money.
Atlantic City
Playing no limit cash in AC is pretty sick, you need to sit down with $200 at least and not be afraid to use most of it on good hands or you'll get pushed around badly. I much prefer playing limit in AC or tourneys/sit & gos. I haven't found the tourney competition to be that amazing, but the no limit cash games are rough. Especially at the Taj. I think that's where all the sharks go to feast on amateurs and tourists who saw Rounders and want to play in the same place in the movie. Thankfully I only got beat for $60 there last Sunday but my gf lost $400, most of it in one hand.
Eastern Poker Tour
Up here in Massachusetts there's a "charity" poker tour that travels from different bars and hotel banquet rooms every weekend. They generally have one huge tourney every Saturday where 100-200 play, plus satellites for that, and cash games and sit & gos on the side. Not the greatest players, although the top 10% are very good. I usually clean up in their cash games and bubble in the tourneys.
Mohegan Sun
WAY nicer than Foxwoods, but a smaller poker room. I like it better, though. It's more touristy so I don't think the competition is as tough, plus the atmosphere is so much nicer than Foxwoods, which is basically a big ugly room full of Marlboro Light smoke.
Foxwoods
As mentioned, it's a large and competitive poker room, but the rest of the place is a fucking dump. I like playing poker there, but everything else about it blows.
Where and what do you play? Good stories? I have a great one I'll share later when this thread needs a bump.
