I'm afraid I don't.
While checking out Johnny Vegas (who is feared by the bookies for his horse selection skills) I found this site http://www.presentable.co.uk/pokerCPC.asp
I've never been able to catch it on TV.
Sir Clive Sinclair won Series 1 against some serious competition and Johnny went out in the first round of Series 3. Imagine if they had met.
The US has passed/is going to pass a law not allowing foreigners on to US gambling websites for fraud reasons.
Second...
A UK poker player on a UK documentary or news item (probably about the above) said that he kept tabs on the other players (only through play/chat, nothing sinister) to look out for the heavy drinking Yank players, he only played late at night US time and loked out for / targetted the drunks and made an undisclosed tax free income.
The US has passed/is going to pass a law not allowing foreigners on to US gambling websites for fraud reasons.
Second...
A UK poker player on a UK documentary or news item (probably about the above) said that he kept tabs on the other players (only through play/chat, nothing sinister) to look out for the heavy drinking Yank players, he only played late at night US time and loked out for / targetted the drunks and made an undisclosed tax free income.
I second that. I believe there was a blurp on it on either MSNBC or perhaps CNN a short while ago. Don't know where this is in the legal-pipes though.
Just signed up with PartyPoker for their pretend money games - I seem to always come third in the chip counts, no matter how much money I have. Must... stop... bluffing...
Just signed up with PartyPoker for their pretend money games - I seem to always come third in the chip counts, no matter how much money I have. Must... stop... bluffing...
They say to win a tournament you must bluff, so don't stop bluffing entirely ;-)
If your playing on something like Party Poker and want to play real people for real money without losing your first born then try usng the tournament system where you anti up a set amount (I normally play the $5 or $10 tournies) and you get a set amount of starting chips. Party Poker gives you 1500 chips. The tournie starts with low blinds which go up every X minutes (depends on the tournie but every 6 - 10 mins is normal) and your out as soon as you lose all your chips. That can be the first hand but if your half decent you should get through to the first break after an hour.
Your winnings are based on your final finishing position and the number of entrys. The number of payed places depends on the number of entrys but will normally be the top 15 to maybe as low as top 30 or lower.
I normally win between $400 and $600 for winning a $10 tournie and its quite rare I don't win my starting stake back. Its not difficult if you play a solid game.
Of course if you want to play for more winnings then you can pay a higher starting anti - it goes into the $100s - with the massive advantage that your losses are limited to whatever your anti is. There are a lot of different variations (buy-ins, different games ect) but those are the basics. Your winnings are payed into your account which gives you a bankroll and if you get paid by cheque it takes about 2 weeks from the time you cash in (some of) your chips.
Also most of the online poker places have freeroll comps where you can enter to try for one of the promotional specials - $1 million prize fund seems to be the norm.
If you haven't played real players then that is a very very foolish thought.
Every computer game I have played has had very predictable AI which doesn't take much sussing out. Real people do strange things.
Indeed :) I played aggressively against PokerTH (Linux Hold'em game) and win 80% of the time.
As for PartyPoker, I think the tournament option will be more my style - I like the idea of a knockout competition with everyone starting on the same money and staying out when knocked out.
Just played my first tournament - finished 130th out of 4000, winning 4x my stake :)
My downfall was someone putting a massive pile of chips on the table (much more than what I had) before the flop, and me thinking "I've got A-K here...", so I went All In.
He turned out to only had Q-6, so that was a good call by me.
Unfortunately someone else also went All In, and he had A-A.
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While checking out Johnny Vegas (who is feared by the bookies for his horse selection skills) I found this site
http://www.presentable.co.uk/pokerCPC.asp
I've never been able to catch it on TV.
Sir Clive Sinclair won Series 1 against some serious competition and Johnny went out in the first round of Series 3. Imagine if they had met.
First to be confirmed by the yank expats...
The US has passed/is going to pass a law not allowing foreigners on to US gambling websites for fraud reasons.
Second...
A UK poker player on a UK documentary or news item (probably about the above) said that he kept tabs on the other players (only through play/chat, nothing sinister) to look out for the heavy drinking Yank players, he only played late at night US time and loked out for / targetted the drunks and made an undisclosed tax free income.
I second that. I believe there was a blurp on it on either MSNBC or perhaps CNN a short while ago. Don't know where this is in the legal-pipes though.
You can play Samantha Fox Strip Poker online here on WOS...:lol:
Why? Did you lose your house since your "l33t" post? ;-)
They say to win a tournament you must bluff, so don't stop bluffing entirely ;-)
Nah :) Just been trying to play No-Limit Texas Hold'em, and discovered that with no limits, the number of hands you can lose is actually rather low...
Thankfully not playing with real money yet - playing with up to 9 opponents is also a new challenge.
Your winnings are based on your final finishing position and the number of entrys. The number of payed places depends on the number of entrys but will normally be the top 15 to maybe as low as top 30 or lower.
I normally win between $400 and $600 for winning a $10 tournie and its quite rare I don't win my starting stake back. Its not difficult if you play a solid game.
Of course if you want to play for more winnings then you can pay a higher starting anti - it goes into the $100s - with the massive advantage that your losses are limited to whatever your anti is. There are a lot of different variations (buy-ins, different games ect) but those are the basics. Your winnings are payed into your account which gives you a bankroll and if you get paid by cheque it takes about 2 weeks from the time you cash in (some of) your chips.
Also most of the online poker places have freeroll comps where you can enter to try for one of the promotional specials - $1 million prize fund seems to be the norm.
ADJB
If you haven't played real players then that is a very very foolish thought.
Every computer game I have played has had very predictable AI which doesn't take much sussing out. Real people do strange things.
ADJB
Indeed :) I played aggressively against PokerTH (Linux Hold'em game) and win 80% of the time.
As for PartyPoker, I think the tournament option will be more my style - I like the idea of a knockout competition with everyone starting on the same money and staying out when knocked out.
I suppose I'd better read the FAQs...
My downfall was someone putting a massive pile of chips on the table (much more than what I had) before the flop, and me thinking "I've got A-K here...", so I went All In.
He turned out to only had Q-6, so that was a good call by me.
Unfortunately someone else also went All In, and he had A-A.
Bugger.
*Almost* reached the second break :)
ADJB