Poker players at HDC

[bwind22]

I play a lot of poker. I know a few other people here do too so I was just wondering what online card rooms you guys play at. Over the past couple years, I've sampled a lot of them, but the only one I have a cash account at is Absolute Poker.

Anyone else here play there ever?

[_____V_____]

I play at Hoyle. Its all virtual money and its free. It has all 4 popular variants of poker too - Hold em, Stud, Draw & Lowball.

[AUSTIN316426808]

I've played on alot of 'em, currently I'm at pokerroom. Most of the time I play poker it's live.

Don't think I've played at Absolute, if I have I obviously don't remember much about it.

[Freak]

I love poker and have been playing for years.You can find me alot at holdempoker.com.

[Elvis_Christ]

I don't play online. But I play.

Online poker just seems kinda lame (its like a slot machine). I prefer being round the table with real people. I've had some ghetto assed rounds of it that ended up being kinda intense. But I fucking love the game and I love the shit that comes out of people during a 3-4 hour game...... fun, snide remarks, boasting, and the inevitable people losing their temper all which can be worked into your gameplay.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by Elvis_Christ


Online poker just seems kinda lame (its like a slot machine).


That's kinda how I feel about it. You bet, hope your card(s) hit, then either go hard with a good hand or bluff with little to no reading.

The only reading that can really be done is on betting habits.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808

The only reading that can really be done is on betting habits.

That's not true at all. There are a lot of online tells. You just need to know what you're looking for because they are different from the live world. (Obviously)


Tells can be found in screen names, hometowns, avatars, conversation, length of time between actions, etc.... plus, like you said, betting patterns.

Online poker is just a different version of the same game. Different version, different tells. *shrug*

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by bwind22



Tells can be found in screen names, hometowns, avatars, conversation, length of time between actions, etc.... plus, like you said, betting patterns.




I'll agree with that because I've used the last three mentioned quite often myself(didn't cross my mind earlier), not avatars and screen names so much, but I can see how you could. But if you don't mind me asking, how the hell do you get anything out of a hometown?

[zwoti]

paradisepoker.com

[VampiricClown]

Originally posted by Elvis_Christ
I don't play online. But I play.

Online poker just seems kinda lame (its like a slot machine). I prefer being round the table with real people. I've had some ghetto assed rounds of it that ended up being kinda intense. But I fucking love the game and I love the shit that comes out of people during a 3-4 hour game...... fun, snide remarks, boasting, and the inevitable people losing their temper all which can be worked into your gameplay.

^^^Can't put it better than that.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
I'll agree with that because I've used the last three mentioned quite often myself(didn't cross my mind earlier), not avatars and screen names so much, but I can see how you could. But if you don't mind me asking, how the hell do you get anything out of a hometown?


Well, with hometown you have to make a couple generalizations and then see if they start to look legit or not. For instance, I'm generally up all night long due to my job so I am used to really late nights, but if it's 4am and I am playing against someone from Minnesota on Saturday night, then I am gonna assume that person is probably tired or drunk until I see them prove differently.

That sort of thing.

When I am playing online, even when I am not in a hand, I am constantly 'glemaing' the screen for any and all information I can attain.