I searched for a thread on poker, I found one but it turned into a discussion about "the dirty" So I thought it would be ok to make a new thread to be strictly about poker. If it's not you can close it and neg rep me but i thought it was a good idea.

I just started playing poker with a few of my brothers friends. They are all juniors and seniors and really into poker. I told them I would play just for fun and they let me hoping it would be easy money. Of course I had no idea what I was doing so I asked some dumb questions that they still make fun of me for. But towards the middle of the game I started to get good. They guys were going out fast and it was down to me and a guy who is so serious about poker he was almost in tears when I was winning. At about 2 in the morning I finally beat him winning about 25 bucks. Now they don't let me play because they don't want to lose to a freshman girl.

So the question is... what are your poker stories?

About the only Hold 'Em stories I have are of me losing money. Not particularly worthwhile.

I love poker.

Poker in the rear licker in the front.

No really, I love the game of poker.

Texas hold-em is fun but 7 card is my favorite... None of this wild shit. Just straight poker.

I'm an avid hold 'em player. Me and my friends have at least one game a weekend. I've won these past two weekends in a row. \m/

I consider myself pretty good, not great, but good.

Bob Fontaine is known for playing Texas Hold 'em, but who needs cards? ;)

I love to play Hold'em, although I'm not exactly good at it. My only real story is...
I recently turned 19, and my friends threw a small party for me. They wanted to play Hold'em but since we didn't have any cash on us we played it as a drinking game instead. The deal was that whoever won got to pick one of the losers to drink a shot. Well, I'm not very good, so I hardly ever won, and they all thought since I was legal now I should be the one who drinks. Needless to say, by the end of the night, I couldn't see the cards.
Anywho, that's my story.

Hold 'em is fun, but I much prefer 7 card Stud. I feel there's less luck involved.

With Hold 'Em, you can be an idiot and go all-in with 3 and 6 against someone with a pair of kings, and then win if the community cards go your way. (That happened to me earlier today on pokerstars.com - I was heads-up against that guy in a 27 player tournament, we were about even and he goes all-in, so i decided to take a chance with my double kings - the flop turned out to be 2, 4, 5 - ticked me off. I ended up 2nd in the tournament though, which is still pretty good :D.) (Oh, and a few hands before that, the same guy won a huge pot and got another player out of the tournament with a full house - 2, 2, 2, 4, 4 - he had 2 and 4 when he called the all-in bet :rolleyes:.) I'm not saying Hold 'Em takes no skill - in fact all poker games are 99% skill - but in Hold 'Em you can do everything right but have bad luck on 1 hand and lose eveyrthing; in other words, way too much can be at stake on a single hand, and single hands are more about luck than anything else.

Ooookay, that turned into a giant rant about Hold 'em >_<

Meh. Oooooh, another hand that really ticked me off in Hold 'Em! (also happened today) At the end of another tournament, I had A J, and both got paired in the flop - so I bet big and got called. The other person (not the same person as above) had Q and some low card. Then 10 and K come up on the turn and the river and I lose. :mad: That tournament I got 7th out of 45th.

lololololol.. sorry this game makes me laugh. I really don't understand it that much, but my brother and his friends get it, and their 10. lol.

I love playing this game though I am not very good at it.
Any tips on how to improve?

I love playing this game though I am not very good at it.
Any tips on how to improve?
To keep playing is the best way to improve.

Also, being passive won't win you pots. Aggression is key.

Doyle Brunson's "Super System" is like the bible of hold em books. One of my co-workers recently started playing and he bought it. He won $400 his first game and $200 in his second. He said the book helped him immensely.

i love texas hold em
i just cant play it
im really bad
but i like watching it on tv

Doyle Brunson's "Super System" is like the bible of hold em books. One of my co-workers recently started playing and he bought it. He won $400 his first game and $200 in his second. He said the book helped him immensely.

That book is awesome.

I never really knew too much about Texas Hold-em... I used to play Poker with my dad when I was a kid, but this was an entirely new area for me. I've just recently started reading some of this book, and I've already had a fair share of games in my favor against my very-skilled friends...muahahaha.

...Though there's still a lot I need to learn. hee.

I wish I knew how to play better at any card games. I remember my cousin and my brother taught me how to play poker for awhile and I still had no idea what I was doing. ><

I'm awesome at Texas Hold'em. Seriously. My first game I kicked my step dad's ass and he'd being playing for months. Its really fun too, and addicting.
-Jessica

I played last night and got second, only because everyone wanted to go home. If I had another hour, I would have one.

But instead I went in with a king 8 and lost.

Doyle Brunson's "Super System" is like the bible of hold em books. One of my co-workers recently started playing and he bought it. He won $400 his first game and $200 in his second. He said the book helped him immensely.Poker books? Pft...pathetic. Lol.

I LITERALLY play poker ALL THE DAMN TIME. My family thinks I'm addicted. I'm really not...and no, I'm not in denial of being addicted. I'm just really not addicted. Poker's just so exhilirating. It's one of the few things that I can be excited about for a long period of time. I just get bored doing other things. I can totally just get up and leave whenever I want though. Now, a funny poker story:

I was playing a game with a few friends and cousins, tournament style. God knows how many chips I had but I had a friend of mine covered. I was the small blind and the blinds were 50-100. I had 7-2off and my friend had J-10 offsuit (but I didn't find that out until the river). So, being the small blind, I protected my blind. Instead of checking or raising the CORRECT amount, my friend Dre, who was the big blind, just raised 50. I wanted to see a flop and 50 is nothing in tournament style. So I call. The flop came out a rainbow A-K-2. I hit my 2's. So I bet big. And I pretty much knew I was in a safe position to bet with 2's since he would've raised a lot more with an Ace or a King. He called. The Turn came out another 2. TRIPS!! I slow played my set knowing I was ahead since he didn't have an Ace or King. And even if he DID have pocket big slick, that would only give him two pair...and trips beats a two pair. So I was up. He called my slow play. The turn came out an Ace. So the board was A-K-2-2-A. I had 2's full of Aces. And I KNEW he didn't have it. I had the checkmark. So I went all in. Now, earlier on I had given him an incentive to think I had a very weak hand. Which I did. 7-2 offsuit is THE WORST hand in Hold 'Em. Anyway, he though Jack high was good so he called. I showed him my deuce which gave me a boat. He was upset. He was even more upset when I showed him my 7. Boy! He was FURIOUS!! Since then, I've yet to see him. I haven't played with him, seen him, or even heard from him since then. I felt sooooo bad. But what was I to do? He only raised 50 preflop. So, let this be a lesson to you poker-beginners, if you're going to raise preflop, make a substantial raise. Something you can afford without going overboard. Triple the bet is recommended. Had he raised to 300, I would've folded and I would've never caught a boat (full house). I'd love to play against Mike some day. And Jeremy and Miranda too.

Poker books? Pft...pathetic. Lol.

I LITERALLY play poker ALL THE DAMN TIME. My family thinks I'm addicted. I'm really not...and no, I'm not in denial of being addicted. I'm just really not addicted. Poker's just so exhilirating. It's one of the few things that I can be excited about for a long period of time. I just get bored doing other things. I can totally just get up and leave whenever I want though. Now, a funny poker story:

I was playing a game with a few friends and cousins, tournament style. God knows how many chips I had but I had a friend of mine covered. I was the small blind and the blinds were 50-100. I had 7-2off and my friend had J-10 offsuit (but I didn't find that out until the river). So, being the small blind, I protected my blind. Instead of checking or raising the CORRECT amount, my friend Dre, who was the big blind, just raised 50. I wanted to see a flop and 50 is nothing in tournament style. So I call. The flop came out a rainbow A-K-2. I hit my 2's. So I bet big. And I pretty much knew I was in a safe position to bet with 2's since he would've raised a lot more with an Ace or a King. He called. The Turn came out another 2. TRIPS!! I slow played my set knowing I was ahead since he didn't have an Ace or King. And even if he DID have pocket big slick, that would only give him two pair...and trips beats a two pair. So I was up. He called my slow play. The turn came out an Ace. So the board was A-K-2-2-A. I had 2's full of Aces. And I KNEW he didn't have it. I had the checkmark. So I went all in. Now, earlier on I had given him an incentive to think I had a very weak hand. Which I did. 7-2 offsuit is THE WORST hand in Hold 'Em. Anyway, he though Jack high was good so he called. I showed him my deuce which gave me a boat. He was upset. He was even more upset when I showed him my 7. Boy! He was FURIOUS!! Since then, I've yet to see him. I haven't played with him, seen him, or even heard from him since then. I felt sooooo bad. But what was I to do? He only raised 50 preflop. So, let this be a lesson to you poker-beginners, if you're going to raise preflop, make a substantial raise. Something you can afford without going overboard. Triple the bet is recommended. Had he raised to 300, I would've folded and I would've never caught a boat (full house). I'd love to play against Mike some day. And Jeremy and Miranda too.

I always play 7-2. :p If my chip stack allows it of course. Just so I can try to catch lightning in a bottle and catch a big hand like you did.


quick story:

10 man tourney. $500 bucks in the pot. It comes down to be and my buddy Bryan heads up. I was down in chips, but still enough to work with. I get dealt pocket Kings. I move all in before the flop. Bryan calls and flips over pocket Aces.

Un-fucking-believable.

10 man tourney. $500 bucks in the pot. It comes down to be and my buddy Bryan heads up. I was down in chips, but still enough to work with. I get dealt pocket Kings. I move all in before the flop. Bryan calls and flips over pocket Aces.

Un-fucking-believable.
The chances of that exact event happening is: 1 out of 48400! :D (The odds of being dealt AA or KK are both 1/220, so the odds of both events happening at the same time is 1 / (220 x 220))

Though that doesn't account for similar situations like JJ vs. KK or AQ vs. AK; and then when you consider the number of hands you play, the odds really aren't *that* bad of something like this happening. I've had it happen to me and seen it happen lots. Most memorable time was when my QQ lost to KK about 5 minutes into an afternoon of poker with my friends; the flop came all rags so I thought I was good, as there were only 2 hands that could've called my pre-flop raise and still be beating me at the time. He had one of them <_< I lost half my stack there. But then I did pretty good and made it to the last 3 of 10 people; but then I lost to the same guy with AK against: 9-5!!! :mad: I flopped a king with a ragged board, and he called my all-in bet with only a pair of fives - then the river was a 9. Bastard.

The chances of that exact event happening is: 1 out of 48400! :D (The odds of being dealt AA or KK are both 1/220, so the odds of both events happening at the same time is 1 / (220 x 220))
I Know!! I couldnt believe it!

Though that doesn't account for similar situations like JJ vs. KK or AQ vs. AK; and then when you consider the number of hands you play, the odds really aren't *that* bad of something like this happening. I've had it happen to me and seen it happen lots. Most memorable time was when my QQ lost to KK about 5 minutes into an afternoon of poker with my friends; the flop came all rags so I thought I was good, as there were only 2 hands that could've called my pre-flop raise and still be beating me at the time. He had one of them <_< I lost half my stack there. But then I did pretty good and made it to the last 3 of 10 people; but then I lost to the same guy with AK against: 9-5!!! :mad: I flopped a king with a ragged board, and he called my all-in bet with only a pair of fives - then the river was a 9. Bastard.
The poker gods can be so cruel. :p

...but they can be so nice too. :D

Remember, Anna Kournikova (AK) is a bitch. Looks good but never wins. :rolleyes:

Remember, Anna Kournikova (AK) is a bitch. Looks good but never wins. :rolleyes:
I can say the same thing about AA right now. :rolleyes: It seems like they're always getting busted lately. damnit.

Well after my first day of playing online poker with real money, I'm up about $15 from a couple hours at the nickel/dime limit tables :D Considering that's over a quarter of my puny initial deposit, I think I did pretty good.

Too bad real money can't be won as easily as play chips... I made almost half a million play money from 1000 since I started playing a couple months ago..


And AK is one of the best starting hands possible - you just need to have the discipline to muck them if you miss the flop =)

And AK is one of the best starting hands possible - you just need to have the discipline to muck them if you miss the flop =)Oh, I know. I'm pretty damned discipline if I may say so myself. It's CERTAINLY not hard to fold AK if you miss the flop. Any poker player who has an ounce of knowledge of what's going on would fold it any time. I even fold A(10,J,Q,K) if I'm ON A DRAW...depending on the situation though. Depending on the kind of read I'm getting. I'm not saying I'm the greatest (although I do come pretty close to it :cool: ), it's just not a hard laydown.

What I meant by Anna Kournikova/big slick being a bitch sometimes was someone (usually a shortstack) going all-in with AK (even suited at times!!! lol) not catching anything and having their opponent pair up or something. For some reason, whenever I need AK to do the job for me, it never does. And even my bullets get cracked sometimes!! It winds me when that happens.

...I'm just about ready to spend 100 bucks on an authentic deck of WSOP cards FROM this year's tournament that were sneaked out.

I need help.

^yes, you do.

i won $120 at a house game last friday. :]

damn ceez, tell me you aren't serious.
I got a free poker set. It's in a purdy metal case with chips that have football players on them and cards. haha, free stuff.
i miss poker!

Yes, I'm serious. I have a poker spot where people drop like 200-400 a night (I myself made 320 bucks at a cash game like 2 night ago :D) and so I'm thinking about doing major upgrades to our equipment. Firstly, I want to upgrade from the regular cheap plastic chips to the 100% clay casino chips (clickity click (http://www.sidepot.com/Poker_Chip_Set_of_600_p/ip-600.htm)). That's going to cost me 600 bucks. And then I want to get an authentic wsop deck that's so effin hard to find. I probably don't need this stuff but it'll make my spot look legit. You know?

Anybody want to give me a loan?

Pics!!

Some guys from the regular poker crew mid-tournament:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/eracholo17/DSC02517.jpg

My babies:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/eracholo17/DSC02524.jpg

Cash game anyone? :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/eracholo17/DSC02521.jpg

I have a poker spot where people drop like 200-400 a night

Man, I don't feel so bad about dropping the $100 a month I normally do at home games. I just seem to make moves at the worst moment possible.