i play mostly on full tilt but sometimes will friends, mostly hold'em but a bit of Omaha as well, 3/6 dollar blinds
Whats your favorite card game
what stakes do you play
where do you play
any bad beat stories are welcome to
Usually go to the city (Edmonton) and play cash games. 1/2 or 5/10 Hold'em or Omaha. Omaha in live cash games is a fuckin rush man. Pots over $5000 fairly often.
I have had some baaaaad beats, but I had a few that went in my favor when I had no idea how to play the game earlier on. Raped a dude for $2400 pot.
I was inexperienced, frustrated with handing over my cash. I went out to the car, got just friggin blasted and went back in. I can't even remember the hand layout. It was Dealer's Choice, so the game was Omaha. I ended catching a deuce on the river, ended up with a full house deuces over something, buddy had 2 aces and 2 jacks (I think) and all I remember was the look on the dude's face, then him wiggin out and leaving. It was a trip man, especially being so fucking high.
Now that I have a good handle on the game, I realize how stupid I was and why the guy was so pissed. It sucks when it happens to you.
Not big on the internet poker. I had a bullshit experience with Absolute Poker. I think I only had about 150$ or so in my account, but one day I went to login, got a message saying I needed to contact support, becuase they needed to verify my Visa number. Why, I had been a member for about a year and deposited money a couple times....why now?
OK, whatever, so I phoned the support phone number. 45 minutes go by waiting. So I hang up and try the next day. Same thing. 45 minutes or an hour go by on hold. Now I'm getting choked.
So I send an email. I get a reply telling me to contact them and speak to an agent. Bascially got bounced around, and bullshitted for 3 days or so. I never got an answer to why they needed to "protect me" by verifying my credit info. I know why, so they could fuck me for money. I finally just gave up....they still have my money.
Then I recently saw a documentary on a few major poker pros, and after seeing 3 or 4 dudes sitting side by side in the same room, logged into the same poker room online, and hustling people for THOUSANDS of dollars.......I stay the hell away from it myself.
I am going to try and start making poker a bigger part of my life. What better legal way to make money. Not many I can think of.
