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  1. TimN88

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    #51 TimN88, Jan 21, 2004
    NL NL NL whats the point if you cant run the pot way up and sucker other people into calling??
     
  2. Chiaro_Slag

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    #52 Chiaro_Slag, Jan 21, 2004
    With $100, you could play the $1-$2 table just to get your feet wet.

    If you like NL, you could always play tourneys with buy ins anywhere from $5-$30. They are usually 10 people tourneys that are NL and the blinds go up every 10 hands.
     
  3. prohydro

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    #53 prohydro, Jan 21, 2004
    I just got signed up at pokerroom.com, somebody already has my FC username so I'm cd_rdmd over there.
     
  4. MikeZ_NJ

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    #54 MikeZ_NJ, Jan 21, 2004
    I'm in Limassol, $5-10 limit under the alias Weezilwood. :)

    I'll probably be playing for another 15 minutes or so.
     
  5. rob lay

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    #55 rob lay, Jan 28, 2004
    Finally last night after 5 business days my money made it to my neteller account and then it was immediate to www.pokerroom.com. I went to a $.50-1 NL table. Much fun, first real money hand ever on the internet and I got pocket aces! With a 10 player table most of the winning hands took $5-20. Within 10 minutes I was up to $80 from 50, but then I must of gone an hour without many winning hands. The worst was two pocket hearts Q high and the board only had 3 hearts. I was going head to head and the betting got up to a $50 pot. Well, he had the Ace and there went most of my profits. It was fun, I played over 2 hours. Much more fun with real money as bluffs actually work. :) Next thing I want to try is a tournament.
     
  6. Chiaro_Slag

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    #56 Chiaro_Slag, Jan 28, 2004
    I was wondering how you wre doing just yesterday. :)

    Pocket Aces on the first hand - Nice!

    Good luck with the tourneys!
     
  7. rob lay

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    #57 rob lay, Mar 25, 2004
    Well, thought I would check in with all the poker players. Lost my first $100 real last month in only about 3 days of playing. This month my $100 is still going strong. My balance is about $140.

    Played first tournament earlier this week. $20 NL. Finished 280 out of 320. :D

    Played second tournament two days ago. $5 NL. Finished 206 out of 430.

    I guess that means I'm improving and in another year I'll finish in the money?

    The tournaments are a bunch of fun. I think I'll look for a tournament game first before going to the regular table. I'm also staying away from the play money games, just not realistic with 75% flops.
     
  8. MikeZ_NJ

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    #58 MikeZ_NJ, Mar 25, 2004
    I've since moved to paradisepoker.com - recommended to me by a friend who plays there regularly and came in 2nd in one of the big tournaments.

    I don't play all that much, but when I do, I go there now.

    I was having problems connecting to PokerRoom.com.
     
  9. ralessi

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    #59 ralessi, Mar 25, 2004
    Not bad :)

    You should take some of those winnings and invest in some of the classic poker books. Whenever I win my next game (my friends and I play almost every weekend) I am going to invest I think.

    Some of the good ones I've heard about are Brunson's Super System, Theory of Poker, and the 2 Sklansky books.

    Although I guess from what I've gathered the strategy is different for structured/NL, but I suppose some of the strategies can carry over.

    Since I am just talking out of my ass, maybe someone else could chime in? :)
     
  10. rob lay

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    #60 rob lay, Mar 25, 2004
    I spent more time playing poker in college than I did in the classroom.
     
  11. prohydro

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    #61 prohydro, Mar 30, 2004
    Phil Helmuth's book is great. I'm reading it now.
     
  12. rob lay

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    #62 rob lay, Mar 30, 2004
    I've played some big tournaments, but haven't done better than 50-60 percentile. I just played a 10 person $5 tournament and won, so maybe the luck can spread to big money. :)
     
  13. prohydro

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    #63 prohydro, Mar 31, 2004
    Very nice! I haven't gotten the cajones up yet to play with real money.
     
  14. rob lay

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    #64 rob lay, Apr 11, 2004
    Had a good tourny tonight. Only $10, but got 4th out of 185, worth $166.
     
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