http://www.cardschat.com en Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:54:56 GMT vBulletin 60 http://cardschat.com/images_fb/misc/rss.jpg http://www.cardschat.com http://www.cardschat.com/f13/just-need-opinion-two-182597/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:45:52 GMT I recently won an 8 dollar buy-in satellite to the 75K Guarantee on Full tilt. The buy was worth about 160 bucks. Since I had about 30 bucks on already, do you all think it is a profitable to withdraw about 100 and leave the rest on or to keep my total bankroll on there and try and play a smart... I recently won an 8 dollar buy-in satellite to the 75K Guarantee on Full tilt. The buy was worth about 160 bucks. Since I had about 30 bucks on already, do you all think it is a profitable to withdraw about 100 and leave the rest on or to keep my total bankroll on there and try and play a smart bankroll strategy. Thanks for your opinions. ]]> General Poker KMcoyote3 http://www.cardschat.com/f13/just-need-opinion-two-182597/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/casino-etiquette-182584/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:06:17 GMT Here's the story: Two of my friends and I have recently started going to the casino to play some live poker. A little strapped for cash, as most students are, we opt for the lowest buy-in tournaments available (£10 freezeout, 2 nights a week). Tonight was only our second attempt and my friend managed to take down 1st place! Obviously he was ecstatic with his £230 win and we were buzzing for him too.

Anyway, the tournament co-ordinator took him to the cash desk to collect his winnings and then, quite bluntly in my opinion, asked him to put £5 into a little box on the desk as a tip. As this was an unfamiliar situation for my friend he kind of laughed it off and put in a couple of spare quid that he had in his wallet. He then said something like 'that wasn't 5 pounds' and walked off rather stern faced without smiling at any point in this whole process.

We were a little confused as to the way he behaved and it even put a bit of a downer on my friend's achievement. Looking back now I can see how it is a similar situation to tipping at a restaurant: the dealer/co-ordinator resembling a waiter/waitress. Has my friend broken a golden casino rule? He did give something back and i'm sure he's not obliged to. Would be grateful for any input and perhaps some similar casino 'faux pas' anecdotes can be shared, if indeed this is one? ]]> General Poker LennyPigeon http://www.cardschat.com/f13/casino-etiquette-182584/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/poker-forums-closing-182576/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:45:12 GMT I've read about 3 poker forums closing, I've known of other ones closing but not this many at the same time, and they are referring all the members to 1 other site,I'm just a little taken back by this, these were all good forums? :confused: ]]> General Poker MAX101 http://www.cardschat.com/f13/poker-forums-closing-182576/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/closed-mind-society-182568/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:56:26 GMT I am an inventor age 70 who is patent pending on an enhancement to holdem poker. Notice I did not say a new game. I am not reinventing the wheel. I can increase action 10-20% pre-flop and flop. This would have a poitive effect on rake plus reduce those nights where a player doesn't get any action on his quality starting hands. And the rules of play would remain verbatim on the sites and math would remain unchanged. Starting AA at 220-1, start with a pair and flop set 7.53-1 against, outs counted same, etc.
Even contacted same again when I realized that a side effect would greatly reduce subtle collusion, the most sucessful kind. Got same rresults. Ring around the rosie with customer support marketing, floor managers, product development, etc at all the on-line poker sites till I get no reply or form letter thanking me for my suggestions??
Occassionally am told they do not want to limit table selection and it's impossible to prevent players using chat, skype. email etc to share information. Evidently they believe that those 2 components are enough to make subtle collusion profitable. All i wanted was an email from a decison maker or a chance to pitch my idea in a 2 minute phone call.
Got similar result from platform suppliers who wanted to sell me something like a poker room. LOL
I had a patent a few years back for a blackjack enhancement and got replies from decison makers at digital table manufacturers, casino's etc. Unfortunately my game was only designed for low limits and they did not feel it was a big enough market. But they did listen!!!!
And I got referrals to these people from reporters mostly. So far not one reply from any on-line poker reporters or radio show hosts.
Seems like they know no enhancement to holdem is possible. Good thing draw poker players did not think that way. Or 5 card stud. Or 7 cad stud. Still amazed at seeing on Wizard of odds Q&A and similar sites holdem players asking if it's harder to get a straight flush in 7 card or holdem. LOL
I am 500 miles frrom Vegas , have offered to pitch my game in person and if they think I am an idiot they can pitch me out in the street therrselves or have security do it.
Sure would at lease like the opportunity to be proven wrong.
The only reason I do not post full details is I don't think I can collect license fees from the Isle of Man. Hoping to license my idea
to deep pockets for protection.
Buzz paff buzzpaff@gmail.com 970-609-2891 ]]> General Poker buzzpaff http://www.cardschat.com/f13/closed-mind-society-182568/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/hud-182552/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:24:50 GMT If i buy a hud, which would probably be HEM can i upload it on to my laptop and my computer or do i have to buy 2 of them. If i buy a hud, which would probably be HEM can i upload it on to my laptop and my computer or do i have to buy 2 of them. ]]> General Poker ollie627 http://www.cardschat.com/f13/hud-182552/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/preflop-win-percentages-182525/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:41:43 GMT The preflop odds that Harrington gives in his book seem a bit of. He reckons that 2 over cards vs. 2 lower cards (i.e AKo vs. 86o) wins 5:3. He did say approximately but I'd like more accurate guidelines. I say that they are inaccurate because of I was playing around with pokerstove and they simply don't add up ]]> General Poker pat3392 http://www.cardschat.com/f13/preflop-win-percentages-182525/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/stats-cash-games-182484/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:54:48 GMT Hi guys, quick question.

I can't afford to register to a site to check out the stats on cash games. I was wondering if anyone knew of a site thats free for showing stats like pokerranking.com website for tournament info on profit/loss etc.

thanks in advance. ]]> General Poker ramdeebam http://www.cardschat.com/f13/stats-cash-games-182484/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/poker-pros-pot-odds-182482/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:14:50 GMT Hey this is a really stupid question, but someone asked me today and I didn't really know. Is there any really good poker pros who don't use pot odds? ]]> General Poker jjohl http://www.cardschat.com/f13/poker-pros-pot-odds-182482/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/screen-recording-software-182481/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:22:11 GMT Hi Guys, Im getting to the point of my game where im really looking at taking my game to a new level. Both me and my friend have been grinding in the micros stakes and I am nearly at a point where I can move up to 0.10/0.25. I read all the usual books and work on my game, but im looking at... Hi Guys,

Im getting to the point of my game where im really looking at taking my game to a new level. Both me and my friend have been grinding in the micros stakes and I am nearly at a point where I can move up to 0.10/0.25.

I read all the usual books and work on my game, but im looking at getting some screen capture software, so I can watch back some sessions and what not. Just wondering if anyone on here can recommend any good software.

Cheers,
Marc ]]> General Poker mjnotf http://www.cardschat.com/f13/screen-recording-software-182481/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/pt3-hem-can-you-purchase-online-182477/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:16:13 GMT Hey all,

Two questions. Don't have much in my account, but decided that in order to take this poker seriously, I MUST get tracking software.

Whenever I ask a question that I feel might have been asked before, I try to search to see if it has been asked. I saw various answers, but not succinct enough. So, I'll ask again.

Poker Tracker or Holdem Manager? (I actually will create a poll, so it will be available for others)

Second, can I purchase it from my FT bankroll? Or do I have to use my credit card/paypal/etc?

Thanks! ]]> General Poker Pokerstudent http://www.cardschat.com/f13/pt3-hem-can-you-purchase-online-182477/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/full-tilt-academy-182467/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:40:19 GMT I was just wondering if you go into your full tilt academy and activate a challenge that would potentially earn you credits before playing a ring game, sng or mtt. I usually do but I try not to act according to the challenge, meaning playing a certain hand the way stated in the challenge. When I... I was just wondering if you go into your full tilt academy and activate a challenge that would potentially earn you credits before playing a ring game, sng or mtt.
I usually do but I try not to act according to the challenge, meaning playing a certain hand the way stated in the challenge.
When I want to complete challenges worth 400+ points in a cash game I will go to .01/.02 and follow the challenge to earn the credits. Does anyone else do this?
I apologize if this is not in the proper forum section. ]]> General Poker bolda3 http://www.cardschat.com/f13/full-tilt-academy-182467/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/early-bird-catches-worm-182462/ Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:05:20 GMT Most succesful players had early big cashes in tournaments and got the ball rolling, for instance Shaun "shaundeeb" Deeb or Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke. It seems, only the early bird catches the worm ?!

:confused: ]]> General Poker Daniel72 http://www.cardschat.com/f13/early-bird-catches-worm-182462/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/noob-player-noob-questions-about-rake-182455/ Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:47:20 GMT Hello guys, quick question for you.

Please excuse my ignorance here I've tried looking for the answer yet not managed to find it.

I'v got 2 accounts on fulltilt and pokerstars and only recently learned about rake. Iv seen several websites that offer rakeback, however i just wonder because i now have an account if i can still claim rakeback or is this not possible?

ps: Also just a question on the this rakeback, why do websites offer it back or manage to even get it back when i thought this was the way poker websites made their money, so giving a percentage back works in what way for it being beneficial for them?

Thanks in advance guys. ]]> General Poker ramdeebam http://www.cardschat.com/f13/noob-player-noob-questions-about-rake-182455/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/cheating-open-proxy-182392/ Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:33:43 GMT I just read a story about a good MTT player who had more than one account and was using an open proxy to do this (although it was assumed he had because of some chat he did in the past). He has an advantage when he is on one table. Now here is my question if someone does this i guess no one can... I just read a story about a good MTT player who had more than one account and was using an open proxy to do this (although it was assumed he had because of some chat he did in the past). He has an advantage when he is on one table.

Now here is my question if someone does this i guess no one can see that you are using more than one account because your ip is different???

How in the world are pokersites going to do something about this kind of cheating? ]]> General Poker rhulp1 http://www.cardschat.com/f13/cheating-open-proxy-182392/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/rake-step-tourneys-182387/ Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:32:07 GMT Can anyone give me a run down on how and if rake is generated on each of the steps or is there just rake on the initial tourney buyin. Can anyone give me a run down on how and if rake is generated on each of the steps or is there just rake on the initial tourney buyin. ]]> General Poker thetaxman1 http://www.cardschat.com/f13/rake-step-tourneys-182387/