Poker anyone?

[coolcatpete]

I is not bad I am a freshman in Highschool and I play 2-3 times a week. I have gotten pretty good at playing. We play $20 buy in and then the winner gets $95 and then other money is dristubuted around. I am over all aread woot woot.

However I have the craziest story and it happened 2 weeks ago... OK so I was playing a little texes holdem the other day right. So I got an 8h and 9d, so that is not bad so I bet and end up losing. Next hand I get an 8d and 9c, so I bet again and lose. Next hand I get a 8s and a 9h I bet and won, after that hand I fliped my cards and told them I got the same hand in different suits for the past three time, so I make a joke and say if I get the same thing agian I will kick you. Sure enough the next hand I got a 8c and a 9s, and I start kicking my friend. He thought I was just joking and thinks I bluff so I bet and I had a staight draw needed one 1 card and 2 were coming. So I bluffed and went all in and he called me. I ended up having nothing and he had a pair of 2s. I flipped my cards and everybody was in shock that I had a 8c and a 9s.

So I play the next day after telling other people my story, and they laugh. I delt out the cards and I got a 8s and a 9h. So I folded in shock and amazemnet and showed them my hand. They thought I rigged the deck to make a joke, so I explained I didn't and how it was imposible because I did a scramble shuffle.

I ended up winning $90 that night, but I just had to share my crazy game of poker that no one believes execpt for the people that played with me both days.
Pete


ps. I forgot to say that all we play is texas holdem and we have clay chips. Felt tables are next. My friend may get some this week he is going to vages and will stop buy a supply shop.


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[impostal22]

what's the minimum to make hold 'em fun? i was thinking of doing a 3-4 man game, but if you play with 2 blinds, i dunno how well that'd work.

[Curly]

Me and my friends have been playing a lot of holdem lately. I would say that 4-5 is pretty much a good number to start with. Though I have a good time playing heads up too. We usaully do a bunch of smaller 5 dollar buy in games. But when we get more people together we do 10-20 dollar buy ins. We have clay chips but no felt table. I love playing holdem and refuse to play any other kind of poker.

[coolcatpete]

Originally posted by impostal22
what's the minimum to make hold 'em fun? i was thinking of doing a 3-4 man game, but if you play with 2 blinds, i dunno how well that'd work.

THe blinds for heads ups just goes back and forth big and small. It is easy if you use a dealer button to keep track.
Pete

[Koosh]

Me and my friends have been playing for a good 4-5 years now... sophomore in high school was about when it started...

I also played online a lot too... if you see Koosh on Fire on ultimate bet, well thats me. I made a good $200 then cashed out... I'm about to go try it again because one of my friends said there is a whole lot of fish on there waiting for us sharks

Its pretty fun, we played a good 3 years before poker started getting televised reguarly so we know our way around a deck of cards... and since its getting more famous, more people want to play, which means more money for us experienced old bastards...

[impostal22]

Originally posted by coolcatpete


THe blinds for heads ups just goes back and forth big and small. It is easy if you use a dealer button to keep track.
Pete

heads up?????

[Koosh]

Originally posted by impostal22


heads up?????

hehehee....

Heads up is when its 1 vs 1...

And you don't really need 2 blinds, one works just as well if its a friendly game...

[sps16]

Originally posted by ZAust
we just had a 20 man tournament last weekend. i came in fourth. just out of the money.

i believe it was 17

[Curly]

Originally posted by ZAust
we just had a 20 man tournament last weekend. i came in fourth. just out of the money.

Hey, next time you guys get a big game together, let me know. I'm always up for poker... I can also bring people if you want more.

[impostal22]

Originally posted by TheFlamingKoosh


hehehee....

Heads up is when its 1 vs 1...

And you don't really need 2 blinds, one works just as well if its a friendly game...

how does that work? 1v1 i mean.

[ZAust]

Originally posted by sps16

i believe it was 17

bah.. details. and i believe i did beat you.

[ZAust]

Originally posted by impostal22


how does that work? 1v1 i mean.

when you get down to the last two guys at the table.

[Curly]

Zaust:

Originally posted by Curly


Hey, next time you guys get a big game together, let me know. I'm always up for poker... I can also bring people if you want more.

[tony3]

ALL my friends play, like all of them except me. They play 20 dollar buy in, its not worth it for me, its like throwing my money away, some of them are really good. My brother in highschool used to play every weekend, he came home some nights up a few hundred bucks, he is very good.

[logamus]

its prolly just me, but i like omaha better than holdem.