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Bodog, Doyle's Room, Carbon, Players Only
The UIGEA never mentions poker at all. It excludes fantasy sports, intrastate gambling*, horse racing, and securities trading. (One might claim that buying stocks, options, or the derivative of the week is betting.) *Online gaming run by your state government, anyone'
Posted in: Poker Sites 		azholdm
Apr 23rd, 2011
new Bodog Cashout Policy
Carbon sure looks cool and runs faster than some other sites, Bodog for one. However, it's none too easy to deposit on Carbon. Apparently, there are ways, but the minimums are higher than some of us are used to, especially now that our bankrolls are frozen on the Big Three. Once the money's there, the question becomes will the games suck' What site was it' Maybe FTP' that had kamikaze sngs'' Sign up and every hand is autoshoved for you. What's the point of that'' Maybe I'll try online roulette. Or yikes! online keno.
Posted in: Poker Sites 		azholdm
Apr 18th, 2011
The reason UB and other sites are still up and running
I like what your saying, but the UIGEA is an attempt to defund online poker. It strikes at any fund transfers to online gambling. What is the legal way to handle payment processing under this law' The Republicans talk about defunding Obamacare. The same approach as the UIGEA. How do you play poker for money online legally if all your ways of depositing or withdrawing money are illegal'' The claim that poker is a game involving skill may well be a good defense. (For some reason, the law specifically exempts fantasy sports. Why' Is it because knowledge and skill are required' What ...
Posted in: Poker Sites 		azholdm
Apr 18th, 2011
Full Tilt and Pokerstars Domains Seized
The online poker provisions were a tiny slapped-on part of a huge Homeland Security "Safe Port" bill. Voting against this would be like voting against Mom and apple pie. Most of those who voted for the thing proobably never got to the "let's curb online poker" part. It is this deceptive pork barrel style of legislation that really bothers me.
Posted in: Poker Sites 		azholdm
Apr 17th, 2011
Re:problems with echecks
New York state Attorney General closed down instant eChecks: While you're at it, Mr. AG close down LOTTO, a completely skillless form of gambling. Oh, wait, the state government gets that money. Never mind.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Jun 5th, 2009
Re:problems with echecks
This article discusses the problem. Possibly a check clearing processor is not handling these deposits any more. / Ftp has Western Union. I'm considering that. The options at Stars appear to be: have a friendly debit card maybe All Access Visa, join Diners Club or mail a cashier's check to the Isle of Man, UK. Maybe there's an easier option I'm missing' (I have tried a few other PS options but they were no go for me.) Of course, if Stars doesn't ge this sorted out, sites like Cake Poker -- not a member just viewed their site -- with more transfer options will get more ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Jun 5th, 2009
Re:Need a little 9max sit-n-go advice. exactly how tight should I be playing the $5 FTP sit-n-gos
This may be too loose for the first few levels. I believe one expert recommends AK and TT + for the first few levels. Super tight. I tend to play loose myself. If my hands hit or the table's passive, I'm ok. I don't even realize I'm too loose. If my hands miss, I soon have an 800 stack at 100/50 blinds and a table that won't fold. Bad situation. My non-expert experience has been that AK is often the darling hand of the sng. The players all love it and will go allin, call an allin, join a 4-player allin with AK. So, hands like AQ, AJ are too low to call raises with when ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Jun 4th, 2008
Re:watching wsop event final tables live?
What is the fee for the broadcast' Last year, I watched on pay-per-view. Even though you can't see the hole cards, it's a big thrill for me.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Jun 4th, 2008
Re:party poker wsop satellites
My understanding is that Party Poker is closed to US citizens. Other sites are not closed to US players. Shop around. I was a US PartyPoker player and I miss those soft games.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Jun 4th, 2008
Re:Pre-flop probability in hold'em
See or According to the second link, the probability of hitting a flush draw on the flop is only 11%. (And 0.84% for flopping a flush.) Then the odds of hitting that draw are 35% if you stay in the hand to the end. So that totals 4.69% (3.85 + .84) for the probability of any two suited cards hitting a flush, either on the flop or after.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Jun 4th, 2008
Re:cash game material
There is Harrington on Cash Games, Vol. I and II. I covers preflop and flop play. II covers turn and river as well as LAG play, tells, and weak games. Some have said that Volume II is more useful than Volume I. These books super popular right now, but I haven't put any of Harrington's cash ideas into practice yet, so I can't say where it's better than Professional No Limit Hold'em by Matt Flynn -- another well-regarded cash book.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Jun 4th, 2008
Book: Play Poker like a Pigeon?
Has anyone else read this book' It is a opinionated, even controversial book on poker deception, written by a pro with 30 years of experience. I guess he might say he used to be well-known in the poker world, as he played against Stuey Ungar in a WSOP main event. No prize for guesing who won. Now he flies under the radar and has released this book anonymously. He does make a living playing poker.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Apr 25th, 2007
MTT roi?
I have read that even some players ranked in the top 75 players by P5 do not have positive rois in MTTs. Huh' Someone claimed they need to build their bankrolls by cash games ansd sngs. (sort of the Micon Effect. big buyins=big winnings. net gain=0) Don't the top tourney players make a profit'
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Mar 25th, 2007
Re(1): get cash on and off by this method....
How is your address going to be foreign' Sites block me for having a USA IP. (I think that's click2pay.) If you had a friend not in the US, it would help.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Jan 21st, 2007
Re(6): Why the Poker sites should stay out of the argument right now.
I joined the Poker Players Alliance. I voted against key anti-poker politcians in my state. They won, anyway. It wasn't real close, either. The average citizen in this state with a few casinos may well think, "Leave poker to grownups (geezers!) in the casinos. Get those college kids to stop wasting money online." If there were no brick-and-mortar poker rooms in the state, people who play would oppose these politcos more strongly. Just a theory.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Jan 20th, 2007
Re(3): SNG Teaching Sites
I just watched a video of a $1000 SNG at PXF. Bax was playing. He commented repeatedly how terrible the players were. One allin preflop was K9o going in and T8o calling. Yeah, T8o. No gap concept there. Neither player was a super short stack. Of course, the T8o won with trip tens. Lower-limit sng skills may be sufficient in a game like this!
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Jan 11th, 2007
Re(3): Training sites?
About a year ago, I made the ft of a low-limit tourney on Party. I was 9th of 2,900. I won an allin with a suited Jx. The other player shoved allin on the turn to get me to fold. I had chump change left, under 1,000. So I called, drawing for a flush. Instead, I got a J for a pair and won 70,000 chips.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Jan 9th, 2007
Re(1): SNG Teaching Sites
I joined Gidder's site. It's very good, but gone now, I think. Get lessons from Jennifear, a sng expert who frequently posts here. She has an incredible 50% ROI in sngs. Her site to arrange a lesson is / Notice how far in advance she's booked up! Extremely popular instructor. I took a lesson from her, then got to see her play a 45-player sng, knowing what her cards were. Sure enough, she won.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Jan 9th, 2007
Training sites?
I belong to some well-known poker training sites. While the record of the coaches is outstanding and the videos are well done, it seems that I'm often watching 2 phases of a MTT video: Tight early play followed by a random big-pot win. Loose aggressive play later in the tourney, where the table either 1) plays along with the coach folding to his raises or 2) the coach makes a read on a player, goes allin and wins. These wins are often suckouts -- the read was plain wrong. Sometimes forum comments are made about all these wonderful suckouts. The reply from the coach is "if I hadn't sucked ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Jan 9th, 2007
Re(6): Poker players against Jon Kyl
On trips to Las Vegas, I asked people if they played poker online. An awful lot of them said they do. This includes older people as well as the obvious kids in the Pokerstars hats. I was surprised that the older people played online. There were quite a few Party players; what they're doing now, I have no idea. BTW, here is a link to Jon Kyl's press site where he cites his accomplishment in getting the online gambling bill passed. I wish that Congress had debated this long and hard as a separate bill instead of tacking it on an overwhelmingly popular bill in the last hours before ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Oct 27th, 2006
Re(3): Poker players against Jon Kyl
I'm very sorry to hear that because Arizona is likely to re-elect him. I haven't heard of him threatening to abolish the state lottery, however. That gambling is good, I guess. However, there is a New York Times article that claims a substantial growth in independent voters within the state. / 24indie.html'_r=1&hp&ex=1161748800&en=f6fc81f67998fd57& ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin Oh, geez, you are right! Here's quote from the senator's own .gov website from a press release entitled Congress Approves Kyl Internet Gambling Ban: “It’s been over ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Oct 26th, 2006
Re(1): Poker players against Jon Kyl
Kyl is running a commercial where his fellow senator -- John McCain -- is quoting a favorable Time magazine article. (Heck, they're both the same party. Why wouldn't McCain support Kyl') The Time article rates Kyl as "one of the ten best senators in the country." Based on what' The commercial doesn't say. Just because Kyl co-sponsored the Safe Ports Act doesn't mean he's anti-online poker. The darn bill supports motherhood and apple pie! The backroom deal that put the online gambling provisions in the bill is reprehensible. Arizona is a Republican state. (Remember Sen. Barry Goldwater') ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Oct 26th, 2006
Allin in MTT?
Twice in one night, I called an allin -- once with AA, once with KK -- late in tourneys. Both times I was even with allin player. In both cases, their hands were not as good as mine. (I didn't call AA with KK, for example.) Both hands lost. PokerStars Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2006/10/27 Table 9-max Seat #5 is the button Seat 1: Me (4999 in chips) Seat 2: Player2 (5210 in chips) Seat 4: Player3 (20510 in chips) Seat 5: Player4 (7494 in chips) Seat 6: Player5 (23394 in chips) Seat 7: Player6 (6410 in chips) Seat 8: Player7 (7955 in chips) Seat 9: Player8 (6575 in chips) Me: ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Oct 26th, 2006
Re(1): Cardrunners and PXF
I joined both sites months ago, CR 1st I think, because of the lower cost. I play low limit stuff: $3 rebuys, $3 MTTs, $3 SNGs including multi-tables. The PXF levels are far higher of course. The trouble is a $50 sng plays different from a cheaper one. People at low limits do NOT accept the "I'm-table-leader-follow-me" style of play. You will get called by many players with anything. The players are too loose and their hand selection is any two cards. They will suck out on you much of the time. I just my KK allin called by 55. Of course, there was a 5 in the flop. I have not explored the ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Oct 24th, 2006
Re(2): Paradise Closing their Doors
From admin's post regarding poker sites and new legislation: Paradise Poker: Not accepting U.S. deposits or money transfers, Pull out completely after 11/13
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Oct 12th, 2006
Re(1): Vegas this weekend... what casinos should I play in?
I played in the Orleans NL tourneys twice. It's under $100. Orleans is not the most chic spot in Vegas, but has a large and bustling poker room. There is no way they have 3-minute blinds (Wow, just give your money away.) I read that the blinds increase every 20 minutes. Excalibur is famous for providing players who literally learned holdem that day. Again, not fancy, but profitable. MGM has a big, active pokerroom. There are daily tourneys. Mandelay Bay has a 10 AM touney that is supposed to be excellent. (You have to signup early: signup starts at 7 AM.) I have heard Caesar's ...
Posted in: Off Topic 		azholdm
Oct 9th, 2006
Re(2): Another Jamie Gold question
I watched the final table live and now, edited with hole cards shown. I think the edited show showed mainly showdown hands where the cards became known to all, rather than a few of those "We think he's raising with a pocket pair" mystery hands that were speculated about on the live broadcast. During the live show, I kept anticipating the edited version that would show the play of hands that didn't go to showdown.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Sep 27th, 2006
Re(1): How many hands have you played on PokerStars?
By PokerTracker logs, 136,587 hands. PT is very unhappy about the size of my databases!
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Sep 20th, 2006
Re(2): From PokerNews: Jamie Gold is being Sued
The Las Vegas Sun reports that Leyser is suing for $6 million, not $1.2 million. Leyser alleges that he and Gold were to "share" the seat and any winnings. Leyser said Gold left a detailed phone message just hours before the final table, assuring Leyser that, whatever happened, he would get his share. A judge has frozen the prize money until at least Sptember 1st, when a court will hear the complaint. This suit says Bodog wanted publicity, not a share of the prize money, from Gold. (He could have finished 8,000th so I would say the site got their $10,000 worth of fame!) Of ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		azholdm
Aug 23rd, 2006