i came second in a poker tournament last night

never played in one before and had to deal with abuse for most of the night about some of my playing techniques and getting yelled at for not knowing chip values for most of the tournament but it was awesome fun.

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hehe, cool! so did you win lots of cash? what were you playing? texas holdem?

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man im addicted to poker atm. i play in a weekly tournament, play online, play with mates every week or 2, download and watch all the shows. cant get enough of it! its great

this is the league i play in, national poker league. possibly the same league u played in last night teflon.

its illegal in victoria to play poker for money outside the casino so theres no cash prizes (unlike NSW) but you do accrue points each week. At the end of the season if you have got enough points u can play in the state final for which 1st place is $15k.

yeah i played in the australian poker league, i need to play in another tournament to actually get a ranking. some of my mates play every week, i reckon i might start doing it regularly it heaps of fun.

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ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep,
he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

ah yeah australian poker league is the other league. i havnt played in one of their tourneys yet, been meaning to try it out for a while so i can compare the 2 leagues. From what ive heard apl has better prizes and npl is more focused on achieving a friendly and fun environment.

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Originally posted by Fpcookie npl is more focused on achieving a friendly and fun environment.

fk that, its all about the benjamins

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Originally posted by DJ_Ballistic fk that, its all about the benjamins

dont know what its like in sydney.. but yeah

Yeah i think I have become addicted to Poker as well. My friends and I even email each other poker videos from YouTube.

Check out these crazy videos from WPT events:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3K-OzP-0ek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cag-noIBBd0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyroD-_fylc


Gotta love Tony G, the aussie!




I have played online for about six months. I was only making $10 deposits every week or two but i ended up being WAY down. I was down about US$200 at one stage.

Then, i bought a book about internet poker, started playing seriously and turned it all around. Went from -$200 to about +$150 in a month, and that's US dollars.

If you are thinking about playing online for money, i suggest you wait until you are a decent player and have developed a solid game, otherwise you will get burned very quickly.

One of my mates wins quite often when we play home games or we play at my local pub, but he has lost big time online. He is really good at bluffing and plays a super-aggressive style, but I guess he doesn't have the patience to succeed at online poker yet. He is probably down about US$600 already, and he has payed for that off his new credit card, the silly boy.

One more video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGpHCOQ6DPw

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Originally posted by A.J. Gotta love Tony G, the aussie!

is the the guy that sledges the other players?

Seen him before on World Poker Tour on tv, he's a classic

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i love playing poker.

i just know as soon as i get playing online, i'd be addicted, and have to start eating catfood.

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lol Tony G is a fuckwit, im surprised no1 has belted him yet.

yeah i played for a couple of months with real money came out a bit ahead. i dont find it hard to win online and i was only playing for fun. If someone puts 100% into it with their sole focus to win money u can clean up on there IMO, provided your a decent player. I cashed out all my money tho, i didnt find online nearly as much fun as live games.