davidross
05-28-2004, 04:31 PM
My Vegas trip report got too long to include everything I wanted to put in it. I played as many live hands in 4 days as I had previously played in my life. So although I've probably played as many hands of poker as anyone in the last 12 months or so, actually sitting at a table is pretty new for me.
The dealer had to ask me to post my blinds at least 100 times this weekend. I couldn't find the auto post button. And just when I though I figured it out, I went to Lucky Chances in San Francisco and had to post on the button too.
You would think I would be able to concentrate on 1 game, but I was slow to act a lot, missing the guy before me mucking his hand. I need that beep beep sound to wake me up.
THis never happens online. I was in the 10 seat, and I think eMark (it might have been someone else) was in the 1 seat on the other side of the dealer. Everyone folded to me with KJo and I was around 5 off the button. I was trying to decide whether to raise or fold, and I looked to my left to see what everyone behind me was going to do. THe guy in the 1 seat called, and 3 after him folded, and I haven't acted yet. I pushed out 8 chips and said raise, and the dealer stopped the action and told me I had to call, I had waited too long!! I didn't care for his decision, since I hadn't acted out of turn, the guy after me had. If this is the rule, It would seem to me I could call out of turn any time I wanted to prevent a raise in front of me. But I let it go and won a nice pot actually.
Another faux pas of mine came in the Orleans tournament. Blinds were 50 / 100 and I found AK in early position. I only had 3 T500 chips in front of me and I tossed 1 of them in, meaning to raise to 500. I was quickly told by everyone that I had just called. Oops.
On the plus side, people are easier to read live. When I was early to act, you could usually count how many folds were coming behind you just by looking. Usually 3 or 4 people had their cards in their hands ready to muck.
It's a lot more fun to talk to real people instead of typing into a chat box, but that also led to me never acting when it was my turn I guess.
And that green felt under my fingernails...yuck.
I can't shuffle chips very well yet, and I can't wear sunglasses inside. Maybe I'm just not made to play live.
The dealer had to ask me to post my blinds at least 100 times this weekend. I couldn't find the auto post button. And just when I though I figured it out, I went to Lucky Chances in San Francisco and had to post on the button too.
You would think I would be able to concentrate on 1 game, but I was slow to act a lot, missing the guy before me mucking his hand. I need that beep beep sound to wake me up.
THis never happens online. I was in the 10 seat, and I think eMark (it might have been someone else) was in the 1 seat on the other side of the dealer. Everyone folded to me with KJo and I was around 5 off the button. I was trying to decide whether to raise or fold, and I looked to my left to see what everyone behind me was going to do. THe guy in the 1 seat called, and 3 after him folded, and I haven't acted yet. I pushed out 8 chips and said raise, and the dealer stopped the action and told me I had to call, I had waited too long!! I didn't care for his decision, since I hadn't acted out of turn, the guy after me had. If this is the rule, It would seem to me I could call out of turn any time I wanted to prevent a raise in front of me. But I let it go and won a nice pot actually.
Another faux pas of mine came in the Orleans tournament. Blinds were 50 / 100 and I found AK in early position. I only had 3 T500 chips in front of me and I tossed 1 of them in, meaning to raise to 500. I was quickly told by everyone that I had just called. Oops.
On the plus side, people are easier to read live. When I was early to act, you could usually count how many folds were coming behind you just by looking. Usually 3 or 4 people had their cards in their hands ready to muck.
It's a lot more fun to talk to real people instead of typing into a chat box, but that also led to me never acting when it was my turn I guess.
And that green felt under my fingernails...yuck.
I can't shuffle chips very well yet, and I can't wear sunglasses inside. Maybe I'm just not made to play live.