Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-25-2005, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 164
Re: Tipping for a Room Upgrade
I'm sure it depends on what kind of upgrade you're talking about. My buddies were just wondering the same thing. (we're coming to town in 2 weeks-staying at the mirage) In our case there's 3 of...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
06-20-2005, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 40
NL noob required reading list plz.
I've been playing micro-small limits online for about the last 18 months and winning at a decent rate up to the $3/6 level, but I want to expand my horizons to the NL game. I've just started playing...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
05-27-2005, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 88
Neteller charges 8.9% processing fee?!?
I just set up a Neteller account for ease of use at numerous poker sites, rakeback, etc. because it sounds like that is the method most commonly used. I had previously only played at Party and used...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
05-18-2005, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 30
Re: No Jackpot tables on Empire?
OK thanks for the info guys....no JP hands on Empire.
Although not the point of my original thread the discussion regarding the extra drop got me thinking....My reasoning for playing these...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
05-18-2005, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 30
No Jackpot tables on Empire?
I signed up at Party Poker over a year ago before I knew anything about rakeback. I've paid them over $7,000 in rake since then. I was thinking about opening an Empire account with rakeback (have...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
05-18-2005, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 90
Re: POKERACE bonus
FWIW, I used POKERACENOW last night (this morning eastern time) and it worked.
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
05-11-2005, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 115
Re: Poker room close to San Francisco
I had a business trip to SF a couple weeks ago and got good info here. I ended up going to Lucky Chances twice. It's south of town almost to the airport. I learned after my first trip that you can...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
04-19-2005, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 15
Am I overplaying AK? PT stats
Last weekend I was rereading Lee Jones' WLLHE and the section on AK got me thinking. He was commenting on how AK is a very strong hand preflop but often must be released early when the flop misses. ...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
03-29-2005, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 89
Re: San Francisco Area Card Rooms
I'm coming to town in a month, so this thread saves me re-asking the same questions. I checked out the directions to LC on the net so I think I can find it, but how long of a drive will that be from...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
03-16-2005, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 18
Bonus whoring for dummies question - Absolute
I've been playing exclusively on Party for over a year, about 5000 hands a month, mostly at 2/4. I take advantage of all their reload bonuses but I am beginning to think I am missing something by...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
02-17-2005, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 130
Re: Where should a PP 2/4 player play in vegas?
I too play mostly PP 2/4 and beat the game fairly consistently. Anyway, I was in Vegas for a week last month and (almost)all the games I played in were far softer than Party 2-4. I played the...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
02-11-2005, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 20
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Forum: Internet Gambling
02-11-2005, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 20
How2 import PT icons to Party?
First, I did search but couldn't find an answer to this specific question. I saw a Party screenshot the other day that had the PT icons (taz, rock, fish...) where the notes icon normally is. How...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
02-10-2005, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 123
Re: A card dealing fiasco
It's all water under the bridge now, but I disagree that the extra J was to this players advantage. Was the J in his hand or the J on the flop the extra Jack? If so, it caused this player to put...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
02-01-2005, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 136
Re: Strange ruling at Mandalay Bay
The deck was reshuffled creating a new turn and river card. Several of you commented that this was the correct ruling. I still don't understand this. No one had acted on the turn card and it's not...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
01-31-2005, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 81
Wild hand at the Rio
Friday night at the Rio. I just sat down at this 3-6 table and this was about the 3rd or 4th hand, so no reads except....UTG was a drunk, obnoxious, twenty something playing loud and LAGGY and...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
01-31-2005, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 82
Dealers hilarious, yet inapproriate joke
Saturday night at Mandalay Bay.
Four of us guys in Vegas to play poker, 3 have experience and one newbie. We all tell the newbie to just play tight and he will at least have a PF advantage over...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
01-31-2005, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 143
Re: Going to Vegas next week: where to play LLHE?
I just got back from 8 days in Vegas yesterday (with 3 day side trip to Arizona). I found the players at Imperial Palace 2-4 AND 3-6 to be the worst in town, and that is a very hard title to win...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
01-31-2005, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 136
Strange ruling at Mandalay Bay
I was playing 4/8 at MB saturday night (full Vegas trip report coming in the next couple days) and this occured on my 2nd or 3rd hand at the table...
I had some trash cards in the big blind and 4...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
01-11-2005, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 80
Spread limit question(s)
I'm going to Vegas at the end of the month(I'll be the 6'8" middle-aged white guy). Anyway, I plan to play in the excalibur 2-6 game and just want to clarify some spread limit rules since I've never...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
01-11-2005, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 17
Call on River with Nut no-pair?
Should I have been more aggressive on earlier streets? Should I call the river? I did, thinking that BB could be betting the flush draw and taking a final shot at the pot when it missed.
Party...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
01-06-2005, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 55
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Forum: Internet Gambling
01-06-2005, 04:34 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 55
Techies: Please help me change my Party browser
Internet explorer has been causing me all kinds of problems. At this point when triggered it opens multiple "this page cannot be displayed" pages faster than I can shut them down, when it gets to...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
12-24-2004, 03:41 AM
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Replies: 199
Views: 833
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-16-2004, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 223
Re: \"So...What did you have?\"
A twist on the "you could/should have called" is to offer to let them call now...."pay me the $x (whatever last bet was) and I'll tell you".
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