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Old 08-16-2005, 07:52 AM
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Default Re: Pokerstars: \"Where every game and every tournament is free\" ... ??

I wanted to check out how bogus this really was so I downloaded it. Decided to play some 5/10 blinds Omaha since if it could really be used as a learning tool, why not sharpen up on a game where I have very limited experience. Might even help me win a KOTZ tourney I'm thinking. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

So I get a seat and sit down with my full 1000 bankroll. First hand in the BB and look what they deal me. A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. Well I'm an Omaha noob but I think that's a pretty good hand, no?

So everyone at the table proceeds to limp in for the 10 except the SB who raises 10. So I pot it. And surprise, surprise every single player, bar none, calls. As they are all calling I type in the chat box "Don't you donks ever want to learn to play the game so you can get off the play money tables". No response.

The flop comes all [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]'s and it gets checked around. The turn is whatever and some guy in late postition bets the pot and gets a couple of callers, I fold but hang around to see the winning hand. It was something like 5 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]7 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]2 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. My playmoney career lasted all of one hand.

What a fraud those commercials are, but that's the advertising business, I guess.
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