To poker pros: what will you do if internet poker dries up ? - Page 3

Bubu · #21 02-10-2005, 08:58 PM

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Here's a perfect example as relayed from my friend who deals at the Bellagio. The game is 4/8 limit holdem. Action up to the river is irrelevant. So on the river, this one guy bets and now this lady announces "All in" and shoves in her rack!!! I am not joking. So after my friend kindly lets her know that this is a limit game and she can only raise to 8, she goes "well, I saw them do it on TV". LOL. Granted, this has probably not happened at the 15/30 or 30/60 game but rest assured, they play just as bad there too.

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lol. I haven't seen that. Granted playing live you do see some crazy stuff. miss vegas.

Magic kids ? Is that meant to be good for the game ? Granted, I've only met about six magic players turned poker players. They were all very very good. Luckily they play in the bigger games and leave me alone. Scandinavian players are pretty wild I think - another force to be reckoned with. Somehow I haven't met as many of them. I've seen some crazy action in the PL omaha online games though. Huge action.

mrjim · #22 02-10-2005, 09:04 PM

Using the fishery rational, roulette and other casino games would have "dried up" years ago, but people keep playing. What you must realize is that the fish don't think of poker the way we do. They are just gambling for fun in most cases and are willing to pay to do so.

Bubu · #23 02-10-2005, 09:04 PM

Wait, you are saying that online the games have always been good. Pre-poker boom there were less pro's than now. Now, with the incredible poker growth there are more fish. I was under the impression that the games have just gotten better.

URMeowed · #24 02-10-2005, 09:22 PM

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Magic kids ? Is that meant to be good for the game ?

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No, most are definitely not good for the game...except for table chat. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

URMeowed · #25 02-10-2005, 09:23 PM

They did get better but the games have always been good online.

Meow.

Greg J · #26 02-10-2005, 09:28 PM

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The analogy of poker fish and real fish is incorrect.

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Excactly. Fish don't die when we catch them. They chalk it up to bad luck and "suckouts" like the one from that "idiot" (TAG) who raised his flush draw on the flop, got a free card and rivered his flush to beat his top pair with A/crap offsuit. They will deposit more and keep loosing. So goes the circle of life.

Doc · #27 02-10-2005, 11:40 PM

I don't mean to hijack this discussion so please forgive me if I do.

I used to be one of the Magic Kids. I grew up, got a real job and real responsibilities. I played Magic like hell yet never was able to win anything significant, mostly because once I had the game figured out, the game would change with new printed cards. Also I didn't have the large chunks of time necessary to play in a large number of Magic tournaments.

I didn't look at poker seriously until I saw Dave Williams won a significant amount at the WSOP. Dave was a mid level magic pro until he was banned from sanctioned play for a year for possibly cheating.

To finally get to my point, these kids who have been playing magic semi-seriously will transition to poker as I did. If they give the game some study, much of their magic knowledge will transfer over, so they as a general class will not be fish.

In short, boys play magic, men play poker.

Doc

r3vbr · #28 02-11-2005, 12:41 AM

Wtf? Magic players are NOTHING compared to Broodwar players. All broodwar players are good at poker. Pokerstars recently made an invitational Freeroll tournament for EPT Monte Carlo and all the top ex-Broodwar players who now play poker were invited. Also, gamers in general play excelent poker, just look at Lakerman and Tillerman and the kind of money they are making. And it's consistent sustainable income not some large MTT win like Dave Williams, where the variance is huge.

AncientPC · #29 02-11-2005, 12:59 AM

I played M:TG and Broodwars, does that make me the next Danny Negreneau?

cokehead · #30 02-11-2005, 01:39 AM

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There are discussions of whether or not it's legal in various states in the U.S.

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wagering over the internet is illegal by federal law in the US. for the same reason someone outside of nevada can't just call vegas to bet on sports (wagering over the phone or by the internet is the same under the law). its just not enforced because of the practical problems of doing so.