a real poker site

Becks77 · #1 09-10-2004, 04:40 PM

Can someone tell me what is a good poker site to play on. Ive tried pacific poker, poker room, poker stars, ultamite bet. I would like to play on one where people dont cap betting with 9 7 off suits or call all the way to the river with a pair of 5's when the board has 5 over cards. One where people dont catch flushes or straights almost everyhand, no matter how much you raise and reraise. I cant find a site where their are people who actually play. All the ones ive been to people just raise and reraise with k 2's and catch a two on the river when you have ace king and you've capped the betting the entire time. Can someone please tell me which site actually is acceptable to play at. I can't handle playing against people like this

Cleveland Guy · #2 09-10-2004, 04:46 PM

What level are you playing? Micro limits?

Swede · #3 09-10-2004, 04:52 PM

I´m fairly new to online poker but have tried many sites. IMO, the best ones for NL/Limit Holdem are William Hill, Ladbrokes and Interpoker. Lots of "real" players and not that many chasers.

challenger84 · #4 09-10-2004, 04:54 PM

Try pokerstars $100/$200 tables. I'm sure they don't cap with 97 off there.

bdk3clash · #5 09-10-2004, 04:56 PM

If you can't beat horrible players, what makes you think you'll fare better against not-as-horrible players?

Becks77 · #6 09-10-2004, 04:59 PM

first of all that was funny about the pokerstars table. I didnt say i couldnt beat these guys. i just dont like losing more than i should be winning because people chase everysingle hand to the river no matter how much i raise and reraise. I mean how do you beat people like that?

citanul · #7 09-10-2004, 05:03 PM

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first of all that was funny about the pokerstars table. I didnt say i couldnt beat these guys. i just dont like losing more than i should be winning because people chase everysingle hand to the river no matter how much i raise and reraise. I mean how do you beat people like that?

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You buy Ed's book, Small Stakes Hold 'em.

Seriously.

citanul

bdk3clash · #8 09-10-2004, 05:06 PM

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first of all that was funny about the pokerstars table. I didnt say i couldnt beat these guys. i just dont like losing more than i should be winning because people chase everysingle hand to the river no matter how much i raise and reraise. I mean how do you beat people like that?

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Do you have any understanding of how you make money in limit hold'em? You've described some incredibly profitable situations and table conditions. I have no idea why you'd complain about them.

How do you beat players like that? Easily, with some big swings down and some bigger swings up if you play well and long enough.*

A common fallacy repeated by many low limit players is that they'd do better in a higher game or against good players because they can "protect their hand" and people would "respect their bets/raises." They couldn't be more wrong.

Here's a question: You have AA UTG and raise. Assuming no one after you will re-raise, how many callers do you want?

Also, try to use paragraphs, punctuation, and capitalization in your posts. The bad poker content I can live with.

*which is much, much longer than you probably think

Becks77 · #9 09-10-2004, 05:07 PM

Im reading it right now. Its helping a bit but i cant handle getting sucked out everytime. It so frustrating

bdk3clash · #10 09-10-2004, 05:10 PM

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Im reading it right now. Its helping a bit but i cant handle getting sucked out everytime. It so frustrating

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You should probably quit poker if you really feel this way. Did you skip the part in SSH where Ed Miller explains that poker=gambling? Does the casino win every hand of blackjack?