Category: Poker

  • Negative expected values at the Aladdin

    Compulsion makes the greatest pleasure a chore.

    I was already down a buy-in at the 1/2 $100 NL table when Grubby showed up after hour 4; two mistakes and a mistake/beat in raised pots will do that to you. I’d lost most of my chips by bluffing a passive calling station with Ajax (he flopped a pair with A9o) and then overplaying queens against the same guy after a king hit the flop (he had K7o).

    I lost the rest of that first buy-in when I made a mistake by limping with Big Slick in MP. When it was raised behind me with two callers, I re-raised all-in. Everyone called. A king hit the flop and the second limper went all in. Surprisingly, he got called in both places. A little more action between the two remaining players created side pot #2, which was won by a pair of queens (limper #1 had QT). Side pot #1 and the main pot went to limper #2 who held A7s and made his flush on the river.

    “Chips!”



    Small rocks.

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  • PokerNow Rake Rebate Program Cancelled

    Suck.

    Poker Now FFP Cancelled

    As President and CEO of Poker Source Online I get to inform you about new and exciting things happening at PSO. Unfortunately, I’m also the one who has to deliver bad news when it comes up…

    I received a phone call from Poker Now today telling me that they are canceling the rake back program for all their affiliates effective immediately. This is very disappointing news for all of us at Poker Source Online and I know for our customers too. Since we started the Poker Now rake back program just a few weeks ago, we have signed up hundreds and hundreds of players and generated close to six figures in rake for Poker Now. This translated into a sudden windfall of rewards and incentives for our customers.

    To make matters worse, Poker Now is not able to pay most of their affiliates because Party Poker is withholding their payment. Nonetheless, I want all of you to be assured that you will be credited for all play in February and through March 11th. Your PokerNow points have been credited for February and we are NOT taking them back. You will also be credited some time in April for your March 1st – March 11th Poker Now Play. However, we anticipate this being delayed a bit due to the situation at hand. Poker Source Online always stands behind our promotions so there is nothing to worry about when it comes to getting all the credit you deserve while the program was active. However, the Poker Now rake rebate program is canceled effective 11:59pm PST on March 11, 2005.

    Finally, I would like to thank all of you for your continue loyalty and support of Poker Source Online. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to post here or send me a personal email.

    Mike Jackness
    President & CEO
    Poker Source Online

    Now I’ve lost all reason to play at PokerNow. Whatever. I’m still tied up at FullTilt with that insane signup bonus until the next Party skin reload bonus comes along.

  • Playing on the worst site in online poker isn’t worth it

    …unless you happen to like good table chat.

    notinhand >> flush chase?

    2pair >> we’ll see

    2pair >> if so, its alot of money for that last card

    Dealer >> (Hand# 1977661575) chaser won $14.99 with A Flush High card Ace

    Dealer >> (Hand# 1977661575) 2pair won $0.12 with Two Pairs Fives and Twos

    2pair >> son of a biatch

    2pair >> that’s twice tonight someone has made that idiotic call on me and hit it

    notinhand >> flushes are your enemy

    chaser >> ya like that hugh

    chaser >> knew u had yo 2 pr

    2pair >> i would hope you knew I had two pair

    2pair >> odds were slim that you could win that pot

    chaser >> i know u did

    chaser >> but thats how card playas play

    notinhand >> on PP those odds are good

    2pair >> those odds were about 20 percent there

    Dealer >> (Hand# 1977661830) MrCrack won $1.35 with A Pair of Queens

    2pair >> for an all in bet one card to go

    2pair >> not a good call, very chancy but oh well

    chaser >> hey dawg, i dont play odds. especially on the internet

    chaser >> cause you can get beat on that BS

    notinhand >> you play on feelings?

    2pair >> more times than not you don’t get beat on it

    2pair >> I win that hand 4 out of 5 times and profit in the end

    2pair >> but gonna lose it some of the time

    2pair >> can’t win it all the time

    chaser >> dont be mad, get back to playin poker

    2pair >> oh I’m not mad bud

    2pair >> that’s poker

    Dealer >> (Hand# 1977662046) candella won $2.25 with Two Pairs Aces and Twos

    2pair >> like I said, I win more than I lose but can’t win em all the time like that

    2pair >> the goal for me is to make money over the long term or I got no business putting money on the table, right?

    2pair >> just rough on the head to lose two of em in one night just like that hehe

    2pair >> would have lost three if I did it with my trip 8’s earlier and got called

    Dealer >> (Hand# 1977662242) kobby won $3.15, didn’t show hand

    2pair >> maybe you are right

    2pair >> its something about the internet

    Oh, Pacific, why do you suck so hard? I think I’ll just withdraw the free ten dollars you put in my account.

  • The big ass monitor you always wanted is now more affordable than ever.

    Your poker machine could be giving you this much working space*:

    If you jumped on this deal:

    Dell UltraSharp 2001FP 20.1″ Digital LCD $487 at Dell Home

    20.1″ Flat Panel, ± 88° H/V Viewing, Analog + DVI + S-Video + Composite
    4-Port USB Hub, 400:1 Contrast, 250 cd/m2 Bright, 1600×1200 Native

    This is about $20 cheaper than what I paid three weeks ago, but I think I more than made for the difference in price in multi-table profitability.

    Related:
    Dell 1600×1200 LCD Monitor for $507
    Airborne works on President’s Day?

    *The left half, by the way, is my notebook screen. Obviously if you’ve got a one monitor setup on your desktop, you won’t get the extra space on the side.

  • Blanked!

    Somehow I missed adding fellow LA-based poker blogger fhwrdh.net to the blogroll. This despite a few nights of playing NLHE together in various LA locales. Oops me. Worse than that, when a blog’s not in the roll I’m usually not checking it frequently. I spend too much time reading these damn things anyway. But fhwrdh.net‘s one I should have kept tabs on.

    My timing, however, is pretty remarkable. I wandered over just in time to get the latest news alert. Go on over yourself and congratulate fhwrdh on his latest news.