Well, my latest addiction is playing texas hold 'em on Pokerstars.com. That's the same place that Chris Moneymaker and Greg "Fossilman" Raymer qualified for the World Series of Poker. It's a bit flashier than the Yahoo! version I've been playing, and let me tell ya, it's been VERY addictive, not only for me but also for Redpac, his landlord, Jones and Tall Steve.

It's pretty fun to play, since it's pretend money, anyway (you have the option to play with real money, too). But I hate it when people go all in whenever they want to, all the time. Argh! I've become better at learning how to make sure that the pot is raised up to a nice sum before I bet big, so if I'm sure I have the winning hand I come out of it victorious. I used to just bet huge sums at the beginning, and scare everyone off, and end up winning hardly anything. But now I'm a little smarter, learning to be patient, and also learning how to read the community cards to figure out who could have a better hand then me. It's a lot harder than thinking about what hands you can make from the cards in the community and the ones in your hand. You could have a flush, but if you don't have that ace, then someone could have a flush with an ace and take all your money away. When that happens, you just want to kick yourself in the head!!!

But other than that...it's fun!

Anyone else want in on our tables? I'll post up on tagboard what room we're in and what time!

(fyi - you have to download the program, but there aren't any popups or anything)

Posted by Yano at July 15, 2004 03:11 PM

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