Vegas, baby!

[Peegee]

I also play at my step-dad's weekly poker game when I'm at my mom's. Last summer I was up a total of about $140 from them. They started off playing no-limit Texas Hold 'Em $10 tournaments, but then switched over to a limit cash game. It's more boring, but also less risky. I was kicking ass at the no-limit tournaments, though (won $80 in one night from coming in 1st and 2nd in the two games).

World Series of Poker is going on in Vegas right now. Del Murder is going to be in it one day.

I enjoy watching the World Series, and could possibly see myself buying in on one of the side tournaments one day. But I cannot imagine spending $10,000 just to play in the main event with 5,000 people.

The 10grand is to buy in? I wonder what the minimum to escape (cash out) would be.

I like playing poker. I'm not particularly good at it (ie reading people) but rather than giving away everything in case I ever play any of you, I'll just say that I have won 80$ [profit] playing at casino once. Usually I just play with friends and it tends to even out after several games [though I have gone through losing streaks too grumble], and I like it that way.

[Raistlin]

The 10grand is to buy in? I wonder what the minimum to escape (cash out) would be.

It's a tournament; there is no cashing out. If you don't make it to the money (top couple hundred or so), then you win nothing.

I like playing poker. I'm not particularly good at it (ie reading people) but rather than giving away everything in case I ever play any of you, I'll just say that I have won 80$ [profit] playing at casino once. Usually I just play with friends and it tends to even out after several games [though I have gone through losing streaks too grumble], and I like it that way.

Poker is more than reading people; it is also about odds and knowing the people you're playing with (how they bet, if they bluff a lot, etc.). Just keeping track of people's bets and hands can tell you a lot, at a no-limit game anyway (with a small limit, this info is much less useful, which is why I enjoy no- or high-limit games more). I'm not good at all at trying to "read" people (figuring out tells and reading facial expressions), but I'm good with math and remembering stuff, so I've been reasonably successful in the tournaments I've played in.