online poker, do you?

[nccr]

I don't like having shens called on me so here's a screenshot. http://imageshack.us]

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[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: MAME

Originally posted by: Kyanzes
Unfortunately there are people who would lure unsuspecting victims to their webs. Don't buy guides! Don't start playing! Participate in the lottery if you must but don't spend your money on such games like poker.

god damn you're retarded

I concur. Online poker is a pretty easy way to make money. Even just clearing bonuses and playing breakeven will net you a few hundred a month. I'm working on a $200 bonus at Pokerroom now.

 

[poopaskoopa]

Pokerstars. Been too busy to play more than a couple tourneys a month since I moved to a new position(that, and I hit my first ugly losing streak in April), but I did win a 180-player SNG 2 nights ago. :thumbsup: It was only a $4 game, so I only won $216, though

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: poopaskoopa
Pokerstars. Been too busy to play more than a couple tourneys a month since I moved to a new position(that, and I hit my first ugly losing streak in April), but I did win a 180-player SNG 2 nights ago. :thumbsup: It was only a $4 game, so I only won $216, though

Those are a PITA to play through. I think I took about 4 hours and I took home $30 or so in a $1 quick tourney (or was it a freeroll, forgot), but yea.. 4hours for all that, and I was like damn this is stupid. You have to have major patience to sit through those, and I think that's the longest game I've played.

I think the 10 player SnGs are the best. 1 hr and if you're good you should come out making an average of $10 per game assuming $10 buyins (long run). If you do better, well you should... I found that playing in the library when I was supposed to be studying got me better concentration because I could focus on the game not not listen to MP3s, or IM or do other things I might do in my bedroom, and as a result I placed top 3 very very frequently (often 1st or 2nd).

But yea, I guess I've retired from poker... At one point I was down something like $400 because of $50 NL and stuff, but I made it all back with SnGs and like $10 NL games..

 

[JS80]

I just placed 167 in a 2600 person poker tournament on partypoker

 

[poopaskoopa]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: poopaskoopa
Pokerstars. Been too busy to play more than a couple tourneys a month since I moved to a new position(that, and I hit my first ugly losing streak in April), but I did win a 180-player SNG 2 nights ago. :thumbsup: It was only a $4 game, so I only won $216, though

Those are a PITA to play through. I think I took about 4 hours and I took home $30 or so in a $1 quick tourney (or was it a freeroll, forgot), but yea.. 4hours for all that, and I was like damn this is stupid. You have to have major patience to sit through those, and I think that's the longest game I've played.

I think the 10 player SnGs are the best. 1 hr and if you're good you should come out making an average of $10 per game assuming $10 buyins (long run). If you do better, well you should...

That's what I used to do, mostly(1-table SNG. 9 players at PS). Although I didn't sustain 90% ROI like you're suggesting that one should. Over 400 SNGs at $5-$20 SNGs I did 50% ITM and 40% ROI(in 9-player games, so my ITM should be a little higher than of those who play at PP or some other place with 10-player SNGs). From reading discussions online, I don't think anyone's ever achieved 90% ROI in a long run.

 

[Koing]

sng = single game?

Koing

 

[Yossarian]

sit n go

 

[Drew1082]

Did Yoda write your thread title?

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

Let's all get together and collude on a play money table

 

[thedarkwolf]

I've put in $50 for a month at Party a couple times and usually end up loosing it all on the regular NL and Limit tables. I may do well for awhile but it never ends well. This last time I've stuck to just playing in the $5+1 limit multi-table tournaments and am doing decent. I'm up $52 for after about 8 tournaments with the two best finishes being 37 and 38th out of 800-1k people. Only won $38 for one and $29 I think for the other which isn't exactly great for 4 hours of work but it was fun . Usually get knocked out in the bottom 1/3rd of the money where you do a little better then making back your entrance fee maybe double. May have to give a smaller sit in go a try now though.

 

[nccr]

Just a little offer that I'm going to put out there. I've made over $50k this month alone. The proof is a few posts up in that screen shot. If you don't believe it, well I can even send you parts of or my whole database. If anyone is interested in signing up with PartyPoker, please send me a PM. I will fully answer your questions, give you some tips on playing, etc. I do get a small kickback for each player I sign up, my incentive.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: Koing
sng = single game?

Koing

Like Yossarian said, it means Sit-N-Go. It's just a 1 table tournament. You buy in for a fixed amount, and usually the top 3 players get paid.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: nccr
Just a little offer that I'm going to put out there. I've made over $50k this month alone. The proof is a few posts up in that screen shot. If you don't believe it, well I can even send you parts of or my whole database. If anyone is interested in signing up with PartyPoker, please send me a PM. I will fully answer your questions, give you some tips on playing, etc. I do get a small kickback for each player I sign up, my incentive.

How much of that money do you report on your income tax return?

 

[nccr]

I report all of it. I'm a rising junior at a top unversity, and I plan on getting a masters in Financial Math. I plan on making a lot of money in the future , and trouble with the IRS is way more than I can stomach. I'm happily paying my 1/3 or whatever it is to Uncle Sam.

 

[iamme]

how do you play so many tables? i tried playing 3 at once and even then it was too fast paced for me. once in a while i'd get good hands at 2 or 3 of the tables and i'd be frantically clicking, because of the time limit. or if i'm playing more than two SNG tourney's, i can't keep up when there are more than two heads up matches.

i once hit the straight on the river at one table and missed it, because i was playing 3 tables at once. just checked it when i could have gotten paid off.

is it just a matter of adding a table at a time until you're comfortable?

edit: i guess it's worth mentioning i tried to do this on my 1024x768 laptop screen which meant i had to tile the windows on top of each other. i suppose it'd be easier w/ a higher res monitor that can display all the tables at once.

 

[DBL]

Originally posted by: nccr
I report all of it. I'm a rising junior at a top unversity, and I plan on getting a masters in Financial Math. I plan on making a lot of money in the future , and trouble with the IRS is way more than I can stomach. I'm happily paying my 1/3 or whatever it is to Uncle Sam.

I hate to doubt you but if you are claiming a MA in Math, how could you possibly belive that moving to 9 tables at 10/20 NL is a good idea after a bad run at limit? Basic bank roll management would say otherwise. Were you playing 250/500 limit or something? A smart player would move down in limits when a significant downswing hits in order to protect their bankroll.

Besides, I've never heard of 9 tabling 10/20 NL. One slip and oops!

 

[nccr]

I'm not claiming an MA in math. I'm a rising junior and hoping to complete the masters by my senior year if everything goes smoothly. My bad run at limit was a -$15,000 downsing (about 600 big bets) at limits ranging from 10/20 to 25/50. I'm quite risk averse, so I was ridiculously overrolled for the games I was playing. This drop was only 1/3 of my total bankroll. It stung a lot, and I was disillusioned about poker for a while, so I took a quarter off and returned to my former hobby - warcraft 3. Anyways, I had a few friends who are better players than I "sweat" me and watch my play for a period of time. They claimed (and I felt) that I was playing well but just facing the bad end of variance. My stats also indicate this. Over a period of about 50,000 hands my went to show down number was average (35ish), but my won at showdown was a miserable 49. Over a block of 10,000 hands I was losing money with AA, KK, and QQ.

I had heard of similar stories of people who play limit hold'em, even an 1800big bet downswing from a solid player. I felt that I had a good grasp of limit and that no limit would only take a short amount of time to pick up. I made the move and quickly moved up in limits from 600 buy in to 1000 buy in to 2000 buy in where I am now comfortably sitting at. Hope that answers some questions.

 

[nccr]

PS. There are people out there who make an obscene amount from online poker. Stoxtrader is a well known professional poker player. This last year he made over $1 million. Here's a link to his website and the $million screen shot: http://www.stoxpoker.com/node/96. Also, if anyone is out there who is interested in getting started, send me a PM.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
I prefer to play for real money in person. I do play for fun online. I play on Full Tilt mainly because they have a Mac client and they offer Razz.

You play Razz? You must be a masochist. Rememinds me of a quote I heard from Lederer a while back. " I remember when I first started going to the casino there were always a bunch of old guys off in the corner playing razz. They never looked too happy with life and I think the game had a lot to do with that."

But yeah, I play a little. I actually took the plunge, left my job, and became a full time professional about a week ago. I'm only doing it so I can go back to school, though. Not something I'd recomend for 99% of people. I've been at this a couple years, though and have been making more at this than my day job (which was pretty good), though so...

As far as sites, I prefer Bodog. I've played Party, Pacific, Pokerroom, FT, and a few others that escape me but Bodog is my favorite. The software really sucks and you can only play 3 tables at a time but I still prefer it to any of the others.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

Actually if you sign up at pokersourceonline you can get a free $100 bankroll for Partypoker or a $50 bankroll at titan. Basically they give u $75 after u sign up and u need to play like 400 raked hands to unlock the last 25 and then cash out. It's pretty easy to do on the .10/.20 micro limit tables if you multitable. You could then cash out that 100 and take advantage of one of the other deposit bonuses they offer on that site.

I think the only stipulation is you have to be 21 and you've never had a real money account.

 

[Kesmai]

Are you serious?

What state?

 

[CrazyDe1]

Originally posted by: nccr
I'm not claiming an MA in math. I'm a rising junior and hoping to complete the masters by my senior year if everything goes smoothly. My bad run at limit was a -$15,000 downsing (about 600 big bets) at limits ranging from 10/20 to 25/50. I'm quite risk averse, so I was ridiculously overrolled for the games I was playing. This drop was only 1/3 of my total bankroll. It stung a lot, and I was disillusioned about poker for a while, so I took a quarter off and returned to my former hobby - warcraft 3. Anyways, I had a few friends who are better players than I "sweat" me and watch my play for a period of time. They claimed (and I felt) that I was playing well but just facing the bad end of variance. My stats also indicate this. Over a period of about 50,000 hands my went to show down number was average (35ish), but my won at showdown was a miserable 49. Over a block of 10,000 hands I was losing money with AA, KK, and QQ.

I had heard of similar stories of people who play limit hold'em, even an 1800big bet downswing from a solid player. I felt that I had a good grasp of limit and that no limit would only take a short amount of time to pick up. I made the move and quickly moved up in limits from 600 buy in to 1000 buy in to 2000 buy in where I am now comfortably sitting at. Hope that answers some questions.

Do you know tillerman? There's actually a lot of former WC3 players who went onto online poker and are doing very well at it...