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[ToxicAdam]

Plopped down 5 dollars and 3 1/2 hours later ...

ToxicEnema is kind of a lame name, but yay for me?

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

Good shit

 

[B'z-chan]

real money? insane man

 

[demi]

So you live in Mannsfield OH?

 

[Zaptruder]

For a moment, I thought you won 4200 dollars... but 500 bucks is still pretty good for 3 hours work. That's like... better than lawyer wage if you can do it consistently.

 

[ToxicAdam]

So you live in Mannsfield OH?

Yea. Born in Toledo. Yo! Glass city native.



Lets convince Morphix to fund my poker playing, and we can goto Vegas and take over the town.

 

[demi]

I like the way you think.

demi factor in vegas

 

[Tabris]

Online poker is weak.

It completly removes the greatest aspect of the game. Well not completly, but brings it down a notch without the personal contact.

 

[mas9055]

Nice!
I just won $10 on Royal Vegas Poker on a $1 game

 

[ToxicAdam]

Online poker is weak.

It completly removes the greatest aspect of the game. Well not completly, but brings it down a notch without the personal contact.

No doubt. Luck plays a bigger factor on-line than it does in real life. But, since alot of on-line winners are winning in big casino events .. it shows that they can still be great players.

 

[Mister Zimbu]

Online poker is weak.

It completly removes the greatest aspect of the game. Well not completly, but brings it down a notch without the personal contact.

Not really. A good player will get more information about a player from betting patterns than just visual tells.

Clearly it's better in person than it is over the Internet. But what isn't?

 

[nomoment]

Online poker is weak.

It completly removes the greatest aspect of the game. Well not completly, but brings it down a notch without the personal contact.

Honestly, I think B&M Poker and Online Poker are two entirely different entities. Both have their perks.

 

[suaveric]

I've always wondered this- can't you set it up so that you and a buddy join the same game and then via the phone or IM clean everyone else out?

 

[Mister Zimbu]

I've always wondered this- can't you set it up so that you and a buddy join the same game and then via the phone or IM clean everyone else out?

Yep. But you have very distinct betting patterns when doing this. Alert players can report you and the sites are pretty good at checking your recent games and banning colluders (and seizing their funds).

It's difficult to execute well, but it's possible to do it without getting caught.

The best way to protect against this is to:
A) Play lower level games. The risk-reward ratio in lower-level games is way too high for serious colluders to risk playing. As for casual (can't think of a better word) colluders, they won't be good enough to damage the game. If anything, you'd be able to exploit them.

B) Play exclusively in tournaments. Your seat is randomly assigned, so nothing to worry about there.