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Brook K · 09-24-2004, 03:54 PM

Thanks Brian, I'll check out those sites.

I hear what you guys are saying, but that's why I like to play tournaments. In a tournament setting, you aren't playing with real money whether your buy-in was real or it wasn't. I know there is no rush like there is with real $ but the strategy (after the first few yahoos go out in the first hand after going all-in with whatever they have) is similar. I'm still trying to do whatever I can to cash/win the tournament and play appropriately. I don't randomly bet 46 offsuites just because it isn't real money.

But that is also why I don't like playing ring games with fake $$. That is very boring as most everyone stays in for the flop, you can't bluff anyone, and it's just a drawing contest. I still usually stick to premium hands but will get bored and play with anything sometimes. You are right here, in that I will certainly bet differently than in live play where I can be really, really tight.

I understand the social aspect, when I go to the casino and play it is almost always with one or more friends, but I've had fun playing by myself too. You can usually find someone to talk to at the table (then again I'm a pretty shy person who has no problem not talking at all). In any casino or tournament setting you are going to be playing against a lot of people of unknown skill levels, part of the fun is figuring out who is tough and who to take advantage of.

I've been reading more theory and working on improving things I know I'm weak at, like playing too many marginal hands and not being aggressive enough. Chomping at the bit for Nov. 6th to roll around so I can go back to St. Louis and play and see if it's helped at all.

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Brook K Member Location: St. Louis, MO Join Date: Feb 2000 Local Time: 01:06 PM Local Date: 12-05-2008 Posts: 10,469	Thanks Brian, I'll check out those sites. I hear what you guys are saying, but that's why I like to play tournaments. In a tournament setting, you aren't playing with real money whether your buy-in was real or it wasn't. I know there is no rush like there is with real $ but the strategy (after the first few yahoos go out in the first hand after going all-in with whatever they have) is similar. I'm still trying to do whatever I can to cash/win the tournament and play appropriately. I don't randomly bet 46 offsuites just because it isn't real money. But that is also why I don't like playing ring games with fake $$. That is very boring as most everyone stays in for the flop, you can't bluff anyone, and it's just a drawing contest. I still usually stick to premium hands but will get bored and play with anything sometimes. You are right here, in that I will certainly bet differently than in live play where I can be really, really tight. I understand the social aspect, when I go to the casino and play it is almost always with one or more friends, but I've had fun playing by myself too. You can usually find someone to talk to at the table (then again I'm a pretty shy person who has no problem not talking at all). In any casino or tournament setting you are going to be playing against a lot of people of unknown skill levels, part of the fun is figuring out who is tough and who to take advantage of. I've been reading more theory and working on improving things I know I'm weak at, like playing too many marginal hands and not being aggressive enough. Chomping at the bit for Nov. 6th to roll around so I can go back to St. Louis and play and see if it's helped at all. Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise! - Captain Hammer, Corporate Tool 2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 314 Last Watched: An Autumn Afternoon Last 10 Films Watched: The Happening - D- / Standard Operating Procedure - B+ Wanted - B- / Mongol - B+ Flicka - C+ / Bicycle Thieves - A Le Deuxième Souffle - A- / Transsiberian - B Fanfan la Tulipe - B+ / Hancock - B- DVD BEAVER My Collection