Saturday, October 15, 2005
Pokerstars
What a great night I've had. Lost money, but hey!! I hardly ever get a game now and I've just finished playing for the last 4 hours!
Anyway, what did I do and how did I fare...
Pokerstars was the destination. I've mentioned it before but never played for real money there. The word on the street is that the very best of the best play there. Who knows, and really, who cares?
Playing in a strange poker room unsettles you for a while and I think Pokerstars has been the hardest to adjust to. The games just look different and it takes a while to adjust. The gameplay is a bit slow as well but after about an hour you get used to it and you tend to get on playing.
I started with a quick game of Texas Hold Em. $50 in my account and I lost $39. Not a good start but with 2 hands in succession against me, both being 4 of a kind, I think I can be excused. I wonder what the poker odds of four of a kind twice in a row are? I'll maybe work it out and post the answer here.
I then moved onto a $25000 tourney and just didn't get the cards. I went out in 550th place out of a pack of 1041 poker players. The breaks just didn't come.
Switched to another game of $1/$2 then to see if I fared any better. Those poker tourneys are great fun but can be expensive if you don't watch. I played at a 6 player table and made my $30 up to $51 before finishing to write this then off to bed.
Anyway, what did I do and how did I fare...
Pokerstars was the destination. I've mentioned it before but never played for real money there. The word on the street is that the very best of the best play there. Who knows, and really, who cares?
Playing in a strange poker room unsettles you for a while and I think Pokerstars has been the hardest to adjust to. The games just look different and it takes a while to adjust. The gameplay is a bit slow as well but after about an hour you get used to it and you tend to get on playing.
I started with a quick game of Texas Hold Em. $50 in my account and I lost $39. Not a good start but with 2 hands in succession against me, both being 4 of a kind, I think I can be excused. I wonder what the poker odds of four of a kind twice in a row are? I'll maybe work it out and post the answer here.
I then moved onto a $25000 tourney and just didn't get the cards. I went out in 550th place out of a pack of 1041 poker players. The breaks just didn't come.
Switched to another game of $1/$2 then to see if I fared any better. Those poker tourneys are great fun but can be expensive if you don't watch. I played at a 6 player table and made my $30 up to $51 before finishing to write this then off to bed.
