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Cunning Linguist said:
Really good job, Siro.

Years ago, on Poker Stars and Full-Tilt, I was getting pretty damn good. I remember winning a satellite that brought me to an expensive tourney. I think first place paid out like 10K...maybe even like 20-30K...I forget. It was a freakin' lot though, I know that. Anyway, I think there was about 330 people and I just hung around for the first couple hours, ranking maybe around 75th out of the remaining 130. Nothing special. And I finally got a solid hand. I forget my hand exactly, 10/J suited maybe. And the flop came out like 10/J/Q off. Anyway, I know I raised, and a guy went all-in and I called. I was behind. The turn came to give me the fullhouse and then a quarter second later the river came and gave the other guy a better fullhouse. He was in the lead so it wasn't a bad beat. But it just sucked because I would've been a top 10-15 chips guy probably and could've just hung around and played prudently. Was such a huge payday. Sucked.
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Oh that sucks. I would have done the same thing, and lost the same way. Did you cash at all?
 
I want to play on there but hated that they charged my credit card to a lingerie shop in South Korea
 
tfivas said:
I want to play on there but hated that they charged my credit card to a lingerie shop in South Korea
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I don't know if you're in the U.S., but they do that because the U.S. has aggressively tried to shut down any money transfers to online poker websites. Pokerstars tried to resist but eventually caved and no longer accepts payments from players in the U.S..
 
Gameface said:
I don't know if you're in the U.S., but they do that because the U.S. has aggressively tried to shut down any money transfers to online poker websites. Pokerstars tried to resist but eventually caved and no longer accepts payments from players in the U.S..
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Ya I know why they do it, just sounded horrible when MACU calls you and says recent transactions "you have been charged $50 to a South Korean lingerie shop" lol
 
tfivas said:
Ya I know why they do it, just sounded horrible when MACU calls you and says recent transactions "you have been charged $50 to a South Korean lingerie shop" lol
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You're really worried about someone at the credit union thinking you bought some lingerie?
 
Tried a few more expensive tournaments, but I didn't get too far. Cashed in 2 of them, got eliminated before cashing in 2 others. I don't think the level of competition was noticeably better, but the cards just didn't fall my way. I won a qualifier tournament for a $50 entry fee tourney with a large pay out, and I went on the coldest ****ing run of cards I had ever experienced. I don't think I hit a single hand for the entire run. I won a few hands by bluffing, but it wasn't enough to cash. Today, I went back to $3 tournaments, and entered a big one with 400+ players. Finished in second place. I could have probably played better in the final heads-up, but I was really tired after 6 hours of playing, and just went all in with a top pair. Winner beat me with a two pair. Oh well, $177 made.


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Siro said:
Tried a few more expensive tournaments, but I didn't get too far. Cashed in 2 of them, got eliminated before cashing in 2 others. I don't think the level of competition was noticeably better, but the cards just didn't fall my way. I won a qualifier tournament for a $50 entry fee tourney with a large pay out, and I went on the coldest ****ing run of cards I had ever experienced. I don't think I hit a single hand for the entire run. I won a few hands by bluffing, but it wasn't enough to cash. Today, I went back to $3 tournaments, and entered a big one with 400+ players. Finished in second place. I could have probably played better in the final heads-up, but I was really tired after 6 hours of playing, and just went all in with a top pair. Winner beat me with a two pair. Oh well, $177 made.


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This is my experience with this. You win a lot early, building your confidence, and up the ante, and then lose it all.

I'll never play online again. Don't trust the sites at all.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
This is my experience with this. You win a lot early, building your confidence, and up the ante, and then lose it all.

I'll never play online again. Don't trust the sites at all.
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Nah. I've played probably 100k hands already. And I know people who have been successful on Bogdog for over a decade. Play good poker, and you'll build your bankroll. 80% of players on there are total donks.
 
Well I had bet the last of my money (79 dollars) on a hayward over and lost so I figured I was out of the game.

But.... I had forgot that I placed a bet when the playoffs began that was afc +2.5 in the superbowl (I was counting on the pats).

So I have 9.55 now.

So I bet all of it on a 4 team parlay tonight.
Bulls +4.5 at home against Atlanta
Lakers +15.5 at Cleveland
Jazz +2.0 at new Orleans
Boston -1 at home against the clippers.

If I win I get like 112 dollars
 
fishonjazz said:
Well I had bet the last of my money (79 dollars) on a hayward over and lost so I figured I was out of the game.

But.... I had forgot that I placed a bet when the playoffs began that was afc +2.5 in the superbowl (I was counting on the pats).

So I have 9.55 now.

So I bet all of it on a 4 team parlay tonight.
Bulls +4.5 at home against Atlanta
Lakers +15.5 at Cleveland
Jazz +2.0 at new Orleans
Boston -1 at home against the clippers.

If I win I get like 112 dollars
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Easy money.
 
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