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What sites do you guys play most of your online games?

I am currently playing at PokerStars. I also play in a firiendly private game at Pokertropolis and played for a while at bodog. PS has the instant hand history and automatic hand logging that I like a lot. It's weird when you switch sites, because they are all a little dfferent look and feel.

I like the four color decks, but I know others can't stand them. (only online, I ca't imagine using them in a face-to-face game)

i was about to give up the online game for a while...had been to:

Party
Empire - same owner as party
Pacific - interface sucks
Poker Stars
Full Tilt

went back to Full Tilt they had some deal where if you earn a certain amount of points you get your choice of gear or $100 cash...well obviously I took the cash and with some winnings over the last week and half I have cashed that out and still have money in the acouunt...i am down overall and just play more for killing time in the mornings before work or on the weekends when the wife crashes early...and to keep myself practicing...

I really like Full Tilt and Poker Stars...I'll probably load some money at Poker Stars here soon and play some more over there...I like their Friday 10+1 at 10:15...

the screen name is BuckeyeMikeB on PS and FT so look me up...usually at lower limit NLH and Omaha

I pretty much hang at PartyPoker.

No big "loyalty" thing -- it's just where I started, and before they changed up the program a little, I thought they had the best freeroll opportunities. They used to have cash freerolls for the play-money players, which is where my cash account came from...I've never sent them a dime.

Looks like they only offer one or two "freeside" freerolls a day, now. Used to be more.

Plus, there's some serious tunas on PP. Stay away from anything high stakes, and you're often taking advantage of people with more dollars than sense.

I also like the WSOP freerolls on PP, too. Haven't made the satellite finals yet...but I will.

I'm at Party as well.....it's treated me fine and there are always plenty of games. It's fun to play different levels and see what the competition is like. I'll play SNG's from $11 up to $55. I sometimes play some of the smaller limit games and rarely play a NL ring game. I've found the SNG's are fairly easy $$. You have to money at least 40% of the time with a first, second and two thirds to make any kind of profit.

Mook wrote:I've found the SNG's are fairly easy $$.

I found that, too.


Then, I found that the cards just plain quit coming. REALLY quit coming.

That's the thing -- the more you play for, the more a "bad streak" hurts.


I've found the $1 open tournies are a hoot. Sure, there's 1500 other yayhoos, but the risk/reward is pretty deece. If you're a good player, you can bank more than you spend, no problem. Just realize, it's no "quicky" process.


But, I play strictly for entertainment, not to get rich. Unless I cash BIG, I'll never make a withdrawl -- it's all about watching the account balance go up, or go down...I'm a winner, or I'm a loser...I'm better, smarter, and cooler than those other people...or I'm their bitch.

If that makes sense?

If I make $4 in a $1 tourney, I'm happy as a clam. If I lose that $1(over the course of an hour or two), I'm mad as a hatter. It's the competition, not the money, for me anyway.

Dinsdale wrote:

Mook wrote:I've found the SNG's are fairly easy $$.

I found that, too.


Then, I found that the cards just plain quit coming. REALLY quit coming.

That's the thing -- the more you play for, the more a "bad streak" hurts.


I've found the $1 open tournies are a hoot. Sure, there's 1500 other yayhoos, but the risk/reward is pretty deece. If you're a good player, you can bank more than you spend, no problem. Just realize, it's no "quicky" process.


But, I play strictly for entertainment, not to get rich. Unless I cash BIG, I'll never make a withdrawl -- it's all about watching the account balance go up, or go down...I'm a winner, or I'm a loser...I'm better, smarter, and cooler than those other people...or I'm their bitch.

If that makes sense?

If I make $4 in a $1 tourney, I'm happy as a clam. If I lose that $1(over the course of an hour or two), I'm mad as a hatter. It's the competition, not the money, for me anyway.

I completely agree with you about the competition thing. It really isn't the money. Although I finally decided to put up or shut up. I've decided to try to pay for a vacation for the family over Labor Day. I wanted to give myself a reasonable goal and try to make it happen. That's why I've played slightly higher levels. Truthfully the competition hasn't changed much at any level. So far, so good, but still need two good months. Even that isn't really about the $$ though, mostly just to see if I could do it. It's also made me focus a bit more on play and try to be sharper. I would say it has paid off so far. We'll see. By the way, the trip is nothing extravagant, just a nice weekend getaway. I don't really have time to play in the 1500 person events, with kids and all, I just don't have the time to devote. Like you said though, it's all entertainment and it's fun to watch the balance. I tend to play late in the evenings Pacific time as well, so I get to deal with my fair share of drunks, which is nice for the bankroll as well.

Mook wrote:I tend to play late in the evenings Pacific time as well, so I get to deal with my fair share of drunks, which is nice for the bankroll as well.

I have a buddy who refers to this as the "friday night ATM."

Weekends, after bar-closing time, you can get people to call anything. For some reason, drunks seem to think that 3 6 is going to flop every time.

^^^^^^^^^^^^

You mean it doesn't?

Sin,

Nation of Donks

Dinsdale wrote:

Mook wrote:I tend to play late in the evenings Pacific time as well, so I get to deal with my fair share of drunks, which is nice for the bankroll as well.

I have a buddy who refers to this as the "friday night ATM."

Weekends, after bar-closing time, you can get people to call anything. For some reason, drunks seem to think that 3 6 is going to flop every time.

This is what everybody says but I hardly ever win on weekend nights, and I'm a winning player overall. Maybe it's just variance, but I never *don't* get drawn out on during the weekend "mayhem". I make all my money during the week.

Party Poker and Poker Stars here.

See You Next Wednesday wrote:What sites do you guys play most of your online games?

Apparently, none of the old haunts, as of this evening.

Fucking congress.

My PartyPoker account had its $0.56 in "psuedo real money" taken back.

My few cents in Bet365 will probably be coming in the form of a check soon. Can't even log in there any more.