Ant on PartyPoker

[Clocktower]

Anyone know Anthony's screenname on PartyPoker. I play on there religiously, and might be looking for a cash game.

[Etherfiend]

he'll never tell his name. i really don't think Anthony wants a bunch of messages like "O&A Party Rock" or "Smoke Luckys" while he trying to figure out if his two pair is the best hand.


jsut sayin

[Clocktower]

I can respect that.

I just love to play and noticed we were on the same site.

[Exit 41]

It would be really cool to play anthony in poker though, wish he'd share

[Rizzo88]

If someone had the initiative, I'm sure they could set up an O&A fan tournament or a wackbag.com tournament. A friend of mine set one up on ultimatebet.com. Maybe Anthony would play?

[Clocktower]

I used to work for Pfizer in Groton, CT, and I played on Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun all the time. Great spots. Never got to AC, but who would want to with Foxwoods and Mohegan.

Back home in Texas, the best I can do is go to Louisiana with the buck-toothed coon-asses and dazzle them with simple math.

[Clocktower]

Party Poker has that ability too, you set up a private table and have a game. That would sweet. A bunch of show fans on a table. very sweet.

If someone had the initiative, I'm sure they could set up an O&A fan tournament or a wackbag.com tournament. A friend of mine set one up on ultimatebet.com. Maybe Anthony would play?

[TaZMaNiaK]

Maybe he could make a second screenname for when he's in the mood to play with us.. But if he does that, we want him to actually use it from time to time, so don't bug the shit out of him and IM him stupid crap like OnA Party Rock or Not You. I think it would be awesome to play him too.. But alas, there are stupid morons out there and on here (you know who you are) who just love to wreck good shit for everyone.. Lest we forget what happened with Cricket.

[Clocktower]

So true. I should have called in today when they were walking about the Ac trip. Good time to try and get a game going.

Good thing about Party Poker is that you have to have a real account and the password to get into the private table. We could weed out the jack-offs.

[IrishAlkey]

Lest we forget what happened with Cricket.


I never knew Ant played cricket!

[salisburysteak]

So true. I should have called in today when they were walking about the Ac trip. Good time to try and get a game going.

Good thing about Party Poker is that you have to have a real account and the password to get into the private table. We could weed out the jack-offs.


do they only do single table private games no tournys?

[definition]

He mentioned playing a shitty hand and the guy said "I love the show" and he felt stupid a fan saw him make a dumb move. Maybe I was drunk though.

[Shaggz]

He mentioned playing a shitty hand and the guy said "I love the show" and he felt stupid a fan saw him make a dumb move. Maybe I was drunk though.

He did say that, his name must be sort of obvious, like AntC or something. I play on Empire Poker myself, i dont see a difference between the two, except PP is red and EP is blue.

[sclone]

He did say that, his name must be sort of obvious, like AntC or something. I play on Empire Poker myself, i dont see a difference between the two, except PP is red and EP is blue.

Thought Empire was just a Party skin... No?

[IdRathaHavaBeer]

Good thing about Party Poker is that you have to have a real account and the password to get into the private table. We could weed out the jack-offs.

What do you consider a real account? One with money? Unfortunetly I don't like partypoker so I put my money into pokerroom even though I cashed out and haven't played for real money in a while because of the bad beats. I still play poker about 3-4 times a week either home games, tournaments or at the casino. I've been keeping track for almost a year now and I'm up $855 playing low stake games ($10 buy ins or $2-$4 at the casino) so I consider myself to be pretty good.

Anyways, I don't think Anthony wants anyone to know his name because he probably doesn't want anybody to bug him while he's playing HOWEVER somebody knows it because he mentioned somebody recognized him at one of the tables. So I'm assuming he has a screen name you would recognize.

Playing poker is one of my favorite things to do and I think I would deposit some cash into a partypoker account to play at a table with Anthony or you guys.

[Mooseman]

I've often wondered what Ant's screen name is. Would love to play poker with him. Doesn't one of the young interns have an account on Party Poker too?

Empire is a skin of Party Poker. It has the same setup and graphics. The tournements are different and you have to have a different account on each of them.

[walking joint]

there is an IAmAnthony on PP. maybe he went with his old messageboard name.

[Clint]

Does anyone know how to change their screenname on PP?

[StkrPattysDaddy]

fucking stalkers!

lol

[PorchMonkey4Life]

hoo hoo, i invented stalkers robin...
http://img124.echo.cx/img124/2626/040302howardstern5vb.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

[Maynard K]

I would love to get a friendly game of Holdem going with Ant or OnA fans. Low stakes, or just play money, my P.P. name is Dev911, shoot me up.

[Clint]

I'm on right now if anyone wants to play heads up. I'm OA_Virus

[StkrPattysDaddy]

everyone try! its the new crack cocaine! :clap4:

[Clint]

everyone try! its the new crack cocaine! :clap4:
are you hurting for posts? You've donated nothing to this thread

[JerInMinny]

I'm hoffee_MN i'm up for an O&A tourney

[Mooseman]

Any one know what program Ant uses to track his poker play? Sounds like a really good one.

[p.niggity]

I just signed up for Party Poker and I'm down $40 so far...FUCK!
A Wackbag game would be fun...who has the time and attention span to actually set this up???

[BeltOfScotch]

Any one know what program Ant uses to track his poker play? Sounds like a really good one.

He uses pokerprophecy.com, but it's only can be used with partypoker, if you play somewhere else you'll have to try and find another program.

[StkrPattysDaddy]

are you hurting for posts? You've donated nothing to this thread


sorry to thread jack this thread BUT i am not hurting for posts. my post count here means nothing. i'm just trying to have some fun . end of story.

[shinky]

Does anyone know how to change their screenname on PP?

It's easy to do through the "My Account" on the PP site

[oavandriver]

Hey guys, if you are so into online poker, you should stay away from party poker. Its dealing is not accurate. Also if you are a fan of watching poker on tv and have always wanted to play against the pros you should check out www.fulltiltpoker.com

It is run by pros like Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Erik Seidel, John Juanda, Andy Bloch, Erick Lindgren, Phil Gordon, Clonie Gowen , Jennifer Harman, Paul Wolfe, and Mike Matusow. These guys (plus many more) play on it every day and it truly is cool to sit at a table with them. Also many of them will take the time to talk to you while they are playing at a table.

Also full tilt offers the best sign on bonus. They give you 100% of your deposit if you use promo code pokergods when you set up your account.

Just a shameless plug for the site I play on. I have played on party poker and poker stars and I truly find this one to bet the best.

www.fulltiltpoker.com promo code: pokergods

[Clint]

Its dealing is not accurate.



What do you mean? I use to play on Bet on Sports for awhile and just recently went to to PP. So far its been a great change but your comment has me curious. Can you explain?

[Mooseman]

What do you mean? I use to play on Bet on Sports for awhile and just recently went to to PP. So far its been a great change but your comment has me curious. Can you explain?
I've heard this, but don't beleive it. I've heard people say that they give everyone decent hands to force action into the pot. This makes larger pots, and more of a rake for the house. Also heard they give bad beats to people who have won a lot of money recently and whop have withdrawn from their account.

[Stewed Tomato]

PP and all other sites use a RNG. (random number generator) to deal cards. I know sometimes it seems like someone or a program may be "controlling" what you get but it's just as much chance as a real deck and real dealer. Personally I like Fulltilt Poker because it seems easier to navigate and you can choose an Avatar to represent your personality. I like the fact that the pros use this site as well. I am ChestasLiva on fulltilt and usually play the $5.00 + .50 sit and go's. Recently played a qualifier for a seat at WSOP and got TROUNCED!

[gambit32]

I'm up for a PP tourney. I go as 'BenSparksPoo'

[robertkeys]

the site has no interest in controlling hands, their money is made on the rake and +$ on sit and go's(ie 5+.50). the action they may generate on a controlled hand is not worth the loss of reputation and income if word got out, plus if mike sexton is plugging PP on WPT then it has to be pretty reputable.
that being said, i dont play PP because it has too many people chasing hands. if five people are chasing then someone is bound to catch it. PP does not make you a better player at the end of the day.
Talent level wise i would say UB is the best
Making money wise I would say Doyles Room
That being said I am now playing Pacific Poker which is pretty good.
Tried Full Tilt but the cartoon characters are annoying.
thats it thats the list

[HarryBalzonya]

if anyone does find out ants screen name... I'm sure they would never let it get out. I'm sure it wouldnt show up on whackbag. I'm sure no one would bother him on PP.

[HarryBalzonya]

the site has no interest in controlling hands, their money is made on the rake and +$ on sit and go's(ie 5+.50). the action they may generate on a controlled hand is not worth the loss of reputation and income if word got out, plus if mike sexton is plugging PP on WPT then it has to be pretty reputable.
that being said, i dont play PP because it has too many people chasing hands. if five people are chasing then someone is bound to catch it. PP does not make you a better player at the end of the day.
Talent level wise i would say UB is the best
Making money wise I would say Doyles Room
That being said I am now playing Pacific Poker which is pretty good.
Tried Full Tilt but the cartoon characters are annoying.
thats it thats the list

there is a report out about how the poker sites manipulate hands, and when you start to make too much online, they quite literally come after you. they set up hands that you will play and make then the second best hands on the table. the rake is their advantage. the more people playing and betting(dealt good hands) the larger the rake. dont be a moron and think they would never influence a game to change the rake outcome.

[oavandriver]

I didnt claim party poker set up hands. I said their dealing is unfair. They do not use the correct algoritium for figuring out hand variations. If you are a loyal party poker player, how many times have you flopped a full house and lost or hit quads and lost?

The difference with full tilt's dealing (i heard howard lederer explain this in a chat one night at a table) is that full tilt has shuffled decks stored in a computer and paced in queu. When a deck is brought to a live a table, the cards are dealt. the remaining cards i the deck are shuffled continuosly during betting rounds to keep the cards completly random and to prevent full titl from using what is known as action cards. Action cards are cards that are set in a deck to force action at a table i.e i have a pair of jacks you have a pair of queens, we both flop a set.

[Stewed Tomato]

Tried Full Tilt but the cartoon characters are annoying.
thats it thats the list
There is an option to turn off the avatars. You can even eliminate the annoying "Vegas Skyline" by changing it to something else or just blank.

[MajorYuppie]

do they only do single table private games no tournys?

As far as I know they don't have private tourneys...but we could start up a private wackbag .50/1 some night and pm wifflebatlube the password and see what happens...?

[PeaSauce]

It is run by pros like Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Erik Seidel, John Juanda, Andy Bloch, Erick Lindgren, Phil Gordon, Clonie Gowen , Jennifer Harman, Paul Wolfe, and Mike Matusow.

Not to name drop or anything.

I have a partypoker account but haven't played on it in a long time, the quality of players just aren't that great and I'm not willing to go into a $100 tournament just to play against someone that knows what they're doing. Pokerstars and Fulltilt just seem to have better competition in my opinion. I would definitely play in a wackbag tournament if anyone has one, my name on PP is OAwowXM.

[LindermansWrist]

Not to name drop or anything.

I have a partypoker account but haven't played on it in a long time, the quality of players just aren't that great and I'm not willing to go into a $100 tournament just to play against someone that knows what they're doing. Pokerstars and Fulltilt just seem to have better competition in my opinion. I would definitely play in a wackbag tournament if anyone has one, my name on PP is OAwowXM.

Why would you possibly want to play against tougher competition?
So you can lose more money-more often?
I know poker is fun and all but I can think of a lot of better things to do with my money than say I lost it to some big names in the poker world.
Ask any professional and they will tell you that when a game is filled with too many tough opponents, they find another game. It is people like you that allow pros to continue to make their living playing poker.

[Fruit Monkey]

A few people know my name and it IS fucking annoying.
You're trying to play and every few seconds another fucking show reference.
Fine and dandy here on wackbag or playing Everquest but when you're in for a couple of hundred bucks and the action is going fast the last thing I want to see in the chat window is "Dude! When are you guys coming to Springfield?"

so when are you going to springfield??? or lovely bay shore? :action-sm

[SOLIDAge]

i wish i was able to play PartyPoker.
that's what i get for using a Mac.

[MonsterRain]

i wish i was able to play PartyPoker.
that's what i get for using a Mac.

I have a mac too, when I want the same effect as playing PP, I take out a fifty and light it on fire.

[Dirty_Sanchez]

seriuosly, wtf is everyones obsession with who they are on what... oooo lets start a thread speculating wha op's wackbag name is, and ants parypoker name, so we can barage them with show refereces, crist leave them alone...

GOOD DAY SIRS

[Clint]

Why would you possibly want to play against tougher competition?
So you can lose more money-more often?
I know poker is fun and all but I can think of a lot of better things to do with my money than say I lost it to some big names in the poker world.
Ask any professional and they will tell you that when a game is filled with too many tough opponents, they find another game. It is people like you that allow pros to continue to make their living playing poker.

Its not about wanting to lose money. I would much rather lose a big pot to someone that knows how to play than to someone who just gets lucky. Robertkeys brought up a good point with the card chasing thing. Nothing pisses me off more then losing to someone that caught their card on the river.

i dont play PP because it has too many people chasing hands. if five people are chasing then someone is bound to catch it. PP does not make you a better player at the end of the day.

[Exit 41]

Party Poker is supposed to be fixed. There is actually a book out there that explains how one guy figured out the system and mastered party poker. I've played on a lot of sites and i can kind of notice it at times.... i play on www.bodog.com and i love it, but you can kind of notice how people only catch pocket pairs when atleast one other person at the table does. I heard Party Poker is even worse with this though. Pokerstars seems to be the least fixed site i've played on so far.

[gambit32]

A few people know my name and it IS fucking annoying.
You're trying to play and every few seconds another fucking show reference.
Fine and dandy here on wackbag or playing Everquest but when you're in for a couple of hundred bucks and the action is going fast the last thing I want to see in the chat window is "Dude! When are you guys coming to Springfield?"

any luck on just disabling the public chat? I hate doing it myself, but I get sick of the people yapping sometime. ESpecially when the 13 year olds come on and pretend they're hot shit.

[LindermansWrist]

Its not about wanting to lose money. I would much rather lose a big pot to someone that knows how to play than to someone who just gets lucky. Robertkeys brought up a good point with the card chasing thing. Nothing pisses me off more then losing to someone that caught their card on the river.
My point is that if you are a good player, you should want and seek out games with players that chase cards. That is how you make money. I know its frustrating to lose to some gut shot straight on the river to some schmuck.
In the long run you are not going to make money against top players unless you are one yourself (maybe you are, I don't know you but I do know that every person that plays thinks they're great).
The guys who get lucky every now and then and play shit cards are the ones that will pad your bankroll. Regardless of the stakes you play at, there will always be bad players. It is all relative. There are plenty of idiots who play loose high stakes poker simply because the money doesn't matter that much-its all about gambling.

I guess it just depends on why you play. If you're goal is to make money I just think its stupid to play against people that will lower your hourly rate of return.

[Assuck]

what the fuck?!?

[Southpaw]

LindermansWrist is 100% correct - good players who lose pots to poor players who refuse to fold even the most marginal hands more than make up for it with all of the dead money in pots they do win.

[BIV]

A few people know my name and it IS fucking annoying.
You're trying to play and every few seconds another fucking show reference.
Fine and dandy here on wackbag or playing Everquest but when you're in for a couple of hundred bucks and the action is going fast the last thing I want to see in the chat window is "Dude! When are you guys coming to Springfield?"
That's why you need two accounts. One to play poker normally...and another to chill with yer message board peeps.

[BeltOfScotch]

My point is that if you are a good player, you should want and seek out games with players that chase cards. That is how you make money. I know its frustrating to lose to some gut shot straight on the river to some schmuck.

I don't play on party poker so I don't know how bad it is but I think here's the point the guy may be making. If there's one person at your table that is always fishing then yes, the one pot you lose will (hopefully) be offset by the several that you take from him where he doesn't hit that gutshot straight. However, if it's as bad as some people seem to think it is, then you might not have one guy at a table who is calling with anything and everything, you might have 5 or 6. With one guy, you're odds of making money are greatly increased, but if you've got five or six guys chasing cards on a regular basis, the odds are pretty good that at least one of them is going to hit it pretty regularly, which can make it much harder to do well.

[Stewed Tomato]

All I can say about winning on the river is...It's still WINNING! They don't call it gambling because some people figured out some complicated algorithms or have a cheat chart sitting beside them on the desk. It's all about chance. Even those who play craps will tell you, you make more money when you go for the longshots as long as you understand that you may lose. Just because you pride yourself in following a "formula" doesn't mean others should be deprived of hitting that inside straight, all-in, on the river. I love the thrill of the game and I LOL (sorry Jimmy) when I hit one and some asshole cries on the chat. Winning is winning, no matter how you do it and losers will always cry foul. That's the way of the world. I don't bitch when the river leaves me high and dry and I am in the PLUS column as far as my winnings.

[Stewed Tomato]

Nothing pisses me off more then losing to someone that caught their card on the river.
Nothing makes me laugh harder than someone getting pissed about losing to a card chaser. It's gambling Dude. Sometimes you lose.

[oavandriver]

Nothing makes me laugh harder than someone getting pissed about losing to a card chaser. It's gambling Dude. Sometimes you lose.


I agree 100%. I play a lot of poker and I have since long before it became popular. What makes me laugh the most is when people suck out on you and you cry holy hell, then two hands later you suck out on someone and you talk about the skill it took you to win that hand.... priceless.

[sclone]

Morons who know nothing about profitable poker say the following two things:

A) It's rigged. Sites are set up to make pots build, build, build so that the favorite loses on the river. There is nothing to suggest that this would be profitable for a web site. Only the fishiest noobs say things like this to justify their losing play.

B) I don't want to play against a bunch of chasers, because they always win. When three people are chasing you down, someone's going to hit something. There's a term in poker called variance. Basically, variance is what accounts for the swings you must endure to be successful. In order to be profitable in the long term, you need to understand what variance means and how it affects yours and everyone's games.

I'm a semi-pro low limit player. I play to supplement my day job income. I treat it like a business, and I can tell you wholeheartedly that anyone that complains about fish sucking out doesn't know enough about poker to ever be successful.

For less experienced players, keep one thing in mind when you're playing - you're looking to average between 1 and 3 big bets per 100 hands you play. So if you're playing 3-6, you're looking to make around $12/100 hands. One table online deals approx. 65 hands per hour.

And all this nonsense about randomness is just that. The deviation in randomness is so minute that you'd never be able to notice it without advanced calculations. I'm not a math guy, and I'm not good at explaining it, but basically the difference between true randomness and online poker randomness is so small that you'd never be able to note it.

[MikeyBiggs]

I don't care what anyone says, I've seen many games that lead me to believe that it is fixed... At least in the free games... I was playing about a month ago on a 7 card stud single table tournament (free game) The game got down to 3 of us left and had lasted better than an hour. We past the advantage back and forth and couldn't close anyone out. Almost 90 minutes exactly we had 3 hands in a row where two of us had at least straights and the winning hands were 2 four of a kinds and a straight flush... Bang game over... In all three cases most of the winning hands were pocket cards...

I know good hands come around, but basically 9 solid hands in 3 rounds just seemed far fetched...

[sclone]

I don't care what anyone says, I've seen many games that lead me to believe that it is fixed... At least in the free games...

And I can totally see Party's advantage in rigging a free game. WTF?

[BeltOfScotch]

I don't want to play against a bunch of chasers, because they always win. When three people are chasing you down, someone's going to hit something. There's a term in poker called variance. Basically, variance is what accounts for the swings you must endure to be successful. In order to be profitable in the long term, you need to understand what variance means and how it affects yours and everyone's games.

In ring games I completely agree with you, when you're playing set period of time and (basically) attempting to make so much per hour, you want fish/chasers/calling stations whatever you want to call them because in the long run the times that they hit their hands will be in the minority and in the long run you will make money off of them.

I play pretty much exclusively sit and go, tournament style no limit holdem, even with my friends. I'm not playing to supplement my income, I play for enjoyment, but I'm also attempting to improve my game when I play as well. In this situation, obviously you want a couple of people dumb enough to chase flushes and gutshot straights and everything else. But if you're a solid player and you sit at a table with 6 of the 8 other guys willing to go all in with anything, you're probably either going to dominate the table or get knocked out first. I'd prefer a little less volatility.

[heywoodjablowme]

It doesnt take very many hands to figure out who doesnt know the odds and plays crappy card fucking up the hands for everyone. Trouble is the bastards get lucky.
But one thing remains the same there are more losers than winners. Good players will
get past the newbies quick....A guy earlier was right, Start an O&A game and it will fill up.....

[MikeyBiggs]

And I can totally see Party's advantage in rigging a free game. WTF?


Yes after 90 minutes your wasting time and space on their servers... Think about how many games start on Party poker every 15 minutes... Now think about what would happen if all those games began running for an hour or two... You don't think that would slow down and effect the pay games???

Now if they can easily do those things on the free games, why can't they do it on the pay games??? In a casino they have a gaming commision to answer to... On the internet it's still the wild wild west...

Sorry, I didn't think I had to go into THAT much detail....

[Mooseman]

Yes after 90 minutes your wasting time and space on their servers... Think about how many games start on Party poker every 15 minutes... Now think about what would happen if all those games began running for an hour or two... You don't think that would slow down and effect the pay games???

Now if they can easily do those things on the free games, why can't they do it on the pay games??? In a casino they have a gaming commision to answer to... On the internet it's still the wild wild west...

Sorry, I didn't think I had to go into THAT much detail....
I may be wrng, but I believe they have a seperate server for the free and pay games.

While they may not have a gaming commision to answer to, why would they jepordize the sites reputation by fixing games? If it ever got out that the site were fixed, they would be shut down or lose all the players.

From EmpirePoker.com:
The systems, algorithms and practices at EmpirePoker exist to ensure total fairness to each and every player. Our Random Number Generation (RNG) system operates at the highest level of encryption and randomness, to ensure fairness without exception.

All online games, at every online poker room, use what is called a Random Number Generator (RNG). The RNG is what shuffles the decks and pulls the cards. A good random number generator is one that generates numbers that are:

Evenly distributed, and not related to each other in any way
Unpredictable
Because the numbers the RNG generates are completely random, both the player and the online poker room are assured of complete fairness. For example, if our random number generator were to be biased in any way, players could recognize the bias and use it to their advantage. Virtually any online poker room game can be turned against the house if the numbers are biased. Therefore, it is in the best interest of the online poker room to make the random number generator as unbiased as possible.

EmpirePoker uses a Secured-Random RNG, which is cryptographically certified. The RNG "seed" is the initial point from which a sequence of randomly generated numbers start. It is impossible to predict the sequences resulting from the seed. To ensure that a number sequence will not repeat itself, the seed is calculated using as many factors as possible, such as network activity, time of the day and several other parameters.

Proprietary tests are used to test and ensure the randomness of RNG. The RNG has been tested extensively and certified by iTech Labs (a globally recognized gaming certification authority).

[sclone]

Yes after 90 minutes your wasting time and space on their servers... Think about how many games start on Party poker every 15 minutes... Now think about what would happen if all those games began running for an hour or two... You don't think that would slow down and effect the pay games???

Now if they can easily do those things on the free games, why can't they do it on the pay games??? In a casino they have a gaming commision to answer to... On the internet it's still the wild wild west...

Sorry, I didn't think I had to go into THAT much detail....

Wow, this argument is impeccable. I'm stumped.

[Vote for Pedro]

Anyone know Anthony's screenname on PartyPoker. I play on there religiously, and might be looking for a cash game.

Yea, I can see him slipping up his username, then all you stalker fags lined up to get a piece of Ant meat.

[MikeyBiggs]

I may be wrng, but I believe they have a seperate server for the free and pay games.



The "physical servers" are different but the logins are the same so there's some kind of link...

As far as the RNG. It's still a programed system... It may not be something a person can calculate but it's still an algorithm and that contradicts the word random. I agree with everything they put in their disclaimer and it makes for great reading but if they can figuire out a way to make it just a little less random they'd do it... Maybe I'm just being cynical..

It's all a very interesting debate and I'd like to do somemore research about it.. I actually was looking at itech labs website when I saw your post... Very interesting how the testing is done...

[MikeyBiggs]

Wow, this argument is impeccable. I'm stumped.

Wasn't meant to be an argument, more of a discussion and opinion but hey what ever floats your boat, Negative Ned...

[Vote for Pedro]

what the fuck?!?

Exactly!!!

[Mooseman]

I actually was looking at itech labs website when I saw your post... Very interesting how the testing is done...
What's the website?

Edit- Never mind, googled it

[sclone]

Wasn't meant to be an argument, more of a discussion and opinion but hey what ever floats your boat, Negative Ned...

An opinion... If you understood how many people play online for a living, you'd undersand that there's no possibility of the sites being fixed...

[Cool Hand Luke]

Due to horrendously bad beats, I too have wondered about the legitimacy of these online poker sites. But one thing is for sure, My friend and I both agree that time spent playing poker online is time well spent. How do I know? I asked him.

[Jonkeu]

Anyone know Anthony's screenname on PartyPoker. I play on there religiously, and might be looking for a cash game.

Check for IAMANTHONY he might be that name :icon_surp

[PeaSauce]

I know poker is fun and all but I can think of a lot of better things to do with my money than say I lost it to some big names in the poker world.
First of all I never said I want to lose money to big names in the poker world, I have never played against anyone famous and I don't seek out that kind of competition. I said I want better competition because playing against people that don't know shit about poker can drive someone insane. People that don't know what they're doing tend to call with ANYTHING and more often than not end of catching their bullshit (which is the case with partypoker). I can't tell you how many times I had a big hand before the flop and raised huge only to get called by a 9-2 or 7-3 and lose, playing against better competition the likelyhood of that happening is not as common.



Why would you possibly want to play against tougher competition?
To see how good you really are, to have more fun, to play against people that are on your level. And I never said against pros, just better competition, not necessarily the BEST competition so don't get your panties in a bunch saying I think I'm the best at poker.



Ask any professional and they will tell you that when a game is filled with too many tough opponents, they find another game.
That's because pros do this for a living, stepping into a game with a low chance of winning money is not advantageous to their careers. I, on the other hand, am not a professional, I don't play to make a living I play for fun and play low stakes so I'm not at a risk of losing my house at the poker table.



It is people like you that allow pros to continue to make their living playing poker.
Um I do believe the people that allow the pros to continue to make money are the pros themselves, they know what they're doing and they're great at it, and that's all that matters in the end. Never having played against any pros I don't think it's because of me that they continue to make their money.



I guess it just depends on why you play. If you're goal is to make money I just think its stupid to play against people that will lower your hourly rate of return.
Hello, Exactly! Seeking out a game that you absolutely know you will lose all your money is not the best way to earn a living. I don't play poker for a living, I don't play high stakes games, I play to have fun and to see how I can hold up against the competition.