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I hadn't been on pokerstars in years and it looks like things have changed. It says I have about $2K in chips but if you want to buy more (play chips) it gives you hundreds of thousands or millions. What kind of chip stacks are we going to need to for this Club to play the tournies and cash games?
userque
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The smallest cash game table had a max buy-in of 1K from what I've seen in the public rooms. I think the smallest tourney was also 1K. Not sure if this also applies to private rooms. And, if you lose that, I think it lets you reload 1K at a time for free three times per hour.
Essentially, in a worst case scenario, one doesn't have to stay felted for long.
I'll get around to finding a link if someone doesn't beat me to it.
burrocrat
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i think it gives you a free 1000 to start. if you have less than 1000 then you just buy into a table like a 1000 NL 9 person sit & go tournament and let's you reload for free. or if you lose it all at a cash ring game then it lets you reload another 1000 for free. but you can only do this a couple or three times in an hour i think.
i had the tournament for sunday set for a 100 + 9 buyin, but maybe this is too low? maybe 1000? the object is nobody has to spend real money, these are just free play chips and it is more the relative score or performance in the club amonst members that i think will be fun. i could care less if i have 1 or 1,000,000 free play chips.
that being said, i prefer the 9 or 45 person sit & go formats and have building my stack up that way, but then i go over the cash ring games and lose it all to some jerkwad, and there are no shortage of them.
usercuz likes to hang out in the 5/10 NL cash ring games and exploit newbie brazillians whose smart phone connection went down, and he is quite successful at it.
also i did set up an open cash ring game anytime table in the club for 5/10 NL hold em, but i don't really enjoy the cash games that much and certainly not heads up or only 4 or 5 players.
edit: by 'cash' or 'ring' game i mean an open public table come and go as you please in a non-tournament format, not real money.
userque
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userque
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LOL.
For those that don't know:
burro was the only player cracking jokes (insulting) other players (not me) during our game...you know the rest. I'm surprised the Floor wasn't called.
The players are from across the globe, not just one country. Even so, there are good/bad players in each country. Not cool to mention one particular country like that in the name of bad humor.
burro was felted twice (as you already know), but not by me--By those same "exploitable foreigners."
You'll have to judge for yourselves who the jerkwads are.
Finally, cash games require more skill. In tourneys, the blinds gradually increase and thus, make the game more about luck--where wild, haphazard play only seen in play money games has a better chance of success.
Now we're even again.
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userque
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Probably. We're using play money...you gotta give it some type of value.
DreamboatAnnie
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Never played online but I love playing poker! I'll get signed up later this week. Just don't know if I can stand to whip you all into submission.....seeing that I am so sweet!!!!! :cheesy:
userque
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On a more serious note:
I should add that, imo, it is better to 'get good' at cash games first, as you don't have to deal with the blinds going up. Every time the blinds move, the math changes. If you are a wild player, this doesn't matter to you as you are relying mostly on bluffing and luck.
Once you get good at playing poker at a single blind level (cash game); then work on getting good at tourneys.
Another benefit I find with cash games, is that you can hit the casino at anytime and leave at anytime. You don't have to "join" a tourney in advance (and possibly not be able to make it). You don't have to be at the casino at a certain time, for several hours per day, for several days (depending upon how long you last) as you do with a tourney.
Iow, quick and easy cash can be made in cash games at casinos (or online if you know how to sign up). And less of a paper trail with cash games, if that matters.
The only reason to play tourneys, imo, is if you don't really know how to play poker, and don't want to learn; or, for a relatively huge payout. (Now, what are the odds of a bad player winning the huge payout? Exactly.)
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burrocrat
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we would love to have more members, check pm and welcome aboard!
userque
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Just got this email changing the time to 22:15 CT
LOL...I won't be able to attend if this is the final time. (Not sure what time it starts as both times appear to be canceled.)
burrocrat
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a few housekeeping items:
i think it would be a good idea for anybody who has joined or is thinking of joining to offer a couple days and times that work best for them and then we can try to find a reasonable compromise that will work for most. given the format i have in mind for these games, at least to start, i don't think they would go much beyond a couple of hours long.
the initial plan is to have a regularly scheduled weekly game at a constant day and time, but we could switch that to monthly also. nobody is required to play in any or all of them, just catch it when you can and i think the software will track results for us.
i think that a buyin of 1000 play money chips is probably the best route to go as that seems to be the minimum currency on the site. note that the tournament will require a buyin of 1000 + 50 so you will need slightly more than the initial 1000 chips the site gives you, either by winning some practicing in the public games or else it may let you request additional chips at sign up. also you can pre-register prior to the start of the tournament whenever you have the 1050 total play money chips in your account.
do current members of the TSP Poker Club get a notification from the pokersite when i cancel or create a scheduled game? if so, i apologize as i first created a 100 + 9 one then cancelled it. then i created a 1000 + 50 one but it was scheduled at the wrong way too late time for sunday. please suggest times that work for you and i will see what i can do to accommodate most club members.
if you have never (or at least not for several years) played internet poker before, i would strongly suggest you download the software a few days in advance and familiarize yourself with the menus and gameplay and flow. the format will be a no limit texas holdem tournament where all players buyin for the same price and receive 1500 tournament chips. once you lose them you are eliminated for the tournament and the top 15% of finishers will receive a payout based on how they place with the most chips going to the eventual winner.
there is also a default 'cash' or 'ring' 5/10 no limit hold em game table set up in the poker club room where any member can sit down and start or quit any time without being locked into the timeframe and structure of a tournament, but it is unlikely to be fully populated unless folks communicate and agree to sit down at any given time. note that a table with less than 7-9 players moves quickly and can eat through your chips fast.
i would welcome any suggestions or tips about how to structure the games or times or tournaments we play. also we will have some very new players to poker in general and internet games specifically so lets all be a little patient at first.
userque
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I'm normally good starting before 7pm on Sundays. Mondays and Tuesdays are good days for me as well.
Another idea is to rotate the game day/night to fit schedules if no one/two set times work for everyone.
Right, if there aren't enough players, my thoughts on this would be to announce here that you are at a public table, your handle and the name of the table. Others can join the table/wait-list. Then, if/when enough folks show, we could move it to the private room.
This way you can still enjoy a good game of poker while you wait to see if other tsptalkers show.
LOL. I suggest we be patient at first, and later. The live rules allow a certain amount of time in which to act. Pokerstars does the same and lets each player know how much time they have in which to act, or their hand is folded.
A lot of times, folks are busy trying to get in a restroom break...dealing with kids...life. There is no need to harass others about how long they take to act, whether new or experienced.
They do have Zoom rooms for those that don't do much thinking while playing or that are not interested in getting more experience in reading other players' betting patterns.
I play fast most times, but respect the right of others to use the time they have allotted. Some are new to the game; others are very experienced and are calculating things in their minds that most other players couldn't hope to understand.
I/We appreciate you taking on this task!
burrocrat
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i am hesitant to do that for a few reasons. primarily because a person's username on tsptalk may be easily associated with things they have chosen to reveal publically here, whether that be location, line of work, family detail and all or parts of real names. that may be well and good here as tsptalkers are in general an upstanding bunch of folks, but possibly not so good on a public internet poker website. making the link between 'real' person on tsptalk and online poker persona is not something i want to be responsible for. i may burn in hell, but it won't be because i misused or inadvertently caused to be possibly misused someone's identity.
so i will leave it up to each individual participant in the poker club to make that association and reveal the link between their name here and name there if they so choose. in the poker club lobby there is a list of all members who have joined and i can guarantee you that each one of them have contacted me through this website and are valid tsptalkers who i recognize at least to some extent and have been vetted as far as that goes.
that being said, i am burrocrat here, and stupahdahso there. and it probably wouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who i am in the real world either. but i don't really worry about that because everything i have in life is a total gift and i am just borrowing both 'stuff' and 'time' for as long as i am permitted by my creator. also i refuse to hide or live looking over my shoulder, so if someone with ill intent (not suggesting any here has that) wants to come for me or mine or my 'stuff' then they can have at it, but i don't plan on just giving it away either. fair is fair.
userque
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Right, I thought that when I said "unless they choose to remain anonymous" implied your getting consent first.
I'm not quite sure I understand your point nevertheless:
I know you are burro here. Knowing you are s...... there doesn't reveal anymore about you than I already know, assuming you chose s..... because it doesn't link to anything about you on the internet.
If you chose your real name for poker stars, or a name that links to you on the internet, then I can know who you are regardless whether I know your tsp handle.
But, one would assume that one would not use such a name if one wished to remain private.
The last scenario is if someone is using a previous poker stars name. Again, if it's linked on the net, then they could sign up for a new account or contact ps support. But they wouldn't join the club if it were crucial as we all can see each others name at the table.
In all cases, you would be aware of both names, but if you don't know who they really are here...you wouldn't know who they really are there...you, (nor anyone else), gains anymore information than you already have here, assuming one chooses a 'fresh' name (or the same/similar name as they use here) there.
:blink:
But again, I thought it was obvious that permission would be sought first.
burrocrat
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dude, we are talking poker here, why would i reveal any more to you than i already want you to know? i am not the droid you are looking for.
userque
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