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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-04-09 05:44 PM
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Online poker for play money is boring
and at times frustrating.

Even though it's play money I cannot justify betting 2-1 money on 12-1 odds (though I usually would have won because of the pair of 3's going all in).

Seriously, all in on a Queen-Three offsuit?
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-04-09 07:18 PM
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1. for a n00b like me, it's a good way to learn.
I had a landlord who was willing to teach me once but he was training and saving to enter the WS of Poker and felt we should play for real $ when I had none.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-04-09 07:20 PM
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2. Play money fucks with the whole risk taking tendencies of those involved.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-04-09 07:20 PM
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3. I agree
:thumbsup:
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-04-09 07:31 PM
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4. Egg-zactly!!1!
I try to play as if it were real money so as not to fuck up my real game (which I haven't played in a couple years. I used to play once a week for years. :( )

Playing conservatively means huge payoffs.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-04-09 08:29 PM
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5. I just play my normal game
If some idiot wants to bet 2000 chips into a 75 chip pot, I just fold, praise him for his aggressiveness and wait to trap him. With that kind of over-betting, I can afford to wait.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-04-09 08:38 PM
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6. That's how I play
However, I occasionally get annoyed/bored and play a hand I shouldn't.

I'm ballooning my bankroll playing conservatively but it's slow going.
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blueknight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-04-09 08:50 PM
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7. well, im a professional player
and have played in the world series of poker several times, and the best poker rooms in the world. and i just cant stand to play on the computer. it bores me to death
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