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What is the best online site for playing texas hold ems ?

Quite fancy having a bit of a dabble but no sure which one to use.

thanks.

chop

Hanley

Try http://www.williamhillpoker.com/

Tempted to have a go myself.

Me and a few mates play every 2nd Friday night and last night was a marathon session. Started at 5:30pm and went until after midnight.

We all chuck £10 in a pot and the chip winner takes the pot.

I came 3rd even though I was chip leader by a long shot at one point, think I started getting tired about 11:30pm and it affected my betting I think

Cool game though - this is where we play

mmmiddy

That's a display in MFI's window isn't it!!

Seriously, have look around for the best sign up deals, they're all much of a muchness.
Find a one where you like the look of the gameplay page too, after a couple of hours playing, little things really start to annoy you.

I'm currently playing Victor Chandler and Pokerroom.

Ninnybobs

Try

www.partypoker.com

Cheers

Martin

P1Fanatic

Yep I play there as well.

Simon.

Notorious

I play on Paddy Power and Ladbrokes.

wrx-ian

Same sites as i play. Wots your screen names??

RB5201

I play at william hill, lobbys seem easier to use than others, plus you can play in euro, £ and $, most are just $.

Notorious

notoriousj is my screenname

jods

Try FHM.COM for Poker - but beware !!!!!

Easy to win a LOT

Easy to lose a LOT More

Tiggs

"Started at 5:30pm and went until after midnight."

im confused.....what happened between midnight and sun up? Marathon session? you big girl!

T

ps- its all fixed so dont bother

Hanley

What's fixed?

LG John

I used to play williamhill because it was in £££s but have recently switched to partypoker as I was getting seriously hacked of with Hills. Still early days on party but a lot more choice of games and much MUCH better MTTs. Also cleared a $100 deposit bonus very easily playing 3 tables at once for a few hours

lawson101

I use www.pokerroom.com

Just getting into the game so playing with play money rather then real money

davegtt

partypoker for me too

Tiggs

online poker is.

theres no truley random cards...fixed is a bad word for it - not "normal" is better.

T

(i play a lot more live hands than i do onlive but never see the stuff online poker chucks up!)

rgv_stu

partypoker for me aswell
only been playing for play money though

perhaps we should start up a private scoobynet table for a bit of fun ??

JamieMacdonald

I used to play pokerchamps which is the 'gus hansen' one.


A guy at work thinks they are all fixed, but then he is one of those conspiracy theorists/pessimist. Personally I don't think any of the big ones are rigged because they are probably quite heavily regulated/audited. But then maybe I'm just being naive!

Hanley

Tiggs

After having my first online session last night I tend to agree with you.

You just can't beat the atmosphere and that feeling of looking at someone across the table when stuck in a betting war

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How did you get on mate? How much did you start with?

I played for fun on poker room last night - started with 1000 was upto 2300 within a hour.

Surely it can't be this easy with real money....im so tempted though

chop

Hanley

chopper

I didn't do too well I'm afraid, but I'm only a novice anyway. We haven't been playing our home sessions for very long.

I entered a single-tabel tournament with a £1 buy in and 20p to William Hill which gives you 1000 chips.

Prizes are:

1st - £5
2nd - £3
3rd - £2

Not huge stakes but at least when you lose it's only £1.20

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I need to investigate this more...I thought I was going to have to lay a grand on the table (nearly did last night as well ) to play.

Will have to download william hill software to. (although they have had enough money off me over the years )

cheers mate

chop

Hanley

Chopper

Look for a single-game tournament and make sure it is a £1 buy in game to start with

Good for practice
Good luck

My ID is madscoob, maybe we'll meet over a table somewhere

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ok chief - looking at it now.

I'll et you know my user id.

I like the scoobnet room idea!!!!

chop

Tiggs

online poker is not based in Washington on NY......its all offshore and can do (and does) pretty much what it likes.

T

ps- i went part time from my £100k pa+ job last year so im not saying dont play...just eyes open!

JamieMacdonald

Fair enough, I just don't think you should go into the games with those sort of thoughts in you head. I think the ones where you play against the house are a bit suspect , but on poker champs you (alledgedly) are playing other punters. Not played any others but assume most of them are like this.

mart360

VC occasionally, but i,m not to sure what i,m doing...

seems what they say you can do you cant.... one minute the raise icons there, yet when it gets to me it a check or fold jobby ..

why do i always have to post stupid blinds... to play .. dont see anyone else doing it

m

matt85

Playing with play money is not much use if you want to really learn how the game works as people just call and re-raise absolutely anything so (if anything), it will just get you into bad habits as you will inevitably go along with this.

Set aside an amount of money you can afford to lose and play real money with REALLY small stakes at first if you really want to learn how to play. Reading a good book would be an idea as well.

And another thing, only around 6% of all poker players actually make money in the long run so as long as you dont go in with expectations of being the next Doyle Brunson and you will be OK.

Enjoy, its a great game.

RB5201

A lot of people talk about the tables being fixed, and Ive been either seiously helped by the river or screwed by it as either massive underdog or big favourate to maybe suggest this, or it could be a just the way the cards sometimes land.

Saw a product you could buy for $59 dollars which allows you to cheat and win at online poker, which it claims once doenloading the software will allow you to see everyone elses cards, sure it could not do this but if it could then may explain why some people do very well at it!

Heres the link http://www.cheat-at-poker.com/

Sure its con of somesort.

Tiggs

most poker "cheats" are rubbish. i play live with guys that work for many of the big online sites and you simply cant see the cards theyw ill deal others.

however...what can be done is to guess at what the random number genertaer will pick next - supprisingly accurate software results from this.

T