Poker discussion

[Reapingxranger]

A nice gentleman and I were having a conversation regarding poker, I was advised to check out here to continue the conversation.

Open for discussion as well as tips:tricks to poker. Explain it to this beginner on how I can improve my game.

 

[mom45]

@Mij tagging you in case you want to join in or continue the discussion.

 

[mom45]

Mij commented in the other thread about not knowing what beats three of a kind. A Google search for what wins in poker brings up some nice charts to be referenced. I don't have any specific tips right now as we just play with friends, but we do enjoy it.

 

[Reapingxranger]

Thank you @mom45 , also thanks for clearing that last comment for me. When do you decide to raise and when do you decide to fold? My current method is if I get a high card (9-A) I’m more inclined to raise early, and raise higher if i hit a pair or two pair.

 

[mom45]

We don't play high stakes poker so we don't normally bid like you would when in a true game. We have a $5 maximum and if we run out of change, we play for free and try to win back what we lost.

 

[Mij]

@Mij tagging you in case you want to join in or continue the discussion.

Thanks @mom45 , thought I’d keep my mouth shut for a bit. The fellow implied he may know you and I wanted to keep myself in the clear. Just in case you know.

Post in thread 'Firearms Safety Rules (from the late Col Jeff Cooper, shooter, trainer, hero)'
https://www.indianagunowners.com/th...ooper-shooter-trainer-hero.5682/post-10032098

 

[Reapingxranger]

Thanks @mom45 , thought I’d keep my mouth shut for a bit. The fellow implied he may know you and I wanted to keep myself in the clear. Just in case you know.

Post in thread 'Firearms Safety Rules (from the late Col Jeff Cooper, shooter, trainer, hero)'
https://www.indianagunowners.com/th...ooper-shooter-trainer-hero.5682/post-10032098

That was a joke brother lol. Lightening the mood, by the looks of it, it worked well.

Never met @mom45 , but hope to one day be able to beat her in poker lol

 

[Michigan Slim]

I lost $20.00 in nickels and dimes to my wife's grandma. I'm out.

 

[Reapingxranger]

I lost $20.00 in nickels and dimes to my wife's grandma. I'm out.

lol she sounds like she’s got it down, have her come spread the secrets

 

[Michigan Slim]

lol she sounds like she’s got it down, have her come spread the secrets

She is in Lindenwood cemetery but is still better at poker than me.

 

[Reapingxranger]

She is in Lindenwood cemetery but is still better at poker than me.

I’m very sorry for your loss, you’ll have to introduce me in the afterlife. Will give me a chance to brush up my game to try win back those nickels for you.

 

[Creedmoor]

My bestie is in Vegas this week playing big boy table black jack. There's something about casually tossing a few hundred dollar chips on the table that just makes me wince.

 

[WebSnyper]

I like to poke... oh, you said poker. I misheard that. Feel free to carry on.

 

[Reapingxranger]

I like to poke... oh, you said poker. I misheard that. Feel free to carry on.

I mean, let’s not take anything off the table just yet. Group activities are good…. Bonding experiences well call them. Lol

 

[TheGrumpyGuy]

 

[ditcherman]

My bestie is in Vegas this week playing big boy table black jack. There's something about casually tossing a few hundred dollar chips on the table that just makes me wince.

My dad enjoyed blackjack but had a theory; he said someone goes to Vegas with a grand (or whatever) and thinks it’s a lot of money and wants to sit at a big boy table, when in actuality with a grand you should be sitting at a nickel or a penny table, not a five dollar table.

The house always wins but the house wins easily and quickly when someone runs out too fast.

I’m sure the same applies to poker.

 

[Creedmoor]

My dad enjoyed blackjack but had a theory; he said someone goes to Vegas with a grand (or whatever) and thinks it’s a lot of money and wants to sit at a big boy table, when in actuality with a grand you should be sitting at a nickel or a penny table, not a five dollar table.

The house always wins but the house wins easily and quickly when someone runs out too fast.

I’m sure the same applies to poker.

While, I'm not a gambler.
She does ok with the big boys. I get the perks of her status carrying a GM rewards card. Free almost everything.
This trip she's gonna spend two days at the grand canyon and it's all comped.
I get her monthly visa gift cards and those are $450.00 to $750.00 a month. lol
I never ask are you up or down.

 

[snorko]

I am not a good card player / gambler. Funny thing is if I play 5 card stud with friends, no money on the line, I tend to clean up. If betting real cash, I will lose regularly.

I do have some good memories of sitting in with my parents & grand parents when they played nickel/dime/quarter stakes.

 

[Blazer90]

When I started playing in the mid 2005 range I was lucky to be guided by a coworker. Really the low stakes tournaments at ceasers southern Indiana and over near Cincinnati the Hollywood casino. You get to play a lot of hands and the risk is minimal. I think tournaments at that time were 50-60 bucks. Things just progressed from there in amounts I would play. I have only played in one live cash game and lost my stack to big time sharks. I won’t play live cash game ever again. But anyway that’s how I cut my teeth in the poker world. Good luck

 

[SmileDocHill]

I used to be into blackjack, know the odds for every situation and move and how they change based on the subtle difference in house rules. The everyone went to a constantly shuffling shoe. It no longer mattered if you could track a favorable or non-favorable 6 deck shoe and it killed a good part of the fun.