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Anyone from GTP play Poker or watch Poker on TV ?

We have attempted to play but Im not sure how we play is right and we aren't really sure of the rules.

What Im trying to say is HELP !!

We play "no limit hold em" poker (I think) and we only have limited chips, (we dont play for real cash just chips that we bought) now if someone goes "all-in" and say they have £600 in the pot and thats it, does each other player have to match that bet to stay in the game, OR do they have to go all in and if they win they only win what they put in ??

The thing is that our games only tend to last like two hands because if one person goes all in we all have to - Now is that right or not.

Does anyone know of a really easy to play version of poker ??

Remember we only have limited chips and I think that could be half the reason why the round are over so quickly.

Thankyou - Pokermaniacs !!!
 
Originally posted by BigJamesGTI Anyone from GTP play Poker or watch Poker on TV ?
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Originally posted by BigJamesGTI
We play "no limit hold em" poker (I think) and we only have limited chips, (we dont play for real cash just chips that we bought) now if someone goes "all-in" and say they have £600 in the pot and thats it, does each other player have to match that bet to stay in the game, OR do they have to go all in and if they win they only win what they put in ??
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They can either call(matching it), raise it, or fold.

Originally posted by BigJamesGTI The thing is that our games only tend to last like two hands because if one person goes all in we all have to - Now is that right or not.
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You don't have to go all in if you don't want to. I don't see why someone would go all in the second hand or something. Progressive bets

Originally posted by BigJamesGTI Does anyone know of a really easy to play version of poker ??
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Well when I'm at school and we do not have time to play a good poker game we usually play what I call poor mans hold 'um. This is where no betting is done before the flop and the dealer just deals everyone in and then does the flop and we bet from there.
 
Originally posted by Dorifto
They can either call(matching it), raise it, or fold.

Well when I'm at school and we do not have time to play a good poker game we usually play what I call poor mans hold 'um. This is where no betting is done before the flop and the dealer just deals everyone in and then does the flop and we bet from there.
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OK so if a player cant call due to the size of the previous players' bet then they HAVE to fold due to them not having enough chips ?

I think poor mans hold 'um might be a good idea as there are only two rounds of betting then as there are only 2 cards left to come out.

I think the problem is not having enough chips to go round.

I'll give poor mans hold 'um a shot next weekend - Thanks

bigj

 
OK - Thanks again

You are a member with very few words to his posts - but then again theres often times when you dont need to barble on - Like now so I'll shut-up

 
BigJamesGTI

OK so if a player cant call due to the size of the previous players' bet then they HAVE to fold due to them not having enough chips ?
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In no-limit Texas Hold'em if someone raises to $200 and you only have $5 then you can either fold or go all-in. You are not requried to match the raise, you can call with whatever amount of chips you have.

Also if someone goes all-in with like $5 the next person doesn't have to go all in, they can just match it with $5.
 
Pistachio
In no-limit Texas Hold'em if someone raises to $200 and you only have $5 then you can either fold or go all-in. You are not requried to match the raise, you can call with whatever amount of chips you have.

Also if someone goes all-in with like $5 the next person doesn't have to go all in, they can just match it with $5.
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Thanks for the tips -

Say if you have £50 and someone goes all in with £200 and you win, do you only win back what you have put in or would you win the whole pot ???
I was thinking you would only win £50 as that is all you've put in ??
 
BigJamesGTI
Thanks for the tips -

Say if you have £50 and someone goes all in with £200 and you win, do you only win back what you have put in or would you win the whole pot ???
I was thinking you would only win £50 as that is all you've put in ??
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Nope you would win the whole pot.
One of the things that makes this game so interesting, you can make good comebacks. But the question is, if you only had 50 then why would the other guy go all in? Unless there is more than two people.
 
Yeah I know.

If you are heads up with someone (thats poker talk for ya !!) then you would only go in with the same amount your opponent has, it makes sense really !! We generally play with 4 people minimum so you'd go all in to try and get the other persons cash !!
 
I used to play Stud Poker, but there is no room for skill there.

There are variations, but the one I played is where 5 cards are placed face down for each player. One at a time each one is turned face up, alternating between players. As your cards are revealed, you can increase your bets or fold. I am sure we were doing it wrong cos it wasnt much fun.
 
It sounds like fun ! I guess its more or less the same as the game we play but you go through the cards quicker so makes it more interesting ?
 
Basically it is fold or increase bets. No room for light pockets, or weak constitutions ;)
 
Dorifto
I'm confused with blinds. Big blind, small blind...somebody help please.
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The player on the left of the "dealer" posts a blind, which is a set bet.
Then the next player needs to post a big blind.
These two are set amounts. It is just to get some money on the table, these amounts much me matched anyway if you want to play.
 
I like poker. Texas Hold 'em preferrably. I suck, though. I play with my brother's 400 chips. Wen I play my friend, he pretty much always bets big. You can't tell when he's bluffing, which he does all the time. I only beat him when I had three Q's. He had Pocket K's.
 
I played a (friendly) game of Texas Hold 'Em last night and managed to turn an almost certain win into a defeat.

There were four players, John, Russell, Vickie and myself (Chris)... after a couple of initial, small wins, I was chip leader for a while, but as the 'lucky hands' started to average out, it was becoming clear that Vickie was in the ascendancy. Vickie took over as chip leader and soon Russell was all-in against her. Despite Russell winning that hand, Vickie strong-armed Russell out of the game soon after and the blinds were raised for John, Vickie and me. John was in trouble soon after, and went all-in on a classic hand which should have settled the game...

I was holding 10S and 6H, and everyone stayed in for the flop. The flop was A, J, 10... I put in a modest bet to attract more money since I was holding a pair of 10's, but Vickie raised, so I presumed that she had a high(er) pair. John also stayed in. The next card was also a 10. I put in another modest bet, now thinking that Vickie would have 2 pair to my 3-of-a-kind. She fell for the small bet and raised it, so I called her bet. To my disbelief, the river was another 10. At this point, Vickie was now sitting on a full-house, but I had an unbeatable 4-of-a-kind! But I made a fatal mistake... rather than checking and allowing Vickie to lead the betting, I put in a very large bet, which she then called. Of course, I won the hand and took a huge pot (and knocked John out of the game), but the fatal mistake was that Vickie lived to tell the tale, and then in a one-on-one winner-takes-all fight to the finish, she clawed her way back from an almost impossible deficit to win the game... :crazy:

If I had checked on my turn to bet, knowing that Vickie had a full house, Vickie would have made a huge bet, if not gone all-in to which I would have called her (at which point she would have realised that she was in big trouble...) Even if she hadn't gone all-in, I would have then had the opportunity to raise her to the point of going all-in anyway. My fundamental mistake was to miss this glorious opportunity to pull off the perfect 'check-raise' and win the entire game with one amazing hand. As we turned the cards over, Vickie laughed as she produced an Ace, giving her a 10's over aces full house - I feigned disappointment as she reached for the chips before flipping the 10 of Spades, to her utter disbelief!!

Man, I love poker! 👍
 
I play strip poker.

I'm good at it, so everyone wins.
 
Touring Mars – You played with 10 6 off-suit? :scared: Please tell me you’d already paid the blinds.
 
Yes, I think I had paid the large blind, and when a 10 came out in the flop, I stayed in - and the rest is history :)
 
I always go in with a 2-6 off-suit. One of these days, I'm going to hit that straight!!! :lol:

Poker is a good waste of time (and unfortunately, sometimes money).
 
My first experience with No Limit Texa Hold 'Em was early this year when our college - Duval - has a function called DUVEGA$ where the dining hall is changed into a casino for the night. After dressing up as James Bond I played poker against a friend a la Casino Royale and was involved in a faux-robbery since the money was simply on little pieces of coloured paper.

I thought I'd done well against my friend; having started with $1,500, I'd managed to increase that to $12,000 despite never having played before when one of the Resident Fellows (a kind of block mentor) at the other table announced that he'd won in excess of $160,000 simply by playing No-Limit.

I think I can bluff alright; I had a pair of eights - Octopussy - and managed to pull it off.
 
Quite a while, since this thread was last posted in. Still thought its best to check if anyone round here still plays a few games from time to time, perhaps a few match reviews will help restart this thread, I have a one coming up with friends later on this week so maybe I will write one up myself.
 
OK... here's a quick review of a poker match I had on Saturday night...

Games: Dealer's Choice of "Pig" (5-card Draw); 5-card Stud; 7-card Stud (all games with optional Jokers)
House Rule: Not allowed to force player with low chips out by out-betting; no re-buys during a hand
Initial buy-in: £10; Re-buys allowed
Ante/Min. bet: 20p
Max. Bet: No limit (but cannot raise someone out of chips)
Players: 6 (GC/SP/RA/AG/RP/TM)

Summary:

GC made a good start, with AG (fresh from 2 straight wins) struggling from the outset, and needing to buy £5 from GC to stay in the game. RP also struggled, and had to buy £10 from TM. SP held his own and was marginally up throughout the game, but RA and GC both faded, and both had to buy £5 from TM to stay in the game too. GC made a strong comeback and finished up, RA broke even and SP made a small loss. AG and RP were the big losers... The game finished TM (+33), GC (+3), RA (0), SP (-3), AG (-15), RP (-18).

Personal Highlights:

My first big win, and also my first game of poker without drinking alcohol - conspiracy theories are already circulating! :sly: I was playing quite conservatively, rarely bluffing but backing big hands aggressively - but was getting an amazing amount of killer hands... scored 4-of-a-kind no less than three times (easily the best three hands of the night) and even got a natural full house in 7-card stud poker (quite rare!), which between them accounted for the bulk of my winnings.

My best play was a game of 5-card draw, where I was dealt A-Joker in the hole (face down) and a 2 face up. With a pair of aces in the hole, things were looking very good, so I stayed in, and was dealt a 4 and the second Joker as well...! I was holding a straight (A-2-3-4-5) as things stood and didn't need to change any cards, but suspected my main opponent was going for a high(er) straight. He was dealt 7-8-9 face up and changed just one card, so I figured he was trying to complete an open-ended straight (1 in 4 chance of success), so I decided to gamble and threw the A-2-4 away, hoping to be dealt a pair... the gamble worked and I got 8-8-7, giving me an unbeatable four 8's. My opponent must have got his straight (which would have beaten my previous hand) as he raised the bet before I did, which was perfect for me, as I was able to put in a big raise (£2!!), safe in the knowledge that I couldn't lose! (n.b. due to our "house rules", I bet the most I could without bankrupting my opponent!)

All in all, a very good night for me! :D
 
Alright lets do this!

As some of you might know im a pretty avid poker player, is usually spend most of my free time grinding on the tables online or at my local casino, Im trying to go pro but with my own business, Wife & mortgage its not exactly the easiest transition to make.

Anyway lets keep this thread going by posting anything poker related, What games you play?, maybe a hand history dicussion? different types of poker games etc

GO!
 

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