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I won a seat into the WCOOP ME but decided to sell it. Already regretting it. Sigh.

PokerStars Tournament #62783011, No Limit Holdā€™em
Buy-In: $11.00/$1.00
180 players
Total Prize Pool: $1980.00
Tournament started - 2007/10/01 - 03:21:57 (ET)

Dear insanelee,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $594.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

wooo another one

Just started playing online poker at FullTilt. Whatā€™s the opinion on FullTlit?

I want to learn how to play tournament games. Where can I play in these free tables?

Insanelee: Love the avatar but got no love for Nor Cal! =X

hitler come out with lay to norcal!

You must be the luckiest guy in the world to actually win one of those.

Fuck Turboā€™s.

Hevad is doing EPT commentary?
http://tinopolis-PokerStarLive-Eng-500k.wm.llnwd.net/tinopolis_PokerStarLive_Eng_500k

ohh snap

is playing play money games a good way to improve? or is it all BS?

Not sure, honestly. I started playing the Play Money tables at Pokerstars, and in about a week, my ā€˜bankrollā€™ (considering if you bust out, you can get a free 1,000 ships anytime) went from 1,000 (starting amount) to over 11K (been doing great at sit-n-gos recently).

Iā€™m making sure Iā€™m not getting into the real money side whatsoever, butā€¦

If you wanna find me, look for ā€˜Tiberious Nā€™ (using my Second Life last name initialā€¦ heh).

Nice to see the two ā€œ8ā€ games (Omaha 8 and Stud 8) showing on ESPN now that theyā€™re showing most of the HORSE tournament. This time, all 5 games will be played on the Final Table. And nice to see Razz again on ESPN.

YouTube has that DVD only No Limit Lowball episode somewhere. I wish ESPN would show more Lowball. I wonder why the WSOP doesnā€™t have regular Draw as an event?

because regular draw is fucking boring.

Anyone willing to transfer me $1000 on FullTilt Poker today? Iā€™m depositing money by the end of the week and Iā€™ll transfer back $1,200 to anyone that can transfer me the money today.

spyrothescrub@hotmail.com

Letā€™s talk in msn for details.

I can do it, needs to be some sort of way to guarantee you pay tho.

Add me in msn, Iā€™ll try to find a way to make you feel sure Iā€™m paying back.

Letā€™s talk all the details out.

n-ken, is it just me or is thebeat horrific? Even before the T2 > KK he made some really really donktastic plays. Does he play SNGs a lot? I know heā€™s supposed to b e a tough MTT player but everyone I talk to says heā€™s terribleā€¦

Shit it one time to THE BEAT!!

Can someone recommend me a good poker book and/or online guide? I am fairly competent at the game and have won a fair share of home games but Iā€™d look to learn a lot more. I am by no means at a tournament level so keep that it mind.

hereā€™s a good poker book for you:

Here

Ok dumb question - Iā€™m all about buying into these tourneys and playing for cash, but I thought they no longer accepted cash deposits from the US? Did you guys already have accounts with bankrolls and therefore have some sort of ā€˜grandfatherā€™ effect which lets you continue to play?

Iā€™m more than willing to drop 1K into an account and play some buy-in tourneys - Iā€™ve done well on the free tables and I rock the casinos in Tampa everytime I go. Anyone start recently that knows the deal?

@ Rooks
It depends on the site. I use the Passporte payment system on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute (donā€™t play there, its fixed). They accept US visa cards and will act as a third party account. Iā€™ve also heard about opening overseas accounts, but it just seems like a hassle.

Harrington on Holdā€™Em 1-3
Theory of Poker
Small Stakes Holdā€™Em (primarilly a limit book)

Iā€™m in the middle of reading No Limit Theory and Practice, and so far, I like it.