Texas hold 'em...and various other card games

[dluvs2trvl]

I don't know how to play poker at all! In fact, I wasn't allowed to play with cards when I was a kid so I know very few card games.

Anyways, my friend taught me how to play Texas Hold 'em last night and it was really fun! I'm not any good yet but it was fun anyways

So do you play? What other kinds of card games do you play? Do you play online versions?

 

[WileyCoyote]

I play five card draw and blackjack.

 

[GoodNewsJim]

I play Texas Holdem online for money. I started with $1.20 and now I'm around $250.00

The trick to online Texas Holdem is to play aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalot. You won't likely win enough to cover your losses unless you played for hundreds of hours. I'm a world class gamer, so I invented my own style and it works very well. For people who aren't into inventing their own styles, you should read books on it. If you want to get good at Texas Holdem Online, download as many poker sites as you can, and play in as many free rolls as you can. Free rolls don't put your bankroll at risk but they raise your skill level.

While Texas Holdem is a deep game, it is also not forgiving. You can be the best player on your table and still lose if you're not catching anything. I'm waiting for Starcraft2 where I really hope to put effort into becoming a world champion.

 

[WileyCoyote]

I play Texas Holdem online for money.

I thought that was illegal?

 

[CoachR64]

I really enjoy playing cards. I like hold em. I prefer no limit, as fixed limit people will call you down with anything because you can only bet a fixed amount. I also really like Omaha. 7 card stud is another fun game. Other card games I enjoy is blackjack, pai gow poker, and spades. I like those games because they all are more social games. Poker can be a great social game when playing with friends at home, but not so much at the casinos playing real stakes.

Coach

 

[GoodNewsJim]

I thought that was illegal?

Depositing and withdrawing money from the site is illegal.

I still have money on it from before the law was passed.

And if I ever plan on withdrawing money, I'll just leave the country to do it where the law doesn't apply.

I'm not breaking any law.

 

[Im_A]

I don't know how to play poker at all! In fact, I wasn't allowed to play with cards when I was a kid so I know very few card games.

Anyways, my friend taught me how to play Texas Hold 'em last night and it was really fun! I'm not any good yet but it was fun anyways

So do you play? What other kinds of card games do you play? Do you play online versions?

i play:
Texas Hold'em, and i prefer No Limit.
7 Card Stud
Omaha

other card games i love are:
Euchre
Rummy
Hearts

rarely do i play online versions. but i'm going to be playing online versions of Texas Hold'em and Euchre. i used to play Texas Hold'em with the guys at work. haven't for awhile. currently, i play against myself, with my chips and cards. that way i can learn pot odds, how important the opening hands are and how to bet better since betting is the main premise of the game as far as i'm concerned. you usually never play your hand, you play your opponent's hand, and i'm seeing how that is true now. pressure myself with the betting specifically on opening hands, and the flop, and learn how to play the river better. and i play the video game, World Series of Poker 08 for the ps2, which is helping me to learn 7 card stud better and Omaha better. the betting on those poker games is what i'm really confused on. and the goal is to get back into the 5/10 dollar home game with the guys at work, do that off and on, and then hit casinos sometime in the next 2 years. i have to figure out where, and what the buy-in of the games would be. i want to get good enough to where i go to a casino once a month, in the surrounding states that gambling is legal (which is why i hope i can vote, because i don't know if i'm registered, i'm voting yes on issue 6 so ohio can have gambling.) and make it like a kid uses a newspaper route, a part time job to make some extra money but not so much of a huge deal to where i kill my bank roll. i mean it'd be pretty to cool to have a part time job that is very social, meet good and shady people, gamble all night long, see from pretty faces and bodies, see the lights of the casino's and have a lot of laughter, and a lot of crying from losing a big pot and it be out of state, so a getaway. i give a thumbsup to that for a part-time job. i'm not going to no Phil who played poker to pay for college, or like the other greats, like Doyle and The Chan. but if i'd double my buy in in one siting, cash out, and send the rent payment, while saving my check from the factory. that's why i'm starting low, 5 to 10 dollar games that i also hope to start up at my home next year and play by myself to learn the card ratios, and predictiability and i'm still a beginner at it.

 

[Im_A]

I play Texas Holdem online for money. I started with $1.20 and now I'm around $250.00

The trick to online Texas Holdem is to play aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalot. You won't likely win enough to cover your losses unless you played for hundreds of hours. I'm a world class gamer, so I invented my own style and it works very well. For people who aren't into inventing their own styles, you should read books on it. If you want to get good at Texas Holdem Online, download as many poker sites as you can, and play in as many free rolls as you can. Free rolls don't put your bankroll at risk but they raise your skill level.

While Texas Holdem is a deep game, it is also not forgiving. You can be the best player on your table and still lose if you're not catching anything. I'm waiting for Starcraft2 where I really hope to put effort into becoming a world champion.

the fact that the game is unforgiving is the beauty of it in my opinion. which is why i'm really looking into researching about the strategies, and better ways of play, pot odds, because Texas Hold'em is an enticing monster not to be messed with...kind of like women but that's not for this thread

 

[Inkachu]

I LOVE games. My ex tried to teach poker to me, but I never caught on, so I feel ya D lol. I love playing Solitaire, Uno, Old Maid, Go Fish, and War.

Other fave classic games: Yahtzee, Mah Jong, Chinese Checkers, and Scrabble.

I play Mah Jong online all the time.

 

[ido]

I'm not that good at poker games, but I think they're fun. I've just not played enough so I am sure I could get better.

I have to say that I find it odd that you weren't allowed to play with cards growing up. There are plenty of games that do not involve gambling.

I like to play Go Fish, Solitaire, War, BS, Gin Rummy, Spades (although I forget the rules ATM), and I played Spoons once a looooong time ago, but remember it was a really fun game.

 

[Inkachu]

Not sure this qualifies as card games, but...my ex was in prison a lot, and he learned all kinds of useful things (like how to give home-made tattoos lol). And he taught me some really amazing card tricks (that the inmates would use to get money and items off each other). I've only remembered 2 of them, but they are super-tricky and I can "wow" anyone with them

 

[AuburnMeg]

I love Texas Holdem. I'm not the best, but I'm not bad. I also like playing spades and hearts.

 

[ImperialPhantom]

I <3 Texas Hold Em. I play online on Pokerstars. My problem, though, is that I'm very inconsistant - huge wins and huge losses. I'm much better at Seven Card Stud, even though I haven't played it as long as THE. Omaha is really irritating, but then again I haven't built that much experience at it yet.

 

[dluvs2trvl]

I have to say that I find it odd that you weren't allowed to play with cards growing up. There are plenty of games that do not involve gambling.

We could play with the cards that had the pictures on them like gold fish, old maid, crazy eights....we just couldn't play with a regular deck of cards.

I also wasn't allowed to go to the movies or to dances until I was a senior in high school.

That just how I was raised...hmmm...this might be a good idea for another thread...to talk about the rules we were raised with and what rules we will/have continued with our own kids or won't/haven't continued.

Off to start the thread

 

[white dove]

I've played Blackjack, Texas Hold "Em and ummm... I dunno, something else. I love playing cards, but I'm so retarded when it comes to the rules. I forget.. so sometimes, when I win, my friends think I'm trying to cheat them because of my "poker face." It's just my regular face! I don't know that I'm winning..

 

[Mrs. Luther073082]

I play Texas Hold'em.