Joined: Mar '11
Location: Germany
Age: 55 (M)
Posts: 1242
Posted by byng0: This whole thing started by a nice conversation on poker sites.
The more I meet people the more I like dogs better.
To the administration:
My last post is this one, you seem to have a lot of low life people here.
See you at the tables .
OMG, hopefully this was your last post and Admin can delete your account. Dont´ like guys like you which can not answer on other arguments in a normal way and start to blame other people in such a rude way. So just do all of us a favour and take a flight with the never come back airline.
Joined: May '08
Location: Sweden
Age: 55 (M)
Posts: 1362
OK, gentlemen, the man is a new user, and he can't have known that these kinds of threads and this kind of reasoning has been gone through a few times and that one has got to have a mighty strong case to present if anyone is going to belive any "rigged"-kind of stories.
Me, I'm a bit intrerested in that racist thing that happened, since we, here in Sweden, have a almost a bizarre kind of a debate around these things. (Read Davoodoos post...) So I would be quite thankful if the OP could return and explain exactly what was racist in the posts, and why he felt that?
I'm not trying to make fun of anyone, I actually think it is a problem, and almost a selfforfilling profecy, to blame any setback or critisism on racism.
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Australia
Age: 40 (M)
Posts: 6483
@Pjot - I would LOVE to know the racist thing.. IMHO - he has just added that as a general form of abuse - I don't think anything written has specifically indicated racism. But I'd like to know.
I could imagine Sweden having even worse thinly guised racism than Australia.. it can be pretty bad here and is generally voiced in subtle "immigration" arguments etc.. (white immigration good all other immigration bad). Sweden is similar in this regard, worse I believe.
------------ just to add Pjot - don't get me wrong I like Swedes and Sweden in general - in fact, my brothers gonna move there to live later this year, but I could imagine there being a racism problem there, from my admittedly small knowledge of your country..
------------ also - just to add - I was relatively nice/polite until he condescended me regarding my age. Then he crossed the line and I let fly. I was also pretty drunk at the point
Edited by jessthehuman (06 April 2011 @ 08:53 GMT)
Joined: Oct '09
Location: Spain
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Well, just not very smart to broach the subject that Poker comes down to luck on a Poker site. I think he meant well, just not a big thinker.
Mayber he has a problem with his age? thus racism towards older people? Maybe he´s Black Canadian and just uses that a lot as a "retort". Maybe he was as drunk as you were Jess, and a bit touchy. Maybe he is just angry in general at a very young internet community in general? I could go on...but why should I?
He overreacted very "FERKEN" impolitely, and that was enough for me. "Young man" with a problem, no use in trying to figure it out...
...And you spelled "correlation" correctly Jess!.. 2 up!
Joined: Apr '11
Location: Romania
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Posted by byng0: I've been playing approx. 6 years on Poker Sites and have seen almost everything happen !
It seems to me that poker skills are secondary in a lot of cases. Have you ever played on a site and kept entering different games only to be set up to loose.
Yep it happens and can last from a day to a couple of weeks. Even AA will be cracked more times on you than normal. I tell the wife, "they've turned off the switch on me"
It's great when your on a roll and nothing can beat you but when that switch is off you might as well go and watch TV. I don't care how good you are, youaren't going to win.
I have cashed many tournaments, winning $ 1800.00 US and too many $ 100 - $ 400 Tourneys to even mention.
Won a Canadian Championship on Bet Fair and was flown to Toronto to Compete in a 1 million dollar chance in Europe.
Yes I've played a lot and will keep playing but my point being, when the computer says it time for you to go, your at it's mercy !
So now I keep my entrances limited to a $ 5 max. game and enter a lot of freerolls, it's all fun but don't take it too serious, it's like playing the slot machines.
Good Luck All
I must say you have some very good points in your review. I would like to add some of my personal opinions about some of the subjects above. Firstly i observed freerolls aren't played by usual SNG rules, many players go all in from beginning to build a good stack. Many times they fail but again they don't have anything to lose. Also you stated on cash games you enter with 5$ max, i presume you play at 0.02/0.04 limits. Unfortunately at these limits players are many times tempted to pay you with weak hands and many times have luck. If your BRM permits i would suggest to play at 1/2 limits. Good luck at the tables!
