Poker, I don’t even know her.
So, Ive been following some poker players on Twitter. I blame @street3 for this,most of them know him and follow me despite him being my friend. My experience with poker has been, playing at lunch in HS and I sucked then. My older brother, on the other hand used to win quite a bit. I haven’t played much over the years, aside from some Play money kind of games on yahoo or pogo or whatever. I do alright, but I am by no means a good poker player.
Lately, Ive been getting free chips for Zynga Poker on Facebook. It’s populated by a mix of skill levels. So far,t he people I have played against all SUCK. You have people that check, raise check raise all before the flop. How can you do this without any clue what the hell cards are going to be there? I’ve even seen people go all in right before the flop and at the flop. Most of the time I have a weak hand, and not enough chips to cover, so I have to fold,and so do others at the table. So, these donks are winning by default.
Granted most of what I know of Texas Hold-em I learned from watching the show, I think A&E did it. All the “celebrities” that got a few lessons, money and then played for some charity of their choice. Like most ideas on tv, it was good for the first season (take a hint Apprentice producers) then it got lame and more stupid.
Tonight, Im playing in a freeroll tournament hosted by my buddy and 3rd favorite lawyer @chrishiter. I’m predicitng I will last all of 3 hands… We’ll see. For more info check out CarbonPoker or Twitter Poker Tour(it’s run by a great guy and they are currently offering rake backs).