Casual Hold'em players...

[El-blanco]

Explain.

Why does your style suck in large tournaments?

And where was this tournament? Online? I am down for a 50$ buy in.

I'm not very patient and I bluff a lot. It works on small tables but when there is 30+ people involved it's not very effective. Any tournament that I've been to involving over 50 people usually has me going out with the first ten losers lol. Guys play really conservative in tournaments trying to get further into the tournament so they usually play good cards. My brother on the other hand is very patient and usually gets to the final table.

And nah, it's a local game. My buddy has a cafe and they're all degenerate Italian gamblers. They're constantly betting on sports and usually $50k in the hole on a regular basis lol.

[Mooshashi]

I play couple times of month with friends (long running game) and at Oklahoma casinos.
Just doing it for fun/entertainment; I'm not fooling myself about winning a WSOP bracelet or making a living at it.

I also play at PokerStars but I've found out that playing there creates very bad habits. You're not playing with your own money, so it's a lot different than when it really counts.
I see players drop into a game, go all in with a nothing hand, lose, grab another free $1000, go all in again, repeat. Hard to play with people like that.

[LoadedWraps]

I play couple times of month with friends (long running game) and at Oklahoma casinos.
Just doing it for fun/entertainment; I'm not fooling myself about winning a WSOP bracelet or making a living at it.

I also play at PokerStars but I've found out that playing there creates very bad habits. You're not playing with your own money, so it's a lot different than when it really counts.
I see players drop into a game, go all in with a nothing hand, lose, grab another free $1000, go all in again, repeat. Hard to play with people like that.

This is pretty much the gripe that made me throw that rant in the OP and make this thread.

[LoadedWraps]

I'm not very patient and I bluff a lot. It works on small tables but when there is 30+ people involved it's not very effective. Any tournament that I've been to involving over 50 people usually has me going out with the first ten losers lol. Guys play really conservative in tournaments trying to get further into the tournament so they usually play good cards. My brother on the other hand is very patient and usually gets to the final table.

And nah, it's a local game. My buddy has a cafe and they're all degenerate Italian gamblers. They're constantly betting on sports and usually $50k in the hole on a regular basis lol.

That's awesome though, I wish I had a group of peeps to play locally for cash now, I think that's way more fun than an actual casino and trying to play against the house.

[LoadedWraps]

I used to play a lot on Pokerstars, I like Poker it's fun, but I don't really bet I just do it for fun

Poker is also fun when you win some money though

[LoadedWraps]

I've got that itch....

I am tired of online Hold'em, I miss having a group of buddies to play cards and take yayper from.

[LoadedWraps]

I wish I had a card group right now. Don't live close to any 'sinos at the moment.

Fiending for some action.

[BigNuts]

Is anyone going to the WSOP?

[LoadedWraps]

Is anyone going to the WSOP?

To compete? Or watch?

[BigNuts]

To compete? Or watch?

compete...