Poker, what a game!

[MRT144]

So Im playing in a freeroll thats about 6k strong in players. ive made it to about 400th and am doing decent in chips.

I get AA do a 4x preraise flop. 200/100 blinds 25 ante. so this other guys raises me to 1600 and another guy raises him. I have either of them on a pocket pair or big slick so go all in. sure its a risk but when you get em you gotta play em 95% of the time. they do some more betting between them.

cards turn over, one has big slick other has A2 suited. flop comes down and dude with A2 flops the nut flush. he was the large stack so why not, i guess, *******. id have to catch trips on the board to win.

so does that happen? of course not.

goddamn nut flush flop

[KrazyHorse]

Stop playing poker. You've already proven yourself to be a gambling addict.

I'm serious.

[MRT144]

i cant stop playing if i dont lose money.

[KrazyHorse]

Exactly.

[MRT144]

well by only playing free rolls i negate the possibility of losing money.

but goddamn that quote is the single worst most embarrasing most sobering thing ive said in the past few months

[MRT144]

so now i uninstalled it all, the pokerstars, the pokeroffice, the setup files, everything.

I need to get a poster that says "youre a gambling addict" and put it next to my computer

Now i need to find another think to take up room for one addiction thats free...

[KrazyHorse]

Changing the world one life at a time.

I can go to bed now

[MRT144]

you didnt change my life, only my free addiction. tomorrow it could be...admiring myself in the mirror?

[alva]

no pics mkay...

[Pokergod]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I can't even get away from bad beat stories when I go to a non poker site. Come on when you play for free no body cares if they lose.

[Gibsie]

Got my first four-of-a-kind tonight

Also I just the nuts draw on the river (Ace-high flush), and my neighbour re-raised, mwhahahahaha. I feel evil.

[Pokergod]

I just got a 4 of a kind about a half an hour ago.

I saw the flop with 78. The flop came 778. My foe went all-in when a K came on the turn. I called and he was drawing dead with pocket 3s. The forth 7 came on the river to add insult to injury.

Got to love the fish.

BTW check out this site for some great poker deals.

Poker Source Online

[Thorn]

Enjoy it while you can:

House panel backs Internet gambling limits By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 30 minutes ago



A House panel voted Thursday to crack down on the $12 billion Internet gambling industry by applying federal prohibitions to games like online poker, blackjack and roulette.

The legislation would amend the 1961 Federal Wire Wager Act to explicitly prohibit online gambling. It also would outlaw electronic transmission of funds to pay for gambling bets, give law enforcement agencies authority to block such money transfers, and increase penalties for violation of the law.

Although the Justice Department has taken the position that the Wire Act already prohibits online gambling in the U.S., there is disagreement about that. Most of as many as 2,300 online gambling sites in existence are overseas.

The bill approved by the Judiciary Committee would "prevent offshore fly-by-night gambling businesses from violating the laws of all states," said sponsor Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. He said spending on the sites had skyrocketed.

But at least half of the billions of dollars spent on online gambling each year is thought to come from U.S. bettors, and some companies in this country want to get in on the action. The American Gaming Association, the industry's largest lobby, has opposed online gambling in the past but last month backed a study of the feasibility of regulating it.

"It has to be able to be properly regulated and controlled. If it is we'd be interested," said Frank Fahrenkopf Jr., the gaming association's president, of online gambling.

Nevada's House members introduced a bill this week calling for such a study.

The United Kingdom last year passed a law significantly liberalizing Internet gambling.

Several Internet gambling bills have advanced in the House and Senate in recent years but have failed to become law.

One previous attempt by Goodlatte fell to a surprise defeat in the House in 2000 after aggressive opposition by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, then working for an online lottery company. Goodlatte alluded to that during heated debate in the Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

"This was the poison pill that was supported by Jack Abramoff five years ago — don't support it today," he shouted as Rep. Robert Wexler (news, bio, voting record), D-Fla., sought to attach an amendment related to horse racing.

Wexler objects to Goodlatte's bill because it specifically exempts horse racing; groups including the Poker Players Alliance also are opposed for that reason. Goodlatte says horse racing already is covered by the Interstate Horseracing Act.

Wexler didn't comment on the Abramoff reference and his amendment failed.

"Unfortunately the gentleman just mentioned by the gentleman from Virginia had some involvement in this issue before," remarked Rep. Chris Cannon (news, bio, voting record), R-Utah. Abramoff has pleaded guilty in a Justice Department corruption probe.

Goodlatte's bill passed 25-11. The committee also approved, on voice vote, a similar bill by Rep. Jim Leach (news, bio, voting record), R-Iowa, that creates new restrictions on financial transactions.

The two measures could be combined. Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, has said he hopes to bring Internet gambling legislation to the House floor this year.

In the Senate, Republican Jon Kyl of Arizona has pursued online gambling prohibitions for several years and his office said he would wait to see what the House does.

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by Pokergod
I just got a 4 of a kind about a half an hour ago.

I saw the flop with 78. The flop came 778. My foe went all-in when a K came on the turn. I called and he was drawing dead with pocket 3s. The forth 7 came on the river to add insult to injury.

Got to love the fish.

BTW check out this site for some great poker deals.

[DRoseDARs]

'Bout damn time