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[eejit101]

How can you be 85% french. When he was born, was the hospital an eight in the english sector? And when he popped out, his body from the knees down was in the english sector too??

[Shadowknife]

Bah, I suppose for $20 I can give up my lurkerness (new word?).

I've been wanted to get into playing some online poker for a while now. I play the occasional home game here and there, but nothing serious. However, I do have an obsessive-compulsive personality, and usually spend more time reading and studying anything I do moreso than actually doing it (hence my lurking here for so long). Perhaps I need a little kickstart to get playing *nudge nudge*.

While I'm certainly not a 'great' player, I can pretty much count on cleaning up on anyone who's bad, new, drunk, high, or just not taking the game seriously. I bring my chips to any weekend party trip to the cottage, and have my beer paid for by the end. I'm patient, understand the basic strategies, and can pick up on the typical 'newbie' tells. Against anyone who really knows what they're doing though... I'd have to rely more on a good run of luck.

Something I've wanted to do for a while is learn how to play some limit hold-em, well enough to hopefully break even with some low-level online play. I was bored one day, and bought Helmuth's book, but wasn't all that impressed with it. If someone could recommend a good book, it'd be much appreciated.

Cheers,

~Chris

Edit: Awwe, why no animated avatars? I can't frequent a forum without my favourite! :P

[jimmym]

Nice post man,

I have a strange feeling we will hear more from you and your poker journeys, I reacon you will overtake me for posts within 2 months. wellcome and GL.

[eejit101]

I really like this post, and where you say against anyone whose good, you rely on luck. Your basically suited to play any limit on party poker online, up to $1000NL, as they are all rubbish.

[Talking Poker]

I'd say "Welcome to the forum!" but seeing as how you've been here for A YEAR AND A HALF (without making a single post), that seems a little silly. Wow.... You joined this site on the 3rd full day that it was "live" - that's before nearly all of today's regulars. Crazy.

Anyway, now that you've popped your cherry, I hope to hear from you a lot more.

As for your two questions:

1. Books - Do a search of the forum for detailed recommendations, but for low limit hold em, Small Stakes Hold'Em (Miller/Sklansky) is hands down the best. Lee Jone's Winning Low Limit Hold'Em is good too.

2. You are allowed to have an animated avatar.... once you get to 1000 posts. So, let's see... at your current pace, that should be approximately... carry the one.... yeah, right around the year 3504. Give or take.

[eejit101]

Lmao at number 2.

Good luck reaching that age.

And i didnt know Lee Jones wrote a book. Is the the poker stars lee jones, or someone else

[Talking Poker]

Yes, same Lee Jones... the poker player/author Less Jones, who is the cardroom manager for Poker Stars.

[bunny]

If you're only allowed animated avatars at 1000 posts, how is it possibly jim as one at 300?

[jimmym]

Sorry mate i was the first ever on the forum too have one,,, Now if TP wants to remove it then its up to him, but i was the first and did bother to discover my fish. PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE AT THIS MOMENT I FEEEL VUNREBALE. just look at my typing its fucked and am all over the place leave me alone for fuck sake.

[bunny]

Okay, I'll let this slide considering you're drunk. If you don't want TP to see it, we can always delete our posts. But since you were the first ever to have one, I don't think he should take it away from you. I don't care to have an animated avatar anyway.

[Talking Poker]

I thought I had it set for 1000, but maybe not. Sure enough, if you have less than 1000 posts, this is set to "No":
-Can Upload Animated Avatar

The only thing I can think is that jimmy did it before I fine tuned that rule. Thanks for pointing it out though, bunny. It's definitely not fair to everyone else that jimmy would get special treatment, so I'll delete it immediately.

[bunny]

No, please don't. I feel bad enough for mentioning it. No let him have it. Please.

edit: TalkingPoker, why delete it now. If he's had it this long and no one seems to mind him having it, just let him be.

[Shadowknife]

Yup, I remember someone, from another forum, posting about this "great new poker forum giving away money for posting!". What was it? 50 posts? Guess I was a little slow in starting . I guess I'll have to step it up if I want my favourite animated avatar... this post will be a step in that direction :P.

Thanks for the book recommendations, I'll check em out.

~Chris

[bunny]

If those eyes on your avatar start to move, I'm out of here.

[Shadowknife]

Soon enough... soon enough...



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[bunny]

"eek"