Thread: jayhawker Account Talk

Welcome, and good luck!

Thanks Tom.

I had a good January. +2.70%. I'll take that every month!

j

Very pleased with my 100% I fund play the past three days. Now I'm gonna' take a profit and earn the G penny Monday. 100% G COB today.

j

Sticking with the plan to earn the G penny Monday. The sideways action in the C/S/I today makes me optimistic but doesn't move me to take any risk when there's easy money to be made. The past two Mondays haven't been good to me anyway... and I hate Mondays.

j

Until this year, I was a long-term investor in the TSP. I’ve got at least nine years to go until retirement. After taking stock of my account and my stock portfolio at the end of 2006, I realized I cannot afford to ride out another extended bear market and still get to where I want to be for retirement. (October ’00 to October ’02 really hurt me! I wasn’t paying enough attention!) And so, I’ve been actively trading my account this year with relative success. IMO, it’s a lot like gambling. And I am an inveterate gambler.

Anyone here who wants to converse about gambling, is playing poker competitively, on-line, or in casinos, is welcome to post in this thread. I’d be happy to congratulate and commiserate with you.

j.

Do you normally play limit or no-limit? Tournaments or cash games?

it’s a lot like gambling. And I am an inveterate gambler.

Anyone here who wants to converse about gambling, is playing poker competitively, on-line, or in casinos, is welcome to post in this thread. I’d be happy to congratulate and commiserate with you.

j.

With the recent gaming laws going into effect it's hard to find sportsbooks/poker rooms that are accepting US customers. The ones that are accepting us are few, and you never know when they will follow suit and quit so it's a gamble just trying to find one that will pay out.

Thanks for your interest.

I no longer play on-line for REAL money for the exact reasons Wind Hunter states. I do play on-line in free-rolls – where you play for an entry into an in-real-life tournament. I have won an entry into a WPT tournament but it wasn’t convenient for me to go so I sold my spot. For cash games, I play in casinos here in the KCMO metro area. I typically play limit Texas holdem; $10/$20 blinds. Missouri has loss-limit rules (don’t ask) so unless you’ve managed to stash a big bankroll you’ll get bullied at the no-limit tables with only $500 to $1000 in front of you.

j

Loss-limit? Where I've been playing, the buy-ins for no-limit are $100 min, $500 max, which I assume is to avoid bullying. It's like that online as well.

And 10/20 blinds I assume is 20 - 40 limits?

Ha! I told you not to ask! Missouri gaming regulations limit the amount of chips you can buy to $500 every two hours. For example, you may buy $500 in chips within 2:00 to 4:00, another $500 4:00 to 6:00, another $500 6:00 - 8:00... and so on. $500 is the most you can buy every two hours and if you lose your $500 you have to wait until the next two hour period to buy more. It is against the law to sell, buy or even GIVE chips between players. The state government insisted on the loss limit or they wouldn't approve casino gambling and the casino owners made the concession. The owners have been fighting to overturn it ever since!

No-limit is no-limit. You play with all the chips you have in front of you.

Yes, 20/40 limits.

I was in KC on a work related trip several years ago and played some poker. The whole boat thing was quite bizarre. You had people lining up to catch the next boat, and of course there is no boat. I had no idea what they were doing at first. These silly laws they make are very... well... silly.