Am I crazy?

[Reel Deal]

I swear I get the worst cards at Pokerroom... anyone else feel they get better cards at some sites over others? Man, it's discouraging. I wish they had hand histories there so I could show you all.

[GeoffM]

4 words:

STOP PLAYING AT POKERROOM!

That will be all .

Edited to add: What a great 1,500th post.

[SirFWALGMan]

My last 3 days I would put up against anyone. At least they did not cost me much cash. I have been 2-outer rivered out of tourneyments 2 times, and lost ten bucks once, when going all in with best cards, and having someone hit one OF THE TWO cards they possible could. A2 vs KK. He has a pair of 2's, I have KK by the turn. I decide to end it. I go all in. 1800 in chips. Have his ass mostly covered. Call. Hit a river 2. Nice. I thought 2 outers were supposed to be rare? I will not even go into the flush drawouts and runner-runner straights right now.

[Reel Deal]

As soon as I clear the bonus I'm working on I'll be taking most of my $$ out of there and putting it at Stars. I did like the $50 NL table I played today (at least the pots get up there where you can get an occasional .5-1 point), won a nice pot then gave most of it back over the next few hands. I also like their MTTs that run continuously, just don't seem to catch the cards there like I have at Party.

[GeoffM]

Are you on Party yet !?!?!?!?

If not, what the hell are you waiting for .

Reloads every month, weak players, always plenty of ring games to choose from, customer service that is second to none, quick cashouts...I could go on for hours.

[Talking Poker]

Stars customer service is FAR superior.

Other than that though, you're in the ballpark.

[Reel Deal]

Here's your answer:

First two accounts I opened were Party and PR... since TP has them ranked 1-2.

[Reel Deal]

Of course I botched that this month... took $$ out of Party to open up accounts at Noble and Stars and then took $$ out of PR to reload at Party, problem being that if you take $ out of Party while the reload bonus is active any $ you put back in doesn't count towards the reload. Duh. I won't F that up next time though.

[GeoffM]

Yeah, it is tough when you start a roll, missing out on reloads and stuff like that.

Just be patient, play solid poker, and eventually you'll be great for every reload at every site.

I find that about $1500-$2000 is a good amount to take advantage of reloads everywhere without having to frantically move money around all week and check neteller 6 times a day.

Try and open an Empire Poker account on a "clean" computer and use a different email address, they have a lot of reloads too (until your account gets frozen LOL).

[Reel Deal]

Yep, thanks for the tips Geoff.

[junYUN]

there are definitely some sites i won't play at because of bad luck, so yes.

edit: or is it no? (question being are you crazy)

or am i crazy?

[Reel Deal]

Thinking back on it now, the initial question in this post was a dumb one as I was crazy long before I was introducted to a poker table. I blame 14 years of marriage.

[Tony Cheval]

The Microgaming/Prima sites have been my bogeyman (Royal Vegas/Gaming Club/7 Sultans etc), always seems to be that one lucky maniac waiting to ambush me.

As for tournament bad beats, how about getting knocked out of an O8 tourney in 20th place to a pair of 3s (no low)? Probably not the smartest call by me, but at that point it was either run with the good draw for a shot at the big money, or fold and pray to hold on for 10th and get my buyin back.

[GeoffM]

Tony, I got you beat.

I lost to a pair of 2 and got knocked 2.

[Kurn]

On the other side, I moved up a couple of notches at the final table in an O8 multi last week when I pushed with AQ62, got called by AAJTd and the board came T9224.

[GeoffM]

One point, my post above made no sense.

I got knocked out by a pair of 2s near the bubble.