# Come join the poker club for SDMB on PokerStars **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 14, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590 "2011-01-14T14:02:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/101 "2011-01-31T05:28:06Z")
Taxi cab confession time: could any of you tell that I was intentionally dumping chips to get out of the game? I think someone sniffed it, so I had to get more clever. I won a dime ticket in the 1:00 facebook freeroll today (Sunday) (48 out of whatever - 2500? botting since we hit the money), but finished out of the money in the 7:00 facebook dimeroll. I still have a dime ticket for some night when I don’t mind spending 4 or more hours trying to cash. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/102 "2011-01-31T05:41:27Z")
Dumping chips? Didn’t notice at all as I was playing everyhand trying to do the same. Didn’t work for me but I also didn’t care if anyone noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/103 "2011-01-31T13:57:56Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Taxi cab confession time: could any of you tell that I was intentionally dumping chips to get out of the game? From what I could tell, I was in 12th place a majority of the game. As time wore on, I grew tired. One of the last hands I had, I went for Hi, and it was during Razz. That’s when I pack up the overextended, frankly for nothing, game. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/104 "2011-01-31T14:01:58Z")
i think we were all trying to dump chicks towards the end of the 2nd hour. you could tell that it was going to be a looooooong game by that point. and live and learn. when you play the freerolls in hourse the blinds go up every time the game changes (every ten minutes). so at least it moves along. but no problems mental we live and learn and this is still a new experience for most of us. got to expect some sort of learning curve. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/105 "2011-01-31T16:03:53Z")
Personally, I think I was doing an admirable job of dumping _chIPs_, but otherwise agree completely with **peeks**. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/106 "2011-02-05T16:58:53Z")
It looks like Oslo has graciously scheduled a Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha tourney for tonight. With reasonable blind levels, so you should not need to be there all night. It is at 9:00 central time. ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/107 "2011-02-06T05:24:57Z")
So tonights PL Hold’em/Omaha tourney went for 2 hours and 8 minutes with quite the heads up finale between myself and **MentalGuy** : 1. ObtertVII ( **Oslo Ostragoth** ) 2. browse61 ( **notfrommensa** ) 3. Ewaffle ( **Meeko** ) 4. BobArrgh ( **BobArrgh** ) 5. GrayGhost149 ( **Gray Ghost** ) 6. JakeLeBrun ( **GreenHell** ) 7. Mathinator ( **MentalGuy** ) 8. Frostedglass ( **Frosted Glass** ) I have decided that mid straights are my new favorite hand. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/108 "2011-02-13T02:14:11Z")
Game coming up within an hour - any players? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/109 "2011-02-13T04:49:03Z")
tonights Omaha H/L 1. Mensa (the Magnificent) 2. Phlurgh (the PhRobot) 3. Dag Otto (Preminger) 4. OtbertVII (the Ostentatious) 5. Mathinator (the non-eliminator) ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/110 "2011-02-13T05:48:27Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Game coming up within an hour - any players? Well shoot. Didn’t know we had a tournament today. Thought we might’ve, but I didn’t see an e-mail from Stars. Bummer, I was looking forward to playing PLO/Omaha split with y’all. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/111 "2011-02-13T19:31:57Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > Well shoot. Didn’t know we had a tournament today. Thought we might’ve, but I didn’t see an e-mail from Stars. Bummer, I was looking forward to playing PLO/Omaha split with y’all. There is another chance. But I switched things up a little. **MentalGuy** gave me Admin rights so I created another tournament, with a some twists This Omaha H/L will be ‘No Limit’ and I accelerated the Blind increases from 10 minutes increments to 5 minutes. The Default Blind (and unchangeable) structure is too slow. It goes from: 10/20 15/30 20/40 25/50 30/60 40/80 50/100 60/120 … which is too slow IMO. So I changed the blind levels increasing from **10 minutes** to **5 minutes**. And, This one **has antes starting at 30/60 Blind level.** However, the starting stack is now **2000 chips** instead of **1500 chips.** Game is at 8 pm sharp Central time Tonight! come join us. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/112 "2011-02-14T02:56:56Z")
Unfortunately, there was not much of an us tonight. With 5 minutes to go before shuffle up and deal, only **Meeko** and I were signed up. So IMed **Meeko** to unregister. At that time **MentalGuy** and **PeekerCpa** signed up. I re-registered and IMed Meeko to re-register but he didn’t make it in time. Oh well I kicked butt once again: 1. Mensa 2. MentalGuy 3. PeekerCPA ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/113 "2011-02-14T03:03:11Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Unfortunately, there was not much of an us tonight. With 5 minutes to go before shuffle up and deal, only **Meeko** and I were signed up. So IMed **Meeko** to unregister. At that time **MentalGuy** and **PeekerCpa** signed up. I re-registered and IMed Meeko to re-register but he didn’t make it in time. > > Oh well I kicked butt once again: > > 1. Mensa > 2. MentalGuy > 3. PeekerCPA There was a game tonight? Didn’t think to check emeil earlier… ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/114 "2011-02-14T04:05:59Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Unfortunately, there was not much of an us tonight. With 5 minutes to go before shuffle up and deal, only **Meeko** and I were signed up. So IMed **Meeko** to unregister. At that time **MentalGuy** and **PeekerCpa** signed up. I re-registered and IMed Meeko to re-register but he didn’t make it in time. > > Oh well I kicked butt once again: > > 1. Mensa > 2. MentalGuy > 3. PeekerCPA I watched a few hands, and from what I saw they made quick work of Peeker. :eek: Something tells me I would have been an appetizer to the peeker entree ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/115 "2011-02-14T07:52:21Z")
I’m trying to sign up with “42585” and “cecilville” at [PokerStars.net](http://PokerStars.net) and it is telling me “Club ID and invitiation code is not valid.” Any ideas? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/116 "2011-02-14T08:04:15Z")
DOH. Should have RTFThread. PM sent. Hopefully I can make some Freerolls. I’m **seriously** rusty though. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/117 "2011-02-14T16:18:41Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Unfortunately, there was not much of an us tonight. With 5 minutes to go before shuffle up and deal, only **Meeko** and I were signed up. So IMed **Meeko** to unregister. At that time **MentalGuy** and **PeekerCpa** signed up. I re-registered and IMed Meeko to re-register but he didn’t make it in time. > > Oh well I kicked butt once again: > > 1. Mensa > 2. MentalGuy > 3. PeekerCPA Made it home last night in time for a 9PM central poker game…at 8:05 PM. Whoops. Sorry I missed you all. Sounds like it was quick, in any event. **Cyberhwk** , I think **MentalGuy** has to personally approve each new addition to the home game. Other than that, I don’t know why it won’t let you in. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/118 "2011-02-14T17:31:43Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > DOH. Should have RTFThread. PM sent. Hopefully I can make some Freerolls. I’m **seriously** rusty though. We don’t care about your rust. We want your chips! I am sure MG will get your IM later today. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/119 "2011-02-14T17:35:49Z")
I like the format, but only saw 2 people registered at the last minute and didn’t think a Hi/Lo game would be much fun with only 3 or 4 people. But we should try it again some time, I’d like to play Omaha Hi/Lo some more. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590/120 "2011-02-14T18:24:38Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I like the format, but only saw 2 people registered at the last minute and didn’t think a Hi/Lo game would be much fun with only 3 or 4 people. But we should try it again some time, I’d like to play Omaha Hi/Lo some more. No offense, Well thats one of the problems, if everyone thought like that, no one would ever sign up. With five minutes to go, I told Meeko to un-register because he and I were the only ones registered. I didn’t want to play heads up. And then Peeker and MentalGuy showed up at the last minute to play. I re-registered and barely got in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-join-the-poker-club-for-sdmb-on-pokerstars/567590.md?page=7)