# Goddamn PokerRoom.com jackasses!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-pokerroom-com-jackasses/249957>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 12, 2004, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-pokerroom-com-jackasses/249957 "2004-06-12T10:21:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-pokerroom-com-jackasses/249957/21 "2004-06-13T23:13:14Z")

</div>

> [@Sam Stone](#):
>
> If you want to try a better class of free games, there are several poker channels on IRC (Internet Relay Chat). You can even download a graphical front end. You can also find several bots on those channels which play a damned good game. They are written by an AI group at the University of Alberta. One of the lead researchers is a good friend of mine. He’s doing his Ph.D thesis on computer poker, which is actually tougher than chess. But his group has the world’s best checkers playing software, and their poker AI is pretty darned good. You can play against it on IRC.

Lemme guess: it’s all Windows only, right? 😃

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-pokerroom-com-jackasses/249957/22 "2004-06-14T04:12:40Z")

</div>

Actually, there’s a good book written by Lee Jones (_Winning Low Limit Hold’Em_) that deals quite well with playing a “no fold-em hold’em” game. Unlike most of the poker books that teach how to play against other good player, Jones’ book describes a real-life game where pots are routinely going to be capped and most of the table will pay to see the flop. It’s helped me deal with that sort of game and avoid Pit-worthy meltdowns of this sort ;).

I do most of my play on PokerSchoolOnline. It’s $14.95 a month, but most of the players seem to play as if it’s for real and don’t go chasing miracle draws like most of the freeplay sites (used to be an [ultimatebet.com](http://ultimatebet.com) member, but don’t really head back there anymore for that same reason). I use the same username if anyone else is on there and up for a game.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-pokerroom-com-jackasses/249957.md?page=1)