# How many Dopers play poker? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 16, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-play-poker/532656 "2010-03-16T15:16:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-play-poker/532656/21 "2010-03-22T13:00:55Z")
Enjoy playing online occassionally, still a novice. First started with Zynga on FB, once I hit $1M on there, I moved on to [pokerstars.net](http://pokerstars.net), not doing as good there. Only played live once, at a tourney won in someone’s house\*, survived about halfway through, including winning a few all-ins. Would love to play more in real life, there’s a casino not that far from us, if we ever get down there, I should try putting my money where my mouth is. Maybe one Thursday I’ll check out the Doper game. \*if this is illegal, ignore that part. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 27, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-play-poker/532656/22 "2010-03-27T05:36:54Z")
I play in the Thursday night game. I have played online for maybe ten years. I have never played a B&M game. In the good old days, I would buy in to 3 NLHE .01/.02 games at Pokerstars, and play until I had doubled up or more in all of them. Since the UEIGA (sp?), Stars became shark-infested (even at that micro-micro-level), and I lost almost all of my real money bankroll, so the only games I play there now are play money SnG’s. I still have about 1.3M chips, so I’m good for a while. The Thursday night game most recently was on the MicroGaming network, which had some playable freerolls. They usually had about 3000 entrants, paying the top 260. I cashed quite a few, including a marathon four-hour match for second for $11. When it became impossible to fund that site, we migrated to the self-hosted, play money, Poker Mavens. Some of us still have money at MG, but I haven’t been back to check out the games. I guess I should cash out if I can figure out how. Serious players are welcome to the Thursday night game to show us how poker \*should \*be played. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-play-poker/532656/23 "2010-03-27T12:22:29Z")
What time BST is the Thursday game played? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-play-poker/532656/24 "2010-03-27T13:22:24Z")
10p EDT (GMT-4) so that’s 3a BST? ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-play-poker/532656/25 "2010-03-27T14:47:12Z")
as i thought, a bit late when i have work the next day! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-play-poker/532656/26 "2010-03-27T15:42:00Z")
A vote for “not me”. The only poker I play is a game on my computer with simulated opponents and simulated money. Which is a good thing because I regularly lose hundreds of dollars most times I play. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-play-poker/532656/27 "2010-03-27T18:35:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > A vote for “not me”. The only poker I play is a game on my computer with simulated opponents and simulated money. Which is a good thing because I regularly lose hundreds of dollars most times I play. Is there anything like this that tells you the winning percentage of your possible plays to help improve your game? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-play-poker/532656.md?page=1)