# It's Poker, Not Bingo: SDMB League 1st Quarter 2008 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 3, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135 "2008-01-03T16:23:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 3, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/1 "2008-01-03T16:23:12Z")
Players come, players go. It’s been a _loongggg_ time since we had two tables running. _sniff_ Those were the good ol’ days. [Linky to 4th Quarter 2007](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=438261&highlight=poker) which amazingly has links to previous quarters. Get your stuff together and show up, people! No more of this “I have to study” “I have a DATE” “The Moon is in the house of Neptune with a rising aura of Uranus therefore I cannot play” crap. Games are Thursday evenings, 9pm Central time. I believe there are a few sites that work together - the microgaming sites - but most of us are at Crazy Poker. We also love to verbally abuse each other (gives stinkeye to _certain_ people who shall remain unnamed) through AIM. Join Us! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/2 "2008-01-03T18:33:04Z")
Hey, now, I was there when everyone else wasn’t on Thanksgiving. I think I can take a Thursday off for an actual DATE once a year. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/3 "2008-01-04T00:56:52Z")
Looks like me and **Ast** playing heads-up tonight. I can nail my first win of the quarter 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/4 "2008-01-04T04:33:16Z")
After an epic heads-up battle that left the onlookers yawning with excitement, the results are in: 1. Me 2. Oslo Ostragoth 3. Miss Take 4. Yeticus Rex (in absentia) 5. Duke of Rat 6. asterion (who has much happier things to concern himself with than mere cards) Good game, everyone. ---
**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 4, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/5 "2008-01-04T04:52:21Z")
Actually, we didn’t have any “onlookers yawning in excitement”. They mostly went to bed when we went heads up. 😃☹ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/6 "2008-01-04T12:02:05Z")
Are they every Thursday? I can’t seem to find my way into a local live game, I’ve been playing online, but something more consistent would be fun. My only problem is I probably couldn’t play every Thursday. Ummmmmmm… anybody got a problem with me? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/7 "2008-01-04T16:34:45Z")
[QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth] Actually, we didn’t have any “onlookers yawning in excitement”. They mostly went to bed when we went heads up. 😃☹ [/QUOTE] Even better, we actually put people to sleep with our playing! I have to say, you’re a hard son-of-a-gun to kill. It must be fascinating for the great players to watch their games on TV after the fact, and see what cards the other players had and if they made the right reads. Not many hands went to the showdown when we were heads-up. There were times I slow played and was just aching for you to bet. I probably folded to some bluffs. It would be interesting to reconstruct it afterwards, see if I’m any good at this game or just got lucky last night. Join in **Tof**. You don’t have to show up every week. If you’re on one of the sites on our network, look for a private tournament called “SDMB weekly”, or something like that. Password available on request. (I don’t know if I should give it out, I still feel like a newcomer to the game.) ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/8 "2008-01-04T16:51:05Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] After an epic heads-up battle that left the onlookers yawning with excitement, the results are in: 1. Me 2. Oslo Ostragoth 3. Miss Take 4. Yeticus Rex (in absentia) 5. Duke of Rat 6. asterion (who has much happier things to concern himself with than mere cards) Good game, everyone. [/QUOTE] Beat by a bot…again. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/9 "2008-01-04T17:26:32Z")
Will someone please post all the instructions for getting to the right place at the right time? Where is it? How do you get the money thing clear? Is there a way to actually hear the howls of anguish when I crush my enemies? Stuff like that… ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/10 "2008-01-04T21:31:47Z")
[QUOTE=Duke of Rat] Beat by a bot…again. [/QUOTE] Not just any bot… _ **YETIBOT!** _ ---
**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 5, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/11 "2008-01-05T01:13:50Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] Will someone please post all the instructions for getting to the right place at the right time? Where is it? How do you get the money thing clear? Is there a way to actually hear the howls of anguish when I crush my enemies? Stuff like that… [/QUOTE] Any poker room in the [Microgaming network](http://www.microgaming.com/pokerclients.php) should work. Most of us are on Crazy Poker. There are 12 or so states that are not accepted, so if you live in one of those, you might have to borrow an address from a friend. Games are at 10 pm Eastern every Thursday (although usually not Thanksgiving night). In the main lobby, click on Private - we should be listed. I have created next week’s game, so you have plenty of time to find it and sign up. Password has been “rudengrim” (without the quotes), and we have never been crashed (knock on wood). The ridiculously high buyin is .09 + .01. Funding is problematic. I railed a few games and asked - I was told that Moneygram or Western Union would work, or that one could sign up through Doyle’s Room (which is a MG room). I can’t verify any of this. We used to be able to pick up a few dimes in the freerolls, but they changed it so you have to play raked hands to qualify. We set up an AIM chat room for the express purpose of hurling insults, taunting, howling in outrage, gloating, etc. If you have an AIM or compatible account, we need to know your user name. If it is not similar to your SDMB name, you might consider creating a new account that is similar just for use in the games. That should just about cover it. ---
**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 5, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/12 "2008-01-05T03:45:14Z")
[QUOTE=The Tof] Are they every Thursday? I can’t seem to find my way into a local live game, I’ve been playing online, but something more consistent would be fun. My only problem is I probably couldn’t play every Thursday. Ummmmmmm… anybody got a problem with me? [/QUOTE] Well, you need to play at least 3 games in a quarter in order to be in the rankings. The quarterly winner gets a **FANTASTIC** prize, but we can’t say what it is, since it’s so special. One ex-player did let it slip. Suffice it to say he no longer can play, what with the injuries (Yeti can be _such_ a beast!) ---
**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 11, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/13 "2008-01-11T04:29:04Z")
Tonights results: WINNER: ME! Loser #1: Root Loser #2: Oslo Loser #3: Ast Loser #4: Kyy Loser #5: Dag Loser #6: Yeti Loser #7: AIWintermute Loser #8: Duckie ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/14 "2008-01-11T19:34:32Z")
Just chiming in to let you know that I didn’t die on you guys, just had to deal with Yeti Jr. and then my Mid-Yeti came home from practice and fired up Team Fortress 2 before I came back to the computer. Ahhhhh…the life of dad. ---
**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 11, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/15 "2008-01-11T23:12:44Z")
Some player worried about **her** place in history asked about standings after 2 games: 1 Robot Arm 83.1 2 Miss Take 79.3 3 Oslo Ostragoth 70.7 4 Kyyrewyyoae 50.0 5 Asterion 41.4 6 Dag Otto 40.0 7 Yeticus Rex 36.8 8 A. I. Wintermute 20.0 9 Duke of Rat 19.8 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/16 "2008-01-12T01:23:53Z")
Actually, I was the one wondering about the standings. I just played a live game with some co-workers. We had one guy here from India who had never played poker before. So we had a few pretend hands to show him how it worked, and wrote the order of hands from best to worst. He hit everything. In 90 minutes, he folded twice and lost one showdown. I lost to a runner-runner flush. I had to re-buy just because I didn’t want to leave so early. So did everyone else. Finally I had K-5 in the small blind and raised. The flop was 5-5-6. I bet half my stack and he called. Went all-in after the turn. He called and showed 5-6. I’ve never seen anybody get cards like he did. I’ve played poker in-person twice, about 3 hours total, and I’ve never won a hand. ---
**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 12, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/17 "2008-01-12T16:44:08Z")
[QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth] Some player worried about **her** place in history asked about standings after 2 games: [/QUOTE] KMB. It wasn’t me. Neener. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/18 "2008-01-13T00:38:11Z")
It sure as hell wasn’t me! ---
**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 13, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/19 "2008-01-13T06:33:10Z")
Seeing new posts in this thread, I thought I’d stop by to say: Eff you emeffers! ---
**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 14, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135/20 "2008-01-14T06:12:00Z")
[QUOTE=MissTake] KMB. It wasn’t me. Neener. [/QUOTE] Sorry. I thought it was you. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-poker-not-bingo-sdmb-league-1st-quarter-2008/432135.md?page=2)