# Something inspired: SDMB Poker Q1 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 3, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768 "2014-01-03T03:14:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/1 "2014-01-03T03:14:13Z")
They told me the title had to be something inspired. Stolen from **Robot Arm** ’s post in the last quarter’s thread… New players are welcome. We’re a friendly and social group; we play the game seriously, but not cutthroat. As always, here are the instructions for anyone who wishes to join us: For those in the know, this is the thread for our third quarter of 2013. For those not in the know, there is a group of us from the SDMB that play poker online every Thursday night at 10 Eastern/9 Central. We will continue to play on PokerStars using the “Home Game” club that was announced here. The games are still free. If you would like to join us, then follow the steps below: 1. Go to [www.pokerstars.com](http://www.pokerstars.com) and download the software. 2. Send a PM to MentalGuy(me) to have him send you the invitation code (it is no longer cecilville). 3. After installing the software, find the Home Games tab. 4. Click on “Join a Poker Club” 5. Enter 42585 as the number of the club to find. 6. Enter the invitation code sent to you by MentalGuy. 7. Wait for MentalGuy to approve you. (He will do it as soon as possible.) This should make you a member of “MentalGuy’s poker club.” Once you are there, you should have no problem finding the tournaments. The Thursday night game is our “official” game that Oslo Ostragoth keeps the standing for each quarter, but we often have additional games. Oslo often schedules a pot-limt hold’em/omaha event on Saturday nights and several players like to play an occasional Badugi tournament. If there is a game you would like scheduled or a certain time you would like to play, just let us know and we should be able to accomodate you. We also usually have chat going on AIM while we play (there is a chat window at the table, but AIM allows a bit more freedom and does not get interrupted with hand descriptions). If you join us, we would appreciate it if you fill out your information on this spreadsheet. This helps us keep players straight with their doper and AIM handles. Second order of business, a link to the thread from the previous quarter: [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=703876) ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/2 "2014-01-03T03:15:48Z")
[ol] [li]Cyberhwk 78.3[/li][li]MentalGuy 65.1[/li][li]Craneop2 62.2[/li][li]mrscraneop 62.1[/li][li]notfrommensa 58.0[/li][li]Dag Otto 55.1[/li][li]fubbleskag 52.2[/li][li]Frosted Glass 4[/li][li]asterion 43.8[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/3 "2014-01-03T04:32:51Z")
Tonights results 1. NFM 2. Mentalguy 3. Size12 4. Missy 5. C-Hawk 6. Asterion 7. Dag-bot 8. Mrs Crane Op 9. Mr Crane Op ---
**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 3, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/4 "2014-01-03T05:24:07Z")
Missy was back? I’m sorry I missed the game tonight. ---
**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, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/5 "2014-01-03T15:34:45Z")
I was back - nursing a small pile of chips just long enough to make it to 4th. ---
**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 3, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/6 "2014-01-03T22:05:27Z")
Sorry about the bot. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/7 "2014-01-04T01:13:57Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > For those in the know, this is the thread for our third quarter of 2013. From someone not in the know - shouldn’t that be 2014 Q1? ---
**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 4, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/8 "2014-01-04T01:21:24Z")
You are obviously ahead of the game. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/9 "2014-01-04T05:25:23Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > I was back - nursing a small pile of chips just long enough to make it to 4th. I think you had between 600-1200 chips for 90% of the hands you played last night. I took a lot of your chips initially, but I replenish them a couple of times when you got to 600. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/10 "2014-01-05T01:33:49Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > From someone not in the know - shouldn’t that be 2014 Q1? Ahhhh. Must have missed that when I did the copypasta. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/11 "2014-01-10T04:29:48Z")
Tonight’s finishes… [ol] [li]Cyberhwk[/li][li]NotFromMensa[/li][li]Missy[/li][li]Asterian[/li][li]FrostedGlass[/li][li]MrD[/li][li]Crane[/li][li]MentalGuy[/li][li]Dag Otto[/li][/ol] ---
**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 17, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/12 "2014-01-17T04:40:16Z")
Tonight’s results 1. Dag 2. Mental Guy 3. Meeko 4. Yeti 5. Crane 6. Ast 7. Frosty 8. Mensa Standings: 1 notfrommensa 73.9 2 MentalGuy 67.1 3 Dag Otto 58.8 4 asterion 45.7 5 Craneop2 29.5 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/13 "2014-01-17T04:55:58Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Tonight’s results > > 1. Dag > 2. Mental Guy > 3. Meeko And next time, I might actually get cards, instead of luck. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/14 "2014-01-19T01:55:58Z")
I had a request to join the club from Jack Batty. The club was at 50 members, which is the maximum, so I have had to remove some members to make room for anyone that would like to join. I reviewed results and removed anyone that has not played since the beginning of 2012. The following members have been removed (these are their PokerStars usernames): armstrc AtlasTripped CrudeDruid cutebutdumb Darkraeven Dipsgame DukeofRat ebb37 flippysa Fobmyxeer Gadarene Hamlet[SDMB] JakeLeBrun lucketc Ludovic1313 LVBoPeep niluvudopidi phlurgh RickJay Spectralist TokyoTrader wdcbooks2 Any of these players are welcome to come back, but they will need to request an invitation again. The following players have played and are still members of the club: Cyberhwkt9s Mathinator bdomino55 Mrs Crane Dag Otto fubbleskag browse61 Frostedglass adamanthaea size12wshoes Ms\_Anthrope5 Ewaffle Yeticus Rex dhkendall Roooooot Crimethink49 ngrsnow Mr\_Osala CrazyhorseSD AgentFoxtrot anamorphic MrBootis NotSanguine TedAdorno BobArrgh GrayGhost149 TexCat2004 OtbertVII And now that I type that list, I see that Greenhell and JakeLeBrun were the same person. I should not have removed him, but he just needs to rejoin if he decides to play again. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/15 "2014-01-20T03:28:13Z")
I’ve always wanted to be a catalyst. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/16 "2014-01-24T04:22:23Z")
The results for January 23, 2014: 1. Mathinator (MentalGuy) 2. size12wshoes (MrDuality) 3. bdomino55 (Craneop) 4. Dag Otto 5. JQBatty (Jack Batty) 6. adamanthaea (Asterion) 7. Roooooot (Robot Arm) 8. FrostedGlass 9. browse61 (notfrommensa) And the standings for the quarter (thanks to Oslo): 10. MentalGuy 75.6 11. MrDuality 67.0 12. notfrommensa 64.4 13. Dag Otto 59.1 14. asterion 44.3 15. Craneop 43.1 16. Frosted Glass 32.2 ---
**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, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/17 "2014-01-31T04:08:19Z")
AIM acting funky today. This evening’s results: 1. Dag 2. Mental Guy 3. Asterion 4. Frosty 5. Mensa 6. Jack Batty new standings: 1 MentalGuy 74.8 2 MrDuality 67.0 3 Dag Otto 66.9 4 notfrommensa 59.1 5 asterion 47.2 6 Craneop2 43.1 7 Frosted Glass 35.1 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/18 "2014-01-31T12:20:56Z")
So my AIM issues wasn’t just me (and my PumpkinHeads)? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/19 "2014-01-31T13:21:22Z")
Sorry I missed it this week. I don’t have to work many days in Winter but when I do I am truly exhausted after. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768/20 "2014-01-31T21:35:14Z")
Has anyone used tinychat dot com? I am using for another application and it looks more user friendly than AOL AIM. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-inspired-sdmb-poker-q1/677768.md?page=2)