Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:The first edition was on eBay, but psshaw, I'm a Second Edition kinda guy.
I wouldn't use the first edition to wipe my
dog's ass!
Now, onto your poker-related questions!
Are there any Hold 'Em computer games? Where the computer plays the part of all the other players
Yes! But if you were to play those games, I would have to pigeonhole you into the "dumber than oatmeal" category! I mean, why would you want to play against a computer, when you could play against ACTUAL PEOPLE! Online! For fake chips! Please go here:
http://www.paradisepoker.com, set yourself up an account, and start playing!
Would it be correct in assuming that even if there were it would be meaningless because the entire point of the game is to discern what your opponents are doing by their mannerisms?
I've tried for several minutes now to recall something I've ever heard that was
less correct than what you have just said, and I have come up empty! First, let's address this laughable statement:
...the entire point of the game is to discern what your opponents are doing by their mannerisms
Okay, Johnny Chan, time to wake up from whatever dream world you've concocted for yourself! At the level of the games you will be playing, "tells" such as these are next to worthless in the first place, for the following two reasons:
1. The other players will play so consistent, and so consistently bad, that altering your play based on some sneaky suspicion you had that when they picked their nose, that means they have three of a kind, is nonsensical.
2. You will be far too busy stacking up all of your winnings to notice what the other people are doing.
What you will read in the book I have pointed you to, the single most important facet in your quest to become a winning low-limit poker player is, you make most of your money at these games by
not playing! That's right! Every time you fold your cards before putting in a bet, you are actually
making money. And you will be playing against people who seemingly
never fold their cards! THEY are the people you are making money *from*!
AND, you can get free drinks while all of this is going down!
One final comment about "tells": Poker Expert(!) does most of his playing online (at the aforementioned paradisepoker.com), where of course, there are no such things as physical tells, since everyone looks like an oval with their name in the middle of it.
Thank you for consulting with the Poker Expert!
[quote="Ice Cream Jonsey"]The first edition was on eBay, but psshaw, I'm a Second Edition kinda guy.[/quote]
I wouldn't use the first edition to wipe my [i]dog's[/i] ass!
Now, onto your poker-related questions!
[quote]Are there any Hold 'Em computer games? Where the computer plays the part of all the other players[/quote]
Yes! But if you were to play those games, I would have to pigeonhole you into the "dumber than oatmeal" category! I mean, why would you want to play against a computer, when you could play against ACTUAL PEOPLE! Online! For fake chips! Please go here: [url]http://www.paradisepoker.com[/url], set yourself up an account, and start playing!
[quote]Would it be correct in assuming that even if there were it would be meaningless because the entire point of the game is to discern what your opponents are doing by their mannerisms?[/quote]
I've tried for several minutes now to recall something I've ever heard that was [i]less[/i] correct than what you have just said, and I have come up empty! First, let's address this laughable statement:
[quote]...the entire point of the game is to discern what your opponents are doing by their mannerisms[/quote]
Okay, Johnny Chan, time to wake up from whatever dream world you've concocted for yourself! At the level of the games you will be playing, "tells" such as these are next to worthless in the first place, for the following two reasons:
1. The other players will play so consistent, and so consistently bad, that altering your play based on some sneaky suspicion you had that when they picked their nose, that means they have three of a kind, is nonsensical.
2. You will be far too busy stacking up all of your winnings to notice what the other people are doing.
What you will read in the book I have pointed you to, the single most important facet in your quest to become a winning low-limit poker player is, you make most of your money at these games by [i]not playing[/i]! That's right! Every time you fold your cards before putting in a bet, you are actually [i]making money[/i]. And you will be playing against people who seemingly [i]never[/i] fold their cards! THEY are the people you are making money *from*!
AND, you can get free drinks while all of this is going down!
One final comment about "tells": Poker Expert(!) does most of his playing online (at the aforementioned paradisepoker.com), where of course, there are no such things as physical tells, since everyone looks like an oval with their name in the middle of it.
Thank you for consulting with the Poker Expert!