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I think I just accidentally hustled some people (NSF people who don't care about poker)
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so my friend asked if I wanted to go to a poker night his coworker was hosting and I was like "sure". After chillin for a bit, he drove me over to the place. It ended up being a huge table, 11 people in by the time things were going full swing. I bought in for $40, but people were buying in for $60 - $70, with 25¢/50¢ blinds.
I try to play tight aggressive, so I was just folding trash hand after trash hand. In maybe 15 hands I called preflop exactly once, and then folded when someone raised.
anyway, first time I got a hand (A-10 suited), it came down to me vs one other dude after an ace on the flop. We ended up betting pretty big, and my kicker had him; I ended up taking a good chunk of his stack and going up like 50%
after that I continued to fold trash hands for another 10 or so before wavering on K-2 off. Earlier in the game I'd thrown away K-3 and then saw a pair of 3s on the flop, which probably influenced my decision more than it should have. I raised to a buck figuring maybe I'd steal the blinds, but my friend who was down to a buck seventy five went all in, and a lot of people called, theoretically to help keep him in the game if he should win it. I decided hey why not, might as well help my friend and called up the 75¢.
Flop came out A 3 5. Maybe five people were playing for a side pot at that point which was a couple bucks. I figured no way I'll hit an inside straight draw for my deuce, I'm probably sunk by the aces, but stuck in for the hell of it/pot odds.
And then turn came down a 4 and my heart rate spiked like crazy. One guy raised $5, I raised him to $10, and the sidepot was now serious money. The river didn't matter at all, I don't even remember what it was, but the betting started again. I put out another $5 and got raised to $15, which got called all around. When it got back to me I pushed all in. The other guy who had been raising me called it in a second so I put him on the deuce as well. One of the other guys in the hand hesitated for a while then called, same for the last guy. All told there were probably two hundred odd dollars in the pot.
We flipped, and as I expected, I split with the other guy holding a two. Hesitater-one had an ace and poor judgment, and hesitater-two had an ace and a 6 and I guess was going for the outside draw on the river and couldn't turn down the odds. After some really heinously complicated chip splitting due to the 3 people all in at the time, we raked our winnings.
While all this was going on, the group was trying to get pizza ordered, and by the conclusion, the deal was done for thirty bucks. People jokingly but totally not jokingly said the winners of the pot should pay for pizza. However, my friend who was now busted had been wanting to leave anyway, so I apologized and cashed out.
In an hour or so of play I scooped $140, or about 350% on my $40 buy-in, without having helped pay for dinner and only having played a grand total of 3 hands to the flop. It was extra funny because I didn't know any of the guys there besides my friend who brought me, and earlier in the night the host had joking asked if I played much, and if I was sandbagging. As we left I realized this was exactly what a hustle would look like. Time to make it rain...a very small amount.
also talk about poker, I guess?
I try to play tight aggressive, so I was just folding trash hand after trash hand. In maybe 15 hands I called preflop exactly once, and then folded when someone raised.
anyway, first time I got a hand (A-10 suited), it came down to me vs one other dude after an ace on the flop. We ended up betting pretty big, and my kicker had him; I ended up taking a good chunk of his stack and going up like 50%
after that I continued to fold trash hands for another 10 or so before wavering on K-2 off. Earlier in the game I'd thrown away K-3 and then saw a pair of 3s on the flop, which probably influenced my decision more than it should have. I raised to a buck figuring maybe I'd steal the blinds, but my friend who was down to a buck seventy five went all in, and a lot of people called, theoretically to help keep him in the game if he should win it. I decided hey why not, might as well help my friend and called up the 75¢.
Flop came out A 3 5. Maybe five people were playing for a side pot at that point which was a couple bucks. I figured no way I'll hit an inside straight draw for my deuce, I'm probably sunk by the aces, but stuck in for the hell of it/pot odds.
And then turn came down a 4 and my heart rate spiked like crazy. One guy raised $5, I raised him to $10, and the sidepot was now serious money. The river didn't matter at all, I don't even remember what it was, but the betting started again. I put out another $5 and got raised to $15, which got called all around. When it got back to me I pushed all in. The other guy who had been raising me called it in a second so I put him on the deuce as well. One of the other guys in the hand hesitated for a while then called, same for the last guy. All told there were probably two hundred odd dollars in the pot.
We flipped, and as I expected, I split with the other guy holding a two. Hesitater-one had an ace and poor judgment, and hesitater-two had an ace and a 6 and I guess was going for the outside draw on the river and couldn't turn down the odds. After some really heinously complicated chip splitting due to the 3 people all in at the time, we raked our winnings.
While all this was going on, the group was trying to get pizza ordered, and by the conclusion, the deal was done for thirty bucks. People jokingly but totally not jokingly said the winners of the pot should pay for pizza. However, my friend who was now busted had been wanting to leave anyway, so I apologized and cashed out.
In an hour or so of play I scooped $140, or about 350% on my $40 buy-in, without having helped pay for dinner and only having played a grand total of 3 hands to the flop. It was extra funny because I didn't know any of the guys there besides my friend who brought me, and earlier in the night the host had joking asked if I played much, and if I was sandbagging. As we left I realized this was exactly what a hustle would look like. Time to make it rain...a very small amount.
also talk about poker, I guess?
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so actually kinda yeah you did hustle really shitty players
This was all during my freshman year of college.
One day, one of the dudes comes to me in tears. Says that the three of them were running a scam on me. The one with a good hand would stay in and threaten to put me all in, demanding that I count my chips so they could decide whether to do it.
In the meantime, on of the two buddies would be checking the next card, or standing behind and (having watched me look at my cards) either nod or shake.
So yeah. I lost over a hundred dollars to these fucks, and made em pay me back.
I'm not great at poker, but I like to play. That especially soured me on a regular game.
I think in that situation you're supposed to challenge them to a duel at high noon
same crowd every friday and sometimes also saturday night
$20 tournament buy ins, no buy outs, winner take all
I quit when people started taking it too seriously and used it to fund their weekend. Cause the games always went on for hours, and it stopped being worth it just for hanging out with friends.
Now I'll play once or twice a year and I'm pretty bad for the amount I played
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
yeah it was hold 'em
the major terms are
deuce: a two
flop:where the dealer shows 3 cards
turn: the 4th card
river: the last card
blinds: small mandatory bets for two players to keep the action going
outside draw: trying to finish a straight where you have 4 cards in a row by drawing either the card below or above, ie if you have 4 5 6 7 you want either 3 or 8
Everyone plays holdem now and I'm just not a fan if it
I had double deuces.
Board was deuce, deuce, seven, seven ace
The other guy had seven ace.
Ho ho ho.
I fucking sucked at it
I could keep a good poker face with a shitty hand, but my very obvious tell was the uncontrollable shit-eating grin I got whenever I had a good hand
AKA how you take a fool's money
You're talking about draw poker.
Five Card Draw is what most people think of as "Poker" if they don't think of Texas Hold Em.
Each player is dealt five cards, then after each round of betting they can discard some of them to be replaced from the deck and build a hand.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
that's not... that bad?
It's the same as Texas hold em, only instead of two hole card, everyone is dealt four hole cards.
Omaha is also known as "Every Mother Fucker Has a Flush"
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
This is a game for drunk times
Which made me AMAZING at Omaha (although it's so easy to get outdrawn, so it kinda averages out).
Steam: Chagrin LoL: Bonhomie
Now, Liar's Dice
There's a man's game
I have heard of this game. Cannot remember how to play. Something like, you have to roll higher values that the other person and put it under the cup. Doubles are worth more than singles.
nope.
You have some dice under your cup and so do the other players
you propose that there are at least a specific number of a dice showing a specific value when you combine all of your dice.
That is I have four dice in my cup, 2 of which are showing three. I bet that there are 3 threes. If you have a three, then I'm right!
You can then propose a higher number of a specific value (that is 4 threes or 4 fives or 5 twos) or you can call me a liar
as soon as someone is called a liar, everyone lifts their cups to show the dice. If my bid was right, you lose a die for calling me a liar, if it was wrong, I lose a die.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Everyone rolls and hides their dice under a cup
First player makes a bid, guessing how many of each die face are showing across the entire table (two fours, etc.)
Each player in turn must either raise (by increasing the number or the face value) or challenge the previous bid
You probably saw it in the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie where they wagered years of service to Davy Jones
I used to play it when I worked as a lifeguard and we'd wager time spent on the watchtower
But whenever I play them, experienced motherfuckers see me as this huge fucking threat and team up against me, or state their only target is beat me.
Vivienne is the worst at this and tells everyone I'm winning at a game and that everyone should team up against me. When I'm not. I'm coming last on the scoreboard or whatever.
Satans..... hints.....
On the other hand
I am one of the best pachisi players in the world* because I am goddamn fucking ruthless.
*I played in an online ladder for years. It still bugs me that I never managed to reach number one, despite being second several times.
Steam: Chagrin LoL: Bonhomie
hey Munkus,
i think i am legally obligated to offer you a free beatdown of those assholes. fyi.
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You are supposed to cheat in monopoly.
It is in the rules.
Satans..... hints.....
Steam: Chagrin LoL: Bonhomie
Last time was with a bunch of dudes at Facebook. Those dudes usually spent way more money than me but I did have an occasional bout of success.
My current friends and I have a long-standing goal of getting a game together and we're failing miserably at it.
Steam: Chagrin LoL: Bonhomie
That's pretty lame when they happens.
Satans..... hints.....
well if you do ever get it going, you've got my number
I also have a set of chips, if you need help getting it going
I swear I don't normally take all the money and then run for the exit
I have never heard this story abd would like to know more
Yeah, I was going to insert a caveat given the OP... we'll see though. Getting my friends to do anything is like herding cats, though.
let's get this going, i like poker
You know what really makes this story pathetic?
They'd spend an hour or two at this.
For five dollars divided then three ways.
Satans..... hints.....