A Tale of Downloads, Nicknames and Ironing
Downloading the poker software for the first time may have you wondering if it's safe. Well I've downloaded 20+ poker sites now and the only problems I've encountered are those of my own making. The step by step instructions are very easy.
Be careful to choose a nickname you actually like, because unlike PuntersLounge once you've chosen a username/nickname it is yours for as long as you're there. Pocket Lady has a slightly embaressing username on
BetFred which does her no favours imo
, although she thought it amusing at the time. Now please make sure you have set up a
real money account. This generally means you can play for cash, but don't have to deposit - in my limited experience they all try to persuade you, but only
PartyPoker make it mandatory that you deposit before you get to play for prizes/cash.
Anyway, I digress. I went through the log in process at
BetFred, and then had a look round, and clicked on various buttons. I found the Telegraph FF freeroll and the manchesteronline under "
Tournaments" then "
scheduled", clicked on it and was asked for a password. I entered the password and expected a "sod off freeloader" message, but nothing - I was in.
I have no record or recollection of how I played that night - although I do have a vague memory of clicking on 'all - in' when I didn't mean to
. I know that I didn't qualify for quite a while though.
I didn't care anyway, I was hooked. I spent many an hour googling freerolls and had an almost all consuming desire to absorb new information. That is when this post especially came in useful by
Carl;
Quote:
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Originally Posted by Carl |
I stopped playing Football Manager as I wanted, no,
needed to learn as this was something I was hoping to do for a long long time, and if thats the case you may as well learn the rules.
It didn't stop there though, as at that time there were 3 Telegraph qualifiers per night, 1 manchesteronline, various freerolls littered in between, and that was just
BetFred! I was lucky enough to be able to play a lot of poker, and I paid attention to what players were doing, but I was on
BetFred constantly. Pocket Lady was sat on my shoulder offering encouragement and advice (and distractions at times), and so in the end I threw her upstairs and told her to "Please allow me a little space in order to learn, oh light of my life".
So, off she goes upstairs, and on her second or third day of playing poker she managed to get to the last 10 of a qualifier and win a place in the final!!
Well obviously I was proud, and suggested she joined PL to become official, and fortunately the other forum members were typically supportive. Well, if telling me to pack it in and let Mrs V. take it up and I'll do the housework is supportive.
Anyway I managed to qualify for one of the two that P-L qualified for, but I still kept on playing and searching for poker rooms that had freerolls. One of the best apart from
BetFred was
Poker.com, and the standard was slightly better than I was used to, but it helped my game. There are other little features that can help bring you along too.
The two finals came and went, and I won $5, whilst
Jamiebhoy picked up the big one. Mrs V did well in both, bearing in mind how long we'd been playing.