Poker Novice Questions

[philossify]

Why should I be wary of Hungarians?

On Punters lounge Hungarians have a bad reputation - mainly for their behaviour on freerolls on SO. Because SO (and probably other sites) cannot easily check names and addresses from Hungary then the Hungrians (mainly students - from Debrecen/Pecs I suspect) register multiple ids. They then enter every freeroll under the sun even when there are no prizes relevent to them (UK only freerolls, ones like champs lq where they don't play the ones that cost you to join) and play all-in with rubbish mode - if they lose switch out to a another id (thus turning a lot of games into a lottery rather than a game of skill coupled to luck ). They also chat in Hungarian which there are rules against and this leads to suspicions (somewhat justified methinks) that they are collaborating ("lets all go all-in this hand") and chip dumping.

There are I'm sure some good Hungarian players who unfortunately get tarred with the same brush.

[davidmphill]

Right.
Thinking of delving back into the world of poker!
Which are the best sites to play on and which are the most popular with PL Punters?
Played before in the past but not for a while so know the rules etc.

[GotaFancy?]

I'd say a good place to start are the PL Sponsored competitions - so Sporting Odds (Wednesdays), poker.co.uk (Mondays) and Virgin (upcoming freeroll) - they will have a reasonable standard of play, for a cheap buy in and value added.......

So that gives you 3 sites to play with straight away - after that, I'd say keep an eye on the daily diary and see where people are playing and what they are talking about.......

A prima account may be good if you want to play in the pretty regular private games (Dream or Crazy or 32Red or Spin Palace etc......)

Looking forward to seeing you at the tables mate .

[davidmphill]

Cheers for the info GaF.
I'll have to think of a name that installs fear into my opponents now!

[Valiant23]

Daffodil?

Mate - I'd certainly suggest Canbet - they have $500 freeroll Sat and Sun that gets less than 300 in - for a freeroll thats as good as it gets mate.

[davidmphill]

Cheers Mr V.
You can stick daffodil where the sun don't shine!

[AJ]

Bit of a dumb question but here goes.

Playing heads up last 2 of a STT, I go all in with a pair of 10's, he calls me with QJ suited. Who has the best hand at that point, in terms of expectation of winning the pot ??

[GotaFancy?]

You have - but it's a "coin flip"

Assuming you have TT of a different suit to the QJs, odds are 52.9% v 47.1% (Pokerstove is a great program for checking the odds - worth downloading - and free )

[Tax_Monkey]

You're a slight favourite, about 53% to 47% I think.


Edit: Damn GaF beat me to it

[AJ]

thanks for that, I thought it would be close. Just wanted to check that I wasn't way behind when the money went in.

I won the hand tbw, but needed a third 10 on the river to do it, after he paired his queen on the flop. I played 3 STT's last night, won 2 and second in the other.

starting to get ok at this game, but still got huge ammunts of work to do

[BDaveG]

This may be a daft question but just need to check this with the computer experts. If I want to play in a comp is it ok to use a different computer other than the one I downloaded my software. For example if I am at my brother's on Saturday I can play in a tourney logged on as myself even though he has the same poker site. Will it be affected by an ISP i.d ? Sorry if this is nonesense - am not the best with computers

[GotaFancy?]

Which site are you talking about?

In general it will be fine, though a few of the more alert operators may ask you some questions (however, as you describe it, there should be no issues)

[BDaveG]

Cheers GaF - its Goalpoker

[GotaFancy?]

Originally Posted by BDaveG

Cheers GaF - its Goalpoker

Ok - don't know how alert they (absolute) are ...... but don't think there is anything wrong in doing it (so long as you are both not playing on the same table in the same competition - which it sounds like you're not planning on doing)

[BDaveG]

No I've just qaulified through a satellite for a qualifier but realised I am at my brothers that night. Give it a go anyway, cheers mate

[jarjaruk]

Hi Dave

I mostly play at home, but quite frequently also play at other houses, when we're travelling, or visiting, or even when I want to regsiter for a tourny but I'm at work, I will download the software, log in, register for the tourny and then log back out again - I have definitely done with with Goal Poker!!!!

I've not had one problem and I must have downloaded a good 9 or 10 sites onto various computers over the recent months. I always wipe them off again after the tourny though.

So go ahead, as long as you didn't start multi-regging, they won't mind at all. I have never multi-regged and have not had one problem downloading and logging on on with different computer.

I hope this helps.

Jar

[BDaveG]

Thanks Jar

[spreaditabout]

This could be a daft question and probably obvious but i dont know the answer---

I am a mediocre player with accounts at about 6 or 7 sites, on every one of these sites there is something that says the likes of " Disconnect Protects = 1, or 2---or something similar.

Now I realise it is in the case that I lose connection, but what does it do, how does it help me??

Dont , does the number count down or what?

gl.

[slick mick]

If you have money in the pot and are disconnected that money is treated as all in so creates a side pot which you can win if when all cards are out you have the best hand. It does count down.

[spreaditabout]

got ya, with it now, thanks mick