I, personally am tired of the government always in my pocketbook. They already take much more than their fair share and I feel if I want to play a $2 game of online poker after working all day (to pay for their retirement of which I have none) then that is my business and not any of theirs. This is supposedly a free country. It can't be about the gambling because there is plenty of that so it is only about them with their hand out wanting more of our money.
Pat McCauley
On Apr 16, 2011, at 7:07 AM, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Different story this morning. I just tried to get in a game on Poker Stars. They have suspended real money services to American players. There goes my Pot-Limit Omaha Project.
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> Of late, whenever I have a little spare time, I've been studying PLO. My buddy Al has been coaching me and I have Jeff Hwang's book. I started at the bottom on Poker Stars, 1 cent/2 cent PLO. I would play whenever I had a spare hour or so. Thru 15 hours I was up $7.46. An earn of about 25 big blinds per hour. The object was to earn 1000 big blinds then jump up to the 2 cent/5 cent PLO. Then earn 1000 big blinds at that level and jump up to the 5 cent/10 cent, and so on up.
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> The way I figure it, if I can't beat the 1 cent/2 cent there is no use going any higher. I'm not in the business of gambling for kicks. I started at the bottom to go thru the learning curve. I intended to creep up the levels, having to earn 1000 big blinds at each level, until I found my level of incompetence, then back off a notch. Then analyze whether the hourly rate is worth my time.
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> Oh, well. We'll just have to see what develops
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