Another my love is poker. No Limit Hold'Em in fact. Hopefully I will get into the other variants too, but I try to master NL HE first. I am still studying that game and it seems to me the more I study the worse I play :D I play online cause here in Switzerland are very strict laws concerning gambling. You can play poker in casino only (not in card room), but swiss casinos do not offer Hold'Em play. :/
My so far alone live experience comes from $2/$5 game in Sky City Casino, Auckland, NZ during my christmas vacation. (Shut-outs 2 Jan &Eva! Take care mates!) I was confused of chips and pot counting and actually everything and dealer did not help me at all. Very second hand I was dealt Rockets and my hand reaching my chips was shaking as I had parkinsonism :D I played it so badly that I can not believe it so far. I should fold that monster hand on flop (there was a guy pretty sure holding 2 pair or set on the flop re-raising all-in initial better and I was third (last) to speak) but I went all-in without thinking. However I was lucky as hell, cause I caught set on turn and full-house on the river beating his nines full(!) and more than dubbled my stack. After 2 hours I quit with 4x buy-in in chips, which was pretty nice.
I am looking forward to live play in CZ, poker is in boom there. I am expecting more tougher players there than in Auckland (there was a heaps of limpers) but I shall see.
Here is very nice illustration how this game can be beautiful and cruel at the same time. It is video of a crazy hand played during Party Poker European Open III. 5 out of 6 players are dealt pocket pairs! Great read and laydown of Kings! (although it would be winning hand) and Aces beaten by Ladies on lucky river.
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