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Forum: Internet Gambling 09-25-2007, 04:03 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 59
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: Spreading 72 game online?

I vaguely recall some site called "America's Best Poker" or something like that, from the early days. I never bothered with it, but their ads in Card Player indicated that they had all the options...
Forum: Internet Gambling 09-25-2007, 03:58 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 225
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: When was no-limit hold\'em first played online?

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"I think Paradise was the first site to offer SNGs, around '99 or 2000."

paradise had sngs but they were limit only at the time. i am positive of this from experience.


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Forum: Internet Gambling 09-23-2007, 11:25 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 225
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: When was no-limit hold\'em first played online?

I think Paradise was the first site to offer SNGs, around '99 or 2000.

As for PL/NL real money cash games online--I remember 'Stars having them more or less from their kickoff, which would be late...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 09-22-2007, 01:33 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 118
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: 2008 LA Poker Classic

Thanks for the info..last time I checked, it wasn't there (or I just couldn't find the link--senility is always a possibility for me /images/graemlins/smile.gif ).
Forum: News, Views, and Gossip 09-21-2007, 01:39 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 332
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: How much does someone make for being sponsored by a poker site?

@Butcho: No problem, thanks for the vote of confidence.

@ChiTown: $7 Million was the number as reported to me. Why is this so hard to believe? This year, FullTilt was offering $10 Million to...
Forum: News, Views, and Gossip 09-21-2007, 12:20 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 332
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: How much does someone make for being sponsored by a poker site?

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Care to explain where you're getting such information?

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I would, but really, what would be the point? Somebody will just flame away, claiming I'm talking out of my...
Forum: News, Views, and Gossip 09-20-2007, 10:47 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 332
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: How much does someone make for being sponsored by a poker site?

Moneymaker and Raymer are/were in a slightly different situation than Hachem--Hachem had not won a seat in the ME via an online satellite. Shortly after Hachem won, a big powwow was held at the...
Forum: Televised Poker 09-20-2007, 01:57 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 60
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: Phil Laak and Antonio Esfandiari on Loveline right now...

I just hopped on the 'net stream of this show..what the hell kind of show is this? Why do I want to get sex tips from Phil and Antonio? Yuck....
Forum: Internet Gambling 09-19-2007, 10:39 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 498
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: \"Someone is trying to log onto your account from another computer\"

How strong is/was your password? If you have any kind of notoriety on FTP (i.e., people think you have a lot of money in your account), it's possible that somebody was launching a "dictionary...
Forum: Internet Gambling 09-19-2007, 12:07 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 85
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: Playing from same IP @ Stars MTT OK?

fwiw, on a related point: I've been playing on PokerStars practically since they started up. I don't know what their policies are now; but back then I recall that I had to send them an email in...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 09-18-2007, 04:13 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 118
Posted By SteelWheel
2008 LA Poker Classic

Any dates or schedule posted for this one yet? I check the Commerce website every few days, and have sent them an email or two--no luck. I suppose I could just, like, call them or something, but if...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 09-18-2007, 04:09 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 102
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: Where may one play Razz?

Mambo was an attempt to provide a sort of hybrid stud/holdem/high-low game. Players were dealt one down and one up, after which the low card brought it in. Second round was dealt down, at which...
Forum: News, Views, and Gossip 09-16-2007, 11:14 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 939
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: What do you say when asked what you do for a living?

I have business cards that give my name, website, phone number, etc..in the area where you'd normally expect to see occupation it says, "Poker Player/Situational Analyst". ...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 09-16-2007, 11:00 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 102
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: Where may one play Razz?

There is a regular 40/80 "mix" game in Vegas at the Bellagio, which includes several different "low" or "high/low" games, depending on player preferences. Typical games in the mix include 2-7 TD,...
Forum: Internet Gambling 09-13-2007, 10:35 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 41
Posted By SteelWheel
Great new \"auto-rebuy\" option on \'Stars!

I'm playing the 'Stars $11+R tournament right now, and just noticed that they have finally wised up and added an "Auto-rebuy", and a "Double auto-rebuy" check box feature, right below the "Sit out...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 09-09-2007, 08:30 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 697
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: Why I don\'t like Bellagio

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a floor-person doing double-duty as a chip-runner isn't really the same as a chip-runner getting thrown into floor-duty. That was his point I believe.


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Correct. I'm...
Forum: Internet Gambling 09-09-2007, 05:05 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 110
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: New PokerStars update has weird window focus issue.

I haven't noticed any updates of changes in behavior on Stars the last few days--but I'm not a big user of AHK or auxiliary software like PokerTracker, etc...

Nevertheless, it occurred to me that...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 09-09-2007, 04:25 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 697
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: Why I don\'t like Bellagio

During the WSOP, I saw several employees who normally are chiprunners occasionally pressed into duty as floorpeople on some of the slower weeknights, especially in the last few weeks of the Series. ...
Forum: Internet Gambling 09-07-2007, 10:48 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 82
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: stars deposit options-money gram

It works fine, and is superfast..the only part that's a little off-putting for me is that all my local MoneyGram locations are in crummy neighborhoods where English is not the first (or even the...
Forum: Internet Gambling 09-06-2007, 11:15 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 85
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: any sites compatible with new wifi ipod?

OTOH, the guys on this site seem to think that a native MAc client for 'Stars is imminent--imminent being defined as the next month or so...

http://pokeronamac.com/

I'm getting closer and...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 09-06-2007, 08:47 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 288
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: Yet another NYC raid

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am I to assume that if youre playing during a raid youre screwed as to the amount of money you have bought in for or have won? I kinda doubt the cops would let you cash in before...
Forum: News, Views, and Gossip 09-03-2007, 03:44 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 500
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: No love for Harrington

This is kind of splitting hairs. In later stages of tournaments, where one has to play a lot of shove-it-in poker, a "10BBs remaining" situation is approximately equal to a "5M" situation. I think...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 09-03-2007, 03:30 AM
Replies: 117
Views: 697
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: Why I don\'t like Bellagio

??

The chairs were all replaced when they re-modeled the room a couple of years ago. Now that some time has passed, a few of them are getting a little creaky--but it's not any worse than any...
Forum: Brick and Mortar 09-03-2007, 02:35 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 64
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: Apts Behind Home Depot in Vegas???

There are a dozen or so Home Depot stores in Vegas..but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the condo complex that you're referring to is "Belle Vita" on Decatur, a little south of Flamingo....
Forum: Internet Gambling 09-01-2007, 11:55 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 400
Posted By SteelWheel
Re: IntelliPoker -Pokerstars plans to educate the fish?

Precisely my point. Out of every 1000 people who read a book about card counting in BJ, only about 100 or so manage to read it all the way through. Only 10 will memorize the strategies and act...
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