Poker Set!

[Grandad]

Originally Posted by Pheebs

*fnar*

Superb we'll stick to some fleabay type ones

Would love to have a couple of nights playing poker with the likes of you mister!! I think you could teach me a thing or two!!

Will have to set up a proper night for the new year - bit too skint at the moment and only able to afford this due to a tax rebate! Huzzah! But indeed, when we do arrange one you must come play!

would be great to get folks together for a game

[Pebs]

Off on a little tangent, can either of you recommend a decent 'learn to play poker' website that doesnt involve piles of money?

[Grandad]

most have "pretend money" ones

pokerstars, full tilt, partypoker

generally change the .com to .net for the free version

the problem is that people tend to play stupidly as they can just reload their chips, small stakes real money games tend to be a better proposition, partypoker have really small stakes ( 10p or less ) single table tournaments and you will learn more playing these

[Nutcase]

I've only ever played strip poker

Is that where the "hold'em" came from?

[Pheebs]

Originally Posted by Pebs

Off on a little tangent, can either of you recommend a decent 'learn to play poker' website that doesnt involve piles of money?

As Grandad said - freebies on the tinterweb aren't brilliant because people just go silly and bet all the time. If played right Poker can take FOREVER and a day but it's better that way

Have a bish bash bosh online though and see how you get on. I personally would say going to a friends house and playing poker with them would be the best way to learn though as you can always show your cards afterwards and they can explain whether your moves were good etc and explain their motifs too

I'll give you a game

We recently taught a couple to play and they love it. If you're like me and like playing all sorts of cards and aren't too bad with figures you should pick it up pretty quickly!

Originally Posted by Nutcase

I've only ever played strip poker

Is that where the "hold'em" came from?

I used to live with three blokes and we frequently played poker (normally after a night out and it always ended up strip poker). I learned to play to win pretty darn quickly (I also learned how to do dodgy shuffles well too )

[leowyatt]

Originally Posted by Pheebs

I used to live with three blokes and we frequently played poker (normally after a night out and it always ended up strip poker). I learned to play to win pretty darn quickly (I also learned how to do dodgy shuffles well too )

so don't play Poker with Pheebs, she's a scummy cheat

[Kell_ee001]

You don't have to get the full table like Rotty has there, but Andrew and I had the table top which was perfect and looked soooo good No where near the price and was a lot of fun!

[Pheebs]

Only once or twice did I do a dodgy shuffle I'll have you know! And that was to get other people in trouble and not to save my own removal of clothes (I was being mean )

I only use slight of hand now when doing magic tricks

[Pheebs]

Originally Posted by Kell_ee001

You don't have to get the full table like Rotty has there, but Andrew and I had the table top which was perfect and looked soooo good No where near the price and was a lot of fun!

We drag in our dodgy wobbly legged old plastic garden table and cover it with a cheapo black cloth

Grandads table ROCKS! And not in the way our wibbley one does

[leowyatt]

Originally Posted by Pheebs

I only use slight of hand now when doing magic tricks

"Oh no it seems you've lost and now need to remove all your clothes" I know your plan missy