Texas Hold'Em Discussion

[KONSPIRACY]

Please discuss the MatchBox360 Texas Hold'Em Tournament in this thread :cool:

[Renegade]

There's a tournament? I want in :D

[Hursti]

Yeah same here, I might not be the best at it but oh well. When was all this decided anyway lol

[carocat]

It's been on planning for a while now. :)

[Burning Toast]

Yes definitely be up for some of that action, don't play it to often, but always enjoy it.

When will it start / registration open?

[carocat]

Registration will open very soon. Watch this space! :)

[Hursti]

Registration will open very soon. Watch this space! :)

I'm watching but nothings happening :p

[Renegade]

Will there be monetary prizes/buy ins via Paypal?

Free poker sucks, all-in silver bullets FTL :(

[KONSPIRACY]

Unfortunately there wont be any cash prizes...but you will have bragging rights as the official MatchBox360 poker king! :D

We are working on ways of restricting those players that tend to go "all in" all the time. As always if you have any suggestions then please feel free to leave your feedback. :cool:

On a side note...M$ should have enabled gamerpoints gambling IMO.

[longjohnmcnasty1]

Yeah count me in also.
If you play tournament Poker then it cuts down on the mugs that push it in from the off (and if they do they wont last long), also form memory I'm sure you can set up pot limit instead of no limit.
As a suggestion for a very cheap price you could buy a chip and have it printed up with something like 'Matchbox 360 Champ' for very little cost (under a fiver).

[Renegade]

Yeah that chip would be really sweet! Or a cheap steel bracelet, like the WSOP ones :D

I'm saying no to Pot Limit though. All-ins are tremendously tense with No Limit Hold 'Em, as long as people use them as part of their play and not just every time they get a bullet.

I think it should be a requirement that players have to use their microphones Kon - it's all part of reading the game. Also, I hate foul language at a poker table, so if there is a way of stopping that I'm all for it.

[heyburt]

Yeah that chip would be really sweet! Or a cheap steel bracelet, like the WSOP ones :D

I'm saying no to Pot Limit though. All-ins are tremendously tense with No Limit Hold 'Em, as long as people use them as part of their play and not just every time they get a bullet.

I think it should be a requirement that players have to use their microphones Kon - it's all part of reading the game. Also, I hate foul language at a poker table, so if there is a way of stopping that I'm all for it.


yes friend...they are called rules :p

I'm seriously up for this I haven't had a good game of poker in a while...

[Renegade]

Burt, lol. I mean, in WSOP it's easy - table bans and all that. But on XBL you know how it is...

[Joe-Fabregas-4]

Sounds good, I'll play in this. But your not seriously going to ban foul language are you?

[KONSPIRACY]

It would be quite impossible and stupid to ban everyone from swearing in our online events...however as always, personal attacks, abuse or general smack talk will not be tolerated.

[Joe-Fabregas-4]

Yeah that's what I was thinking, nothing like shouting a few swear words when you lose a hand.

[Renegade]

IF anybody gets like that at my table, it's bad feedback and reviews I'm afraid. Every other game it's fine on, but foul language is poker blasphemy :p

[Joe-Fabregas-4]

ooookkk...

[xXMFx Massacre]

im great at texas all in 1st bet lol

[Hursti]

im great at texas all in 1st bet lol

That's the type of people we don't want in the competition...

[Tugsy]

Tugsy FTW.

Mind you this game is bollocks - I got two straight flush draws yesterday.... that just doesnt happen in poker, ever.

Hardly a hand goes by when someone doesnt have three of a kind or something ridiculous.

When does registration open?

[KONSPIRACY]

As soon as the comp portal is fixed to allow us to add new games. :cool:

WARNING: Tugs is the gambling king! :D

[Xg Corkin]

I may be entering, depends what other events i enter.

[heyburt]

would you call it safe for me to enter seeing as im a borderline alcho-gamblaholic....

I've got no mic now either... It smashed yesterday.

[Dannyooo]

im well up for this and yes people who always go all in piss me off *requires no skill!!

[Bonzo]

im well up for this and yes people who always go all in piss me off *requires no skill!!
Not only that but it ruins the game for other people.

[ScK ReVeNgE]

im well up for this and yes people who always go all in piss me off *requires no skill!!

Thats me just to let you know ;)

[Renegade]

If anybody is going to go all-in first hand or anything like that, don't bother entering. It's not funny, not clever, and very very common. We've seen it before, it doesn't make an impact, and it makes you look extremely stupid.

[carocat]

If anybody is going to go all-in first hand or anything like that, don't bother entering. It's not funny, not clever, and very very common. We've seen it before, it doesn't make an impact, and it makes you look extremely stupid.
I could've not said it better myself. This man deserves a medal.

[Xg Corkin]

If anybody is going to go all-in first hand or anything like that, don't bother entering. It's not funny, not clever, and very very common. We've seen it before, it doesn't make an impact, and it makes you look extremely stupid.

What if you get 2 aces? :)

[Tugsy]

Why would you go all in if you had two aces anyway? You would win only the blinds...

[xXMFx Massacre]

i want in when is it

[Tugsy]

In five minutes, you ready?

[Renegade]

What if you get 2 aces? :)

If you get dealt Bullets, the last thing you should be doing is going All-In with your first bet. Unless you're seriously short stacked and a big blind would double you up (probably due to going all-in with crap hands), anybody rushing Bullets is, as the French say, Le Moron.

[Dannyooo]

he has certainly got that right! you want to make the most out of your aces not just the blinds.

[Xg Corkin]

But it'll be funny, jk :) Don't forget about the pussys who just keep folding the whole time until there is like two people left.

[sub]

But it'll be funny, jk :) Don't forget about the pussys who just keep folding the whole time until there is like two people left.

If you get **** cards you don't always play, unless you think you can actually get something out of it by pricing others out of the hand.

[KONSPIRACY]

Any practical suggestions on how to stop ppl goin all in all the time?

[Jedi Minds UK]

Don't think you can stop this as its part of the game.

This is what poker is all about the player who is going all in most of time dont realy stay at the table for very long.

We could agree the the max bet to say 25 % of the starting money. But how do we police this.

So if you start with 1000 points you can only have a max bet of 250 points.

[Burning Toast]

I don't think you can stop all in's as some times they're required. You could definiately say that no all in's are allowed before the flop, easy rule, but will also need to limit or set the bet limits.

Or you could do a limits based on time, eg upto 5mins - ?500, then 10mins - ?1000, then no limits, or etc.

[Tugsy]

Any practical suggestions on how to stop ppl goin all in all the time?

There are none, it's the players discretion whether they go in or not. It's annoying, but I can assure you these players won't come out as winners.

;)

[ScK ReVeNgE]

There are none, it's the players discretion whether they go in or not. It's annoying, but I can assure you these players won't come out as winners.

;)

we'll see ;)

[Renegade]

Kon - you can't stop it. Let them do it, they won't last long. I think people here were just requesting that they don't.

In all fairness, if they want to go all-in stupidly every hand, they can do. I won't rise to it. As soon as they realise everyone on the table is A) not going to rise to it, and B) leaving them bad feedback, they will stop. That's all I can suggest anyone else to do - if somebody is being stupid, don't rise to the occasion. Let them be stupid, and watch them get knocked out.

[Hursti]

In all fairness, if they want to go all-in stupidly every hand, they can do. I won't rise to it. As soon as they realise everyone on the table is A) not going to rise to it, and B) leaving them bad feedback, they will stop. That's all I can suggest anyone else to do - if somebody is being stupid, don't rise to the occasion. Let them be stupid, and watch them get knocked out.

But you see, someone will have to call the all-in bet to get them out of the comp...I just know it wont be me.

[KONSPIRACY]

Yeah takin a load of blinds every hand isnt going to make you the most popular person at the table so I'd imagine the person will get a fair amount of grief if this situation does arise. Obviously you cant ban someone from going all in so its best leave it to ppl power! :D

[Renegade]

Hursti - they will soon realise that All-Ins are only winning them blinds. Boredom will win the day. The worst thing is if someone has pocket 8s or 9s and thinks they can take them out and gets unlucky. That only encourages them. Unless you hit AA or KK, don't call pre-flop all-ins is the best advice I can give for cash (and play) tournaments.

[Dannyooo]

meh ill still take part!

[ScK ReVeNgE]

Is everybody trying to say they haven't bet all in every hand at least once to win more money?

I didn't do it when I just got the game, but after looking at the scores on my friends list it was obvious that people weren't going to be on over a million if they went to a table with 20,000 and bet conservatively. If you go and bet all in you will win some and you lose some but after trying it I find that I came out with more money that I went in with.

Of course if I enter this tournament i'm not going to do it because thats just inconsiderate to the other players

[Dannyooo]

actaully when i did got into the 2 million bankroll before the update, i tryed to loose as much as possible because i already had the achievement lol i came out with 3 million lol.

[sub]

I did it to get the achievement and then shared it out amongst the others who were in the same room doing the same thing :D

[TURTLE ZED]

So any idea when this will be happening then? Is it a one-off game or a league? Whatever, I need the practice, havent played this for a while.

[Hursti]

How do you practice playing poker, it's all luck and if you know how to bluff, then you never forget ;)

[KONSPIRACY]

Registration will open as soon as the portals are fixed (hopefully next week). Format may vary depending on how many ppl register.

[TURTLE ZED]

Dont worry Hursti, I know how to bluff, when I said practice, I meant, refresh my memory with the tips n tricks and getting familiar with the cards again. All in fella, all in!

[Jedi Minds UK]

yep i still play if we the it open are you still have problems with the setting up competions:confused:

[KONSPIRACY]

Should be sorted when fiveohone returns from holiday.

[Renegade]

I reckon some of the MB regulars should play a bit of THE sometime soon! Would be nice to see the nasty side of people ;)

[KONSPIRACY]

Registration is now open. Please check Texas Hold'Em Tournament (http://www.matchbox360.co.uk/events/Texas+Hold%27Em+Tournament) portal on the front page. :cool:

[Renegade]

I'm in! :D

[Dannyooo]

yea man me also! :)

[Xg Corkin]

Im also in :)

[steverat1]

im in but not all in.:)

[VaughanO FTW]

I hope that we dnt bet with real money. Do we? I guess not but tell me anyways plz.

[KONSPIRACY]

Errr....no, its purely ficticious mate! :D

[JediMonkey]

Im in, a few of the Dogs of War players will be up for this one.

[Renegade]

When's the event start?

[KONSPIRACY]

My apologies...I still need to update the rules, but we'll get this started on Wenesday 16th May then weekly Wednesdays thereafter :cool:

[Dannyooo]

im in the 2v2 aswell, since i got exams i think im going to pull out of the texas hold em tournament

it doesnt give an option on the homepage so i just posted instead :)

[KONSPIRACY]

The Halo2 2v2 is on Saturdays mate.

[Dannyooo]

oh well ive got my exams comming up so limited xbox.

[KONSPIRACY]

Fairplay mate. Good to see you have your priorities in the right place! :cool:

edit: removed you but feel free to register again if you change your mind.

[Feed Costy]

Best get my Poker Face Ready!!!!!!

[Dannyooo]

cheers kon, i may think about it.....

just considering gcse;s are important but this may be a chance to win sum dosh, as alot of this is luck, to be fair not much skill.

[MAnderson666]

Erm...poker is a game of skill. I play it for real money and I tell you it is about skill. Some luck is involved

[Dannyooo]

well online it is more luck than skill i think, only cos u cant see their face :

[Bonzo]

well online it is more luck than skill i think, only cos u cant see their face :Wasn't there supposed to be an update for Texas Hold Em so you would be able to be in video chat with everyone like UNO?
Online takes a little skill, but luck is a massive part of the game - every hand it seems like someone always has a pair or three of a kind - that wouldn't happen in real life, whether you get the good hand or not is down to luck.

[Dannyooo]

yea man but all is goood ;)

[Lethal]

Any news on when the fixtures will be released?

[Hursti]

My apologies...I still need to update the rules, but we'll get this started on Wenesday 16th May then weekly Wednesdays thereafter :cool:

Any information going to be released or are we guessing everything ;)

[KONSPIRACY]

My apologies. The Halo3 beta was an oversight I'm afraid so the start of this tournament will be delayed for a couple of weeks. I am currently working my ass of to bring you a certain LAN event so will email everyone that has registered for this comp within the next few days n post further details on the weekend. Thanks for your patience. :cool:

[Lethal]

Quality I was hoping it would be delayed for a long time :D

[KONSPIRACY]

After Beta sound good to you mate?

[Lethal]

Sounds good I think everyone would agree :cool:

[Ricochet]

Ofcourse! Heck yes!

[Dannyooo]

well i might want to be in again then cos my exams finish just after the beta does ;)

however i may be going on holidays so im not quite sure about dates :cool:

[KONSPIRACY]

In the interest of minimising "no shows", this competition has been removed. The tournament will be relaunched in due course with a full list of rules, dates and new registration accordingly. Apologies for any inconvenience :cool:

[Cormac]

I was wondering.

[Renegade]

Aw dammit :(

[SteadyMick]

Registration will open very soon. Watch this space! :)

Yeah mate i'd definately be up for that.Is it real texas holdem or just a computer game if it's real put me down for a game:D

[Pirate Balloon]

Seeing as how it's under the "Online Events" forum, i'd guess it was a computer game.

[QS x Stevoal]

So is there going to be a Texas Holdem tourny? I would look forward to that. Even if people go all in all the time is no big deal. If they get lucky in 1 round they won't do in the next. You will always get people who will get bored half way through a game and just go all in anyway, there is no way to stop it.

[Roadpog]

id give u all a game :D

[KONSPIRACY]

We wont be doing a Texas Hold Em tournament but you're welcome to arrange THE nights via the forums. :cool:

[cookie90]

what about if a certain number of people would like a texas hold'em touranment would u consider doing one ?

[Spindryer]

Of course ,that rule has always applied.

[TCG Johnny]

i wud enter

[CazuaLLx]

i would be intrested in Taking al these kids money ? hah just kidding

[UnDeRiiVeD]

Nice way to gain posts.....Reply on somat that hasnt been posted on since March..Damn im doing it now :P

[PimpZ86]

rigistration closed?if not i would like in please...

[PimpZ86]

Nice way to gain posts.....Reply on somat that hasnt been posted on since March..Damn im doing it now :P

thank god seen your post there i never noticed dates of post,guess this wont be happening then.lol

[KONSPIRACY]

This is very very old.

We will not be doing a Texas Hold'Em tournament in the near future.

/thread closed.