<p>poker this weekend. $150 buy in. i know its alot but winner takes home $3500 (its a tournament). should i play?</p>
<p>how many people?</p>
<p>Depends how you many people finish in the money. Just take it slow and don't make a bold move unless you are certain you have the best hand. Wait until it gets narrowed down to play aggressively.</p>
<p>30 people. $4500 in the pot. 2nd place gets $1000. that gives me a 2/30 chance of actually winning money. and these people are good, i think i am going to bail out.</p>
<p>I say go for it, but it depends on the tourney structurelength of levels, payouts, and so on. It sounds like a pretty top-heavy payout...but if you're confident enough, do it.</p>
<p>Poker books always help. Barnes and Noble lets you read for free. ;)</p>
<p>texas hold'em. no cashing out.</p>
<p>don't go</p>
<p>waste of money.</p>
<p>sounds like fun.</p>
<p>but i agree, if they're good players. sit it out. there'll always be tournaments with worse players...</p>
<p>anybodt here actually play hold'em?</p>
<p>If only top 2 get money, don't play. I play.</p>
<p>Well it depends on how good you are. Do you know who is going to be playing? You know the saying: "If you dont know who the fool is then sadly you are probably the fool". ;)</p>
<p>Anyways sounds like fun.</p>
<p>yeah i have played with about 1/2 the people. we had a small tournament last week $80 first price which i won. but that was with about 5 people...that are going to be at the tournament this weekend. 3-4 of the people playing are REALLY good and when i say good i mean they have each one over $8000 in poker money.</p>
<p>I play a lot of random tourneys with friends and random people, its just for fun and of course, money. </p>
<p>I am not that good but I do okay. I just try to play my hand conservatively when in big tourney since I dont have a lot of money......</p>
<p>Don't go, it can morph into a deadly habit. Don't you have anything better to do with your $150?</p>
<p>^no not really.</p>
<p>do it. it's only 150 dollars. Learn to take risks.</p>
<p>Poor payout structure. A smart poker player would recognize it as a losing proposition.</p>
<p>"Don't go, it can morph into a deadly habit. Don't you have anything better to do with your $150?"</p>
<p>Do you not think that he already plays poker anyways? Stop being such a mother. Gambling in and of itself is not addictive.</p>
<p>It's your call man. A lot of it depends on how much disposable cash you have.</p>
<p>I play poker every week. Usually 5 dollar games.</p>
<p>jpps1's got the right idea. Although some of it depends on your abilities as a player, you have more opportunities to lose than to gain.</p>