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I don't think so.. I see the dealer take in tips and put them in the rack of chips (odd...). I'll go and ask... maybe that dealer was screwed up haha.
Maybe there's a mix up in terminology here.dduardo said:ek, just do a google search for "card counting poker" and you'll find plenty of tutorials. Here is an example:
http://pokermag.com/ManageArticle.asp?C=60&A=6587 [Broken]
I don't have them memorized. Arithmetic is my thing. I can do any odds to a good approximation almost instantly.Physics_wiz said:Ok so you have them memorized.
Seems betting is illegal there http://www.gambling-law-us.com/State-Laws/West-Virginia/Physics_wiz said:BTW, anyone know anything about whether online poker is illegal or not? I live in WV...anyone know where I can find like state laws concerning gambling or something?
Woo hoo, I can look forward to those rousing backgammon tournaments! :rofl:..except bowls, chess or backgammon, draughts or a licensed game...
:!!) :!!)TheStatutoryApe said:Ok... I need to visit WV so I can gamble on chess games lol. That and to take Moonie out for dinner ofcourse.
It's tough to get 6-10 guys together a lot of the time. Unless you live near a casino or card room, which in my case I don't. If you want to play more than once or twice a week, you pretty much have to play online.arildno said:I don't get this:
What's so interesting having poker games over Internet??
It is a lot more fun to be together for real, right?
In the U.S., gambling laws are determined by the individual states, so what is legal in one state may be illegal in the neighboring state.ek said:Online poker is not legal in the US nor is it illegal. It is not stated explicitly anywhere what the country's policy is.
All of these online poker rooms are offshore so really the US has no jurisdiction anyway.
You do, however, have to pay taxes in the US on online poker winnings. In Canada we do not.
There are certain sites that do not allow Americans or Canadians for one reason or another. For example Americans are not allowed to play at Ladbrokes and Canadians are not allowed to play at Bodog. But all of the major sites are open to everyone legally.
I agree. I don't see the fun in playing online. More of the fun in playing is the face-to-face psychological game...who has the better poker face, who bluffs well, etc. Plus, in a friendly game, it's just something to do while chatting (but then you play for things like peanuts or M&Ms rather than money).arildno said:I don't get this:
What's so interesting having poker games over Internet??
It is a lot more fun to be together for real, right?
You're so bad, so very very bad! It's so unfair that you're gay!arildno said:Oh, you were talking about the card game..
Sorry for butting in..
Yes, I absolutely agree with you, dear..Moonbear said:I agree. I don't see the fun in playing online. More of the fun in playing is the face-to-face psychological game...who has the better poker face, who bluffs well, etc. Plus, in a friendly game, it's just something to do while chatting (but then you play for things like peanuts or M&Ms rather than money).
Welcome any timeTheStatutoryApe said:Ok... I need to visit WV so I can gamble on chess games lol. That and to take Moonie out for dinner ofcourse.
I know that.Moonbear said:In the U.S., gambling laws are determined by the individual states, so what is legal in one state may be illegal in the neighboring state.
:grumpy: BK and McD's?!?!?!!!!Physics_wiz said:Welcome any time. I haven't been here for long, but I know a few places to go (we have BK and McD's).
It was a joke Moonbear! They do have some pretty nice restaurants around here. I think I've been to one of those "real" http://www.theglasshousegrille.com/]restaurants[/PLAIN] [Broken] only once in my entire lifeMoonbear said::grumpy: BK and McD's?!?!?!!!!
Believe it or not, there are decent restaurants out there. I was at a really nice restaurant on this last trip down (not that I noticed the name...definitely not a place for anyone on a student budget), and there's a decent Indian restaurant somewhere in the downtown area (that's the area where I get hopelessly lost), I've wandered into a pub with typical pub food, there was a brew pub somewhere, but I can't recall if that was near the campus or someplace else...went there on one of my first trips to WV and was really turned around and clueless as to where I was...someone just picked me up at the Pittsburgh airport and transported me everywhere, and I had no idea where I was most of the time I was there.
Uh oh! Now I'm going to have to walk around wearing my mask and cape to hide my secret identity! :rofl: Yep, that's the name of the restaurant (though I didn't see it until I quoted you...wrong tags on it), it was very good! I was looking through the list of local restaurants today trying to remember places I've been while visiting. Glasshouse Grille was this recent trip. Of course since I've almost always stayed at the Hampton Inn while visiting (I've visited MANY times over the past several years), I've eaten at the Applebees many times (to the point where I'm sick of it), there's also a decent Chinese place on Van Voorhis, and right up where Van Voorhis and 705 intersect, there's a tiny little mall with a decent family-run Italian restaurant (very small, slow service, but good and plentiful food).Physics_wiz said:It was a joke Moonbear! They do have some pretty nice restaurants around here. I think I've been to one of those "real" http://www.theglasshousegrille.com/]restaurants[/PLAIN] [Broken] only once in my entire life. It was a school sponsored thing too. Other than that, the best I've been to was the $6 chinese buffet next to walmart.
BTW, where'd you go in WV? I live in Morgantown
Obviously they play Crown Green Bowl in West Virginia.Moonbear said:I found out what bowls is! :rofl: http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Bowls.htm
At least it's not shuffleboard, I guess. :rofl: I'm trying to figure out where in WV the land would be flat enough to play a game like that. I think I'd be betting on whether the balls would stay on the playing field. :rofl:
:rofl: That sounds like the "ultimate" croquet games we used to play! It was sort of like croquet combined with miniature golf. We'd have obstacles, and ramps to play around. Of course it's the sort of game you play when you have one old professor who shows up to a party with a croquet set expecting this will be a popular pasttime, and the younger crowd finally agrees to play after consuming plenty of beer first (or was it the spiked cider?), but regular croquet is rather boring, so voila! you get ultimate croquet.BobG said:Obviously they play Crown Green Bowl in West Virginia.
That's a fun game at picnics (except the sets you buy at Walmart, Gart Sports, etc are called Bocce Sets, in spite of the fact that Bocci is a completely different game). It would be an excellent betting game. Not only for the winner of the game, but the side bets on each shot - "Off the tree, over the root, around the sprinkler head, nothing but Jack"; "Off the back of Jack's head, off the windshield of Jack's car, down the steps, over the foot bridge, under the bush, and nothing but Jack." :rofl: