Trying to take poker seriously, problem

You said, "when I was in high school," so I'd assume that implies you didn't go to college?

One thing I'd have to say is if you just started playing poker seriously, you have to be REALLY careful playing HU. Poker IS a game of skill, but most people who believe it underestimate how much luck is involved, and it's extremely possible you will get a serious reality check given a bit of time.

Anyways, I guess the best idea is to play at an internet cafe or a place with free WiFi, or go to a friends house or something.

I went to college this past year this incident just happened when i just got home for the summer.i'll look into the internet cafe's i guess thats probably the best idea for now. I thought HU was the type of poker that has the least amount of varience? i might and probably am wrong can anyone clarify?

Haha no, heads up is the highest variance possible. If you want consistency, play full ring.

If I were you i'd just play it up, act like you're cool with the ban, and fuckin grind that shit behind their backs. Now they are going to be watching your every move, you shouldnt have resisted so obviously. Btw, I seriously doubt your parents have a clue about firewalls or any way whatsoever to block access to the site (wtf do they run a pc-router in their house?) so just act all bummed and realize you will skate by that shit easy. Go download VirtuWin and keep all your poker shit on a secondary desktop so you can toggle between reading the bible and playing poker without them knowing.

On May 13 2009 21:26 NewbSaibot wrote: If I were you i'd just play it up, act like you're cool with the ban, and fuckin grind that shit behind their backs. Now they are going to be watching your every move, you shouldnt have resisted so obviously. Btw, I seriously doubt your parents have a clue about firewalls or any way whatsoever to block access to the site (wtf do they run a pc-router in their house?) so just act all bummed and realize you will skate by that shit easy. Go download VirtuWin and keep all your poker shit on a secondary desktop so you can toggle between reading the bible and playing poker without them knowing.

+1

also, wtf were you thinking telling them about poker if you even had an inkling that something like this would happen?

Do what NewbSaibot said. Grind secretly. That's the option I took. Although sometimes my parents would just watch me on the computer and I'd have to close Full Tilt and then doing that would make me lose tournaments ... which is probably why I only play tables now ... But yes, grind grind away, seems like your doing pretty damn well

Hmmm banning video games is pretty hardcore. You could just play and hide it as suggested - not a bad idea - though it might end up causing your parents to see poker as even more of a problem than they already do (if they find out what you're doing or are even suspicious of it). Then they'd infringe even more on your poker life, etc, etc. If you can play much at college, it'd be better to just wait until after the summer. In the meantime, play some at cafes or your friends' and start looking into moving-out options - not just over poker, of course, but the general idea of gaining more independence (if it's worth it at this point).




Some crazy HU variance from WiltonTilt's blog.

live offcampus next year, and stay there during the summer if this is still a problem. If your parents banned video games, you really thought they wouldn't care about poker?

im sure you wont have trouble beating that silly firewall

should have slowplayed telling your parents

One advice: listen to your parents .... And next time think before telling them something like that

quit poker?

like everyone else has said, what were you thinking when you told your parents?... you must have known what their reaction would be...and DEFINITELY not have kept doing it behind their backs without a plan.

As for the firewall, I find it unlikely your parents have the know-how when it comes to blocking off sites especially since it sounds like they refused to accept any intelligent reasoning.. although the two may not go hand in hand meh.

Personally my parents did have an issue initially however I assured them I never used my own money and would never put my 'own' money up for risk, they accepted it and now are quite okay with it.