First Posts quiz Part 2

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Having played Online poker for years but never a live game I am really tempted to pop down there (I live in Leeds).

Just a few questions if anyone can help me.

Is it newbie friendly? Or should I go to a lower buyin tourny for my 1st live game?

Do you have to deal?

thanks in advance.

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Maybe I'm the tightest player on the planet but would anyone else consider folding pre flop?

Maybe in late position it's worth a raise or possibly early position if it's a six seater but otherwise I'm folding with the stacks and blinds as they are.

I never like these sort of hands early on in tournaments. They're nothing but trouble as far as my (very limited) experience goes. It doesn't seem to matter what you hit you just never know quite where you stand after the flop and are always going to get put to big decisions. I don't mind this later on but at this stage it's just not worth it.

After the flop I'm folding here with no hesitation at all. This hand is useless unless you've hit the nuts or it's cheap to carry on to see if you do.

Maybe that's why Mr Wernick has earned so much more out of poker than I ever will Grin

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Awwwww, thanks for the intro hun, and for the welcome Robert.

Nice to know he was really trying hard whilst I was away from table...hmmph

Very ul James, I honestly thought you had it in the bag, guess we should never take it for granted eh?

Oh, and while I'm posting, Gl Jon!!!!

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Hi,

My first post and it gets boshed!

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Hi all firstly just to introduce myself ive just registered with blonde basically for poker chat and ways of imroving my game some of u may no me from apat i came 5th in the newcastle leg (still avnt forgot my bad beat of losing wiv AQ against A 10 weird how u remember the bad and not the good hmm) ne way just wondered if anyone could possibly pm me the password for this freeroll i would be grateful thanks.

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Evening Celtic, where were you this evening?

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No idea where you live but Grosvenor Luton does a 50 freezeout shootout on Mondays. Shootout=winner of each table advances to final, final begins with equal chips. These have just begun, and will take a while to fill up, but are good value for money. If you get knocked out you can join a 50 sit n go that they set up for early exits.

Give it a go!

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The Cryptologic network (which Hills, Befair, Littlewoods etc are all part of) has been having stability problems recently. Actually, the network has never been all that in terms of reliability, but over recent months it's been very flaky. I think their software needs a big rewrite, but I get the impression that no one at Crypto actually knows how their software works in its entirety, so everytime they try and fix something, something else goes wrong.

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haha,no im not part of their boyband, didnt no they had 1. anyway cheers, and hello!

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was about to make a post like Ironside's earlier when work distracted me.

I would also add to the basics that need to be in order to keep yourself as safe as possible:

1) Good, up to date Anti Virus software.
2) A Firewall of some sort.
3) Good, up to date Anti Spyware (Spyware is a group of threats that includes some trojans, these could reveal your passwords, as well as annoying pop up ads)

(I can expand on this, i.e. what's good if people need).

Most online banking fraud is carried by obtaining access to the site from the user, by installing malicious software or sending out hoax emails that they respond to. They do this as it is a lot easier than hacking the bank itself and yields them a good profit. This is the reason that one of the most respected name's in the computer security industry has said that banks are wasting millions on "two-factor authentication" (a hardware dongle you plug in that verifies you to your bank).

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"Two-factor authentication was invented a couple of decades ago against the threats of the time. Now, the threats have changed - and two-factor authentication doesn't defend against them. It's a waste of money," Schneier told El Reg. His comments are controversial because they attack a technology touted as a gold standard for net security - but that doesn't necessarily mean he's wrong.

This is because the threat is not from fraudsters cracking the password to gain access to the bank but rather tricking the user into giving them the details they need to get authorised.

Assuming poker sites maintain the most basic levels of security it is more likely that people hacking the site will target the users rather than the site itself.

This happened in the only case of this that i know the details of (hippicrit on poker stars through the post The Hendon Mob Forum). His username was the same as his screen name (is that always the case on pokerstars? i have yet to create an account there) and his password was his username with a 1 on the end. Someone saw him make a score in a tourny and tried to get onto his account and succeeded - as his password was very simple.

As for who is responsible, I would think the user - the username/password identifies them and it is their responisbility to make sure no one else knows it. I have a sneaking suspiscion that the only reason the banks are so helpful to the majority of users who are caught out by online fraud as they stand to save a lot of money by moving banking online. Obviously stories about fraud would hinder their attempts to do this.

However they may very well be ignorant of the issues and what is expected of them. With online poker (and gambling) getting so big i'm suprised that no sites have any help with security or some form of big push to help users with this. Thinking about this today made me realise that there was so much sites could do to help with this. I was suprised that no one had done anything like that as i'm sure it would help them differentiate themselves from the competition aswell as justify some of the rake that they charge.

Hope that makes sense i've just got back from the gym.