It's just putting risk-reward assessment together with impatience - something our society's practically built on doing - so why pretend it doesn't or shouldn't exist?

Because, without a doubt, it's potentially dangerous - that's why..
No.. Really..? So's doing 70 miles an hour inside a 2 ton metal box
on wheels but we all do it and cars are cool so that's ok.

I love driving. I do it all the time and depend on it to get around. I'd get withdrawal symptoms if I didn't do it too..

Chronic fatigue from running everywhere, not as much time in the day, general boredom, plus I might get flattened by someone smart enough to actually use a car.. Pretty sure I'm addicted to it but it's ok, I'm safe because it's socially acceptable. Phew.

Still a heads-up but with better stakes and proper emoting. Didn't need any tilt-poking in this one, just kept a step ahead of my image instead - I think.. might have just been lucky though..

This was after about a week's break from poker which really helps. Making "good" decisions felt way easier.

I've been a bit inactive recently with the break-taking thing - and so's PKRfriends - but normal service should resume shortly. Anyway, should probably just watch it now..

PKRfriends2KR

PKR have decided to step up the bonus code ladder. Right to the top. A $2000 match bonus is the biggest around, and PKRfriends adds more to it - 30% rakeback even after you've earned it. The ultimate PKR bonus code..

That's right, think of the garden - join PKR with a PKRfriends bonus code 3½ times and get a whole rakeback.

No wait, that's not true.. You could buy a rake with your rakeback though if you're into gardening..

And that really is right. If you're going to play regularly - at PKR or anywhere else - the most important thing is knowing how to play poker. The second is rakeback and making sure you have it - It costs 30% more without it..

Everything you need to know about PKR rakeback & how to get it.

I know, $5 isn't particularly spectacular.. I'll play better stakes and use actions properly once I've got used to making these things.

There is some emoting in there but it's mainly just basic tilt-poking which I think works and he ends up pretty readable..

It's all in the tilt. Especially heads up + low stakes. Never really had the cards but got a lot of chips calling some of his supreme bluffs. No offence Mr. Cochise22 - Good game..

Amateur mid-limiters telling you to play at PKR: 1

I've been playing Full Tilt recently to see if anything's changed or I'm missing something.
It's different. Both are arguably better - it depends what you want. Quality or quantity?

More insight into hands or just more hands? The highest quality and most advanced poker room out there is undoubtedly PKR and Full Tilt can't compare.

But Full Tilt gets 10/10 for quantity.. Never short of games
at every level and a sea of low-mid stakes tables and tourneys. Blink and you'll miss a hand - PKR can't compare.

You can play up to 4 tables at PKR though and Full Tilt is a top quality pancake room so which do you choose?

New, improved.. and a let down?

Good to see a bunch of new actions relevant to poker - 'hidden' ones here - but PKR didn't think about how they'd work. Good fold should sound like an opinion, not a narration.

Static Steve's definitely better at theoretical physics than voiceovers..

I'm no mathematician but I know that 90 is bigger than 20 so a lot of us are wrong.

Maybe we're not though.. Maybe 70 per cent of us just prefer to keep ourselves grounded and away from any elaborate poker super-stardom by using some of these inspirationally bad techniques from time to time.. That's my excuse anyway - What's yours?

Apparently though, for most of us, the floor's clean enough already.

Most poker players prefer their more restrictive 2D alternative. Why? Easy, there are more tables, the players are "better", PKR hands take a couple of seconds longer, and none of that 3D stuff makes any difference to the game anyway.

Legit reasons? Or a herding reflex?

Stand up showdowns, open folds (1 card or both), table postures and more ways to check your hole cards.

New voices, clothing and now body shapes in the editor and, of course, the Club Metro environment - PKR call it a "trendy London nightclub".

Have PKR's latest additions fulfilled the community's undying hunger for more? How much has all this stuff actually added to the game? What's good? What's bad? And could the bad be made good?

Losing your whole stack to a 2-outer river trips from one of PKR's infamous ubernoobs is enough to test any sane person's patience.

And in the skeptical world of poker, accusations of dodgy dealings aren't exactly surprising.

Rake maximisation would be PKR's incentive and poker is just numbers so you can't rule out some sophisticated - but fairly straightforward - programming to manipulate cards on-the-fly.

Random number generators (RNGs) - Actually random? Or controlled by PKR to ruin every good player's day? Variance or fraud?

Except on those unexpected flops. Something like - - and you know that king was red but.. Wonder if anyone's watching...

For anyone who hasn't played at PKR yet, your opponents actually see you looking back at your hand.

Well maybe not you exactly, but they do see the tailor-suited hard nut you designed do it for you - or the cocktail dressed supermodel - or the afro'd patriot in his country's flag, designer sunglasses, gold chain, jacket, jeans and flip-flops..  It's not just names and numbers anymore..