Poker?

[SteveDallas]

I may try playing for real $$$.. very small stakes. There's a single-table tournament format with 10 players. Each player kicks in $x, and gets a certain number of dummy tournament chips (say 1000 or 2000). Play continues until one player has all the chips. That player receives a payoff of $5x, the next to last standing gets $3x, and the third place gets $2x. UltimateBet has some tables on the bottom end that require only a $1.00 or $5.00 buyin--I'm to the point where I can usually place with play money, so I may give the $5.00 version a try. The good bit is no matter how sucky you play you can't get cleaned out; you only lose your buyin.

[ladysycamore]

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

I may try playing for real $$$.. very small stakes. There's a single-table tournament format with 10 players. Each player kicks in $x, and gets a certain number of dummy tournament chips (say 1000 or 2000). Play continues until one player has all the chips. That player receives a payoff of $5x, the next to last standing gets $3x, and the third place gets $2x. UltimateBet has some tables on the bottom end that require only a $1.00 or $5.00 buyin--I'm to the point where I can usually place with play money, so I may give the $5.00 version a try. The good bit is no matter how sucky you play you can't get cleaned out; you only lose your buyin.

Well hell, I say go for it. Sounds easy enough.

LOL I'm playing now as I type this.