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    The Curse of Online Poker
    The Curse of Online Poker
    The Curse of Online Poker
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    The Curse of Online Poker

    By David E. Gates

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    David E. Gates has played poker and gambled on sports and other games, for most of his adult life.

     

    In The Curse of Online Poker, he details what led to his involvement with Texas Hold 'Em, the results he achieved, the various pitfalls and experiences, both positive and negative, and shares his recommendations to new and seasoned poker players alike.

     

    Honest and realistic, this unique look at gambling in its various forms, and in particular with playing poker, is sure to ring true to many people that indulge or over-indulge in the pursuit of getting rich at the turn of a card!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid E. Gates
    Release dateJun 8, 2023
    ISBN9798223371748
    The Curse of Online Poker
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    David E. Gates

    Biography - David E. Gates.David E. Gates has published a number of books and short-stories.The Roots of Evil, his first horror novel, was voted "best to read" on the Novel Festival site in September 2017!https://novelwritingfestival.com/2017/09/16/best-of-horror-gothic-novels/He previously won the SILVER prize in the AuthorsDB 2016 Cover Contest for The Ghost of Clothes and won best HORROR Novel Logline for 2016 for The Roots of Evil.He has previously won first prize (Gold) for The Roots of Evil and third prize (Bronze) for Access Denied in the 2015 AuthorsDB Cover Contest, and has made a film about the battlefield memorials in Ypres, Belgium called Ypres – The Battlefield Tours (available at www.shelleyshow.co.uk).David has previously written film reviews for Starburst and Samhain magazines and interviewed the likes of Clive Barker, Terry Pratchett, James Herbert and many others. He has also written a number of short stories, a full-length motion picture screenplay, the screenplay to a short film and in his spare time hosts a rock radio show.“The self-publishing phenomenon enabled me to publish my first book, Access Denied, at the end of 2013. It’s a true story. A deeply personal and heart-wrenching account of my becoming a father and then finding out several years later that my daughter wasn’t mine.”David’s story and the effect this had on him, his family and loved ones is moving and tragic and is already getting great feedback.With 100% positive reviews Access Denied is, as one reader put it, “A well told, quite extraordinary true story that stays with you. A must read for both men and women alike.”Access Denied is available in Audiobook, Kindle and Paperback formats.“Since then, I’ve published my first horror novel, The Roots of Evil - a graphic, violent, intense and gore-laden horror story. Quite different from my first book.”An original short-story, a branch “off” of The Roots of Evil trilogy, called The Ghost of Clothes is available from online bookstores and at www.davidegates.com.David previously won a competition to write the second part of a short horror story, called Savages. The first and last parts were written by the famous horror writer Shaun Hutson and are hosted on Shaun’s website. David is also working on two sequels to his first horror novel.“In July 2015, I published a selection of travelogues called Omonolidee (I’m on Holiday). It’s a unique, funny and (very) candid collection of my experiences when I travelled to Florida, Egypt, Tenerife and other places.”David’s third book, Omonolidee (I’m on Holiday) – has received great reviews. Omonolidee (I’m on Holiday) is available in three different versions, Full Colour Illustrated from www.davidegates.com and Black and White Illustrated & Text-Only versions via Amazon.“Back in October 2014, my poem, Remembrance, inspired by the thoughts I had during the 100th year anniversary of the start of World War I, was read aloud in front of an audience at the Museum of the Royal Navy. The video of this was subsequently displayed on the big screen in the Guildhall Square. I was invited to read it again in front of a specially-invited audience later in the year. The film I made in 2011, Ypres – The Battlefields Tours, was also selected for screening at a film festival in Portsmouth and my World War I poems are on display at the World War I Remembrance Centre at Fort Widley on Portsdown Hill near Portsmouth.”“I’m currently working on a full-length novel called The Climbing Frame, publishing a movie script, producing a short film, developing and writing the sequels to The Roots of Evil and I am putting together another collection of short stories and poems.”The Roots of Evil wins best HORROR Novel Logline for 2016.The Ghost of Clothes wins SILVER – 2nd Prize in the AuthorsDB.com 2016 Cover Contest!The Roots of Evil wins GOLD - 1st Prize, in the AuthorsDB.com 2015 Cover Contest!Access Denied received 3rd Prize, Bronze, in the AuthorsDB.com 2015 Cover Contest!The Wretched, an original horror story set in and around Portsmouth, was released in November 2016.Follow the author’s blog at www.davidegates.com

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      The Curse of Online Poker - David E. Gates

      Dedication

      In memory of the great Doyle Dolly Brunson (RIP) who inspired me to get better at the game.

      Introduction

      Let me get this straight, from the very start. This book will not teach you how to play poker. It will not teach you how to win at poker. It will not enable you to become rich via the myriad of people logged onto online poker sites who readily give their hard-earned readies away. It will not make you the star of your pub poker tournament league nor will it make you a king of the tables in your local casino. There are plenty of other books that will teach you how to play and win. Some of which I recommend will be listed later.

      This book will, however, tell you of my experience with poker, online mostly, and of the terrible ups and downs. It will be one-hundred percent honest. It will also cover my experience of gambling, in a variety of forms, but mostly it’ll be about my relationship with playing poker.

      But wait! I hear you yell, I don’t want to hear about your miserable experiences!

      Quite right too, I say. So, why buy this book? Why read it? Simply, it’s to put your perspectives and aspiration on your attempts of being another great, record-breaking, money-making, poker player into sharp focus.

      This book may help you become a better player. But, in the wide world of online and bricks and mortar poker, will that make a difference?

      It may help you understand why people do the things they do online that they would never do in live play.

      It may help you become less tilted when that moron calls you with 7-2 off suit on PokerStars, or whatever site it is you play at, and always catches his miracle outer (13% chance to do so – approximately) to dust your pocket rockets (Two aces as your hole cards) down and bust you out of the tourney.

      I’ve been at the highs and lows of poker, both online and off and in front of the table and behind it, for several years. Believe me, there’s very little that I haven’t seen. Want some history? Want some facts? Okay, let’s continue...

      A Long Time Ago…

      I’ve played cards casually since I was old enough to hold the cards in my hands. I’ve played, amongst others, rummy, fish, snap, blackjack, 21, cribbage and poker over the years.

      All the above were played with pennies or matchsticks or paperclips during my childhood.

      Poker was played primarily when I was a little older – most notably in my late teenage years when I had money and with friends. I would usually play for ten or twenty pence stakes with some mates. We would get together and play, drink, eat and be merry for an evening around a given host’s home. It was not big money, but it was fun. A social gathering and a chance to be ourselves and take the piss out of each other without offending our girlfriends or wives. I would play with friends, Alan, Sean, Paddy and Clive and the game was variable but was always a version of poker. Except, after the poker was finished, when other games would creep into the mix – a bit more about that in a while.

      Paddy and Sean heralded from Northern Ireland. I met Sean when I moved into a house in Portsmouth which he rented and shared with his then girlfriend, Kim. Sean’s last name is Welsh. It used to make us laugh that Sean was a guy from Ireland, with a surname of Welsh, who just happened to be living in Cardiff Road in Portsmouth, here in England.

      Sean introduced me to Paddy, Clive and Alan. They all worked at IBM’s headquarters based in North Harbour just on the outskirts of Portsmouth. We got to know each other very well due to us all attending pub quizzes, parties, or just taking part in a pub crawl from time to time.

      Sean, for a long time, was my drinking buddy and I all but lived in his house once he moved from the shared house and bought his own house in the road next door once Kim became pregnant.

      Paddy lived in Portsmouth for a while, but eventually moved to London, shortly after, or at about the same time, as Clive did. Paddy was a large built Irish-centric guy who drank cider in copious quantities and who used to gamble on the horses a lot. Though he never seemed to win very much. Clive was a gambler too but, in my perception anyway, looked to have more of an eye for the winners. He also played the stock-market too. Sean would have the occasional bet on the horses, usually when we were at the race meetings themselves.

      Alan still lives in Portsmouth. We would meet up regularly to partake in a local pub-quiz (gambling, I suppose, of a more sedate nature). I would say that Alan tends to be a much more conservative gambler. He will have a punt on a multiple in the form of selecting the winners of several football leagues. It keeps his interest in the game for just a few pounds and he has won based on his selections of anticipated champions and relegations.

      With all of us being typical gamblers, no-one ever truly admitted to the extent of the gains or, more likely, their losses.

      And then there is me. I love to gamble. It is as simple as that. Over time, I have spent considerable sums of money by playing the Lottery, Horses, Dogs (Greyhound racing), Cards, Oscar predictions, Slots, Bingo, Scratch-cards, Roulette, Craps, Blackjack, Raffles, Backgammon, and, of course, Poker. There is not much I have not bet on.

      Of course, when I lose, I hate it and question myself over my losses and even tell, or scold, myself by commenting in my head about some other worthwhile thing or event I could have spent the money I have just given to Mr. William Hill or Ladbrokes on:

      That would’ve paid for that bike you wanted.

      You could have gone on holiday with that money.

      You could have paid off some debts with that.

      A friend of mine, who is a hypnotherapist, recently asked why I gamble. I guess I am always looking for that one big win. I am always holding out hope that my small stakes will turn into a life-changing sum of money. He commented that most people who gamble do not have an addiction though this is frequently blamed for why people lose so much and why there are organisations such as Gamblers Anonymous and Gamble Aware (http://www.gambleaware.co.uk/). These

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