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17 points by Mystalic 17y ago

Mystalic 17y ago
From the crazy entrepreneurs that brought you the HN/YC BBQ last month: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=566144 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=566144 We like to promote the exchange of ideas, contacts, and knowledge. Poker's just a bonus. :)
- kicker 17y ago
  Did you mean Wed 5/20?
  - Mystalic 17y ago
    Yes, but I'm just that tired right now. :)
- zain 17y ago
  How come you switched to using eventbrite instead of anyvite like last time?
swolchok 17y ago
I thought home poker wasn't legal in California. I could be wrong, though, and IANAL.
- Mystalic 17y ago
  We looked into it, and we'll take a look again, but as long as we don't profit from it via rakes and the like, it's legal.
  - jdileo 17y ago
    Absolutely love this idea.....what a great opportunity for a mental release and brainsharing with like-minds. This is why I begin driving from NY to SV to permanantly relocate in 4 days!!!
NathanielMc1 17y ago
from what we have seen, that's only if the house is making any money from the game. this is a friendly game and so should be safe under the law. see: http://www.pokerpages.com/articles/homepoker/augustine01.htm http://www.pokerpages.com/articles/homepoker/augustine01.htm
aston 17y ago
Always good to see more poker being played. If anybody's looking for a game in SF, give me a holler.
markessien 17y ago
Now, THAT I'd go to. We should do that in Berlin too...anybody?
buggy_code 17y ago
Can we have a poker bot competition? I'm not a great poker player myself (in fact, I don't really even know the rules) -- but I think it'd be another cool way to socialize; especially if people are required to release the source later, and we can all chat about what worked / didn't work, etc ...
- matt1 17y ago
  This is much, much harder than you think :)
  - buggy_code 17y ago
    I didn't say the bots had to play well ... if at the end of every competition, everyone rises up to the level of the winner, then I think the bots would also improve drastically :-)
fatbat 17y ago
oooh, interesting. I don't know anyone but I might just go! ^^
- teuobk 17y ago
  Meeting new people is part of the fun!
dan_the_welder 17y ago
You will be sorry when you start tossing your shares into the pot.

17 points by Mystalic 17y ago

From the crazy entrepreneurs that brought you the HN/YC BBQ last month: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=566144 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=566144 We like to promote the exchange of ideas, contacts, and knowledge. Poker's just a bonus. :)

kicker 17y ago
Did you mean Wed 5/20?
- Mystalic 17y ago
  Yes, but I'm just that tired right now. :)
zain 17y ago
How come you switched to using eventbrite instead of anyvite like last time?

swolchok 17y ago

I thought home poker wasn't legal in California. I could be wrong, though, and IANAL.

Mystalic 17y ago
We looked into it, and we'll take a look again, but as long as we don't profit from it via rakes and the like, it's legal.
- jdileo 17y ago
  Absolutely love this idea.....what a great opportunity for a mental release and brainsharing with like-minds. This is why I begin driving from NY to SV to permanantly relocate in 4 days!!!

NathanielMc1 17y ago

from what we have seen, that's only if the house is making any money from the game. this is a friendly game and so should be safe under the law. see: http://www.pokerpages.com/articles/homepoker/augustine01.htm http://www.pokerpages.com/articles/homepoker/augustine01.htm

aston 17y ago

Always good to see more poker being played. If anybody's looking for a game in SF, give me a holler.

markessien 17y ago

Now, THAT I'd go to. We should do that in Berlin too...anybody?

buggy_code 17y ago

Can we have a poker bot competition? I'm not a great poker player myself (in fact, I don't really even know the rules) -- but I think it'd be another cool way to socialize; especially if people are required to release the source later, and we can all chat about what worked / didn't work, etc ...

matt1 17y ago
This is much, much harder than you think :)
- buggy_code 17y ago
  I didn't say the bots had to play well ... if at the end of every competition, everyone rises up to the level of the winner, then I think the bots would also improve drastically :-)

fatbat 17y ago

oooh, interesting. I don't know anyone but I might just go! ^^

teuobk 17y ago
Meeting new people is part of the fun!

dan_the_welder 17y ago

You will be sorry when you start tossing your shares into the pot.