Silicon Valley/Entrepreneur/Hacker Poker Night: Wed 5/19, 8:00, Mountain View

[Mystalic]

http://techpoker.eventbrite.com/

[NathanielMc1]

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

[Mystalic]

From the crazy entrepreneurs that brought you the HN/YC BBQ last month:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=566144

We like to promote the exchange of ideas, contacts, and knowledge. Poker's just a bonus. :)

[zain → Mystalic]

How come you switched to using eventbrite instead of anyvite like last time?

[kicker → Mystalic]

Did you mean Wed 5/20?

[Mystalic → kicker]

Yes, but I'm just that tired right now. :)

[aston]

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

[fatbat]

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

[teuobk → fatbat]

Meeting new people is part of the fun!

[buggy_code]

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 → buggy_code]

This is much, much harder than you think :)

[buggy_code → matt1]

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 :-)

[dan_the_welder]

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

[markessien]

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

[swolchok]

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

[Mystalic → swolchok]

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 → Mystalic]

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!!!