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

#1

Post by Mystalic » Tue, May 19, 2009, 6:38 PM UTC

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

#2

Post by Mystalic » Tue, May 19, 2009, 6:45 PM UTC

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. :)

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

#3

Post by _cbsz » Tue, May 19, 2009, 7:04 PM UTC

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

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

#4

Post by Mystalic » Tue, May 19, 2009, 7:05 PM UTC

_cbsz wrote: post #3

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

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.

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#5

Post by NathanielMc1 » Tue, May 19, 2009, 7:08 PM UTC

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

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#6

Post by aston » Tue, May 19, 2009, 7:36 PM UTC

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

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

#7

Post by markessien » Tue, May 19, 2009, 7:41 PM UTC

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

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

#8

Post by buggy_code » Tue, May 19, 2009, 7:52 PM UTC

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 ...

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#9

Post by kicker » Tue, May 19, 2009, 8:12 PM UTC

Mystalic wrote: post #2

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. :)

Did you mean Wed 5/20?

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

#10

Post by jdileo » Tue, May 19, 2009, 8:57 PM UTC

Mystalic wrote: post #4

_cbsz wrote: post #3

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

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.

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!!!