Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-30-2005, 02:51 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,920
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-30-2005, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,289
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-30-2005, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,289
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Forum: Home Poker
12-30-2005, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 755
Re: Poker chips
I bought these Faux Clay (http://www.5stardeal.com/expand.asp?pid=9094&subcat=116) 6 cents a chip, good feel, good stackability, though a little plain jane.
However my recommendation would to buy...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-30-2005, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,379
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-30-2005, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,289
Re: Typical rule for dealer double-burn mistake?
Robert's Rules of Poker -- Section 5 Hold 'em -- Rules 4 and 5.
"4. If before dealing the flop, the dealer failed to burn a card, or burned two cards, the error should be rectified if no cards...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-30-2005, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,227
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-29-2005, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,904
Re: Lying about your hand
If I'm asked what I had, I almost always say "Jacks". I think I got that idea from someone in these forums.
It gets interesting, when my play was totally inconsistent with this holding. But --...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-29-2005, 11:39 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,227
Chopping and Taxes
I was playing in a $100-20 game today at Taj in Atlantic City.
The game, for any who don't know is a winner-take-all. But when it gets down to two or three players, chopping is common. Anyway,...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-28-2005, 12:19 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 680
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-27-2005, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,787
Re: You make the call
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So, first two players act very fast, call, call. Just as the dealer gives the Button two cards stuck together. Hand instantly dead?
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Yeah, I hear you, but that's not...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-27-2005, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,787
Re: You make the call
The floor was correct.
Roberts Rules of Poker Section 3 Misdeals Rule 1(e)
"1. The following circumstances cause a misdeal, provided attention is called to the error before two players have...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-27-2005, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,905
Re: To tip or not to tip
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I tip, but not often. And theres always lots of bad dealers wherever I seem to play, and whenever they f something up I stop tipping. Has to be good service.
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Do you tip...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-27-2005, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 680
Thursday at AC
Am heading down to AC Thursday with my brother.
He plays a lot of home games, has played once in a casino (Foxwoods 4/8 game) and has enough card sense that he should be fine at that level, but...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-25-2005, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,950
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-24-2005, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,495
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-23-2005, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,495
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-23-2005, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 3,986
Re: Martingale for SNGs
What's the difference between using the Martingale System and Card Counting in Black Jack -- I'll tell you
If they catch you counting cards, they'll kick you out of the casino. If they catch you...
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Forum: Psychology
12-23-2005, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,584
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Forum: Psychology
12-23-2005, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 3,909
Re: Berating Weak Players At The Poker Table
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LOL...you dented his stack by taking an extra $12 bucks from him?
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No, we were heads up, so the three-bet cap was off. I think grabbed an extra $28 from him on the...
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Forum: Psychology
12-23-2005, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,392
Re: The Psychology of Poker By: Alan Shoomaker
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Perhaps I am obtuse and analytical, but whatever.
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I doubt that you're being either. If you play well enough to derive most of your income from playing poker, you...
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Forum: Psychology
12-23-2005, 01:22 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,392
Re: The Psychology of Poker By: Alan Shoomaker
If I were to rank all he poker books as far as usefulness to a new-intermediate player, Theory of Poker would be first, and Psychology of Poker would be second.
First of all, it gives you the...
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Forum: Psychology
12-23-2005, 01:05 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 3,909
Re: Berating Weak Players At The Poker Table
I had a similar situation in a $2-4 B&M game. There was a know-it-all, who was analyzing everyone's moves.
After an hour or so, I got him in a pretty big pot (maybe 12 BB on the turn) He bet, and...
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Forum: Home Poker
12-23-2005, 12:39 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,503
Re: Unethical?
It's definately legal, but that kind of player often leads to the break up of a home game.
Mr. K-J was a fool to believe him, btw.
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-22-2005, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,048
Re: The end of an era.
Any idea what they're going to do with all the old old chips (or for that matter the new old chips?)
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