Forum: Internet Gambling
12-14-2004, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 127
Re: Favorite Lines to Bad Players
Hi Tom -
I'm afraid that these are pretty poor. "You paid me off like this month's mortgage?" That doesn't even make sense. I don't know about you, but my mortgage doesn't pay me off. At...
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Forum: Probability
12-13-2004, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 92
Re: variance of a coin flip
Correct; I didn't follow through by noting that a 25-flip variance in trial successes implies a $100 variance in bankroll.
You can still use the bernoulli/binomial principle, however. A...
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-10-2004, 10:10 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 92
Re: Starting Hands in Small Stakes Hold \'em book
You wrote: "The text says to play the "same hands that you would play from late position for one bet, except remove the weak offsuit hands AT, KJ-KT, QJ-QT, and JT." What does it mean by "for one...
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Forum: Probability
12-10-2004, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 92
Re: variance of a coin flip
each coin flip is a bernoulli trial with p=0.5, assuming a fair coin. repeated bernoulli trials are modeled with the binomial distribution. the variance of the binomial distribution over n trials...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
12-08-2004, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 248
Re: I am a huge pussy.
"I am a huge pussy. guess why"
you have two giant labia instead of arms, a giant innie belly button, and can achieve orgasm when someone rubs your bald head?
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Forum: Stud
12-07-2004, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 182
Re: Playing split aces.
Hi BeerMoney -
how big is the ante? how big is the bringin? what is your kicker? how live are your aces, your kicker, and any associated draws you might have? what are the other cards that...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
12-02-2004, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 114
Re: A Sklansky hand
Hi lil feller -
You forgot one other circumstance --- when the pot is absolutely giant and betting the flop means that your opponents will get good odds to call a single bet on both the flop and...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
11-14-2004, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 18
Re: Moderately interesting online 5/10 hand
well, see, the sb asked if he could unfold if he matched the pot. i said no, but the others overruled me.
i think what makes the hand interesting is in any case not the bb's lead on the river,...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
11-14-2004, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 18
Moderately interesting online 5/10 hand
so here's a hand from a semi-loose online 5/10 game. opponents are to all appearances not good, but not total clowns either.
i have kts on the button. three limpers to me, earliest in mid...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
11-13-2004, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 34
Re: MLB = BS
In the last 10 years, 40% (11) of the teams in the league have been to the world series, and 20% (6) have won it. In the same period, nearly 80% of the teams have made the playoffs. Florida won the...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
11-13-2004, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 223
Re: Worst movie you\'ve ever seen
"plan 9 from outer space" is supposed to officially be the worst movie ever made. so much so that in many circles it is elevated to the status of film solely by virtue of it's everlasting, unmatched...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
11-12-2004, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 63
Re: 20/40 AA hand
Hi Can -
Given your description of player, you may very well be in bad shape once the flop comes and you are bet into, but sometimes you are also going to be in the driver's seat. You can spend...
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Forum: Politics
11-03-2004, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 154
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Forum: Politics
11-02-2004, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 175
Silent Cal Coolidge!
because of this:
"Nine-tenths of a president's callers at the White House want something they ought not to have. If you keep dead still they will run out in three or four minutes."
Cepstrum
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Forum: Politics
11-02-2004, 10:24 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 92
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Forum: Politics
10-19-2004, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 176
Re: Why are most poker players liberal?
Hi Milwaukee -
Bush bashing does not necessarily mean that one is not conservative. Bush has done, proposed, or allowed many things that piss off small-government conservatives. The spending...
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Forum: Psychology
10-12-2004, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 123
Re: NFL Linebackers, John McEnroe, and the WSOP
Hi Dr. Al -
It's not just cardrooms. People in general have no idea how to behave in public today. And this seems to affect all demographics, with the possible exception of senior citizens.
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Forum: Psychology
10-12-2004, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 320
Re: Simple Abortion Question
Hi David -
Now, let's see what the correlation is between these two random variables:
- The answer the poster gives to your question.
- The degree to which the poster thinks that abortion...
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Forum: Televised Poker
10-08-2004, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 465
Views: 1,588
Re: and.....
Hi Squirrel -
I don't agree that folding to an all-in reraise by the bare Jd is at all a catastophe, or even a mistake. The potential gain is very small when we do not fold, because we are...
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Forum: Televised Poker
10-08-2004, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 465
Views: 1,588
Re: Let me clarify something.
Hi Wayfare -
Incorrect. David's saying that you think the player behind you has a flush draw does not preclude him having a made straight as well. This is because some flush draws are made...
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Forum: Televised Poker
10-08-2004, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 465
Views: 1,588
Re: Sticking to my guns
Hi Squirrel -
Your point about the Jd is well-taken. But realize that you really don't mind being reraised for all your chips, because this makes it so likely that the Jd is out that you can...
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Forum: Televised Poker
10-08-2004, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 465
Views: 1,588
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
10-05-2004, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 104
Re: ***Serious Stake Opportunity***
Hello,
I would love to go 70/30 with you on a steak. T-bone is probably best, because then i can just take the strip and you can have the filet. That's pretty close to 70/30. Can you make it...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
09-24-2004, 10:53 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 31
Re: Is Party Poker 3-6 more SSH or HEPFAP? (Poll)
Hi Homer -
In my experience it's about 85% ssh. But you do often run into others who are obviously playing straight out of ssh without realizing that you do need to do some hand reading against...
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Forum: Televised Poker
09-24-2004, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 393
Re: An Interesting No Limit Question
Hi David -
Without having read the other posts...
Is it when if you don't bet, your opponent will bluff with the correct frequency and number of chips, thus putting you in a spot where neither...
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