Forum: Other Poker Games
11-03-2005, 02:36 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 84
Re: Strategy on big 2 and chinese poker
The best book and software on Chinese poker is Smolens (sp) stuff avaiable at Conjelco. They cover most of the common varieties and are worth it, but new twists are constantly added to the game....
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Forum: Omaha/8
08-20-2005, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 48
Re: 1-2-5-5 Limit Question
These games come in several varieties. In some, you can call the BB for $2 and raise to $7. In others, you must bring it in for $5 and can raise to $10.
Conventional wisdom for these games is to...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
03-17-2005, 02:00 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 177
Re: Who Pays the Rake?
Let's say there are ten players at a table playing poker; five good players, and five bad players. At the end of the session, all the bad players are broke, and all the good players are up. During...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
03-16-2005, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 31
Re: Hey Mets fans....
Do any of you guys like the new uniform? I like the idea of breaking tradition.
I prefer the snow white uni's with the blue stripes and sky blue caps.
I'd prefer that they go back to blue...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
12-07-2004, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 145
Re: lurkers, wtf!
I am just tired of seeing a thread with 30 views and 1 reply.
Count your blessings.
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
05-02-2004, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 76
Views: 338
Re: New Column
me too. you got one wrong, but you made more money off the hand than ed did. /images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Forum: Other Poker Games
04-30-2004, 01:11 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 65
Re: Omaha 8 starting with AAxx
but it seems like a hand like AA87 off-suit is pretty much junk.
I pretty much agree that the AAxx hands are junk. If you spike a set, then there is a low or a draw for low. I used to like AA87...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
03-15-2004, 07:15 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 165
Re: Lower Back Tattoos On Women
Well, actually it's done to keep the tobacco in your Luckies from getting stuck in your teeth. I think the habit persists in filter smokers as an affectation; but what do I know, a tight roll never...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-05-2003, 05:22 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 187
Re: Top 3 Bands of all time?
Amazingly enough, I think this is the first mention of Trower in the entire thread.
My top three:
Storm
Freda and the Firedogs
tie: Greazy Wheels - Lee Ann and the Bizarros
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
04-26-2003, 01:13 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 78
Re: Austin poker club raid
Here's a link to the local rag:
http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/metro/042503/0425bust.html
Rumor has it that they thought the club was raking (see article) and that it was open to...
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Forum: Books and Publications
03-27-2003, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 88
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Forum: Other Other Topics
03-13-2003, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 15
Poetry Corner
Here's a couple of epitaphs that Bullwinkle found in the Spoon River Anthology and asked me to post.
"Ace" Shaw
I never saw the difference
Between playing cards for money
And selling real...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
02-23-2003, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 61
Chalk
Does anyone know how the favorite became known as "chalk?" I've heard this expression since the 60's.
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
02-23-2003, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 85
Thanks
...I get you now. Did you notice any lessening of post-flop aggression towards you after you made this play?
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
02-15-2003, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 75
Hypothetical 5-10 NLHE hand
You are utg with 10 10. You have $1000. Flop is 10 6 2 rainbow. Pot is $50. You bet $50. One caller, who has you covered. On the turn, you bet $150. Caller raises $450. What is your play if a) the...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
01-21-2003, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 83
Re: J7s Shorthanded
I'm not sure that playing J7s four handed is the end of the world. But it shouldn't be so hard to get away from.
What are the hands she would go all in with in this situation? AhKx? Th2h? Count...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-05-2002, 02:26 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 20
Ivory
I'm not sure I miss Ivories that much, but I liked playing with them when they were round. They kept the english on the third and fourth rails.
If there are any Korean parlors near you, they play...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-04-2002, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 20
Question for Jimbo
I wandered in the local pool hall last night just as registration for the weekly 9-ball tourney was about to close. $7 buy-in. Cheap. 23 people had signed up. I would make 24. What caught my...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
09-20-2002, 03:24 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 84
Re: stack size influence on hand selection
You better give us your thinking on KT. Do you think of it as two big cards, or do you think of it as a drawing hand? I think of it as a drawing hand that can make a nut straight or top full in a...
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Forum: Other Poker Games
09-20-2002, 03:12 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 205
Re: O8 Sims: Top set v. various draws
Scenario #1
We are big blind, 4 people limp pre-flop, we check.
Pot = 5 SB's.
Flop KdTs&c,
We know (90% sure) UTG is going to bet, we check, UTG bets, 2 callers, we raise, everyone calls.
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Forum: Other Poker Games
09-14-2002, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 235
Re: More loose O8 Adjustments - top set
Yes, if you scale it back, it may not be very clear cut, many situations aren't clear cut. Plus, if you have the kind of read that Phat Mack was talking about, a laydown may be correct, even with...
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Forum: Other Poker Games
09-07-2002, 02:17 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 91
Re: On the turn, on the button, on the draw?
Might as well throw out one of Buzz's value bets here. there are three BB's in the pot. If they are betting and calling 4-high flushes, they won't fold here. You'll be getting odds for your full...
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Forum: Probability
09-06-2002, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 140
Re: Simulation Request.
From freeware program Hold 'Em Shodown:
1,712,304 deals required. Start dealing? (y/n) [y]:
% chance of outright win 2c2s= ...
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