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Just to put things in perspective, not attacking with piledriver there is the equivelent of checking behind on the river in limit holdem when you have the nuts.

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I was half way through writing this post when I decided it wasn't accurate. It more like not putting him all-in for his last $5 with the nuts on the river in 30/60.

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$5 is meaningless at 30/60. One damage, especially from that deck is huge. It's actually more than 5% of the entire game, but I don't want to get into magic game theory to explain why.

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Quick non-theory question. Do you have to win one of these tournaments to get to be Dungeon Master, or does that rotate?

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These, ladies and gentlemen, are the words of a man trying his damnedest to pretend that he's completely ignorant of a subject that he's far, far too cool to be publicly associated with.

Nerd. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Actually, I know a lot about Magic now. I had never heard of this game until I started playing online poker. Now I have lots of poker buddies like Paluka, ZeeJustin, and others who have told me all about Magic, plus I play against a ton of Magic players.

It is true, however, that I do not know any of the rules or anything, so I do ask what are probably very basic questions, like who is the Dungeon Master, how many sides on the dice, what kind of robes they wear and stuff like that.

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this was the single most confusing thread i have come across on 2+2, i understand more japanese than this.

who is the guy with the weird looking face that i keep seeing?

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this was the single most confusing thread i have come across on 2+2, i understand more japanese than this.

who is the guy with the weird looking face that i keep seeing?

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The pictures that aren't me are of WCOOP Champion and all-around huge douchebag Jordan Berkowitz.

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Do you get the other players cards when you win similar to playing marbles?

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The pictures that aren't me are of WCOOP Champion and all-around huge douchebag Jordan Berkowitz.

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ahhhhhh, the guy blowing his winnings playing HU sng's.

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Do you get the other players cards when you win similar to playing marbles?

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I know that in Pokemon you get to keep the cards. Magic is just a D&D version of Pokemon, so I imagine you keep the cards.

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Do you get the other players cards when you win similar to playing marbles?

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i seem to remember that this is what is called playing for "ante"

there are some special cards that let you switch the predetermined ante card also.. that might be pretty old school though.

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it used to be popular among hobbyists/newbies to cut a player's deck and play for a random card out of it. might still be the case now, but i haven't been in touch with magic for some time.

among the more serious, it was still fairly common to play for 'side ante' where you would agree upon a wager of cards (which have clear monetary value) for a match.

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Congrats Paluka. BTW based on the photos it looks like a cool crowd.

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Congrats on the solid finish.


I just realized they have webcasts of a bunch of Magic tournaments logged online. Right now, I am watching some of them.

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