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We are now well into the hand being played by us in Iraq. So the question is:

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Where's the "misplayed on every street" option?

Will

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Where's the "misplayed on every street" option?

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Good point. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

We all know that the fish play too many hands and then misplay the bad hands they choose to start with. This is exactly what happened here.

Hard to believe but there are three people (so far) who think that a Shia pushed rule of 2/3 of registered voters - in a province- voting against a constitution is the an example of good democratic principles.

I refer to them as the Lemmings!

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Wrong forum. Try very very high stakes.

Where is...
 

"an example of poor hand selection, exacerbated by terrible play to the point where we are bordering on drawing dead and desparately looking to find a fold, but are so pot committed that we can't."

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Wrong forum. Try very very high stakes.

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Nice.

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There is no misdeal option either [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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How 'bout 'poor game selection'?

or, 'bad place to try to LAG it up'

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Honestly, I don't think our hand selection was that poor.

Our pocket cards were the WMDs of Saddam and the 9-11 of Al Qaeda.

Unfortunately, the flop was Insurgents of Baghdad, Insurgents of Al Sadr, and the Debacle of Abu Ghraib.

Stupidly, we decided to chase down to the river, despite there being a possible Vietnam draw on the board. At best, we were drawing to a three-outer(WMDs) since a paired Al Qaeda probably would not be enough to win the hand.

We should have released on the flop, but our government remembered the bad beat it took last time it was in Iraq(not killing Saddam), so it stayed in the hand when it was obvious it was beat.

we pushed on a coinflip and got called...
 

...should've waited for the nuts

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"New setup please!"
"Hey dealer, when is your shift over?"
"Floorman, the dealer and the Saudi Prince over there are colluding!"

-ptmusic

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Honestly, I don't think our hand selection was that poor.

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I dont think so.

Even the collection of nuts who post here predicted the advent of an Islamic state, some form of civil strife and the lack of an open arm reception.

Of course this was also predicted by the state and defense dept analysts (those not appointed). The UN even gave us outs that we rejected.

The hand selection was poor. The result predictable (and predicted!).

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Honestly, I don't think our hand selection was that poor.

Our pocket cards were the WMDs of Saddam and the 9-11 of Al Qaeda.


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It is a serious error to misread your cards, one you must eliminate. Saddam's WMD's were in a previous deck, discarded many years before. The 9/11 card was in another deck entirely, being played in another country. The cards dealt to you here were money and votes.

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Honestly, I don't think our hand selection was that poor.

Our pocket cards were the WMDs of Saddam and the 9-11 of Al Qaeda.


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It is a serious error to misread your cards, one you must eliminate. Saddam's WMD's were in a previous deck, discarded many years before. The 9/11 card was in another deck entirely, being played in another country. The cards dealt to you here were money and votes.

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I can understand folding money and votes, but if you do flop oil then you might be laughing all the way to the river.

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The examples here are getting really bad...see what youve done? You have disturbed the sanctity of the Politics forum. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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That first option should read "fold preflop."

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That first option should read "fold preflop."

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No it shouldnt, do you see why? I'll let other elaborate. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]