How did they come up the with name 2+2
 

...why not 1+1

Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2
 

why cactus cactus?

Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2
 

Because this site started with Skalansky and his wife + Mason and his wife. Thus 2 + 2...See

Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2
 

how about cactus + cactus

Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2
 

because you can't illustrate 1+1 on the binder of books in the form of playing cards?

Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2
 

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...why not 1+1

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Because Skalansky is a math genius. Big numbers are harder.

Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2
 

Because Sklansky and Malmuth put two and two together and decided you're pissing them off.

Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2
 

Mason + David + Ray + Lynne Loomis = 4 ?

Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2
 

They came up with that name by borrowing it from the old adage 2+2=4, meaning something is simple and logical. They felt this was an appropriate name because their philosophy is to break down the teaching of poker into a series of simplified, clear, and relatively easy to understand concepts.

Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2
 

I thought it had to do with the "outs times 2 plus 2" method of calculating pot odds as explained in 2 plus 2 method explained

but thats a pretty good spiel of BS tom [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

S & M where both running bad...
 

...real jobs where on the horizon, unthinkable! S sez to M "Whatta ya say we start writing about poker instead of getting our asses whupped?"

M sez " OK. How much dough you got left to bankroll this adventure?"

"Two bucks, how bout you?"

"The same!"

Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2
 

it started with Skalansky's 2 cents + Mason's 2 cents, now everybody contibutes their 2 cents... here is mine/

Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2
 

I think Tombrooks is on the right track. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2
 

I still think S&M would have sold more books.

Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2
 

i thought it might have something to do with 2 pair always beating 2 of a kind

Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2
 

All the best names were taken.