Forum: Poker Theory
12-30-2005, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,129
Re: Winning players becoming losers?
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Now if you take that same game and all the players keep bringing more money, its possible that the second best player will win more from the worse players than he loses to the...
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Forum: Home Poker
12-30-2005, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 45,401
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Forum: Internet Gambling
12-29-2005, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,271
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Forum: Home Poker
12-28-2005, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,500
Re: Unethical?
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Its angleshooting. It doesn't fall in the category of lying about your hand. Its closer in spirit in a NL game when a player looks over and says, how much do you have, and player B...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
12-28-2005, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,131
Re: Poker Stars ViP FFP
500 FP's for a poster of Isabelle Mercer and she can't even put on a bathing suit for it?
(On the other hand, I'd pay 500 FPP's to keep Raymer and Moneymaker out of bathings suits (and in their...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
12-28-2005, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,084
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Forum: Beginners Questions
12-28-2005, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 11,703
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Forum: Poker Theory
12-28-2005, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,129
Re: Winning players becoming losers?
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Seems like it'd have to be 50%. It's a zero sum game. Winners/losers probably occupy a bell curve where a few lose really really badly, most either lose or win a little, and the good...
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Forum: Home Poker
12-27-2005, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,500
Re: Unethical?
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Legal and ethical. He didn't misrepresent his hand. He did what he could to get a call. The other player was dumb enough to believe him. Its poker.
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Its angleshooting. It...
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Forum: Home Poker
12-27-2005, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,777
Re: Ruling please
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The flop came 7Q7, and the SB then goes to say that the CO never called his "re-raise." The SB re-raised the CO, but did not say anything, and even allowed the flop to proceed when...
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Forum: Home Poker
12-22-2005, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,500
Re: Unethical?
I don't know that there's any rule against it, but its definitely angleshooting and I'd definitely consider it to be unethical, and if I had the ability to get a player banned from that homegame...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
12-20-2005, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 878
Re: PokerStars VIP Status
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From the horse's mouth, Lee Jones...
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Q15: And finally, for the number one favorite question everybody wants answered: "What about r*keb*ck?"
Frankly, I've never...
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Forum: Home Poker
12-20-2005, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,100
Re: Unusual Drunk Poker Toughts...
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avatar/location combo OF THE YEAR, stevie...
I would pwn this game. I'd love to see it... I'd take three "shotons" right at the end of the rebuy period.
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I dunno, this...
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Forum: Home Poker
12-19-2005, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 945
Re: Bizarro Poker Game
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Last night I played in a home game that opened my eyes to the crazy mutations of the poker culture. The invite came from the friend of my roommate's co-worker, who hosts a game once a...
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Forum: Home Poker
12-14-2005, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,871
Re: Mucked the best hand, WWYD?
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What if, for the sake of argument, he DIDN'T see his flush until after, but was really fast about realizing his hand and retrieving his cards? At what point, realistically, should a...
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Forum: Home Poker
12-13-2005, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,871
Re: Mucked the best hand, WWYD?
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To add another wrinkle, we also had taped "betting lines" in front of each player position and established that any hand is dead if it is placed in front of that line.
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Forum: Home Poker
12-13-2005, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,871
Re: Mucked the best hand, WWYD?
Bad decision:
Robert's Rules of Poker:
1. Your hand is declared dead if:
(b) You throw your hand away in a forward motion causing another player to act behind you (even if not facing a...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
12-13-2005, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 424
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Forum: Internet Gambling
12-13-2005, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,010
Re: Warning from Party
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Your all a bunch of cheats using poker edge!
PT and even GT+/Ace I can live with but not sharing a central database.
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Online poker is a whole different...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
12-13-2005, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,491
Re: $60 million tournament
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Six of the world's best poker players will compete for the $80 million kitty, with the winner to take all in a series of elimination matches in July.
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Forum: Texas Hold'em
12-13-2005, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 957
Re: Who is the world champion?
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I use to play some chess and in the chess world there was usually a world champion that was generally accepted by the chess players as being the best chess player in the world.
I know...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
12-13-2005, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 405
Re: Cheater Software
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Recently on Prima one of those annoying advertisements flashed through the chat box, but instead of being for rakeback or bonus' it was for software that supposedly showed your opponents...
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Forum: Texas Hold'em
12-13-2005, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 372
Re: Which poker magazines do you read?
I read cardplayer online at cardplayer.com. Click on the magazine tab on the site to get to the magazine articles. Hands down the most enjoyable poker magazine anywhere.
I also read All-in, but...
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Forum: Home Poker
12-12-2005, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 785
Re: Slowrolling
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<<Subtle hijacking in progress>>
To alter this slightly:
WHAT IF - hypothetically - the guy who missed his flush tabled his loser as if he thought he lost...then the dealer looks at...
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Forum: Home Poker
12-12-2005, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 785
Re: Slowrolling
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I agree, I was wrong earlier- I missed that the OP was out of the hand and had access to information that affected his statement to the player.
Now, if the OP had NOT seen the hand and...
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