Forum: Stud
12-12-2005, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 33
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Re: Stud/8 tournament is on
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I've created a Stud/8 tournament on Stars … I made it $10+1 to try and get as good a turnout as possible.
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The low entry fee was a consideration on my part, because I’m not...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
12-11-2005, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 60
Re: What is CO?
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Does anyone know who coined the poker term "hijack"?
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It was 2+2er Tommy Angelo on December 7, 2004. See...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
12-11-2005, 11:43 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 60
Re: What is CO?
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The "hijack" seat is actually one to the right of the CO, two to the right of the button. The idea being that you can hijack the CO's ability to steal the button or the blinds by raising...
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Forum: Stud
12-11-2005, 07:21 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 137
Re: Any love for 5 Card Stud?
Now I don’t think my psychological advice was correct. It didn’t occur to me that winning a game could be equated with earning money on a boring job.
Actually, I love Stud8. A short time ago, I...
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Forum: Stud
12-10-2005, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 137
Re: Any love for 5 Card Stud?
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over the hill boring
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I guess that you need to convince yourself that the fun is in the winning, not in the action. Maybe the people in the Psychology Forum will have more...
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Forum: Stud
12-10-2005, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 128
Re: Shorthanded stud
Thanks for explaining that BTirish. I've played quite a bit of short-handed hold 'em, but most of the stud games I've played are at full tables.
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Forum: Stud
12-10-2005, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 128
Re: Shorthanded stud
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shorthanded stud play is very read-dependent.
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I imagine that shorthanded poker play is very read-dependent. However, my questions don’t relate to reads. Rather than ask...
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Forum: Two Plus Two Internet Magazine
12-07-2005, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 55
Re: Older articles - suggestion
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Is having an editor called Ed an example of irony? I am not American so I do not know.
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It’s ironic, Mack, that you’d ask about English usage in a forum where so many...
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-26-2005, 08:45 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 138
Re: Tell me I\'m wrong
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You're wrong because if your outs are evenly distributed throughout the deck and your opponents hands, so are junk cards that will not improve your hand. therefore, if you do the math you...
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-26-2005, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 138
Re: Tell me I\'m wrong
Xhad, thank you for your thoughtful intuitive explanation. Whether the dealer burns x cards, or puts x cards into the opponents’ hands, the chances of making the flush on the turn are the same.
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-25-2005, 11:11 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 93
Re: SB vs BB in Limit Hold\'em
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At PokerStars and PartyPoker, the big blind has the button.
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In my experience, it’s far more common to have the button on the small blind when heads up. If the button is on...
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Forum: Stud
11-25-2005, 10:07 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 79
Re: Stud8 math
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Is there any reason for the first line of his chart to have one number that's different from the rest? I think the program he used might have been flawed.
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Brian Alspach...
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Forum: Stud
11-25-2005, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 136
Re: Reading Material?
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I've only read about half of it, but I'm not crazy about Adams' book. Also, I've been on 2+2 since the late 1990s, and I don't remember him ever posting here. I do believe that he posts...
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Forum: Probability
11-25-2005, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 266
Re: Party Poker Sidebets
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I only heard about this "for" terminology recently in connection with craps payoffs. Is it new? Perhaps the latest attempt to fleece customers? I think it really adds confusion to a...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
11-25-2005, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 21
Re: Netpoker24.com - WARNING !!!
Thanks for the warning. I wish I could give you the contact information, but this is the first I’ve heard of Netpoker24.
This forum is for discussing magazine articles published on 2+2, so there...
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-25-2005, 01:01 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 155
Re: Start of sessions
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Id say 4 of 5 sessions I play I start out losing.
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When we’re in the zone, we’re in a state of focused attention or energy. It’s a special place where performance is...
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Forum: Small Stakes Shorthanded
11-24-2005, 07:37 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 38
Re: Good Heads up threads for beginners?
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What are some good threads to sharpen my Heads-Up tournament game?
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I could probably answer the question if I were at home where I could access my notes. Anyway, for...
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Forum: Stud
11-24-2005, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 88
Re: Stud high/low starting hands
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As a beginner, playing lower limits, besides the normal high hands (Ts or better, 3 high suited cards, trips, ), what kind of hands can I start with while playing high/low stud?
From...
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Forum: Stud
11-24-2005, 01:13 AM
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Replies: 7
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Re: Going too far with Tens?
I appreciate MrBlueNose’s astute comments about third and fourth streets. By folding earlier, we wouldn’t find ourselves in this fifth-street situation. None-the-less, here we are.
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5th...
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Forum: Stud
11-23-2005, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 150
Re: Hello! Happy Thanksgiving Day to all...
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My wife got her ph.d on Monday. Which means we will most likely be off to thailand in a month or so.
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That’s very exciting. Congratulations.
Happy Thanksgiving to...
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Forum: Stud
11-23-2005, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 136
Re: Reading Material?
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Any recommended books for beginers?
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If you’re interested in seven-card stud, stud/8, and razz – I enjoyed the book by Max Stern, Tom McEvoy, and Linda Johnson. It’s a good...
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-23-2005, 04:54 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 87
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-14-2005, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 139
Re: IMPORTANT! - Loose and Lose
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Isn't there a poster with the SN "Born to loose"?
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I have a dry sense of humor, so that’s the kind of moniker that I might choose (not "chose").
She occasionally makes an...
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-14-2005, 08:49 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 136
Re: True or False
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If you can't beat bad players you can't beat good players.
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Good point. I wish I’d said that.
Now I’d like to comment on another matter. A good player who has just opened...
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-05-2005, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 130
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