Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-23-2005, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 205
Re: Have Stars Micros lost their value??
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Only final table is worth it and even then it's 5th place and up for goodish money.
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hasn't that pretty much always been true for....well...any tournament?
i mean, i...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-18-2005, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 45
Re: Live MTT Structure Woes (LC)
Actually, this begs the question: Do you now consider the structures equally bad? In other words, is it now a waste of time for me to drive the extra half hour or so to get to Downs?
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-18-2005, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 45
Re: Live MTT Structure Woes (LC)
I'm in the same boat (as you know).
The only thing I can say is that, well...it's all we have. Just take it for the fun of playing in the occasional live tournament.
I consider it "me" time. ...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-17-2005, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 151
Re: derby lane
FYI: An email conversation I had with Downs card room.
ME
>I live in Venice, and I am planning on heading to your area on
>>Wednesday. I've been to Derby Lane a couple of times for...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-16-2005, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 151
Re: derby lane
I wrote the card room this morning with some questions, still no reply =(
42, your options are Derby, Downs, or Hard Rock. I think Derby runs a fine room for what it is. I found the floor and...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-15-2005, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 151
Re: derby lane
Tampa Downs is open again, no?
Have you been there yet this season?
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-15-2005, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 151
Re: derby lane
yeah i know, it wasn't that great to begin with either.
but since the boat is kaput, the only live poker i've seen in months is my bi-weekly home game.
even with the crappy structure, and...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
12-15-2005, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 151
derby lane
So Derby is running over priced tournaments again, hooray. =/
they've got a big one (http://www.derbylanepoker.com/holidaytournament.pdf) coming up this saturday, 400 max entrants, in case you...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
12-12-2005, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 637
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-06-2005, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 557
Re: Finally a tourney victory!
congrats on your win!
(my real reason for posting in this thread is to brag that I won last night too, the 12.5k guaranteed 10PM on ub last night)
after playing my a-game for weeks with nothing...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
12-06-2005, 04:20 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 96
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Forum: Internet Bonuses
12-02-2005, 11:22 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 128
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
11-30-2005, 01:44 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 76
Re: I may not ever make a MTT FT
Another suggestion: Play smaller (field wise) tournaments. Aren't most tournaments on Stars 1000+?
Try some odd hour tournaments on UB for instance. 10 AM $5+.5 1200 guaranteed, so that's 240...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-28-2005, 12:17 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 96
Re: FL Card Rooms Back in Bidness!
I would also be interested in the TBD tournaments. When do they open for the season? Do they have a website? Where are they located, exactly? Do they run multiple tournaments in a day?
I drive...
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Forum: Home Poker
11-25-2005, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 401
Re: Bad shufflers at home game
Tell them you thought of an idea to speed the game up, so that you can get more hands in. This is especially important if you're playing tournaments.
Just try to get everyone to give it a try...
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Forum: Psychology
11-25-2005, 04:17 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 162
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Forum: Home Poker
11-25-2005, 03:42 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 401
Re: Bad shufflers at home game
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Buy em an automatic card shuffler. No more than $7 at Wal-Mart.
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worst.advice.ever
why not figure out who the two best shufflers are. make them "perma-shufflers".
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-25-2005, 01:34 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 137
Re: Poker Tournaments in FL Shut Down?
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Score one for Flori-duh. They could have avoided this fiasco by writing "NO CASH VALUE" on all their chips.
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Actually, I think the issue was that they didn't have cash...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-23-2005, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 86
Re: Question about the WPT broadcasts...
I've never attended a WPT event, but I would imagine it's for image, and that they have some MC duties. The fact that they do not see the rabbit cams live has been discussed here before, as, at...
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Forum: Home Poker
11-23-2005, 01:28 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 119
Re: Anyone Have These Chips?
Slightly above standard dice chips in quality. 9 grams, so they are lighter, which I actually prefer.
If you like having denominations on your chips, and need a cheap set, I'd take these over...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-17-2005, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 137
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Forum: Home Poker
11-17-2005, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 86
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Forum: Home Poker
11-17-2005, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 86
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Forum: Home Poker
11-16-2005, 12:22 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 87
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Forum: Home Poker
11-07-2005, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 120
Re: Plastic cards
We started off with paper cards, but I got a set of Kem's for christmas last year.
The best way to describe shuffling them for the first time was "hand orgasm".
We play a LOT, so by now, the...
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