Forum: Beginners Questions
02-18-2005, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 151
Re: Spring Break
Cancun. Go to Europe in the summer after you graduate with all the other hostel-sleeping, train-hopping Americans. (Avoid wearing the baseball cap and shorts if you can help it.) Besides, think of...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
02-10-2005, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 165
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Forum: Home Poker
02-03-2005, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 91
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Forum: Home Poker
02-03-2005, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 120
Re: Dealing the high card
Bob Ciaffone (Robert) is a poker writer and wrote standard rules for playing poker awhile back. You can download them and well as rules for running a tournament from this site:
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Forum: Home Poker
02-02-2005, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 120
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
01-30-2005, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 137
Re: Was I too nice?
The universe tends to unfold as it should so taking that pot might've worked out poorly for you in the long run and as for the BB... he'll get his eventually (if you believe in karma). Wouldn't the...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
01-27-2005, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 132
Re: Two questions about vegas.
The pool at the Hard Rock is the best hotel pool in the world. It's not even close. And that's according the Travel Channel. Caesar's also made the top 10 but the rest were in other locations like...
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Forum: Home Poker
01-26-2005, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 160
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Forum: Home Poker
01-26-2005, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 160
Re: Player drops and exposes card - what happens?
The show one, show all rule is intended for mucked hands, not active ones and the dropped card does not have to be shown to anyone. In an extreme example, let's say your friend has a habit of holding...
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Forum: Home Poker
01-21-2005, 07:25 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 88
Re: $20 buyin, what limit?
Well, you're essentially playing a spread limit game now. I'm not sure what you would consider the problem in your game to be. You could simply raise the max bet to $2 overall or just on the later...
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Forum: Home Poker
01-21-2005, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 88
Re: $20 buyin, what limit?
Playing a structured $.50/1 game with $.25/.50 blinds would be reasonable. However, most of the home players I've played with over the years are used to a spread-limit structure. From my experience,...
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Forum: Home Poker
01-21-2005, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 227
Re: Arrrggghhh!!!!! Home Game Cancellations HELP!
I'd tell you to relax and try to have fun no matter how many people show up, but playing host isn't easy. Winning player? As host, you should be able to suffer the worst beats with a smile. Even if...
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Forum: Televised Poker
01-14-2005, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 230
Re: don\'t know \'bout you guys but tilt sucked
Well, I personally don't know anyone who actually thinks Rounders is a good movie. That being said, I think Ed Norton's acting was great. No one had high expectations for this show so I'm not...
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Forum: Home Poker
01-11-2005, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 165
Re: Help with liquor for poker room
Whatever you decide (the guy who said single malt scotch was dead on!), I'd get a nice decanter, tray, and 2 nice glasses... maybe an ice bucket too. If you go with vodka and gin, maybe a mini-shaker...
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Forum: Home Poker
12-20-2004, 03:53 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 129
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Forum: Home Poker
12-19-2004, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 129
Re: poker chips for the home game
If you're not a spammer, welcome to this forum and enjoy. But be warned: the people here are quite opinionated and for the most part very well informed.
Unfortunately, this isn't the first time...
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Forum: Home Poker
12-02-2004, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 136
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Forum: Home Poker
11-29-2004, 08:35 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 136
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Forum: Home Poker
11-28-2004, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 108
Re: the problem with rebuy tourneys
I guess it depends on why you play a rebuy in the first place. To build the pot or to keep people in the game?
What you propose to do is actually what I'm most familiar with. The rebuy tourneys...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-23-2004, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 89
Re: Another B&M etiquette question
What the dealer did was weird, but maybe he was just trying to be friendly. Tips, afterall. In any case, I believe the show one show all rule would still be in effect and the dealer should flip your...
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Forum: Home Poker
11-21-2004, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 88
Re: Is this an OK structure or does it suck?
Hmmm. There's nothing horribly wrong for your game, but the pot odds will change significantly if you have a higher 4th round bet so it might be strange for someone used to playing limit poker. Also,...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-21-2004, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 176
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Forum: Home Poker
11-21-2004, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 138
Re: What do i do about this?
Does this mean you don't actually use poker chips? Anyways, I agree with the other posters that if he's bad, don't force him to play. Does the money he's won those two times even make up for what...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-18-2004, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 145
Re: Buy in
I'll buy in for whatever everyone else has bought in for. Usually I get $100 for 3-6 or $100-$200 for 4-8 even if I have more in my pocket. I once got a strange look at the table from the others when...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-18-2004, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 124
Re: best way to improve WPT TV coverage
Get rid of that "how to play texas hold'em" segment. I know there are people who are tuning in for the very first time and there are those who watch every week and still don't know the rules. But the...
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