Forum: Psychology
06-14-2005, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 132
Re: Back Pain - Percocette and Poker
Similar expriences? Boy howdy and then some. I have a terminal illness (lung cancer) and have to be on pain killers (Vicoden) 24/7. And I mean 24/7! (for those that might not know, Vicoden is a...
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Forum: Psychology
06-12-2005, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 90
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Forum: Psychology
05-13-2005, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 92
Re: What bothers you more?
My problem (one of many /images/graemlins/grin.gif) is that I start to feel I "own" the pot if I'm ahead at the turn. I'll forget (emotionally) that this is a SEVEN card game.
Example from...
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Forum: Psychology
05-13-2005, 03:55 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 134
Re: I took a second job. As a plumber.
I was a Hull Maintinance Technition in the navy many (way TOO many) years ago. That's the fancy name they came up with when they took the Damage Control, Shipfitter and Pipefitter rateings and...
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Forum: Psychology
04-05-2005, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 329
Re: The Ultimate Fish - Morally Wrong?
Ok, here goes. First off a qualifier or two. Like a previous poster I worked with the developmentaly delayed for a number of years. My daughter is developmentaly delayed, my wife is disabled due...
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Forum: Psychology
04-05-2005, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 135
Re: i want you to know that i\'m good!
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Along those lines, I would love to see a poker site that allows the player to adopt a different screen name every time he sits down.
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Oh geez. Don't do that! It'd...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
04-03-2005, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 103
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Forum: Beginners Questions
04-03-2005, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 81
Re: Im stupid(but so are ppl in partys support)
Don't know about other places, but here in the great state of California bartenders can be held responsible if they serve an obviously drunk person a drink and he then gets in a wreck and kills...
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Forum: Psychology
03-20-2005, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 150
Re: Table etiquette
I think the best thing to do here is give him that old "what slime pit did you crawl out of" look, shake your head a bit and go back to playing. He might continue to rag on you, but that's ok. ...
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Forum: Other Gambling Games
03-20-2005, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 90
Just curious (slot machine question).
Back in "the day" when slot machines were all mechanical the odds of hitting the jackpot could be figured by the number of drums in each machine and the number of icons (including blanks) on each...
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Forum: Psychology
03-20-2005, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 85
The Stupid Switch.
I was just wondering how many of you have this switch in your head? I play mostly NL sngs with a few mtts (also NL) thrown in for a diversion and today was a perfect example of how the stupid switch...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
03-20-2005, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 67
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Forum: Beginners Questions
03-20-2005, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 73
Re: GA
As a recovering drug addict and alcoholic (25 years clean and sober), I know a little about addictive personalities. /images/graemlins/smile.gif
There is a simple, but often not so easy, way to...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
03-19-2005, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 73
Re: simple question, TT UTG
Getting a bit OT here, but had to say thanks Tripdad. Stack size is ALWAYS a consideration in tourny play (sng or mtt) and I completely forgot about it here.
Think I'll post other "Go/No Go"...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
03-19-2005, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 44
Re: Glossery
I DID read both those. I'm looking for something with a little deaper explination than is given in those links.
For instance (to use one I already know):
UTG Under the gun.
When I first...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
03-19-2005, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 73
Re: simple question, TT UTG
I'm mostly an NL SNG player, but this idea may work for other games as well. I'm working on a flexable set of "Go/No Go" questions I ask myself in common situations. For UTG it goes something like...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
03-19-2005, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 44
Glossery
Is there an onling glossery of some of the terms used by the here and other places? For instance, I know what BB, SB, ITM and a bunch of the others mean, but there are quite a few (ROI, VPIP and...
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Forum: Poker Theory
03-16-2005, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 213
Re: Hand values in maniac games
Just my personal bias, but....
I do very well against a table with 1 or 2 maniacs. If it gets to be more than that, however, I tend to get intimidated for some reason so I usually go find another...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
03-15-2005, 12:11 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 97
Confused and Frustrated
4 months ago I had a pretty decent bankroll and was doing ok in the win/loss department. I don't do this for a living so winning a bit each week was just fine with me. Then everything seemed to go...
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Forum: Psychology
03-14-2005, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 157
Re: Personal Anthem?
Two songs: "Turn, Turn, Turn" by the Byrds and Tim Magraw's "Live Like You Were Dying".
The first has always seemed to describe my life and the second because I was diagnosed last year with...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
03-14-2005, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 35
AK suited or not
I know this has been discussed a gazillion times and is in just about every hold-em book around, but this starting hand still drives me nuts every time I get it. My "tight" side says get in cheap...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
03-13-2005, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 34
Finally!
After 9 months of trying (which is when I started playing Hold-em online) I FINALY made the money in an MTT. Yea, ok, it was just a $1 buy in. And it was on Pacific so the competion wasn't the very...
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Forum: One-table Tournaments
03-13-2005, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 32
Re: Small Stakes SNG Question
A couple of things I'd think about here. First off, if I'm the chip leader it's kind of no brainer. With that big a lead and that size of stack I'm playing so tight my eyeballs hurt.
If I'm one...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
03-13-2005, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 49
Re: Word from the wise..
I am SO glad to hear I'm not the only one! /images/graemlins/smile.gif
I was playing an sng on UB. 6 left on the table 3left in the hand. Player directly across from me puts in a min. bet. I...
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Forum: Poker Theory
03-13-2005, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 132
Re: Could you have kept on going?
I'll take the other side of this one. I took a HUGE hit wheen I came back to playing poker (back from a LONG time ago when stud and draw was the name of the game). My first 2 bank rolls when...
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