Forum: Psychology
05-24-2005, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 123
I give up
Poker is no longer fun and this is the last post from Demana.
Good luck to all of you who can handle it.
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Forum: Psychology
05-23-2005, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 89
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Forum: Psychology
05-22-2005, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 89
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
05-22-2005, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 17
Call from the big blind in a kill pot?
Live 10 handed $3/6 full kill game
This was a very loose, mostly passive table. Preflop raises meant AA, KK, QQ, or AK. Postflop, the table stayed loose, but a couple of people (like the SB) got a...
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Forum: Psychology
05-22-2005, 02:20 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 89
Aren\'t math and logic just ways of perception?
Don't we use math and logic in the same way we use sight and sound? Aren't they just ways for humans to perceive and understand the universe?
If so, then why do they need to still exist when we...
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Forum: Psychology
05-20-2005, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 321
Re: A Reasonable Religion
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But there is a way out. Namely by doing extra credit good to make up for the bad. Do enough and you wipe the slate clean.
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Did you watch Constantine and feel like he...
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Forum: Psychology
05-20-2005, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 82
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Forum: Beginners Questions
05-19-2005, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 49
Re: Do you have the odds to call? (Question 2)
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I'll try to make this on a bit clearer.
You are UTG and hold A/images/graemlins/club.gifA/images/graemlins/diamond.gif
Preflop: Hero raises, folded to CO who calls, button calls, SB...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
05-18-2005, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 49
Do you have the odds to call? (Question 2)
I'll try to make this on a bit clearer.
You are UTG and hold A/images/graemlins/club.gifA/images/graemlins/diamond.gif
Preflop: Hero raises, folded to CO who calls, button calls, SB calls, BB...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
05-18-2005, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 81
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Forum: Psychology
05-18-2005, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 131
Views: 549
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Forum: Beginners Questions
05-18-2005, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 89
Re: Do you have the odds to call? (Question 1)
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Heads-up against an aggressive player you have some implied odds. Say he has QQ and the river is Q /images/graemlins/heart.gif. I can see that earning you at least 1BB on the river in the...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
05-18-2005, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 89
Re: Do you have the odds to call? (Question 1)
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Assume your opponent will only bet when they have a made hand.
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This means that your only outs are to the flush.
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If a scare card comes, like the third to a...
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Forum: Psychology
05-18-2005, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 94
Re: Know the bad first?
Well, I finally understand where this question was coming from: I've been using it to rationalize losing. Whether bad beat, suck out, missed draw, or whatever, I keep saying to myself that one day...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
05-15-2005, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 89
Do you have the odds to call? (Question 1)
This is the first in a series of questions I'll be posting about calling various streets based on odds and player reads.
Question 1
You are in a $1/2 limit game.
It is heads up and you hold...
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
05-08-2005, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 22
Re: Dog\'s balls: too agro all around?
So no one supports waiting for the turn to raise instead of the flop? Provided everyone calls either raise, waiting for the turn adds an extra 1.5 BB to the pot.
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
05-08-2005, 02:57 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 22
Dog\'s balls: too agro all around?
Live $10/20 9 handed ring game
The Players
UTG: Seemed like a loose player who likes to call with garbage hands like K8o, but then will fold for an entire orbit. Only raises KK or AA preflop....
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Forum: Psychology
05-08-2005, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 196
Re: ADD & Drugs
Re: ADD & Drugs
You can control ADD, ADHD, OCD, or Tourettes through hard work and determination. Drugs are a doctors's easy way out of treatment and have the side effect of making you dependent...
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Forum: Psychology
05-08-2005, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 196
Re: ADD and Poker
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if I can figure out how to get paid to do something i love
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So what is it that you love doing?
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Forum: Psychology
05-08-2005, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 157
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Forum: Psychology
05-08-2005, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 181
Re: Have you ever thought about just quitting?
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I know it's been mentioned before in this forum, but, the book, "Mastery," by George Leonard is a great book. If you haven't read it, I'd recommend reading, or re-reading it....
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Forum: Psychology
05-07-2005, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 196
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Forum: Psychology
05-07-2005, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 181
Re: Have you ever thought about just quitting?
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Have you ever thought about just quitting?
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Every day...
Not sure why I keep at it though, perhaps I think that the struggle is what makes the journey so rewarding...
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Forum: Psychology
05-07-2005, 03:53 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 94
Re: Know the bad first?
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I'm sure someone could produce an argument otherwise, but I gotta go with bad first.
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I agree.
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Forum: Psychology
05-06-2005, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 141
Re: What is people skills?
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Ability can be learned, willingness cannot.
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There is something profound in this statement.
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