Forum: Other Poker Games
12-28-2005, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 176
Mixed games question
If you are running a mixed game, what do you require to be "in the game" when you switch from antes to blinds. Suppose you are playing stud and switch to holdem. The blinds are posted based on the...
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Forum: Sporting Events
11-16-2005, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 84
england vs. argentina
very very good game with the winning goal during injury time. i hate the cheating argetine athletes, and finally they lost. go england.
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Forum: Politics
11-16-2005, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 187
Re: AI: After Iraq?
i have a question. are we really fighting terror or are we attempting to democratize iraq through force? most americans were conditioned to believe that iraq was a better target in the wake of 9/11....
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Forum: Internet Gambling
10-20-2005, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 38
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Forum: Televised Poker
10-20-2005, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 137
Views: 577
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Forum: Beginners Questions
10-20-2005, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 84
hold em hand nicknames
hold em nicknames...can anyone guess what these hands are? i knew a few of them, but i didn't think there were this many.
-Pocket Rockets; Bullets; American Airlines
-Cowboys; King Kong ...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
10-18-2005, 07:39 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 37
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
10-18-2005, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 37
A rules question
If someone posts less than the full amount at the BB, can players call the amount of the BB? For example, the SB posts $75 and the BB posts $80, all-in. Can a player call $80 to gypsy, or must they...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
10-17-2005, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 51
Re: PokerBlue
pokerblue is a solid poker room. i'm still playing there cuz of that sign up bonus that got me 100%.
i've seen that bonus whore blacklist before, and that [censored] has been on there forever....
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Forum: Internet Gambling
10-06-2005, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 21
NBC Las Vegas
One of my favorite shows is Las Vegas on NBC...hot girls, good story, and always an emphasis on the game. Anyways, I was checking out the official site thru NBC. Annie Duke will be guest starring on...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
06-10-2005, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 65
Re: TJ Suited/Off Suit
>>JTs is a much better hand than JTo.
Why? You only make a flush around 4% of the time. I think folks are WAY too in love with suited cards.
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Forum: Small Stakes Hold'em
05-16-2005, 01:19 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 54
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Forum: Poker Theory
12-17-2004, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 93
Re: Odds of finishing second
Thanks for the response. I did the same calculation and came up with the same answers.
However, I also wrote a program to simulate this by playing out 1 million tournaments and got slightly...
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Forum: Poker Theory
12-16-2004, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 88
Re: Most Important Skills for Each Game
At low levels, I would say hand selection and discipline are critical, since you mainly need to worry about laying down the best hand at the end.
As you move up, being able to read your opponents...
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Forum: Poker Theory
12-16-2004, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 93
Odds of finishing second
I am trying to figure out the odds of finishing second in a 3-person poker tournament. Suppose the players have $10K, $5K, and $2K in chips. I know their chances of winning are directly...
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Forum: Poker Theory
02-10-2004, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 310
Re: Brunson vs. Sklanky and Caro
>>If he held them in so much contempt, why the heck were they asked (By Doyle personally) to write sections of his Super/System book?
I don't see his comment as "contempt" as much as ego.
Also,...
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Forum: Other Poker Games
01-30-2004, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 110
Significant?
>>Another thing to consider is that with a hand listed as A23K s it may have significantly different values even when we realize that it is the Ace that is suited. For example, you will earn more...
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Forum: Other Poker Games
01-29-2004, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 81
Re: Stud 8 starting hand question
In a loose, non-aggressive game, you should ABSOLUTELY play this hand. You have a 3-card low, an ace in the hand so it could go high, and a shot at a flush. This hand has legitimate scoop...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
01-29-2004, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 47
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-29-2004, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 77
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-29-2004, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 127
Re: Update on Sklansky\'s ranking of games??
If your main purpose in poker is to prove something or compensate for a lack of natural endowment worry about how macho a game is.
If your main interest is in making money, then not only consider...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
12-12-2003, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 59
I think it should go one step further
I think a site should have a check box called "Show cards". In a B&M site, any player in the hand at the showdown has a right to ask to see any hand that is not folded. I don't see why an online...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
12-07-2003, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 23
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Forum: Internet Gambling
12-07-2003, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 21
Re: AA for four bets.
A lot depends on how you play your other hands. Are there other hands you will make it 4 bets with? If so, then capping it doesn't put you on AA. I would do that and cap it with AA more than 70%...
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Forum: Other Poker Games
11-27-2003, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 91
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