Forum: Home Poker
08-18-2005, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 95
Re: staked at a home game
Isn't Wikipedia the greatest site! As for playing under these conditions, I occasionally play with the same type of deal (winnings 50/50 losses are on my investor). However I always play with my...
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Forum: Home Poker
08-18-2005, 01:39 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 90
Re: Yikes! I got hosed tonight!
I feel your pain /images/graemlins/crazy.gif But the good news is* your getting your money in when you are holding the best hand against extreme longshots!
* I just saved a bunch of money on my...
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Forum: Poker Theory
08-18-2005, 01:30 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 130
Re: Playing Vs. Studying
I like to do my studying when I feel like I'm running a string of cold cards. This does a number of things for me. First it removes me from a situation where I have a greater chance at loosing...
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Forum: Poker Theory
08-17-2005, 02:31 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 79
Re: WSOP circuit event hand analysis question
I also saw this hand and cringed, but then again I had the full benefit of seeing the K's had the best hand. If I were in the same situation, I would like to think I would play those K's a bit more...
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Forum: Home Poker
08-17-2005, 01:56 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 180
Re: how many shuffles...???
Use two decks!! Most of the time hands will last long enough to have the next deck shuffled sufficantly to start a new hand right away. If you're not comfortable with your shuffle by the end of the...
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Forum: Poker Theory
08-17-2005, 12:34 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 131
Re: Dealing with bad runs
If you can continue to play optimal poker, there is no reason to set a limit on your play. Even the best players can get razzed after playing a couple hours and not winning a cent, and this is...
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Forum: Poker Theory
08-17-2005, 12:11 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 96
Re: I know you guys can help
Here's what worked for me when I was explaining it to my parents. I simply told them, you know I go out drinking every night (college in Boston = ungodly amounts of $ on alcohol), and I havn't...
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Forum: Home Poker
08-12-2005, 03:04 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 82
Re: Payouts - How do they affect play?
My regular game had been paying out the top three (50%,30%,20% usually along those lines). But recently we have switched to the big winners (66%,33%), and it has hurt our game I think. In fact we...
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Forum: Poker Theory
08-12-2005, 02:38 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 199
Re: Multitabling
No, he doesn't mean the number of hands he actually sees the flop with. The total number of hands he sees regardless of when he actually plays them doubles if he plays four tables at once instead of...
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Forum: Home Poker
08-12-2005, 02:16 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 127
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Forum: Internet Gambling
08-11-2005, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 76
Re: SCAM
http://www.zefrank.com/request/index_better.html
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Forum: Home Poker
08-11-2005, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 127
Re: General tells
Yes, there are tons of them! Let me first say find someway to either read Mike Caro's Book of Poker Tells, or see his movie (I think the other guy mentioned this also), it's a real quick and great...
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Forum: Home Poker
08-10-2005, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 83
Re: Am I too good?
You should just quit while you're ahead, because no one will ever be able to compete and you'll get bored of taking their money week after week, or start to feel guilty and you don't want to have to...
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Forum: Home Poker
08-10-2005, 02:18 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 129
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Forum: Home Poker
08-10-2005, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 251
Re: Am I too good?
I wouldn't be suprised if he just isn't having games at his place anymore. It sounds like before you came along, he was winning all of the money. With such a small game it would only take one or to...
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Forum: Home Poker
08-09-2005, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 87
Re: what type of player should I be...
I like going with the newbie image if I can, but that's usually not possible as all my friends have lost hundreds of dollars to me and introduce me as the great white shark. For the first couple...
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Forum: Poker Theory
08-09-2005, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 128
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Forum: Home Poker
08-06-2005, 10:52 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 140
Re: marked cards
If you're a regular at the game, no one will think twice if you show up with a couple brand new decks of cards. Just say I noticed your decks were getting old/sticky/bent/any excuse really. I've...
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Forum: Poker Theory
08-05-2005, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 175
Re: Playing against a Sklansky Disciple
I mentioned this earlier in response to Troy, but this was late in the tourney, with only four players and very high blinds. I had been playing very loose and agressive at this point because we were...
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Forum: Poker Theory
08-05-2005, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 175
Re: Playing against a Sklansky Disciple
Ok, I got a couple helpful posts here (thanks lehighguy, Shandray, and Peter). You're right bernie, this I suppose was a bit ridiculous, because I was looking for a quick fix to a long term problem...
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Forum: Poker Theory
08-05-2005, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 175
Re: Playing against a Sklansky Disciple
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okay, if he's getting all his chips in with A-6 and winning by drawing out to a str8 please show me where Sklansky would advocate such a thing? Sounds more like a Brunson
10-2 move to...
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Forum: Poker Theory
08-05-2005, 12:30 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 175
Re: Playing against a Sklansky Disciple
Which part are you disagreeing with, the stressing of Math, or Fundamental Theorem of Poker tightening up players.
Math: Four of the first seven chapters in TOP, are on the math aspect. Every...
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Forum: Poker Theory
08-05-2005, 12:10 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 175
Re: Playing against a Sklansky Disciple
Hold your horses RikDayToN, there is most certainly a difference between players who have only read Sklansky vs. players who have only read Brunson. The players who have just read Brunson tend to be...
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Forum: Poker Theory
08-04-2005, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 175
Re: Playing against a Sklansky Disciple
Haha, ok that's probably a better book to ask for Cliff's notes on. Fine I'll go re-read the whole book, cause poker was cancelled tonight /images/graemlins/mad.gif, I suppose if my TOP book looked...
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Forum: Poker Theory
08-04-2005, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 175
Re: Playing against a Sklansky Disciple
Close, lets rephrase the question, as a Sklansky follower what types of (good) players give you the most trouble? Right now I would classify myself as a Doyle Brunson follower, and I find it to be...
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