Forum: Poker Theory
12-24-2005, 01:59 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 130
Re: Can someone show me the math for this..
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Ok that makes sense, so basically if I check I'm losing even more expectation then when I bet right?
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Actually, you're still gaining expectation with every bet that goes...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
12-21-2005, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 768
Re: SSHE \"Hidden Outs\"
I find it most useful with weak aces - say, A3 on an AK59 board. If you think you're likely up against a better ace (but not AK, since they didn't raise preflop), all the 9s, 5s, and possibly even...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
12-16-2005, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 97
Views: 562
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Forum: Other Gambling Games
12-07-2005, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 223
Re: Hillary for president at 6:1
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You should only take this bet so that you can lay it off with better odds immediately following the Democratic convevtion. Her true odds of ever winning are probably closer to...
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Forum: Texas Hold'em
11-22-2005, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 99
Re: Card Trackers or pure Stupidity
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** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Gindo [ Qh Qs ]
Gindo calls [15].
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His flop call was idiotic and the guy got lucky to beat you but you played the hand...
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Forum: Probability
11-21-2005, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 90
Re: Probability #1
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funny cuz u put u the wrong answer
$100 x .50 = 50ev
$ 50 x .25 = 12.50ev
$ 10 x .25 = 2.5ev
50+12.5+2.5= 65 65/3 = 21.666 The avg. price that Susie will get selling the book on...
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Forum: Psychology
11-21-2005, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 394
Re: Can guys and girls be just friends?
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Straight men cannot really be friends with women. Not the same as they are friends with their male buddies.
Leykis 101. Mandatory listening.
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This is, of course,...
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Forum: Probability
11-18-2005, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 316
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-17-2005, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 277
Re: Bernard Lee\'s Boston Herald Articles.
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Anyways last week he was talking about how he had KK w/ under 100 people left. He raised and got reraised from 40 to 80K. Bernard Lee folded them face up preflop and...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-17-2005, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 277
Re: Bernard Lee\'s Boston Herald Articles.
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Anyways last week he was talking about how he had KK w/ under 100 people left. He raised and got reraised from 40 to 80K. Bernard Lee folded them face up preflop and said, "I know you have...
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-17-2005, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 98
Re: SoB, WW and AB
The "independence assumption" everyone is talking about works something like this.
Your calculation - figuring out what your odds are against each player individually, and then multiplying those...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-15-2005, 06:20 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 193
Re: World Series Upgrade
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The 25k WPT bellagio tourney might take over as the premier event if they don't change the formatting of the World Series.
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This won't happen, and it won't ever come...
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-15-2005, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 200
Re: SLAP vs TAG
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i just recently started using poker tracker and am also labeled a SLAP. it was my understading the aggresive referred to after the flop and the passive was overall, including preflop...
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Forum: Books and Publications
11-11-2005, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 152
Re: The great chess book con game
I have to jump on this as well - there are so many interesting and/or informative chess books out there that saying you only know of 10 good ones is ridiculous. Hell, there are probably more than 10...
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Forum: Probability
11-11-2005, 02:19 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 132
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-11-2005, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 344
Re: How to beat a player who seems lucky....
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luck or cheating
i've seen both
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If someone has literally not had a single losing session over the course of a year, I'm pretty sure I know which one it is....
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-07-2005, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 122
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Forum: Beginners Questions
11-06-2005, 12:45 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 132
Re: Validity of \"Break Even\" Theory
I have to admit, I liked this part of the article:
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Beginner
The pot has $20 in it and Phil Hellmuth goes all-in for $30.
1. What are your pot odds?
2. What is your...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
11-04-2005, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 130
Views: 465
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-03-2005, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 312
Re: closest game to poker, skill v. luck
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Baseball
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This is actually not a horrible answer, except that teams of hugely different skill wouldn't have much variance in their results. But teams on the same level -...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-03-2005, 12:27 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 321
Re: WSOP has become a joke.
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There is a place in tournaments for calling with 86s in position. This is something books don't teach you.
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Really? I'm sure I have books that teach me that. Written by...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
10-28-2005, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 403
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Forum: Probability
10-28-2005, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 84
Re: twodimes.net
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Anyone familiar with this website? Im woundering if it's reliable or if anyone knows of a better way of getting odds for holdem hand match ups.
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100% reliable. However, if...
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Forum: Televised Poker
10-28-2005, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 531
Re: why WSOP main event only 10K?
If the WSOP main event is a lottery, it's the most +EV lottery in the history of the world for a skilled player. /images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Forum: Televised Poker
10-26-2005, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 142
Re: Pros Hate Playing Novices. . .
No pro who was thinking clearly and hadn't just been knocked out of a tournament (or taken a horrible beat) would seriously say they hated playing against novices. Well, no pro who was actually a...
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