Forum: Omaha/8
10-17-2005, 08:31 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 51
Re: Best 8/ in Vegas
The Orleans has good omaha 8 action very loose sometimes aggr. It is dependent on the days you play there thur/fri/sat nights best action. I believe it is 4-8 w/half kill if looking for mid limits...
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Forum: Stud
07-26-2005, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 119
Re: Common situation in Stud/8
I would fold as well. I would just think of the concept that I didn't build my bankroll pushing marginal situations, but exploiting favorable situations that I have an edge in.One factor that you...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-19-2005, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 256
Re: What\'s the point of a church?
From my perspective a church is the office of a priest. In the majority of churches, as while as the sessions we see on tv, priest are snonymous with salesmen. The stronger they preach (the...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
07-18-2005, 01:12 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 19
Catching up on reading.
With the WSOP gone, I need to catch up on reading. Any good reads lately. Looking for books in the ghetto/mafia and how they got out West.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-18-2005, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 225
Re: What is matter?
By definition matter is something that occupies space. Speaking in physics definitions, it is something that has mass and exists as a solid, liquid, plasma. What is more interesting is antimatter,...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-18-2005, 12:49 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 285
Re: It\'s like... a whole new dimension man...
Thoerist consider time to be a dimension, which is described as space-time. Since space-time is considered to be curved requires another dimension, which is actually the fifth dimension .
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Forum: Books and Publications
07-16-2005, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 86
Re: Chess books?
Playing chess can improve all decisions or analysis we come across. I play just enough to bite the poker bug. The TOP of chess would be Jeremy Silman's How to reassess your chess, as a matter of...
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Forum: Psychology
07-15-2005, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 78
Pain ?
I was doing some observations on my 3 year old nephew when I was babysitting him. We were playing outside and he fell off a rock, scratched his inner forearm badly. He immediately looks at me and...
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Forum: Televised Poker
06-29-2005, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 375
Re: Reasons to hate Paul Phillips
It seems to me that someone here is a bit jealous. Why do you have to talk about the man's wife that way. Here are two reasons why your statements are callow and illogical.
1.PP is a very smart guy,...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
05-07-2005, 11:00 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 25
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Forum: Other Other Topics
05-07-2005, 10:10 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 25
Re: Dan Brown books
Never read LOTR but my wife has and she tells me that as a child they let your imagination run wild, liked the movies but don't care for movies too much b/c they leave out to many themes,...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
05-07-2005, 09:44 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 25
Dan Brown books
What do you guys think of Dan Brown. He's gotta be one of the best authors out there right now. I really enjoyed The Da Vinci Code, one of my best reads of all time. I think Digital Fortress is...
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Forum: Televised Poker
05-04-2005, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 187
Re: My money\'s on Sklansky...
This is great point. To fully understand what Stuey did for poker was phenomenal. He started the wave of being Loose aggressive and winning. At that time period where tight play was the only...
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Forum: Televised Poker
05-04-2005, 01:46 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 187
Re: My money\'s on Sklansky...
D.S. would be a fool if he played Stuey heads up in Gin that would be like Josh Waitkin challenging Bobby Fischer in Chess. To make this a fair contest I think a mixed game would be offered if you...
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Forum: Televised Poker
05-04-2005, 01:33 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 187
Re: My money\'s on Sklansky...
I wouldn't argue the point that Stuey was one of the best and the best at No Limit. Sklansky wouldn't play him heads up in no limit if you want to make this type of simulation real he play him in a...
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Forum: Televised Poker
05-04-2005, 01:19 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 187
Re: My money\'s on Sklansky...
This game would be a toss up. If you researched Stu's games you would find out that he was always a paranoid freak thinking that everyone was trying to bluff him. Just like Barry G. said you never...
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Forum: Probability
04-09-2005, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 86
Re: ATs, fold to a raise or... Play with odds?
In your first question it may be a fold due to position, chip stack, and players calling or the preflop raiser. Now concerning the second situation your position is correct, players calling are they...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
04-09-2005, 04:31 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 82
Re: The difference between 30-60 and 80-160
I play alot at the Bellagio and the game they spread consistently is 80/160 the next step down would 30/60 they do have a 40/80 game but it is 7 stud. Now over at the Mirage they spread 40/80 holdem...
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Forum: Books and Publications
04-05-2005, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 129
Re: Tips for new books to read
A book that I really liked and has helped me to get my thought process down for the situational occurrences in poker is, Roy Cooke's Real Poker II: the play of hands . An excellent book for strategy...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
03-12-2005, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 46
Down swing
Well I am on a downswing right now and it hurts. I try to stay positive but it just gets to me sometimes. I play 20-40 regularly and 40-80 on the weekends at the Mirage b/c the action is great. I...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
03-08-2005, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 40
Playing 77 on the button
Playing 20-40 at the Mirage monday night.Game was very profitable tight old men to my left, loose passive tourists to my right. A weak passive tourist(WPT) limp in middle position to open. I am on...
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