Forum: Home Poker
08-02-2005, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 144
Re: Pokerchips.com Cleaning Question
I've had a set of these for 6 years. To clean them, I soak a rag in warm water with a little dish soap and rub each chip clean. I even started using an old toothbrush on chips that are really dirty...
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Forum: Home Poker
02-25-2005, 12:24 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 140
Re: Dealers Choice Home Game Question
Our regular game is 1-2 limit, and we play with a single $1 blind for flop games and, for stud games, a single $1 dead ante posted by the player to the dealer's left, plus a $1 bring in from the low...
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Forum: Home Poker
06-01-2004, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 84
Illegal in Kansas
It depends entirely on state and local laws. I don't practice in Kansas, but it appears that home poker is illegal there, whether or not there is a rake. There's a 1993 Kansas Supreme Court case,...
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Forum: Home Poker
05-24-2004, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 89
Champaign IL Game
We have a weekly game in Champaign. 1-2, limited dealer's choice (Hold 'em, 7-Stud, Omaha, including hi-lo variations, plus a mix-up game now and then, but never wild cards or crapshoots like...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
04-05-2004, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 117
Bad News from Feds
This strikes me as a bad sign of things to come:
Web Engines Plan to End Online Ads for Gambling
By MATT RICHTEL
New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4 - Google and Yahoo, two of the most...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
02-17-2004, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 138
Re: Will the U.S. try to stop online gambling
That 5th Circuit case is interesting. You can find it at:
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/5th/0130389p.pdf
It wasn't brought by the Justice Dept. It involved RICO lawsuits brought by...
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Forum: Home Poker
02-12-2004, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 80
Champaign IL
I play in a weekly 1-2 game in Champaign, usually on Wednesday nights, and we are always looking to add more players to the e-mail list. It's a fun, friendly game. No rake, no wild card games or...
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Forum: Home Poker
11-20-2003, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 49
Re: How does a non-lawyer from Illinois
Try www.findlaw.com (http://www.findlaw.com) It links you to official state websites with statutes and sometimes reported cases as well. The official sites are often hard to use, though.
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Forum: Home Poker
11-19-2003, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 49
Re: Georgia Home Games Legal?
I don't practice law in Georgia, so I invite a Georgia attorney to answer this question, but it appears to me that home poker is illegal in Georgia. Here's the statute:
Georgia Code Ann. Section...
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Forum: Other Poker Games
10-23-2003, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 96
Re: Dumbest Omaha Question Ever
Hi-Lo with no qualifier is probably one of the best games to play against poor players. Someone with basic knowledge of the strategy would constantly find himself locked on the low end with a...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
09-17-2003, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 77
More Than You Want
My post above gave the current statute, but the history of legal poker in California is interesting. By the late 1800s, California had the standard anti-gambling laws that were becoming widespread...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
09-17-2003, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 77
Re: Why are Cardrooms legal in CA?
The Gambling Control Act. Findlaw splits the act up into parts for viewing, but the link to its first section is below. From there you can click on "Next" at the bottom of each section to get to...
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Forum: Home Poker
08-29-2003, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 107
Re: looking for table with casino-style railing
As I recall, there is a thin layer of foam padding under the felt. It's a friend of mine who owns one of these tables, and it's been a while since I've played on it, but I was impressed with it. ...
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Forum: Home Poker
08-29-2003, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 107
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-14-2003, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 193
You\'re Right, But
You missed the point. Free speech itself is protected against majority action, as my post assumed was well known. That is the point of our bill of rights. There are areas of individual freedom...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-13-2003, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 193
Wrong Analysis
You can't use a mathematical cost-benefit analysis here, because it would apply to any government attempt to punish free speech, no matter how unlawful or wrong. There are two issues: (1) Can she be...
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Forum: Home Poker
08-11-2003, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 141
BE CAREFUL
That Michigan statute you cited only excludes home games from regulation as casinos. It does not legalize home games, and the criminal statute that prohibits gambling suggests that they are illegal...
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Forum: Home Poker
08-11-2003, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 141
Good!
It's good to hear that many states are more enlightened than Illinois, whose gambling law makes no sense at all. Please post your findings for everyone, since this question comes up all the time.
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Forum: Home Poker
08-10-2003, 12:45 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 141
Illegal Rake or No Rake
Okay, I'll fess up. The whole "it's OK if there's no rake" thing is generally a myth, started I believe by an old Phil Hellmuth article about his early playing days in Wisconsin where he claimed...
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Forum: Books and Publications
07-29-2003, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 85
Re: Hi-lo declare
Steiner's "Thursday Night Poker" also has some decent advice on declare.
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
07-22-2003, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 136
Fold to 4-Bet?
I agree that a 3-bet is virtually automatic here, but a couple of posters who also agreed with this recommended folding to a 4-bet. I could not do this. Maybe it's a hole in my game, but I would...
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Forum: Home Poker
06-03-2003, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 73
Champaign IL
We have a weekly 1-2 game and are always looking for new players. We play mostly standard casino poker games, weighted toward hold 'em, with a little bit of stud declare and other minor variations...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-29-2002, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 194
Mat Please Delete This
Aside from how it reflects on the Home Poker forum in the first place, it will only invite an endless string of blistering replies, none of which will add anything of value to the forum. Please...
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