Forum: Other Poker Games
01-28-2005, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 165
Re: O8 PF Q (off-topic)
I voted for call, partly because it's the king that's suited and not a low card. One reason is that you aren't going to get as much flush-over-flush action as much with AKs as with Axs (where...
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Forum: Probability
01-26-2005, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 171
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Forum: Other Poker Games
01-26-2005, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 88
Re: Omaha/8 SNG\'s
I play some on Paradise (for esoteric personal reasons). I find them to be consistently profitable, moreso than ring games for me. This seems to be quite the opposite of others' experience here. I...
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Forum: Other Poker Games
01-21-2005, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 76
The dangers of 99xx
After last week's discussion about 9988, this hand came up. You could say that MP2 got what he deserved for being so loose, but maybe nobody deserves this.
Except for my pre-flop raise (which did...
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Forum: Other Poker Games
01-14-2005, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 93
Re: Home game variations
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Love Canal:
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I love this one. It sounds like a lot of fun to play. Do you reveal, and can you play from, the cards from folded hands? If not, that...
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Forum: Other Poker Games
01-11-2005, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 215
Re: THE Omaha H/L Starting Hand?
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Now which hand loses more money 8899ds or 2222?
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I started this mess, thinking it would get somewhat interesting. My comment was merely meant to state that trap hands...
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Forum: Other Poker Games
01-07-2005, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 93
Re: Home game variations
Here's two (well, one and a variant) that we play. They work well with 4-8 players and are high-low (though I suppose that's not strictly necessary)...
Love Canal:
Deal 6 cards to each player....
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Forum: Other Poker Games
01-07-2005, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 215
Re: THE Omaha H/L Starting Hand?
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I wonder how a graph would look of Holdem vs. Omaha hands
Y axis: relative power of hand
X axis: ranking of given hands
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We seem to agree that 2222 is the worst O8...
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Forum: Psychology
12-17-2004, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 182
Re: Worse than merely a bad run....
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When you fold 72o, would have flopped quads and laugh about it, then you have the right attitude.
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If you ask me, it's not the 72o that quads up that is psychologically...
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Forum: Probability
11-17-2004, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 135
Re: Correlation?
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SAT scores are primarily used by the coasts, while the ACT is more likely to be used by the midwest/south. Students will prepare more for one than the other.
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Ah, but...
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Forum: Omaha High
11-17-2004, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 325
Re: PLO8 preflop
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4) Most of your profit in PLO/8 comes from your postflop play.
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This is key.
I'm not a great PL08 player, but many of the posters seem to have forgotten that it's Pot...
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Forum: Other Poker Games
11-09-2004, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 132
Re: 08 all same suit hand
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We're looking for simple answers but sometimes the answers are not simple.
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Love the analysis, Buzz. Anything that makes me think a bit has to be good for my game....
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Forum: Other Poker Games
11-09-2004, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 91
Re: Well, it finally happened! (O8)
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im pretty sure most of the people that have responded to the original post , didnt quite understand the post?
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Correct. I was dealt four aces, which is a modest (at...
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Forum: Other Poker Games
11-01-2004, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 91
Well, it finally happened! (O8)
I was playing an online O8 sit-n-go and was dealt the magic quad aces. Yep:
A/images/graemlins/spade.gif A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif A/images/graemlins/heart.gif...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
10-26-2004, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 101
Re: Hypothetical situation
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Knowing their hand does not matter, aces are the best possible starting hand. No winning player passes up an edge that is at least 75/25.
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Not quite. They could have...
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Forum: Other Poker Games
10-11-2004, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 85
Re: Two hands sweating another 2+2er
About low-limit O8, Buzz writes:
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The only time a pre-flop raise seems to be worth while, in my humble opinion, is when it induces an opponent (who is intimidated by the pre-flop raise)...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
09-21-2004, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 179
Re: Is this cheating?
If you're going to fold AA (and therefore presumably any two cards) in the SB under these circumstances, you could avoid implications about which hands you would or would not play by not viewing your...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
07-28-2004, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 67
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
06-24-2004, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 105
Re: conspiracy theory pt. 1/missing something
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I think what you're experiencing is just the length of multi table tourneys. Even if you are a huge favorite when you go all in against somebody, in a multi table tourney, you are going...
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Forum: Other Poker Games
06-24-2004, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 89
Re: Pineapple in Paradise
Another reason to keep the nut flush draw (and, not inconsequentially, 2nd pair + top kicker) in weak CP games is that, in the event that you make your flush, you'll get great action from the...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
01-09-2004, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 343
Re: An Interesting WSOP scenario...
<font color="blue"> However, the more I talked to him the more I began to buy into the very idea that the WSOP now more than ever has become a marathon, not a sprint. </font>
Right. So I'd call...
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
12-26-2003, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 25
Low limit strategy vs. tactics
This isn't a bad beat story, though it may sound like one. Oh, and warning: ass-backward thinking ahead...
In several recent low limit tournaments, I've been hunted down like a stuck pig by...
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