Forum: Poker Theory
12-30-2005, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 194
Re: Re-raising??
These are some of the times that I re-raise:
1. When it's heads-up against a weak/tight player and I'm bluffing. It tends to scare them into believing that their really good hand is not so good...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
11-25-2005, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 44
Re: Flopped a flush OOP 5/10
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How is the $450? This is an awkward spot since the pot got too big for the board to pair this early. I'm afraid if I bet smaller, say $200-$250 he would come over the top which is...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-25-2005, 03:58 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 101
Re: Horseshoe/Tunica
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That's funny. You had a bad experience with Harrah's, so you are going down the road to the other Harrah's.
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I know, but when I went to the local office to complain,...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-25-2005, 01:01 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 101
Horseshoe/Tunica
Will be trying out the Horseshoe in Tunica 12/5 - 12/7. Previously I've always gone to the Grand, but had a bad experience with them the last time around. Several friends have been very complimentary...
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Forum: Small Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em
11-25-2005, 12:44 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 40
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Forum: Home Poker
11-25-2005, 12:16 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 283
Re: Strange Claims
There is a regular home game that I'll play in just for s/its & giggles because they are such guppies. Anyway, it's always dealers choice and with that comes the inevitible wild card games and then...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-22-2005, 12:50 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 90
Re: How to handle collusion?
For number 1, don't sweat it, if they're that bad you should be able to take their chips.
For number 2, if the dealer doesn't handle it, bring it to the attention of the floor.
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Forum: Internet Gambling
11-18-2005, 12:12 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 88
Re: Beginning online poker
I appreciate the advice. I prefer live ring games to online, but it's so popular I thought that I'd give it a try. Thanks again.
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Forum: Internet Gambling
11-17-2005, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 88
Beginning online poker
So I finally made the decision to play online poker. At the suggestion of a friend I logged onto Poker Stars and first started with the free money games. After getting used to the play of online...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
11-17-2005, 12:38 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 281
Re: Josh, you\'re wasting your breath . .
A quote from Turning Stone Pro:
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I would enjoy a seperate forum made up entirely of serious players, and will look into doing this.
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I would love to see a forum like...
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Forum: Probability
11-15-2005, 03:58 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 470
Re: Back to back pocket AA
I thought that they were consecutive, but you are entirely right, it could have been edited to look as though they were back to back. It made for a good post thought /images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Forum: Texas Hold'em
11-14-2005, 11:06 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 47
Re: hold em etiquette
I've never seen it done, but I'm sure that you'll get a lot of comments if you did it. A better alternative would be to memorize the cheat sheet.
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Forum: Probability
11-14-2005, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 470
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Forum: Home Poker
11-14-2005, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 87
Re: home tourney question
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If he shows one player his cards, he must show EVERYONE his cards
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That is after the hand is over. If a player shows his cards while the hand is still in play, technically...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
11-14-2005, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 213
Re: Help with notes
I thought that you would have gotten more responses, but since you haven't I'll throw in my two cents.
1. Make up your own abbreviations that you (and hopefully only you) understand. Do this so...
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Forum: Probability
11-14-2005, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 470
Back to back pocket AA
While watching the WSOP tournament on ESPN, I saw Hachem get pocket aces back to back. That raised my curiousity. I got out my calculator and tried to determine the odds of that scenario happening....
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Forum: Home Poker
11-10-2005, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 144
Seeing a card
Home game, tournament style, $100 buy-in, winner take all. After 1 tourney was completed another one started. The player to my right (villain) is LAG and very dramatic. I quickly learned that when...
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Forum: Home Poker
11-10-2005, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 104
Re: Poetic Justice
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It does make me mad when someone bluffs me out with another player all-in. The object is to eliminate! The only time he should bet is when he's got a monster hand that he's sure is a...
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Forum: Mid- and High-Stakes Hold'em
11-07-2005, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 39
Re: Where did I go wrong?
How & Why? It could be anything, maybe he let his wife play a hand, maybe he just "had that feeling," I have a friend that always plays 82 because that was his hs football number so he might have a...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-06-2005, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 92
Re: Card Club in Murfreesboro, TN???
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Outsiders (noobs) sometimes get worked over by the regulars. They're probably never gonna see you again, so WTF. Your b/r just adds to the local economy. "Ya'll come back now, ya heah?"...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-05-2005, 08:39 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 92
Re: Card Club in Murfreesboro, TN???
I don't know if it the same "card club" but I went to one a while back that is in the back of a pawn shop (just off the square). I played in a ring game for a couple of hours and just got the feeling...
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Forum: Mid-, High-Stakes Pot- and No-Limit Hold'em
10-05-2005, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 93
Re: Standard?
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River: 8o, he checks, I bet 200, he thinks and calls.
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From how you wrote the post, I think that this is the correct bet. Any higher and he would have most assuredly...
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Forum: Politics
09-28-2005, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 309
Re: Indicting a Ham Sandwich
Some points that this post have not brought to light. The esteemed DA presented this case to SIX Grand Juries before finally winning an indictment. Also, this same DA once indicted himself, and then...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
09-28-2005, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 235
Re: I hate poker players
Tooooo funny. The thing is, there are people like this in every aspect of life. For instance, you go to a sports bar to watch Monday Night Football and there's always a dozen or so armchair...
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Forum: Texas Hold'em
09-28-2005, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 277
Re: Favorite Opponent\'s Comment!
Recent hold game tournament. I called an all in on the river after the fish had checked/called on the flop and the turn.
"You were supposed to fold!"
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