Forum: Televised Poker
12-01-2005, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 784
Re: Dannenmann interview on espn.com
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That's pretty standard for gambling winnings in the US. It's a "luxury tax" at a very high rate.
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It's not a luxury tax. It's treated as ordinary income, and it bumps him...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-28-2005, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 234
Re: Least likely to make WSOP final table again
Any WSOP event?
I'd be shocked if Matusow didn't make another one.
Hachem has already made another WSOP final table (Las Vegas circuit event).
Danneman made the final table of the TOC.
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-23-2005, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 172
Re: doug lee is gooot!
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tough to win when your opponents flop the nuts twice against you
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Tough to win, but not tough to avoid losing all your chips holding only top pair/no kicker.
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-22-2005, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 172
Re: doug lee is gooot!
Damn, that was fast. Doug Lee busted out after only 5 hands in today's final table.
Date / Time: 2005-11-22 14:46:00
Title: J.C. Tran Doubles Through Doug Lee
Log: Hand #3 - Scotty Nguyen has...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-22-2005, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 172
Re: doug lee is gooot!
What's not true?
And I'm not sure I understand what the similar play would be later. Are you saying he risked 20% of his stack on that call to set up his image as a calling station so that...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-22-2005, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 172
Re: doug lee is gooot!
I wasn't necessarily questioning the call. I was questioning your characterization of it as "aggressive."
As far as the call, where do you get 5-1? Given the levels of the blinds and antes, it...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-22-2005, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 172
Re: doug lee is gooot!
The raise was aggressive, but how is calling the all-in move not "calling off" his chips?
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-11-2005, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 932
Re: Isn\'t this a redundant statement?
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I noticed that someone referenced the WSOP tournament rules, which state that Harrahs' reserves the right to cancel, change or modify the WSOP at any time, for any reason. I...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-10-2005, 03:40 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 932
Re: Isn\'t this a redundant statement?
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Harrah's breached an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
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Don't they have a reputation for this in the poker world?
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-09-2005, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 932
Re: This TOC Thing
Of course there's a difference, and I think the documents were silent (they neither explicity permitted nor explicitly prohibited additional players).
I think the players' gripe is really that...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-09-2005, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 317
Views: 6,176
Re: I\'m very sorry
So, Paul Phillips's posts are being deleted and the administrators are considering banning him because he raised questions about (1) the software's functionality and (2) whether it's wise for...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-08-2005, 03:58 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 247
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-08-2005, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 247
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-03-2005, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 195
Views: 837
Re: What Tiffany Willaimson did right
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Without question she was 100% stalling as a tactic to move higher up in the money.
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Yes, I guess that's the other reason she could have had for taking so much time. It...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-03-2005, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 195
Views: 837
Re: What Tiffany Willaimson did right
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there's no way she was getting pot odds to call a raise, reraise, third raise with KJ.
there's just no way.
if the blinds were a theoretical 1/2 and all raises were...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-03-2005, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 132
Re: \"Can you at least tell me what you had?\"
She was doing a lot of acting there, in my opinion.
I still can't believe she's so bad that she was seriously contemplating a call.
The whole "Damn it" thing when the clock ran out seemed...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-03-2005, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 195
Views: 837
Re: What Tiffany Willaimson did right
I think she was right to object to having the clock called on her immediately when Raymer's chips were being counted.
Other than that, ESPN didn't really show anything she did right.
Sklansky...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-03-2005, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 315
Re: Matusow
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(Layne Flack comes to mind)
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Flack: Ask me what I got.
Matusow: What do you got?
Flack: You beat!
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-02-2005, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 317
Re: WSOP has become a joke.
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I think it was all that talking the one guy with TT was doing as well. Bad poker eitquette isn't it? To discuss a hand like that when someone else is still yet to act?
I thought that...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-02-2005, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 317
Re: WSOP has become a joke.
One play that was equally horrible that nobody seems to be talking about is the guy who called a pre-flop raise with AX, checked when an A hit on the flop and then folded to the bet by the guy...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-02-2005, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 317
Re: WSOP has become a joke.
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I was reading back in the day that Chris Ferguson was Heads UP ( i know she wasn't heads up but for all intents and purposes she was heads up in the hand ) with TJ Cloutier he kept going...
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Forum: Televised Poker
11-02-2005, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 317
Re: WSOP has become a joke.
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Williamson's plays were a joke. The only explanation is that with such a huge number of donks in the tourney just based on sheer statistical probability one would get through to this...
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Forum: Home Poker
09-27-2005, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 179
Re: Recent Home Game Arguement
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<font color="black"> </font> I was down to my last $3. The next hand, I was BB for $4. The guy I was playing against told me that I could not play the next hand as I could not pay my...
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Forum: Small Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em
08-22-2005, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 64
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Forum: Small Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em
08-22-2005, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 64
Software Error on Pacific Poker Costs Me Big Pot
A friend suggested that for looser than loose games I try Pacific Poker. So, Saturday night I have QQ in the small blind at a $200 NL table. My stack is about $400. Two players limp (MP and CO). ...
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