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Old 08-07-2003, 12:06 AM
Easy E Easy E is offline
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Default Maybe I was a bit harsh, maybe not

Yup. That's exactly what I am trying to prove. Your cognitive skills are right up there. Let's see.

Evidently my vehemence clouded MY point in your mind, but let's see...

1. Seems that I was the chip leader at the time on the table

And this means what, exactly? You were throwing away chips to advertise? You didn't care about being chip leader? You were so much better than the rest of the table that you could play Phil Hellmuth?

2. This was like 4 or 5 hands into a FREEROLL with a bunch of players.
Okay- you didn't have anything to play for? you were just screwing around blowing off some time until a real game came up? You were so bored that you didn't care about any of those details, except telling us about this pointless hand (worse than pointless, since it was T160 worth of story)?

3. I hardly ever play Omaha in any form
probably a good.... nah, forget it.

4. I was hardly crippled by sticking around on this hand
No, you weren't. But you're still going to have to come up with a reason for giving away 10% of your stack, unless you weren't trying to play to win at all, so you could TELL A FREAKING STORY! If you were just goofing around, fine, do what you want- it's your paid "freeroll" (yes, it ain't "free"- think about that for a minute)

I am sorry, maybe I am looking at this wrong but I really believe that life is too short to take a game THAT seriously. You might be on the wrong newsgroup then, maybe not. Personally, I think RGP is a better place for this one, just MO.

Particularly when there is no cost and when something that unusual occurs. Wrong and WRONG.

See my hint about about the fallacy of "no cost". Second, what was unusual about this hand was you taking it to the river through a raise, just for "fun". If it was an image play or some strange strategy move, more power to you. If you didn't give a flying fig about playing in the tournament, then why wasting your time is "fun" for you is beyond me, but again, more power to you.

As far as this being "unusual" enough to post about, guess what the odds are of:
a) being dealt 2c4s8h9d? Maybe about the EXACT SAME AS YOUR "UNBELIEVABLE" HAND?
b) making any money with that hand too? Granted, the idiot who CALLED with a similar hand in this case made money ("It was double suited!"), but are you holding him/her as the playing ideal?

I am just not that anal. Some people get so tight about a freaking card game that you couldn't pull a needle out of their ass with a tractor. well, if it was a SMALL needle...

Big freaking hairy deal. That's why I said what I did in the game itself...I was sticking around to show the hand. No other reason.

Exactly- bfhd. You got dealt 4 cards that you shouldn't have played. If you were GOING to play them anyway, you played them wrong preflop, taking away any chance of them doing you any good. You go all the way to the end in a tournament with no rebuys (I assume) so you could "prove" that you had 4 aces, because just chatting it later would have not been enough and a freeroll tournament has prizes so pathetic that one wonders why anyone wastes their time playing them. And then you decide to post the entire thing here, because this specific 4-card Omaha/8 hand seemed more special to you than another.

Last time I checked this site was open to everyone. Even the fun/enjoyment challenged.
Good analysis.

Cards are simply a way for me to relax and meet interesting characters. I'm not interesting?

However, because of your obvious need to prove that you are the better player, I really don't think that is the case. A real "pro" wouldn't have the need to comment about another persons play in such a derogatory manner.
ANOTHER amazingly accurate analysis! Anally alliterate also! oh, and obviously you haven't met too many of the players who call themselves real "pros" that are out there..

Particularly when the person never asked for comments on his play in the first place. No? You posted this to share in the miraculous event of getting dealt 4 specific cards?

I am moving on now to read posts from people who enjoy the game and who can comment on posts without derision. They get it. Have fun.

Now, since I'm riled up again, and just in case you haven't gotten my point:

Why, exactly, did you post this hand, along with the hand history, if you DIDN'T want comments? If you had made some moves with the quad Aces, whether you won or lost, posting might have a point. If your goofy play helped you get deep into the tournament, again we have a reason to post.
You could have folded preflop and posted a short "I got dealt quad Aces in Omaha/8 freeroll tourney- what are the odds?" and maybe the waste of time would be consummate with the value.
But what you did just violates, to me anyway, the point of playing poker and tournaments.

Actually, I'm now glad that you did do this and post it- it generated some comments by others that might be of use, and the "quad Aces beats = fake poker" comment was pretty darn funny (well, I would think it was, except I wouldn't know)

Signing off, the moronic stick in the mud

By the way, how DID you do in this tournament?
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