Trickle Up Theory.

Poker devoid of rake is a zero sum gain a la socialism.

Poker with rake is capitalism plain and pure.

What? How is poker a zero-sum game? If I sit down and play HU against Phil Ivey the only zero will be the amount of money I walk away with.

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How is poker a zero-sum game? If I sit down and play HU against Phil Ivey the only zero will be the amount of money I walk away with.

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Your loss is exactly balanced by Phil Ivey's gain--what more textbook definition of zero sum could you seek?

And.....I'm retarded. I got nothing, just wasn't thinking [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[ZenMusician]

to have one week of posts without goofy political metaphors,
Sklansky's dating advice, religious musings and other various
crap that is cluttering these boards?

There have been 5 or 6 extra forums added since I have been
around; perhaps trying to traffic this digital waste. While I am
for free, unabridged exchanging of ideas, I am also for order and
reason...something we lack as of late.

I would rather guide a n00b through another tipping thread than
have to sort through this garbage for the few nuggets of wisdom
a thoughtful poster has waded in to share.

If 2+2's books were put together this way, well, you probably
wouldn't be here reading this...in a Poker Theory thread...

-ZEN

[wadea]

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Now how bout somebody responds with their thoughts on my "Trickle Up Theory"??

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Even assuming you HAD known WTF you were talking about, I'm not sure what kind of discussion you expected to come of this. My comment on the Trickle Up Theory: It is single-handedly responsible for leading to the worst-thought-out thread in the history of 2+2 (although I concede that there is plenty of competition lately).

-w.a.

[paul0503]

great reply. I felt myself getting stupider the more I read this thread until I came across this response. Could not have been said better...