An excellent assessment of low-limit B&M

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I've only read to #8, but this is so freakin' humorous in its irony I just can't contain myself:

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These players have seen poker on television, but don't understand the game.

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Oh, right... they don't understand the game as well as some goober ESPN writer who just discovered revelations like,

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The best play in poker is to put the other players at a decision for their chips. It almost seemed like this play was taken away because of the nature of the limit game.

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No kidding? You mean, you can't just push them off a hand for another $4? Why, that's so... so.... so LIMITING! That's why it's called LIMIT poker, Einstein.

I would think a great student of the game like Mr. Newmann would understand that poker requires adjustments, and one of those is moving from a big-bet game to a limit game. But no, there's Mr. Bigshot-WPT-Is-About-to-Come-Calling, trying to set people all-in with his two yellow chips with pictures of foxes on them. Good luck, Bozo. And keep bringing your friends from ESPN down -- send a few to the $4/8 game too.

Thanks for sharing this.