Allen Cunningham is a machine

[bobby rooney]

Are you either British or Aussie? I'm just asking because the first time I heard the term "machine" was when I was at the Aussie Millions. I think that is a great term for players who seem to always win whatever the game or limit is. Some might take the term as an insult, in that at present people still play poker better than computers. Some might take it to mean that a player was predictable or unimaginative; however, the Aussie players used it to denote a player that simply takes everyone's money over and over. It was a term of respect given to players who never go on tilt and play almost perfect poker at all times, consistently like a machine. I aspire to be a "machine"; though I'm not there yet.

[stinkypete]

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Are you either British or Aussie? I'm just asking because the first time I heard the term "machine" was when I was at the Aussie Millions. I think that is a great term for players who seem to always win whatever the game or limit is. Some might take the term as an insult, in that at present people still play poker better than computers. Some might take it to mean that a player was predictable or unimaginative; however, the Aussie players used it to denote a player that simply takes everyone's money over and over. It was a term of respect given to players who never go on tilt and play almost perfect poker at all times, consistently like a machine. I aspire to be a "machine"; though I'm not there yet.

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up here in canadia the term "machine" refers to a maniac.

[burningyen]

Down here in the states it means someone who's inhumanly consistent.