Yo Yo effect..

[daryn]

i hope not.. because every time i see it there's a spelling error in the sentence [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[ZeeJustin]

If you can play short handed, I strongly reccommend the 1/2 short handed games. After 2600 hands, I averaged 4.6 BB / table hour, and I'm not even a short handed player.

[ramjam]

It is latin for "so". It is used to draw attention to the fact that you have accurately quoted somebody else's incorrect spelling or otherwise strange pronouncement (rather than your having inaccurately quoted their correct words).

[doormat]

One thing that no one has mentioned about bankroll requirements is that they are somewhat relative to the stakes you are playing in a way that should be obvious. Let's say that your skill in a game is such that 300 big bets gives you a 2 percent chance of ruin. This is very important if you have saved all of your life and finally have 300,000 to play in a 500-1000 game. You need a small chance of ruin because your bankroll cannot easily be replaced. However, if you are playing in a fifty cent game, one can assume that you could replace your bankroll by getting a job for a week if necessary, so you can afford to take more risk. My advice would be to play in the 2/4 game if it is substantially easier.

doormat

[crazy canuck]

I completely agree with ZeeJustin. During the Lucy Jones Bonanza I played 3 of these at the same time and over a session somehow your swings become smaller compared to a full table. This is becasue, instead of 7-8 people calling your 3-bets, here "only" 3-4 will.

[Cyndie]

Is this somewhat along the line of Utility Theory?

The risk of loss is something that isn't debilitating?

[chesspain]

"Sic" means that you have reproduced the quote or expression as intended, no matter how stupid or poorly spelled it appears.

[Cyndie]

yes...it was a play on the word important when someone left out the "R" to leave the non word impotant..I got a giggle from the similarity to the word impotent, and used the (sic) to indicate that I recognized the difference between impotant and impotent..and even the intended important.

If my sense of humor doesn't grab you it is probably related to the idea that a pun is the lowest form of humor, but very common in chat or forum situations. It has been said that the only proper response to a pun is a "groan" so if it makes you groan, it is a good pun?

[Cyndie]

pronouncement? I think I like it.

Main Entry: pro·nounce·ment
Pronunciation: pr&-'naun(t)s-m&nt
Function: noun
Date: 1593
1 : a usually formal declaration of opinion
2 : an authoritative announcement

[squiffy]

Sic means you are feeling under the weather and unlikely to report in for work, but might just take in a movie instead at the local theater (or cinema for you Brits).