Fun Little Situation

#1 11-30-2005, 10:03 PM

Alright let's say that there is a person that starts playing poker one day to find that every three hands he is given pocket aces. He continues this amazing run of hands for about a year until he finally finds himself at the WSOP. With hole cams and TV lights on him the whole world finally sees how lucky this guy is.

Alright I can already feel the wrath of those who want to say that it is impossible and with that I counter with the odds of our existence. Let us put that aside however and theorize just what this would do to poker.

#2 11-30-2005, 11:08 PM

No one in their right mind would play with him and poker would be just like it is now...or, if its a regular pattern, then its easy to know when he has aces

#3 12-01-2005, 02:25 PM

He would lose his shirt. How much easier would it be to play against someone with such a limited hand range?

LetYouDown · #4 12-01-2005, 02:34 PM

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He would lose his shirt. How much easier would it be to play against someone with such a limited hand range?

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Impossible? He could push every third hand and at the very least picks up the blinds 3 1/3 times per orbit...or someone calls him stupidly and he has the best hand.

#5 12-01-2005, 03:00 PM

This is a dumb debate, but so he would win free blinds every 3rd hand....big deal :P

LetYouDown · #6 12-01-2005, 03:08 PM

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This is a dumb debate, but so he would win free blinds every 3rd hand....big deal :P

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LOL, virtually guaranteed profit isn't a big deal? If I knew I would pick up the blinds 3 1/3 times per orbit or have a huge favorite to double up...I'd find the biggest game(s) I could and quit my day job.

#7 12-01-2005, 04:03 PM

but then it comes back to my original point, no one would sit with him :P

#8 12-01-2005, 04:20 PM

but you would have to sit with him if you were in a tournament!

#9 12-01-2005, 04:23 PM

But winning the blinds once in 3 hands isn't that big of an advantage in a tournament.

He's still just as likely to go broke with his other hands, and 1/3 of the time he will not get any action.

It'd only be useful in a high stakes cash game...where the blinds are worth like 40 bucks haha, but then you can't get anyone to play with you at a cash game, making the whole thing moot [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

LetYouDown · #10 12-01-2005, 04:53 PM

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But winning the blinds once in 3 hands isn't that big of an advantage in a tournament

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Excuse me? lol

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He's still just as likely to go broke with his other hands

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Not if he doesn't play them.

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and 1/3 of the time he will not get any action.

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So what?