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Old 12-03-2005, 03:31 PM
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I give it a 2. I think it may be generous. Flame me if you wish.

Sun Tzu article, useless reprint.

Teaching Poker Wife, I have nothing good to say, so I'll say nothing.

AC Article is terrible. Some of it is wrong...Taj bathrooms are very close. Most of it is not useful..."Taj spreads Stud 1-3 and up, uses antes not blinds" Very dry, uniformative, and at times incorrect and misleading.

Knowing the Odds Article. I can't believe this was included. Rule of 4, come on everyone should know this stuff.

Ray Zee's article is just a short uninteresting trip article that's only in there because Ray Zee wrote it.

I'll give On the Edge a pass, because they at least give us something to argue about.

This month's magazine should only have 3-4 articles.
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Old 12-03-2005, 07:39 PM
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This month's magazine should only have 3-4 articles.

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Would you rather only have 2-3 quality articles and nothing else, or a 10 article magazine with 2-3 quality articles, 3-4 medium quality, and 3-5 filler articles that may actually raise an eyebrow or two?

I'd choose the latter. Beggars cannot be choosers, I'm very happy with the magazine (although I do seem room for improvements, but I won't rant about it like I commonly see here).

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Old 12-03-2005, 07:45 PM
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Personally I'd like the bar set higher. Getting your article on 2+2 should mean something. The criteria shouldn't be that you can type.

I'd like to see only quality articles. Maybe some months we have 2, maybe others we have 10.

The filler articles aren't raising eyebrows. They are taking up space. We aren't beggars, we are customers.
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Old 12-03-2005, 09:53 PM
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I agree, we need more stratagey/applicable articles and less filler
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Old 12-03-2005, 10:22 PM
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I agree, we need more stratagey/applicable articles and less filler

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I was disappointed with this months Magazine. I even thought the Ed Miller 6-max article was very pedestrian. I would like to see more in depth strategy ideas.

I thought Mason's bunching article was interesting though.
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Old 12-03-2005, 10:30 PM
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I agree, we need more stratagey/applicable articles and less filler

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Thanks for the feedback. Having said that, we don't want to have nothing but strategy/"serious" articles. We want some humor and other articles to balance. You call them "filler" perhaps, but others enjoy them.

And we do emphasize strategy articles over "fluffier" articles. That is, we accept virtually all high-quality strategy articles, while we only accept a percentage of the less hardcore fare.

In other words, I'm not rejecting quality strategy articles in favor of other stuff. They get top priority. If you don't think there are enough quality strategy articles (I think there are), then it's because not enough are being submitted.

Sooooo, I encourage you to submit quality strategy articles.
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Old 12-03-2005, 10:32 PM
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I give it a 2. I think it may be generous. Flame me if you wish.

Sun Tzu article, useless reprint.

Teaching Poker Wife, I have nothing good to say, so I'll say nothing.

AC Article is terrible. Some of it is wrong...Taj bathrooms are very close. Most of it is not useful..."Taj spreads Stud 1-3 and up, uses antes not blinds" Very dry, uniformative, and at times incorrect and misleading.

Knowing the Odds Article. I can't believe this was included. Rule of 4, come on everyone should know this stuff.

Ray Zee's article is just a short uninteresting trip article that's only in there because Ray Zee wrote it.

I'll give On the Edge a pass, because they at least give us something to argue about.

This month's magazine should only have 3-4 articles.

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we are overdue for a poll:
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Old 12-04-2005, 01:13 AM
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I think that humor articles are a key part of the magizine, just use them in moderation. I think there were 2 or 3 quality articles this time and 4 or 5 humors. If we had 4 or 5 stratagy and 2 or 3 humors, I'd be a lil happier w/the magazine.

I would love to write a stratagy article but I dont feel like I have much to add. Maybe if I get an interesting hand this month
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Old 12-04-2005, 03:20 AM
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I don't mind 'other' articles. But check out the feedback on articles such as the AC, Sun Tzu, and Poker Wife.
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Old 12-04-2005, 04:08 AM
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Was, Ray, Zee's, article, proof, read?
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