Slow Down, You Move Too Fast . . .

[M2d]

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I assume he looked like one of these two juvenile delinquents?



I am a rock, I am an island.

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punch him. see if he feels any pain.

[Dave Mac]

i can't believe you appologised, [censored] that guy what a dick. there is no reason to ever talk to a player like that again.
dave

That is a bet whether he released the chips or not.

[andyfox]

I did say a few words in anger to him. I told him that if I was out of line, I was sorry.

I do get a warm fuzzy feeling now when he's running bad.

[andyfox]

Yeah, that's probably why he ran out the door.

[Rick Nebiolo]

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Seems to me there are fewer angle shooters around these days, at least in my game.

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Try playing no limit, especially the fixed buy-in games. It's not so much the angle shooting, but the continuing impropriety, especially the third party speculation regarding what people hold. It's like watching a constant audition for Norman Chad or Mike Sexton's job. But I guess impropriety and good games go hand in hand.



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Here's an exception: hand is head-up and I make trip kings on the turn: I have K-Q and the board is A-K-K-x. I bet first to act and my opponent calls. It is obvious to me and everyone in the cardroom he has an Ace. On the river I intend to bet again and I take the chips in my hand and hold them up waiting for the river card to come.

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Slightly off-topic. Do you think holding your chips as if ready to auto-bet gives away your hand to a certain degree? I realize the fast thinking top-notch players (I'm not fast thinking and second-notch so I don't do this) will give off reverse tells.

~ Rick


PS Once again, good story (sub-story?). You seem more prolific (and a better writer) than Stephen King these days.

[Rick Nebiolo]

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That is a bet whether he released the chips or not.

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Not necessarily in no limit although rules and rulings seem to differ between cardrooms.

From the no limit section of Robert's Rules of Poker. Most LA Cardroom rules are based in large part on Ciaffone's work.

"5. A wager is not binding until the chips are actually released into the pot, unless the player has made a verbal statement of action."

Regards,

Rick

[andyfox]

"Do you think holding your chips as if ready to auto-bet gives away your hand to a certain degree?"

Yes. If memory serves, I had very few chips left at that point, so that probably accounted for a portion of my sour mood. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

The few times I have played the fixed buy-in no limit games, my observation matches yours: there are too many announcer/analysts during play.

[Cooling Heels]

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