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Old 09-20-2005, 12:48 AM
Cactus Cactus Cactus Cactus is offline
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Default How did they come up the with name 2+2

...why not 1+1
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Old 09-20-2005, 01:09 AM
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Default Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2

why cactus cactus?
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Old 09-20-2005, 01:13 AM
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Default Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2

Because this site started with Skalansky and his wife + Mason and his wife. Thus 2 + 2...See
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Old 09-20-2005, 01:13 AM
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Default Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2

how about cactus + cactus
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Old 09-20-2005, 02:26 AM
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Default Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2

because you can't illustrate 1+1 on the binder of books in the form of playing cards?
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Old 09-20-2005, 05:04 AM
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Default Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2

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Because Skalansky is a math genius. Big numbers are harder.
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Old 09-20-2005, 05:18 AM
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Default Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2

Because Sklansky and Malmuth put two and two together and decided you're pissing them off.
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Old 09-20-2005, 05:29 AM
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Default Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2

Mason + David + Ray + Lynne Loomis = 4 ?
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Old 09-20-2005, 05:42 AM
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Default Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2

They came up with that name by borrowing it from the old adage 2+2=4, meaning something is simple and logical. They felt this was an appropriate name because their philosophy is to break down the teaching of poker into a series of simplified, clear, and relatively easy to understand concepts.
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Old 09-20-2005, 11:59 AM
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Default Re: How did they come up the with name 2+2

I thought it had to do with the "outs times 2 plus 2" method of calculating pot odds as explained in 2 plus 2 method explained

but thats a pretty good spiel of BS tom [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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