Bill Gates in 3/6 Nl? [Archive] - Two Plus Two Newer Archives

NLfool

04-25-2007, 11:10 PM

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I remember reading the 3-6, but I thought it was limit.

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limit

ace_in_the_hole

04-25-2007, 11:17 PM

Imagine the big game in Bobby's room is like playing .1/.2 or less. I would love to see the list for that game if Bill ever sat down.

Kimbell175113

04-25-2007, 11:28 PM

It's 3/6 Limit. This is one of those stories that people put in their books or Cardplayer articles when they can't think of anything else, and since I read all that crap I've heard it 4.6 million times.

misfitscollector

04-25-2007, 11:36 PM

3/6 is 300 and 600?

VegasNick

04-25-2007, 11:38 PM

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3/6 is 300 and 600?

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XXXNoahXXX

04-25-2007, 11:41 PM

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Hes too bad at poker and too smart with money to play 300/600. Plus to him, 3/6 is the same as 300/600, so he just plays where its commensurate to his skill and where people are trying to win and he can have fun.

dollerAday

04-25-2007, 11:44 PM

Nit

augie_

04-25-2007, 11:57 PM

LOLOLOL TAHT IS LIKE 1 BILLION BBS!!!!

jogsxyz

04-26-2007, 12:12 AM

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3/6 FL was what I heard. Also in a regular game in the main cardroom. A player asked him why he was playing with them. Gates said he preferred the company of the 3/6 players over the company of the bigger limit players.

captZEEbo

04-26-2007, 12:15 AM

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I remember reading the 3-6, but I thought it was limit.

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3/6 FL was what I heard. Also in a regular game in the main cardroom. A player asked him why he was playing with them. Gates said he preferred the company of the 3/6 players over the company of the bigger limit players.

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ne14dirt

04-26-2007, 12:38 AM

I had heard the story of Bill Gates playing $3-$6 limit and I always admired that. Bill could play the big game x10 and it wouldn’t matter, so as it is poker is poker to Bill regardless of limit or lack there of.

For the love of the game, a little fun and to mental challenge your self for a few hours.

Hollywade

04-26-2007, 01:13 AM

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wou wouldn't?

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Me. I've seen more tools playing 3-6 than any of the higher games.

The best is when they act like the game is a televised final table.

Taso

04-26-2007, 01:19 AM

lol, agreed.

It'd be pretty cool to sit down and play with someone who, if they wanted, COULD offer you enough money where you'd say "sure, you can own me, I'll be your servant."

Figure the buy in at the big game is about what, 100k ish? Didn't he spend about 400 million on his last house 5 years ago or so? Or was that 4.4 billion?

bige321786

04-26-2007, 01:40 AM

When I was last in Vegas, I played some at Casears and was told that Bill Gates had just left the poker room. The staff said he was playing $4/$8 Limit Hold Em.
The other Microsoft guy, Richard Brodie, stayed in the card room longer and was playing No Limit Hold Em with some friends (I think it was 1-3 NL) while I was there.
Not that any of that is new or interesting, but, thought I'd share.

TheRealDeal

04-26-2007, 01:45 AM

BILL GATES==BUSTO???

demon102

04-26-2007, 02:14 AM

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BILL GATES==BUSTO???

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lol thats what I thought tooo!!

jaminbird

04-26-2007, 02:39 AM

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Plus to him, 3/6 is the same as 300/600, so he just plays where its commensurate to his skill and where people are trying to win and he can have fun.

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Well said

Voltaire

04-26-2007, 03:11 AM

Let's see. Say you have about $100,000 that you could fool around with playing poker and it wouldn't really change your life if you lost. Bill Gates has what, ~$100 billion net worth? So let's say he has $10 billion that he could play around with and it would not really affect his life if he lost it.

Furthermore, the biggest limit game you might like to play is, say, 30/60. If Bill Gates played a similar limit, relatively speaking to your differing net worths, he would play (if I have my zeroes right) 3,000,000/6,000,000 limit hold'em.

Or looked at another way. If he really does play 3/6 limit hold'em, it would be like you playing the mircolimits of 3 ten thousandth of a cent/6 ten thousandth of a cent!

In other words, Bill Gates at the 3/6 is playing play money.

Reckless1der

04-26-2007, 03:41 AM

We used to have a dealers choice game a couple of nights a week in Wigglesworth Hall during our Freshmen year at Harvard. Jim Cramer and Steve Ballmer also used to play. Bill was pretty good; very good at Bridge.

I'm sure he could crush most games if he committed to it and put his mind on it, but I think he's pretty busy as it is.

Taso

04-26-2007, 03:45 AM

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Let's see. Say you have about $100,000 that you could fool around with playing poker and it wouldn't really change your life if you lost. Bill Gates has what, ~$100 billion net worth? So let's say he has $10 billion that he could play around with and it would not really affect his life if he lost it.

Furthermore, the biggest limit game you might like to play is, say, 30/60. If Bill Gates played a similar limit, relatively speaking to your differing net worths, he would play (if I have my zeroes right) 3,000,000/6,000,000 limit hold'em.

Or looked at another way. If he really does play 3/6 limit hold'em, it would be like you playing the mircolimits of 3 ten thousandth of a cent/6 ten thousandth of a cent!

In other words, Bill Gates at the 3/6 is playing play money.

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You guys know that rich banker who challenges the pro's? How much do they play for? And what's his net worth?

gilbert

04-26-2007, 04:00 AM

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it's limit. i've read that it's limit in 30 other thread on two plus two dot com.

cking

04-26-2007, 04:15 AM

Imagine how [censored] a person must feel stacking off all their chips to him knowing that the money is so far beyound miniscule to him that there is no real comparison. He should atleast play like 15/30 or something to where the players should have legit bankrolls.

szw

04-26-2007, 04:18 AM

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Imagine how [censored] a person must feel stacking off all their chips to him knowing that the money is so far beyound miniscule to him that there is no real comparison. He should atleast play like 15/30 or something to where the players should have legit bankrolls.

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Whats the difference?

Wheatsauce

04-26-2007, 04:23 AM

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BILL GATES==BUSTO???

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Nah...rumor has it he has a bankroll of one million dollars.

MicroBob

04-26-2007, 04:23 AM

what?
nobody at 15/30 is underbankrolled?
wtf?

PairTheBoard

04-26-2007, 05:32 AM

bottomset

04-26-2007, 05:42 AM

I wonder if anyone ever berates a bad play of his?

Fight Club

04-26-2007, 09:07 AM

Shawn Carter used to play 2/4 Party all the time

bottomset

04-26-2007, 10:03 AM

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Shawn Carter used to play 2/4 Party all the time

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ever confirmed to be JayZ?

ardubz

04-26-2007, 10:10 AM

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You guys know that rich banker who challenges the pro's? How much do they play for? And what's his net worth?

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Andy Beal. Been a while since I read the article, $1k/$2k limit comes to mind? Not 100% on that though.

luckyjimm

04-26-2007, 10:14 AM

Wow if Bill Gates went to the cage and got his whole net worth in chips imagine what a big stack that would be! Imagine if he dropped it on the floor and everyone scrambled to pick it up and his glasses fell off?!!?

bottomset

04-26-2007, 10:19 AM

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Wow if Bill Gates went to the cage and got his whole net worth in chips imagine what a big stack that would be! Imagine if he dropped it on the floor and everyone scrambled to pick it up and his glasses fell off?!!?

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1billion is 100racks of 100k chips

Bill Gates net worth is ~50billion

luckyjimm

04-26-2007, 10:20 AM

The games with Andy Beal got up to $100,000/$200,000 limit, for which each player had a 10 million stack.

By contrast the regular game in Bobby's Room is $2,000/$4,000, sometimes $4,000/$8,000.

luckyjimm

04-26-2007, 10:29 AM

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Wow if Bill Gates went to the cage and got his whole net worth in chips imagine what a big stack that would be! Imagine if he dropped it on the floor and everyone scrambled to pick it up and his glasses fell off?!!?

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1billion is 100racks of 100k chips

Bill Gates net worth is ~50billion

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MS Paint of Bill Gates dropping all these chips onto the casino floor? Bonus points for drawing hot cocktail waitresses.

Mike Gallo

04-26-2007, 11:46 AM

Bill Gates has been spotted playing $10 minimum blackjack.

GAL

04-26-2007, 12:11 PM

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t303/stevengallon/billgates.jpg

moris

04-26-2007, 12:35 PM

Sounds like Bill Gates doesn't have a gambling problem. And you guys are wondering what's wrong with him. I'm confused myself /images/graemlins/confused.gif

sefaje

04-26-2007, 01:15 PM

bill gates should just give people their money back after he beats them

plus like a million

rowdyclassmate

04-26-2007, 01:34 PM

There is an assumption that just because Bill Gates has an enormous amount of money, he should be playing the bigger games. There is no equation on what limits you should play relative to your net worth. It's recreation and fun for him - I applaud him for that.

TresDeuce

04-26-2007, 04:31 PM

Real ballas keep the ones on top.

mertzo

04-26-2007, 04:40 PM

Lol drunken $100,000/$200,000 PLO8 with autopot on every street would still be playmoney to bill gates. So 3-6 = 300-600 to him, since its nothing anyways.

rock1

04-26-2007, 05:27 PM

i have heard the following story - never knew if it was true (although the part about gates playing very small stakes is true)

gates is playing 4/8...players in the big game find out and send him a note that says "Why don't you come play a game that is a little more interesting? (they were playing 4000/8000)" gates sends back a note that says "Well, if you guys want to play 4 million/8 million, that might make it a little more interesting"...

bottomset

04-26-2007, 05:29 PM

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i have heard the following story - never knew if it was true (although the part about gates playing very small stakes is true)

gates is playing 4/8...players in the big game find out and send him a note that says "Why don't you come play a game that is a little more interesting? (they were playing 4000/8000)" gates sends back a note that says "Well, if you guys want to play 4 million/8 million, that might make it a little more interesting"...

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lol awesome if true

johnnyrocket

04-26-2007, 05:33 PM

no way, bill gates plays 1,000,000/2,000,000 limit, nothing less

stabn

04-26-2007, 05:45 PM

TheRealDeal

04-26-2007, 05:50 PM

bill gates = pledged 99 percent of his net worth to charity when he dies. 1% for his family... ownt

bottomset

04-26-2007, 06:03 PM

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bill gates = pledged 99 percent of his net worth to charity when he dies. 1% for his family... ownt

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then you remember that 1% is like 500million

Paul Levy

04-26-2007, 06:03 PM

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I'm sure he could crush most games if he committed to it and put his mind on it, but I think he's pretty busy as it is.

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Actually I remember reading in one early biography (I think it was called "hard drive") that when he was a freshman in college he would spend most nights playing poker with other students.

JoseGonzlez

04-26-2007, 06:14 PM

i thought i heard that story also.

i think Gates said that the people who seem to have the most fun play 3 - 6 and the money would be meaningless no matter the stakes so he just sticks to that.

jah7_fsu1

04-26-2007, 06:55 PM

Bill is just playing within his limits so he doesn't lose to much. I wish I had his patience to grind it out, but I'm always taking shots at higher limits!

PokerAmateur4

04-26-2007, 08:47 PM

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I'm sure he could crush most games if he committed to it and put his mind on it, but I think he's pretty busy as it is.

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Actually I remember reading in one early biography (I think it was called "hard drive") that when he was a freshman in college he would spend most nights playing poker with other students.

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Yeah he's rolled for 10million/20million blind NL blinds.

Re: 500million to his family,

Yeah that's ridiculous amount of money, but I'd still prefer to be able to buy better countries and stuff.

Dignam

04-26-2007, 09:12 PM

He enjoys the game and general game theory, the money is absolutely pointless. There are chronicles of him in Vegas for conventions playing $5.00 a hand Blackjack in the high limit salon with a private dealer and tipping her $5K for 90 minutes work.

PokerAmateur4

04-27-2007, 12:51 AM

That's pretty cool, and hilarious that the house is probably losing money while the dealer gets Robusto.

LonesomeFugitive

04-27-2007, 03:17 AM

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That's pretty cool, and hilarious that the house is probably losing money while the dealer gets Robusto.

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Thas is the way to do things, I would tip $100 bills for anything if I were rich, I would make it a point.

Why get a 400 dollar haircut (john edwards) when you can get a $7 haircut and tip the barber cutting your hair 400?? that would have been such good PR.

Rick Nebiolo

04-27-2007, 03:47 AM

The Bill Gates plays 3/6 limit story has been around. My guess is he is at least half decent and has enough of a competitive spirit to at least try hard.

IMO it's a good move by him; he gets to have some fun and rumors of having a nitty approach to gambling might be good (or at least not bad) for Microsoft's stock price.

~ Rick

luckyjimm

04-27-2007, 05:00 AM

Wow, fantastic picture - YMH! I feel like I'm really there!

Johnny Hughes

04-27-2007, 08:48 AM

I heard that Gates played 3 6 limit at the Mirage.

The players often tip fifty cents by throwing the dealer a dollar and saying, "Half back." The dealer throws them a half dollar. When Gates won a pot, he did that and everyone laughed.

He is supposed to be a very good bridge player and often plays with Warren Buffet as a partner.

fabadam

04-27-2007, 09:16 AM

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He is supposed to be a reasonable bridge player and often plays with Warren Buffet and two strong pros as partners

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FYP. Bridge pros partner other players for their money. Becoming world champion allows pros to increase their rates. Bill can afford their rates.

xxx

04-27-2007, 08:29 PM

In the "Poker Face of Wall Street" by Aaron Brown (a 2+2 poster by the way) Bill is mentioned twice.

One is on page 13, where is he is listed as one of the billionaires who got their first stake money from poker.

The second is on page 178, where Bill was *running* the game which is described as tight and unfriendly, and some players losing more than they could afford. Perhaps this this experience influences him to play in friendly games where no one is going to get hurt?