For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

95% of what I've learned about poker (and have posted on these boards) has been from Micro-Limits. Over the years I've been privileged to learn, discuss, debate and hopefully teach some poker with very bright individuals. I took an older post of mine and made it into this 2+2 magazine article -
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Re: For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

Congrats, dude!

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Also, Ed Miller's article on tilt is really, really good:

http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/c...iller0706.html

Re: For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

This is really cool dave. Congrats.

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You know what's funny, I thought your name was Davelin, all one word, and that's how I would pronounce it in my head (like javelin). Off to read your article now.

Re: For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

how u do it
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fwiw i never would have thought of javelin with a d. that seems so weird to me. i have to think this is going to turn out about 8 or 9 to 1 for "dave lin as one word."

Re: For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

I always pronounced it "Dave Lin" in my head. I had been thinking, though, that the "lin" part was short for something. You learn something new every day, I suppose.

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Good article. I think a lot of players do this instinctively (i.e. just call their marginally strong hands preflop) hoping to catch a favorable flop where they can then knock out draws. I guess this is more for the type of player who won't raise things like AKo, AQs, KJs, or 99 after a bunch of limpers because they see them as drawing hands at that point. Some examples would have helped, but I found it informative.

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I always pronounced it "Dave Lin" in my head. I had been thinking, though, that the "lin" part was short for something. You learn something new every day, I suppose.

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I always pronounced it "Dave Lin" in my head. I had been thinking, though, that the "lin" part was short for something. You learn something new every day, I suppose.

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totally javelin with a d. even after i learned it was dave lin as one word, its still javelin in my head.

nice article dude.

Re: For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

I always pronounced it as a hybrid of the two, i.e. two syllables with the accent on the first (dave' lin).

Re: For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

Very cool... nice article.

KO

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I always pronounced it as a hybrid of the two, i.e. two syllables with the accent on the first (dave' lin).

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Actually, this is a much better representation of how I pronounced it.

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totally javelin with a d.

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Beautiful article on a principle I've been thinking about a lot lately!

And I mentally pronounced it "DAVE-uh-lin."

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totally javelin with a d.

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Well I'm glad even the Micro-veterans learned something in my article!

Re: For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

Very Nice!

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i seriously cant believe it is almost even.

and wookie, yes, dave'-lin is how i said it. dave-lin' is retarded, as is dah'-vuh-lin. wtf is wrong with you people?

Re: For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

Hey, I remember reading that post back when it was originally posted and thinking that it was a really good way of explaining why you should raise preflop. Definitely deserves to be in the magazine.

Re: For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

Sweet write-up, I have heard most of that from different sources but never in one complete package. Now alot of things make more sense.

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i seriously cant believe it is almost even.

and wookie, yes, dave'-lin is how i said it. dave-lin' is retarded, as is dah'-vuh-lin. wtf is wrong with you people?

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The "retarded" way is the correct way. And it's not even close.

Do you see why?

Re: For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

i dont care if it's right because that's how you would actually pronounce his full name. of course if you're saying his full name you would not stress the DAVE part, nor would you stress the LIN part. saying a full name you tend to stress the first and last names equally.

so no, i don't see why you chose to use the most beat-up phrases in the history of 2+2 to tell me something that isn't right.

again, i can't believe so many people thought it was dah'-vuh-lin.

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i dont care if it's right because that's how you would actually pronounce his full name. of course if you're saying his full name you would not stress the DAVE part, nor would you stress the LIN part. saying a full name you tend to stress the first and last names equally.

so no, i don't see why you chose to use the most beat-up phrases in the history of 2+2 to tell me something that isn't right.

again, i can't believe so many people thought it was dah'-vuh-lin.

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Well, Dave's from Chicago as am I. There we accent the first syllable of the last name with a secondary accent on the first syllable of the first name.

All you commies from the other coasts can corrupt the language, dropping r's and adding them indiscrimitely, sticking "I got yuh (whatever) right heah" in the middle of conversation, being sensitive to the feelings of the audience by being condescending, but we midwestern folk have the proper usage of our language. This is borne out by the way the media speak, which is the way it is spoken in middle America.

Using "the most beat-up phrases in the history of 2+2" proves the point, because it is correct.

Jeet jet?

Re: For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

awesome, congrats

i never had any idea that was your actual name

i thought it might have been dave, but even that was 50/50

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i dont care if it's right because that's how you would actually pronounce his full name. of course if you're saying his full name you would not stress the DAVE part, nor would you stress the LIN part. saying a full name you tend to stress the first and last names equally.

so no, i don't see why you chose to use the most beat-up phrases in the history of 2+2 to tell me something that isn't right.

again, i can't believe so many people thought it was dah'-vuh-lin.

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Well, Dave's from Chicago as am I. There we accent the first syllable of the last name with a secondary accent on the first syllable of the first name.

All you commies from the other coasts can corrupt the language, dropping r's and adding them indiscrimitely, sticking "I got yuh (whatever) right heah" in the middle of conversation, being sensitive to the feelings of the audience by being condescending, but we midwestern folk have the proper usage of our language. This is borne out by the way the media speak, which is the way it is spoken in middle America.

Using "the most beat-up phrases in the history of 2+2" proves the point, because it is correct.

Jeet jet?

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Media-speak much more closely resembles the way people talk in California, not the way people talk in Minnesota, Chicago, or anywhere else in middle America. Do U C Y?

Re: For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

Hey, I made comments. But ya, I started this mess.

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Media-speak much more closely resembles the way people talk in California, not the way people talk in Minnesota, Chicago, or anywhere else in middle America. Do U C Y?

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Not true. Wetdog is correct.

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Media-speak much more closely resembles the way people talk in California, not the way people talk in Minnesota, Chicago, or anywhere else in middle America. Do U C Y?

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Not true. Wetdog is correct.

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Sorry, gotta go with Wook on this one. Nobody in LA has an accent that they didn't bring here with them. Sure, surfers talk like surfers, but that's the same way that surfers talk the world over.

It's not just accents, it's also idiomatic expressions. Go into a deli in Van Nuys and ask for a "pop and a grinder" and you're likely to get picked up for lewd conduct.

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Media-speak much more closely resembles the way people talk in California, not the way people talk in Minnesota, Chicago, or anywhere else in middle America. Do U C Y?

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Have you ever been to Kansas?

About davelin's name: I don't pronounce everything I read, especially internet handles that aren't immediately obvious. I never parsed the "dave" out of "davelin" so to me it's always been "D!#!@#$".

Re: For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

Well WTF ever.

I didn't say so before, but excellent article. Dave has always been one whose advice I took very seriously.

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how u do it
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You missed one. I always poronounced it "fish".

I kid, I kid! Dave is a friend of mine, and I knew his last name was Lin.

Congrats on getting your article published, bro. I enjoyed reading it very much. Good job!

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how u do it
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You missed one. I always poronounced it "fish".

I kid, I kid! Dave is a friend of mine, and I knew his last name was Lin.

Congrats on getting your article published, bro. I enjoyed reading it very much. Good job!

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wrong forum.
this is where we talk about limit holdem.
noob.

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wrong forum.
this is where we talk about limit holdem.
noob.

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Silly, silly tilter. Haven't you come over to the Dark Side yet?

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wrong forum.
this is where we talk about limit holdem.
noob.

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Silly, silly tilter. Haven't you come over to the Dark Side yet?

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is greed the quickest path to the dark side, master?
i'm tempted and a dabble occasionally until i get stacked and cry.

Re: For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

It is, my young apprentice.

Just think. Winrates of 16 PTBB/100 or more!

<evil cackling laugh>

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wrong forum.
this is where we talk about limit holdem.
noob.

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Silly, silly tilter. Haven't you come over to the Dark Side yet?

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NL is the new 6-max.

Re: For My Micro-Homies (slight brag post, LC)
 

Tried it out. Won 17 buy ins quickly. Lost 15 even more quickly. Went back to LHE 6 max. Lost 150 BB. Now back at NL.

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wrong forum.
this is where we talk about limit holdem.
noob.

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Silly, silly tilter. Haven't you come over to the Dark Side yet?

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NL is the new 6-max.

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In NL, HU is the new 6max.