Forum: Poker Legislation
08-21-2007, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 98
Re: WV Cross-Lanes Table Games
Results to be officially announced today August 21, 2007. This will start a 48 hour deadline for a request for recount at the opponents expense. So there is some chance that the results will become...
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Forum: Poker Legislation
08-18-2007, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 98
Re: WV Cross-Lanes Table Games
Canvas completed, final margin 343 votes, yes to poker.
http://www.wvah.com/newsroom/shows/10fri.shtml#2
There is a mechanism for challenging the election, but the opponents would have to pony...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-13-2007, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 182
Re: Why no Omaha8 in Indiana?
Harrah's Indiana did spread O8 at tourney time and even 1/2 PLO, but usually the only Omaha is 5/10/25 kamikaze PLO. Bankroll + discipline = good time. Wish I had that : )
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Forum: Poker Legislation
08-13-2007, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 98
Re: WV Cross-Lanes Table Games
Watching this carefully as this would be the closest legal poker room to me. 2+2 came up first on google when I searched "Cross Lanes" poker. Thanks for the timely news.
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Forum: Televised Poker
08-10-2007, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 60
Re: No Event 15
The Circuit sure looks dead from here. No announced events.
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Forum: Two Plus Two Internet Magazine
07-30-2007, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 350
Re: What makes his game \"special\"?
Has anybody determined what Chip's standard open raises are? Amounts of raises were not generally given and are pertinent.
I have a healthy disrespect for opening minraises at Holdem, and they seme...
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-16-2007, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 49
Re: WSOP pay per view
I will likely do the PPV through the internet again this year. My local provider doesn't seem to carry the cable version. North Carolina USA.
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Forum: Poker Theory
04-12-2007, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 57
Re: Short vs Deep Stacks
A different explanation, more applicable to rocks than lags, is that you never want to have fewer chips than needed to protect your hand. When you have a set versus a two flush on the board and you...
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Forum: Books and Publications
04-11-2007, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 54
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Forum: Stud
04-11-2007, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 74
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Forum: Stud
04-11-2007, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 91
Re: Razz Tournament strategy
I noticed at this years WSOP Razz event, the antes are often huge compared to the bring in and complete. At the start the antes are $5, the bring in just $5 and the complete $20. That's got to be a...
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Forum: Two Plus Two Internet Magazine
03-06-2007, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 73
Beal no fool
I must object to Schoonmaker calling Andy Beal a fool, particularly in the context of an artical that describes the benefits other than profit a person derives from poker. Beal enjoyed the rare...
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Forum: Omaha/8
02-27-2007, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 46
Re: PLO8B Tourney - Getting Late
How much did the button raise?
I might not fold this preflop to a minimum raise - I assume that "Button raises, 2 folds," means you did. A feel for the table would let you know if a button raise...
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Forum: Poker Theory
02-27-2007, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 54
Re: A,2 off suite in Badugi
wouldn't 234, A34 and A24 rainbow have exactly the same drawing odds on the last draw as A23? The only difference is that the non-nut hands made are slightly worse that those made with A23. You'll...
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Forum: Omaha/8
02-26-2007, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 74
Re: WSOP Omaha / 8 event
And briefly venturing back on topic, I played the $2000 limit Omaha 8/B as my first and only WSOP event so far. I made it about halfway through. I was playing over my bankroll so it was...
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Forum: Omaha/8
02-26-2007, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 74
Re: WSOP Omaha / 8 event
I played the PLO8 at the Taj on a Friday, maybe the week after Thanksgiving 2006. I signed up while still in a Holdem Tourney and arrived at the table late (cashed in the Holdem). I think they...
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Forum: Poker Legislation
02-26-2007, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 215
Re: Fight UIGEA!! -- Action plan for week of 2/26
Can anyone estimate WSOP attendance for this year and estimate a dollar figure of loss for both Harrahs and the Las Vegas economy due to the detrimental effects of UIGEA and subsequent mad dog...
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Forum: Poker Theory
02-16-2007, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 58
Re: Hypothetical heads up pot limit situation
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NL, absolutely. PL, I'm not so sure. There's also a limit to practical stack size. I doubt there will...
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Forum: Omaha High
12-01-2006, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 86
Re: .25/.50 hand
Check and judge by size of bet. A rock has you beat, but the likeliest hands you can beat are trip nines and a straight or straight draw. The ideal situation is that villain bets $5, you call and...
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Forum: Stud
12-01-2006, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 60
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Forum: Poker Legislation
10-04-2006, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 212
Re: What\'s next and how can we make a difference?
I intend to change my voter regsitration party for the sole purpose of voting twice against the local incumbents who participated in this travesty. A couple hours ago, I asked Poker Players Alliance...
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
08-15-2006, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 114
Views: 382
Re: About Jamie Gold...
Perhaps the most truthful "spin" would be to note the extreme pressure of the situation and note similarities and differences in the ways all of the FT players responded to the situation.
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