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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum 12-14-2006, 09:45 PM
Replies: 115
Views: 1,385
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: My Basic Thought On Free Will

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Lots of people ask me about this. Do humans have free will?

Well if you are going to discuss this question rigorously, it is imperative that you define what you mean by "free...
Forum: Heads Up Poker 11-26-2006, 07:14 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 60
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: Calling with sage system vs tighter oponent ?

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If you dont think hes pushing and calling enough hands then folding marginal hands that SAGE says to call is definitely optimal.

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It's not optimal
Forum: Poker Theory 11-26-2006, 10:51 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 81
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: SAGE system HU. Seems good, but I have one problem with it.

SAGE is not an optimal strategy it is a mneumonic to help you memorise a different strategy which can at TIMES can be +EV. But is one of only many strategies that can be +EV.

As with most systems...
Forum: Probability 11-25-2006, 10:26 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 93
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: Odds of winning 3 way

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Text results appended to pokerstove.txt

10,629,969 games 17.703 secs 600,461 games/sec

Board:
Dead:

equity (%) win (%) tie (%)
Hand 1: 50.8081 % ...
Forum: Probability 11-25-2006, 09:44 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 93
Posted By thechainsaw
Odds of winning 3 way

Does anyone know the value of a pocket hand winning against 2 random hands?

I could put all 169 into poker stove, but i was wondering if anyone had the figures already?
Forum: Software 11-25-2006, 08:33 PM
Replies: 1,767
Views: 16,608
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: Stars Bet Pot AHK ?

try 2.0/3.0 instead of 2/3 - not tried it but, im guessing that will work /images/graemlins/wink.gif
Forum: Heads Up Poker 11-25-2006, 07:23 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 55
Posted By thechainsaw
The importance of position

We know position is important, but how important to do you think it is?

Harrington says a world class player would lose to an average one out of position, but i am not sure I agree.

What are...
Forum: Poker Theory 11-10-2006, 04:16 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 63
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: Adjusting to high rake low limit game

Try not to trigger the rake, if you can help it. It's amazing how few players do this.
Forum: Poker Theory 11-10-2006, 09:38 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 57
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: incomplete information - so what?

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I don't expect to see a computer program that can play well at a table of humans anytime soon. If someone did that, it would be a major breakthrough in machine intelligence.

In an...
Forum: Poker Theory 11-09-2006, 12:07 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 56
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: Poker theory: completely blind strategy

Prisoner's dilemma is probably THE classic game theory problem. For a very long time the tit-for-tat strategy was considered unbeatable, until recently where the master slave code theory solution...
Forum: Poker Theory 11-08-2006, 07:44 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 56
Posted By thechainsaw
Poker theory: completely blind strategy

Hi All - I'm new to this forum, so i hope i am not broaching a topic that has already been raised:

Is it a legitimate tactic in poker to bet without seeing your cards?

I will elaborate, for...
Forum: Heads Up Poker 11-07-2006, 11:47 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 117
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: pocket 4s in a turbo

not much to go on, reraise all in
Forum: Heads Up Poker 11-06-2006, 02:33 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 109
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: Heads Up Practice

What about this? http://games.cs.ualberta.ca/poker/IRC/

It says here that this is how Chris Ferguson learnt to play Heads up ... can't be all that bad then!
Forum: Heads Up Poker 11-06-2006, 09:28 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 90
Posted By thechainsaw
Blind strategy

Playing HU SNG. Let's say you are both in the orange zone, M=10. (blinds 100/200 stacks 3000 3000).

What is your strategy of playing the cards, but YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LOOK AT YOUR CARDS. ...
Forum: Heads Up Poker 11-06-2006, 08:47 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 59
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: What winrate is possible for the 11 +0.5$ HU Stars turbos?

63% i think would be good.

I got an 80% winrate on stars $11, but I havent played much. Don't expect it to last.
Forum: Heads Up Poker 11-06-2006, 08:43 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 57
Posted By thechainsaw
Categorizing HU openings

For discussion purposes, is there any standard for naming the openings, like they do in chess?

There are only a limited number of "moves" in a HU game, compared with the 1000s in chess, do you...
Forum: Beginners Questions 11-06-2006, 08:37 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 51
Posted By thechainsaw
Can someone recommend some books

Hi All

I was wondering if anyone could recommend some holdem books.

I've just read:

Theory of Poker
Small Stakes
Harrington I&II
No limit holdem theory and practice
Forum: Probability 10-30-2006, 07:10 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 88
Posted By thechainsaw
question

what is the probability of flopping top pair

if this is not specific enough, perhaps a rough estimate or for AKQ or J would help

thanks!
Forum: Heads Up Poker 10-29-2006, 04:09 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 92
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: $50 +2.50 HU sit-n-go experiment- 205 games played.......

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Thanks for the welcome jay.

- You know you are going to lose 4 out of every 10 games, so go into each game knowing there's a good chance you will lose, regardless of how bad the...
Forum: Heads Up Poker 10-29-2006, 04:04 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 115
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: What size kicker to go broke with in HU play

I would not be comfortable without KJ or better, depending on M and your actual bets of course
Forum: Heads Up Poker 10-28-2006, 12:32 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 226
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: Hypothetical Heads Up Gambling Situation

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Hey chainsaw , try it yourself .

The first problem has been solved .
Work it out for n=3 , then n=4 and you'll see a pattern emerge .

The final list Nicho provided is accurate . ...
Forum: Heads Up Poker 10-27-2006, 09:13 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 68
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: Keeping Records...

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What's up guys?

I've recently started playing Heads-Up SNG's on Pokerstars. I like to keep records, but I am unsure of the pertinent information to record? I have been recording:

a)...
Forum: Heads Up Poker 10-27-2006, 08:55 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 226
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: Hypothetical Heads Up Gambling Situation

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I verified that my conjecture is true for all n .

Pretty cool .

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ten bucks says your conjecture is false - now THAT's poker

shove or fold?
Forum: Heads Up Poker 10-27-2006, 01:47 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 226
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: Hypothetical Heads Up Gambling Situation

Here are my figures - make it that you should get a hand rougly in the top 14% in 10 goes

Trials Fold Shove Fold EV Shove ev %median
1 0 1 0 0.5 0.5
2 0.5 0.5 0.25 0.38 0.63...
Forum: Heads Up Poker 10-27-2006, 01:33 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 226
Posted By thechainsaw
Re: Hypothetical Heads Up Gambling Situation

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I'm liking jay's logic...

I know nicho's "twist" (I am his roommate) and I'm really excited to see how your answers change... But he has forbade me from twisting it myself... so for now...
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