Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-29-2007, 08:10 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 3,227
Re: Career Question- State School vs. Big Private
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Yes, the name/reputation of your school matter. Yes, your GPA matters.
But 100 times out of 100, I'm gonna take the higher GPA, lower cost, much better weather, and much much more fun...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-29-2007, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 3,227
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
11-29-2007, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 280
Re: Strategy Adjustments for 2-4-4-8
There's no need to overthink the strategy. You just need to consider the differences from a standard limit game and then figure out how best to adjust to those differences.
And really, there are...
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
11-29-2007, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 756
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
11-28-2007, 11:43 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,285
Re: Gross spot with 9\'s
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just curious what raising preflop here in a game like this without position accomplishes?
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In most games raising from early position will thin the field some,...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 11:10 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 3,227
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 825
Re: goal setting; the short term
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i mean i could have a GREAT month financially (cut spending, invest a ton) and lose money overall or have a HORRIBLE month (spend a ton) and yet make money overall due to variance in the...
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Forum: Poker Theory
11-27-2007, 11:06 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,203
Re: Reraising Preflop with Previous Callers in NL
Umm ... what stack sizes are you assuming here? 'Cause I daresay you're gonna get a much different consensus opinion if you're in this spot with $250 stacks vs. $2,500 stacks.
Beyond that, the...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-24-2007, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 246
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
11-21-2007, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 716
Re: When are games too good?
** Grunching here, so would be surprised if some of these arguments haven't already been made. **
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I read an essay Mr. Malmuth wrote a while back about games that are too LP. When almost...
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
11-21-2007, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 169
Re: I Screwed It Up
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Yeah, don't bet the flop. You've got middle pair against 4 people in a small pot. Once you do bet the flop, though, you've gotta pay 1 more to draw at your (presumably) 5 outs.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-15-2007, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 1,416
Re: Warren Buffet\'s Stance on Taxes
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sadly, the average american is worse at managing his money than even the us government, so THEIR money is actually best off in the govt's hands.
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This is a genuinely...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-14-2007, 10:03 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 1,416
Re: Warren Buffet\'s Stance on Taxes
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I love the concept and agree that it would make for a much better and more fair system. However, I think you would see a tremendous revenue short fall under that system. It is my guess...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-01-2007, 08:58 PM
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Replies: 93
Views: 1,026
Re: Why will the dollar rally?
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Post your thoughts. I've been short the dollar since mid summer and I want to lever up. Someone tell me why this could potentially be a bad idea, I want to see if I'm missing anything.
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Forum: Politics
10-31-2007, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 121
Views: 1,028
Re: (Re)Writing a New Constitution
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I think this is teh awesome. He wants to ban volume discounts in his constitution.
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Not to mention bundled cable TV packages!
Historians in the year 2227 will marvel...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-31-2007, 03:16 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 510
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Forum: Poker Theory
10-31-2007, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 204
Re: How to minimize standard deviation?
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SD is influenced by:
- your EV
- the potsize
- your chance to win
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Actually, the single biggest influence on variance (and thus your SD) is game selection.
Assuming two...
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Forum: Poker Theory
10-31-2007, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 476
Re: Benifits of the straddle
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Some of the nitty replies here are only thinking of poker on a simplistic level.
All this "I don't play poker to have fun, so don't care if the game has a fun atmosphere or not. I only...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-30-2007, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 523
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-27-2007, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 468
Re: Predict the direction of the Dollar thread
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EUR/USD. I think the dollar bottoms out next week after the coming rate cut, especially if we get 50 rather than 25. I'd say 1.45 might be a good spot to try and catch a major reversal...
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Forum: Poker Theory
10-26-2007, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 162
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-25-2007, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 299
Re: Wealth: all in the mind?
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The only real commodity you have is TIME. Get the money so you can be the master of your TIME. Thats the only thing that money is good for.
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Can't agree with this...
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Forum: Poker Theory
10-25-2007, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 476
Re: Benifits of the straddle
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meh even with all these arguements for why "good" players do it, I'm not convinced. there are other ways to juice the pot when you have a hand then tossing in the straddle.
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Forum: Poker Theory
10-22-2007, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 291
Re: On being a \"poker snob\"
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Make a big last longer bet with your friend and play the home games. Solves the problem, imo.
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I don't know why this hasn't been given more airtime. This is a great...
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Forum: Poker Theory
10-22-2007, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 192
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