Forum: Home Poker
09-28-2007, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 96
Re: Working Girl Under Table Thread
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Hi,
We recieved complaints about your thread in home poker regarding 'working girls under the table'. After review, this doesn't seem like a thread that was ever...
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Forum: MOD DISCUSSION
09-26-2007, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 498
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Forum: Poker Theory
09-26-2007, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 82
Re: Staking a friend
Fair for you will depend on how good he is. You need a return equal to what you could get on an investment with similar risk. If he is a winning player and he agrees to only play games where he is...
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Forum: MOD DISCUSSION
09-25-2007, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 498
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Forum: MOD DISCUSSION
09-25-2007, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 498
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
09-25-2007, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 319
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
09-24-2007, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 153
Re: Hold a fish to the rules or let it go?
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After burning through his initial buy in, this is what he did. He wasn't reloading with another rack....
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In my mind, the decision comes down to 2 factors, EV and...
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Forum: MOD DISCUSSION
09-21-2007, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 498
Re: Advice please - Working girls under the table
This will have a huge impact on the value of tells. Will it be obvious when someone is getting serviced? This is very critical to your strategy. If not, then you will need to guess whether that...
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Forum: Laughs or Links!
09-20-2007, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 233
Re: is the world flat? ...seriously is it?
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These are examples where people are routinely ignorant of information that is very relevant to their activities. I find this much more disturbing than someone who does not...
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Forum: Laughs or Links!
09-20-2007, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 233
Re: is the world flat? ...seriously is it?
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She probably doesn't realize this but being educated can help you do a better job raising your child. For example, it's hard to make good money in this world if you're more ignorant than a...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
09-19-2007, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 114
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
09-19-2007, 02:17 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 114
Re: casino entertainment director stupidity story
I was in Vegas in June 2006, and during my marathon sessions at Bally's I must have heard "So you had a bad day" about 2 times an hour. I know the song was popular, but it just really struck me as...
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Forum: Home Poker
09-18-2007, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 79
Re: stupid move by me a a home game
I would have pushed. You were in a push or fold situation (aka less than 10 big blinds), and I would not fold that hand. As played, I would have called. My logic on the call is similar to the...
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Forum: Home Poker
09-18-2007, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 117
Re: Would you try this game?
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I've always been honest with my wife, and was in fact kind of proud of what I've been able to earn with poker. Bad beat story in the making - I was laid off from my job, bored, and...
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Forum: Home Poker
09-18-2007, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 123
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
09-16-2007, 02:13 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 70
Re: Is this correct?
Most B&M posters dislike this rule, and they also know that the rule was created to help detect (inept) collusion. Players who started out on the internet seem to like this rule, because they are...
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Forum: Home Poker
09-15-2007, 04:38 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 117
Re: Would you try this game?
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It's always fun to see people's different idea of what a marriage is.
Anyway, here in New York marriage actually entails a legal obligation to mutual financial support (with spousal...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
09-14-2007, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 270
Re: Discipline and poker
I'm surprised no one has mentioned it yet, but one key area of discipline is avoiding distractions and maintaining focus. If you are playing live, this means not chatting up the waitress / watching...
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Forum: Home Poker
09-14-2007, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 117
Re: Would you try this game?
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It's been much higher, but whenever it gets too high, I get increasing demands at home to put the money to some family uses (this just happened recently and accounts for the current...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-31-2007, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 134
Re: A great story
My play is to leave the game. I'd probably be emotionally affected so playing on would be negative EV. Just leave, take a break and come back another time.
Also, what was the point of the fist...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-31-2007, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 199
Re: buy-in
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Why wouldn't you want to play with a huge chip advantage?
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If its a fishy schitty player that made a few suckouts and he knows he's overmatched
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-30-2007, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 227
Re: Was this ruling correct
Agree with RR. Also, it might be difficult to draw a real clear line on this one. If you say that it is OK to tell a player that they should show their hand because they hold the nuts, then can I...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-29-2007, 07:42 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 83
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-27-2007, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 86
Re: Vegas - What would you do?
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Touche. I should have just said "no hookers." Your comment does open up a whole new can of worms. Under your theorom I, and many bachelors like me, have been paying for sex for years.
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
08-27-2007, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 151
Re: Current state of poker in Reno
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Peppermill and it's not even close. 2/4, 4/8, 10/20 (sometimes it's 15/30) every day for limit. 1/2NL every day, sometimes 2/5 NL.
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