Forum: Home Poker
11-29-2007, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 127
Re: Tourney Time frame - help
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A good rule of thumb is that the tournament is more or less over when the big blind is equal to 8% of the chips in play.
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Agreed. It may end sooner (based on how the chips...
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Forum: Home Poker
11-22-2007, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 189
Re: EPT-Rules Question
It means that if as you are walking towards your new table you notice that your newly-assigned seat is the big blind, and you slow down, or stop to tie your shoe, or pretend to be lost and go to a...
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Forum: Home Poker
11-20-2007, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 155
Re: When should blinds go up?
I happen to track this in a home tournament I run; here are the numbers for our last 12 tournaments, shown as # of initial players (shouldn't really be a factor, but shown for completeness) and the...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-16-2007, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 96
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Forum: Politics
10-14-2007, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 461
Re: NYTimes vs. Every Other Newspaper
Watch for this: Republicans, *especially* George Bush, will be quoted verbatim, with every ummm, ah, errrr, start/stop/restart. Try listening to how people really speak and then imagine seeing that...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-12-2007, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 217
Re: Need good plastic cards
I am but one voice, and if I'm in the significant minority ... well, the market will eventually sort that all out.
I will say this though... prior to seeing these cards, if you *asked* me whether...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-12-2007, 01:43 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 217
Re: Need good plastic cards
The Desjgn 4 has the pips in a dense straight line, just like the 3, whereas a standard 4 has the pips arranged on the corner of a square. Several of the other arrangements are different too (the 8,...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-09-2007, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 217
Re: Need good plastic cards
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I indeed was surprised how much I depended on the pip placement the first few hands played with these. I become accustomed to them after an orbit or two, but I understand why some need...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-08-2007, 09:47 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 217
Re: Need good plastic cards
Ask your friend Jason to make these in bridge size and to go back to a standard pip layout.
We've played two sessions with these cards. We love the feel of them, like the overall look and design...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-04-2007, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 145
Views: 557
Re: Organ Donations
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ya u can, when u get an drivers license (in the US) they ask u
if u wanna be an organ donor, I said yes I figure why not help someone else out if Im gonna die
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-01-2007, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 145
Views: 557
Re: Organ Donations
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Ongoing dialysis treatments cost between $500-$1000 a week, depending on the number of treatments necessary per week, but the national average is ~$40,000 per year. The cost of kidney...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-01-2007, 01:39 AM
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Replies: 145
Views: 557
Re: Organ Donations
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I say no because some hospitals will allow an organ donor to die so they can be harvested, but in that same situation try to save that same guy if he isn't an organ donor.
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-08-2007, 11:45 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 732
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
09-08-2007, 03:27 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 107
Re: Sign Language at the Table - Nitty?
I've played in a lot of games with deaf players. A few things to note: first, there are more people than you might expect who know ASL (or enough of it to follow poker talk). Deaf players using sign...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-06-2007, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 172
Views: 1,280
Re: Great subtle moments in movies
Spinal Tap ... hard to pick just one, but if I had to it's this one: Nigel is playing his guitar by bowing it with a violin (not a bow, an entire violin). The guitar is making the expected raucous...
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Forum: Home Poker
08-25-2007, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 73
Re: A good set of Home game house rules?
Here's what we use, the important thing (as already pointed out) being that we incorporate TDA Rules (for tournaments) and Robert's Rules. I have a printed out copy of both on hand.
The only House...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
08-21-2007, 08:57 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 123
Re: Quick ruling Question?
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blinds at 300/600, player A limps for 600, player B raises to 3000 and player C reraises all in for 4,200.
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Now that we've established that A can raise, I do have a...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
08-20-2007, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 123
Re: Quick ruling Question?
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In this situation with blinds at 300/600 in a live MTT player A limps for 600, player B raises to 3000 and player C reraises all in for 4,200.
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I thought this was pretty standard...
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Forum: BBV4Life
08-02-2007, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 267
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Forum: EDF
07-28-2007, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 709
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
07-24-2007, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 335
Views: 1,808
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
07-24-2007, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 335
Views: 1,808
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Forum: Home Poker
07-10-2007, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 310
Re: Was I justified or out of line
What makes this obviously an angleshoot by you is that you tabled your losing hand, THEN asked to see his other card.
In my game, I'd give you that pot (teaches player A a lesson), then ban you...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
06-27-2007, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 117
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
06-25-2007, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 47
Re: A few Venetian questions
Restaurant: Postrio, upstairs in the shops area. If you want a more casual atmosphere, specifically ask to be seated out on the patio (it's an indoor patio). They serve only a subset of the full menu...
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