Forum: Poker Legislation
01-23-2007, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 71
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Forum: Politics
01-23-2007, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 134
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Forum: Poker Legislation
01-23-2007, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 71
From HRC to Libertarian - One Poker Player\'s Path
Cross Reference to Discussion on Politics Thread (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=8876549&an=0&page=0#Post8876549)
Because many of these issues are being discussed...
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Forum: Politics
01-23-2007, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 134
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Forum: Poker Legislation
01-23-2007, 03:07 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 156
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-22-2007, 03:17 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 179
Re: How many re-raises before you fold KK?
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Jack Seven Suited. Always pans out.
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Well, all I can say is don't call four way action with it when you have less than 2 full rounds in chips at the Normandie tournament...
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-19-2007, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 179
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-18-2007, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 75
Re: Let\'s invent a hold\'em variant
I would like to see a "community card" variation of Stud but the real unique feature of stud (vs. HE or Omaha) is the hidden (and therefore, necessarily private) river.
Three private cards to...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
01-18-2007, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 94
Views: 1,017
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
01-18-2007, 02:12 AM
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Replies: 105
Views: 1,108
Re: Balancing Bluffs vs Balancing Strategy
The person was being called a retard because he was denigrating material that he hadn't even read because he assumed he knew what it said because he heard other people talking about it. If he had...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
01-17-2007, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 105
Views: 1,108
Re: Balancing Bluffs vs Balancing Strategy
If you want to attack the terminology, fine.
Just don't state that the strategy is not optimal, when according to the careful definitions offered by the authors, it is.
The complaint is not...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
01-17-2007, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 105
Views: 1,108
Re: Balancing Bluffs vs Balancing Strategy
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I don't really understand your comments about "different games" - the turn and the river are part of "in every sequence" from my comments above. To specify a strategy for the game, you...
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-08-2007, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 108
Re: Theoretical final table tourney question....
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so if the payout is 1,000,000/900,000/0 its still a push?
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Absoloutly. Not even close. First, to simplify things, let's just make the top two payouts the same,...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
01-08-2007, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 138
Views: 1,448
Re: Is This Cheating?
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You are cheating if you intentionally use a secret mechanism against your opponent. . . .
The principle is the same.
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How broadly is mechanism defined? Would it...
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-08-2007, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 108
Re: Theoretical final table tourney question....
But the point of the hypothetical is that accumulation is virtually irrelevant, given the assumptions.
Calling is the action that maximizes utility given the controlling importance of survival and...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
01-08-2007, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 817
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
01-08-2007, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 138
Views: 1,448
Re: Is This Cheating?
I still don't see why . . . in the context of a game where the whole idea is to exploit opponent's mistakes, anyone has any obligation to do anything other than exploit all available information to...
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-08-2007, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 108
Re: Theoretical final table tourney question....
I would smooth call QQ and check it down. Eliminating the short stack is the only realistic +EV strategy at this point.
My range for this call and check would be fairly large, 22+, AT+, KJ+,...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
01-08-2007, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 138
Views: 1,448
Re: Is This Cheating?
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Many casual players playing online have a belief that their opposition doesn't have pokertracker and PAHUD running and has access to all that information instantly. Now while...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
01-08-2007, 04:02 AM
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Replies: 138
Views: 1,448
Re: Is This Cheating?
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The artery scenario is clearly not cheating. Nowhere within the rules of the game is it implied that the mannerisms of your opponents are to be masked and hidden, whether or not your...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
01-08-2007, 03:56 AM
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Replies: 138
Views: 1,448
Re: Is This Cheating?
See my response on poker above. Same in bridge for me. See em all the time.
Although I don't need to.
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
01-08-2007, 03:52 AM
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Replies: 138
Views: 1,448
Re: Is This Cheating?
I see cards from the other players' hands every single time I play. And many times over, and in many ways. They pull them up to look at them. They pitch them toward the muck 18 to 24 inches off...
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-04-2007, 11:43 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 120
Re: The look of randomness
Please consider the difference between these two statements:
"Poker is all luck."
"Most players underestimate the luck factor in poker."
Poker players can run very bad for a very long time...
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-03-2007, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 50
Re: My Theory on Micro MTT\'s & SNG\'s
He is saying "hand selection" not "hand reception."
Whether players are calling too much or folding too much position matters.
In a tight game, you call with position to set up a steal. In a...
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-03-2007, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 120
Re: The look of randomness
This takes a while to load. Don't run more than a couple hundred thousand trial sample (or it will take forever).
http://www.agribiz.com/merchdiz/cointoss/cointoss.html
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