Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
11-14-2007, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 14
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
11-14-2007, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 151
Views: 1,135
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-20-2007, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 9,446
Re: Reducing the Amount of Luck in Poker
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Bad players would lose almost every single session and get bored of the game very quickly.
They need suckouts that win them the whole pot so they can have the rare winning session, that...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-20-2007, 02:18 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 275
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-19-2007, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 547
Re: PHD Scientist believes in God.
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Any decent text on Cosmology and most Astrophysics texts will describe that the so called "Dark Matter" has nothing to do with black holes.
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My girlfriend has...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-19-2007, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 128
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-19-2007, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 547
Re: PHD Scientist believes in God.
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Any decent text on Cosmology and most Astrophysics texts will describe that the so called "Dark Matter" has nothing to do with black holes.
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My girlfriend has a degree in...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-19-2007, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 9,446
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-19-2007, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 9,446
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-19-2007, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 9,446
Re: Reducing the Amount of Luck in Poker
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Why the hell would you want to reduce the amount of luck?
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Good players would like to eliminate luck so they dont get outdrawn by players like fraac, who suck at poker......
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-18-2007, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 151
Re: men vs. women
men are generally more intelligent - but i think theres more - men have balls and our balls make us not want to lose to other people. men can also drink more and can stay up later for long games. ...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-18-2007, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 553
Re: poker hand confusion in Hold\'em
no problem.
Its funny to me how people can make it all the way to the inner depths of the 2 + 2 forum - all the way to the Special Sklansky forum - make a post - and not know the rules to No...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-18-2007, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 196
Views: 1,984
Re: Chimpanzee Fight Question From El Diablo
First of all, in selecting a representative for humans in this fight, I would not pick a UFC fighter. I dont see Royce Gracie putting the chimp into a triangle, or Randy the Natural using a rear...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-18-2007, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 553
Re: poker hand confusion in Hold\'em
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What do you mean? What are we supposed to be looking at? WHat do you want us to tell you? You just posted the results of the hand. You didn't post any of the action at all.
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-18-2007, 02:21 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 486
Re: NLHE - Opponent Moves All-In Every Hand...
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lol. i think anyone here would be happy to play either the all-in happy villain or the clueless original poster.
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i guess i need to work on my posting skills. i knew...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-17-2007, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 486
Re: NLHE - Opponent Moves All-In Every Hand...
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You can ALWAYS REBUY so that you can always match his entire stack. Therefore you would just wait for Aces. So that entire part of the question is now out.
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-17-2007, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 486
Re: NLHE - Opponent Moves All-In Every Hand...
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That game on Full Tilt ended in me calling with AK suited and losing to small cards. Really wasnt cool but I suppose it taught me something about the game. I suppose the best...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-17-2007, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 486
NLHE - Opponent Moves All-In Every Hand...
The other day I sat down to play a $200 Headsup SNG on Full Tilt Poker. To my dislike, my opponent moved ALL IN every hand (there is no way to break off a game if your opponent is a lunatic). I...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-17-2007, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 510
Re: Luck vs. Skill test...
as useless as your point is, i still disagree that it is 100%. there is luck and it will affect the outcome. shoot, after $1,000,000 hands at $1 blinds, the guy who sat down with Ivey might...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-17-2007, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 510
Re: Luck vs. Skill test...
Ok. let me make sure im getting this right, as i dont want to miss the point of your OP.
Youre saying that someone playing holdem for their very first time (or 20th time), although mentally...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-17-2007, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 1,081
Re: David, please give your answer
ok. ill try to give you guys a reference from DS's own work. off memory from theory of poker, the chapter called "Defending Against a semi-bluff" is similar to this... It describes a situation...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-17-2007, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 510
Re: Luck vs. Skill test...
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The stack sizes would be 500,000 big bets, which would likely take over a million hands, which is clearly the long run. Against a great limit holdem player (I'm not...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-17-2007, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 845
Re: Sklansky Hand Rankings Destroyed! >=)
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hey youngdro. im going to trace your ip address and come over. by tomorrow you and your brothers bodies will be at the bottom of a river..
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Cool.
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-16-2007, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 857
Re: Mathematics of Poker: minraising preflop
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I never get tired of saying it: If you're the first to enter the pot in a No-Limit Hold 'em game, never call. If you aren't prepared to raise, throw your hand away.
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
04-16-2007, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 857
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