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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 09-07-2007, 03:54 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 120
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: The \"F-Bomb\" Rule

Alas, the charming acronymous origin of the word in question is an urban legend; more specifically, it is false. I would provide the snopes.com URL, but it includes the word in question and hence...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 09-07-2007, 01:42 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 120
Posted By Steve Brecher
The \"F-Bomb\" Rule

An email that I sent to Denny Williams, TD at the Bicycle Casino, on Sep. 4; in the email, I used the literal word at issue, which 2+2 replaces with "[censored]":

Denny,

As reported on the...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 07-14-2007, 06:47 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 1,539
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: How the hell can a non-licensee get juice from an event in LV ?

[ QUOTE ]
...At the WSOP ME it is $9700 + $300....

[/ QUOTE ]The WSOP ME is $9400+600, with no additional withholding for staff.
Forum: Software 05-10-2007, 06:32 PM
Replies: 239
Views: 1,594
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: 7 Card Hand Evaluators

[ QUOTE ]
do you plan to upload a newer version with a public Enumerator class or am i allowed to "copy" this part of your sourcecode ?

[/ QUOTE ]Copy at will!
Forum: Software 05-10-2007, 03:14 PM
Replies: 239
Views: 1,594
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: 7 Card Hand Evaluators

[ QUOTE ]
... I did copy your source into my own files for this little Test:

http://nopaste.byte-welt.de/view.php?id=357

output:
[ QUOTE ]
WINS: [1140, 186]
TIED: [0, 0]
PaPo: [0.0, 0.0]
Forum: Software 05-10-2007, 12:26 PM
Replies: 239
Views: 1,594
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: 7 Card Hand Evaluators

[ QUOTE ]
does anyone know a java implementation of an equity calculator for given hands and a board? optional features: allows Ranges like TT+ and AQs+, is fast /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[/...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 04-05-2007, 07:57 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 179
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: WSOP M.E. 15-hour first day(s)?

[ QUOTE ]
Steve did you play Foxwoods this past week?

[/ QUOTE ]No, because it was too close to the Irish Open, which begins tomorrow. However, I did see that the first day was about 8 hours;...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-27-2007, 12:19 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 179
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: WSOP M.E. 15-hour first day(s)?

[ QUOTE ]
If poker is a real sport, people should be in good mental and physical condition so that they can handle the 15 hour day.

[/ QUOTE ]While poker has not traditionally been regarded as a ...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-27-2007, 11:59 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 179
Posted By Steve Brecher
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-24-2007, 11:53 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 176
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: WSOP blind structure is only marginally better.

[ QUOTE ]
I think the primary reason for going to $20k starting chips was to discourage "chip substitution" from prelim events, rather than seeking an improvement in the $10k event structure.

[/...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-24-2007, 10:47 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 179
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: WSOP M.E. 15-hour first day(s)?

Last year they used alternate breaks early on when the field is still large.
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-24-2007, 10:31 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 179
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: WSOP M.E. 15-hour first day(s)?

[ QUOTE ]
long days aren't fun, but i kinda like em because people start to play worse near the end

[/ QUOTE ]
People other than yourself, one presumes. I'm one of 'em.
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-24-2007, 10:30 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 179
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: WSOP M.E. 15-hour first day(s)?

[ QUOTE ]
Even if you play day C you have a day to recuperate. So I don't see it as a big deal.

[/ QUOTE ]
Recuperation time is a separate issue.

The issue is whether physical and mental...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-24-2007, 10:23 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 179
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: WSOP M.E. 15-hour first day(s)?

[ QUOTE ]
... 13 hours is a brutally long day indeed.

[/ QUOTE ]
Fifteen (15) hours
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-24-2007, 12:41 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 179
Posted By Steve Brecher
WSOP M.E. 15-hour first day(s)?

Each of the three starting days is scheduled to begin at noon and end about 3:00 A.M., including one 90-minute dinner break and four 20-minute inter-level breaks.

I skipped Foxwoods last November...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-24-2007, 12:29 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 40
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: WSOP Main Event Starting Day?

You can preregister via worldseriesofpoker.com and get your starting day before you have to pay. If you preregister now you're virtually certain to get your selected starting day.
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-03-2007, 11:10 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 105
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: Comparison of major NLH event structures

[ QUOTE ]
... my guesstimate is chip depth (e.g. AS/BB or AS/orbit cost) increases about 7%, 16%, 27% and 39%, as one moves from 10-handed to 9, 8, 7, and 6-handed, respectively.

[/ QUOTE ]
AS =...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-03-2007, 10:05 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 105
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: Comparison of major NLH event structures

[ QUOTE ]
The Bellagio/Mandalay Bay events use the same structure with different starting chips, so this could be one column, or at least have them next to each other.

[/ QUOTE ]
Tournaments...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-03-2007, 09:24 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 105
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: Comparison of major NLH event structures

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All events in the 2007 will break with tradition and have starting stacks of twice the buy-in. Structures will likely be adjusted, but AFAIK have not yet been made available....
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-02-2007, 08:42 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 105
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: Comparison of major NLH event structures

[ QUOTE ]
If I'm reading this correctly, then the most "play" in mid-to-late stages would have been the 2006 WSOP, and the best value in early play would be the 2007 WPT Borgata?

Just trying to...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-02-2007, 08:25 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 105
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: Comparison of major NLH event structures

[ QUOTE ]
This schedule looks to indicate that the WSOP ME could probably stand giving entrants more chips to start with. Agree/disagree?

[/ QUOTE ]
All events in the 2007 will break with...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-02-2007, 05:08 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 105
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: Comparison of major NLH event structures

[ QUOTE ]
i'm not sure what your intentions were

[/ QUOTE ]
My intentions are to facilitate comparing the relative amount of "play" for my own planning purposes as a potential entrant.

[...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 03-02-2007, 04:49 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 105
Posted By Steve Brecher
Comparison of major NLH event structures

I've prepared an Excel workbook containing structures for major NLH tournament structures from the past year and (as of now) three upcoming ones. The tournaments are compared based on the cost per...
Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP 02-22-2007, 03:31 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 48
Posted By Steve Brecher
US IRS: travel expenses deductible on Schedule A?

U.S. Tax Court opinion (PDF) (http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/InOpHistoric/Tschetschot.TCM.WPD.pdf)

The legal issue addressed by the court is whether tournament poker is a gambling activity and the...
Forum: Software 01-23-2007, 07:15 PM
Replies: 239
Views: 1,594
Posted By Steve Brecher
Re: 7 Card Hand Evaluators

[ QUOTE ]
Steve, very much appreciated. Does it work faster than your "old" one?

[/ QUOTE ]Which? The C/Java HandEval? The C version is about 12% faster than the Dec 2006 version than is on my...
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