Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-15-2007, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 681
Views: 3,548
Re: lolz super accountz
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I think this thing will gain traction if we can get Cardplayer or somewhere to run the story. There are disincentives for them to run it, but on the other hand if say Bluff have...
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Forum: Books and Publications
10-02-2007, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 409
Re: HOH \"outdated\"
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You can make money with the ability level of a 1500 rating if your official rating is lower and you can get into the u1200 section at the World Open or other similar tournament....
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Forum: Books and Publications
10-01-2007, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 409
Re: HOH \"outdated\"
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To make an analogy, you could have the equivalent of a 1500 chess rating and make a lot of money at poker. That rating will certainly not make you any money at chess, even though you...
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Forum: MTT Strategy
09-28-2007, 02:46 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 71
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Forum: Beginners Questions
09-12-2007, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 61
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Forum: Beginners Questions
09-11-2007, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 62
Re: What´s exactly?
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A weak-tight player is one who is both tight and passive, essentially. They do not play many hands, they rarely raise, and they fold way too much even with strong hands. They're...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
09-11-2007, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 62
Re: What´s exactly?
A weak-tight player is one who is both tight and passive, essentially. They do not play many hands, they rarely raise, and they fold way too much even with strong hands. They're usually the types you...
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Forum: Poker Theory
09-11-2007, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 79
Re: Is Running it Twice a Sucker Bet? (Long)
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While your analysis is completely correct if the 2 runs were independent events, did you take into account the card removal effect of running it twice? I'm not proficient enough to model...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
09-10-2007, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 95
Views: 328
Re: WSOP E Real Bracelet or Not?
I have no problem counting them as bracelets. However, much like in baseball, where we have World Series and "postseason" records, we should have WSOP records, and WSOP Circuit records, which count...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
09-10-2007, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 140
Re: Can a Dealer Coach a Player During a Hand?
Here's a question - if the player with the winning hand in the OP's situation did muck, does he still win half the pot? He made it to showdown and can split without either of the cards in his hand.
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Forum: Poker Theory
09-10-2007, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 79
Re: Is Running it Twice a Sucker Bet? (Long)
Yeah, I'm surprised it required this long an explanation. It's well known that running it twice (or any number of times) simply reduces variance without changing EV. It's simply like being in that...
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Forum: Poker Theory
09-08-2007, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 88
Re: Taking Insurance
If you can somehow get someone to give you insurance that's actually +EV, then sure, take it.
You will never find this. You will almost certainly have to pay a premium. For instance, if you are a...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
09-07-2007, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 169
Re: Curtains for physics
Personally, I think physics for Curtains is a bad idea. I don't see how a physics class helps him with poker or chess.
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Forum: Poker Theory
09-06-2007, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 70
Re: Which would you choose?
This question gets asked a lot - I think the clear answer is knowing all of your opponents' hole cards, as you get much more reliable information and can play theoretically perfectly on the river....
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Forum: Beginners Questions
09-05-2007, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 406
Views: 1,657
Re: Question #49
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I know the answer should be 88, you all seem to agree with me, BUT, now here's where the DONKEY part of the test comes in...88 isn't the "correct" answer, which makes me leery of some of...
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Forum: MTT Strategy
09-05-2007, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 157
Re: MTT Red Zone strategy
One thing to keep in mind is that it's perfectly ok to push and get called by a better hand when you have a short stack. In fact, a lot of pushes when your M is very low expect this to happen.
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Forum: Beginners Questions
09-04-2007, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 54
Re: Bankroll requirements for mult-tablers
Not exactly - you're just playing your hands faster, meaning you're getting to the long run faster. In and of itself, it doesn't change your risk of ruin.
That said, if multitabling lowers your...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
07-04-2007, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 378
Views: 3,001
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
07-04-2007, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 378
Views: 3,001
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Forum: Poker Legislation
09-29-2006, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 160
Views: 732
Re: Bill text up
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"(2) an electronic fund transfer, or funds transmitted by or through a money transferring business, or the proceeds of an electronic fund transfer or money transmitting service, from or on...
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Forum: Poker Legislation
09-29-2006, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 160
Views: 732
Re: Bill text up
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*Very* quick reading is that it bans credit cards and other funding insturments, but does not have the Wire Act provisions.
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Also prevents the acceptance of such...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
09-23-2006, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 94
Views: 325
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Forum: Other Gambling Games
09-21-2006, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 50
Re: Roulette odds
American roulette is with 0 and 00 - the house edge is 5.26% (or you would lose 5.26 out of every 100 Euro you bet.
European roulette, with just the 0, has an edge of 2.7%.
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Forum: Poker Theory
09-18-2006, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 103
Re: The Expert Mind
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As an aside, the chess player is a cheat, it is a trick and works by copying the move that the person on the opposite side of the circle makes/
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Wrong. Although I did read...
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Forum: Poker Theory
09-17-2006, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 83
Re: The S-C Numbers reported in NLTAP
Yeah, SSHE mentioned that too - A5 is slightly better than A6 because it can make a straight using both cards, while A6 can't - but it's only a very very small effect, A5 is still below A7. It's only...
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