Forum: Home Poker
11-18-2007, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 69
Re: What is a Four Card Bob?
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FOUR CARD BOB G, THOROUGHBRED, 1995 (http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/four+card+bob)
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Ahhh . . . you did a google search, huh? That's about all you get on google.
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Forum: Home Poker
11-18-2007, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 207
Re: Checking it down
Definately not kosher. I'd be tempted to rule that the BB is out of the hand. But I'm sure that ain't kosher either.
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Forum: Home Poker
11-17-2007, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 69
What is a Four Card Bob?
Not sure where to post this, so I posted it here.
I'm trying to track down what sort of poker hand a "four card bob" is. I
know that it doesn't beat a royal flush, but is it a strong hand...
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Forum: Home Poker
11-12-2007, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 190
Re: Home game ruling - was this guy a douche?
In my home game, if a player at showdown mucks his hand (meaning that the cards are thrown into the muck face down so nobody sees them), I do not require the other player to show a hand to be awarded...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
11-10-2007, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 563
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Forum: Home Poker
11-10-2007, 08:14 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 87
Re: Raising question? Rules?
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For example:
Player A bets 5
Player B raises 1
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I play in a home dealer's choice game that allows this kind of betting. It is called a kill raise. I call it a...
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Forum: Home Poker
11-10-2007, 12:52 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 179
Re: Eating At the Table -- Yes or No?
Definately no smoking allowed. All but one of the hosts in my league do not allow smoking at the table or anywhere inside the location where the game is played. For the one who does, I never attend...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-25-2007, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 179
Eating At the Table -- Yes or No?
I don't allow it when I host. People had been showing up with burritos, pizza, sausage subs, and eating them at the table while playing cards. No more. I also don't allow eating at the table of...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-21-2007, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 226
Re: Showing At Showdown
The question is not about to whom to award the pot, but whether the person still in must show his or her hole cards for the dealer to award that person the pot. For instance, if the player shows his...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-21-2007, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 226
Showing At Showdown
I know this has been asked many times, but . . . If the action has ended on the river, and one player clearly surrenders the pot, such by saying, "I fold," or "You win," and mucking the cards face...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-21-2007, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 253
Re: Ruling Please . . . Is the Hand Dead?
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But the reconstruction should not be based on what either player remembers. An unbiased source must be able to validate.
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No unbiased source exists. There was no...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-20-2007, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 253
Ruling Please . . . Is the Hand Dead?
Two players all in. Both players misread the hands and the pot is awarded to the player with the worst hand. The player with the best hand (who called the all-in) concedes defeat, leaves the table,...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-19-2007, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 72
Re: Heads Up Tourney Question
So in the structure that I've described, the double-elimination must refer not to a single game but to a "match," however many games comprise a match.
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Forum: Home Poker
10-18-2007, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 72
Re: Heads Up Tourney Question
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A double elimanation match does work where the player from the losing side has to beat the player from the winners side twice. IN your example where you are playing best out of three for...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-18-2007, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 72
Re: Heads Up Tourney Question
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I think the person from the loser's bracket has to beat the winner 2 out of 3 times twice. Otherwise the person in the winner's bracket doesn't get their second chance like everyone else...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-18-2007, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 72
Heads Up Tourney Question
I'm participating in a double-elimination HU tourney. All of the brackets will be one game, except for the final bracket, which will be a best two of three. Here's my question.
In the last...
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Forum: Probability
10-13-2007, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 65
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Forum: Probability
10-12-2007, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 65
Re: Is this a Probabilities Question?
As I crunch some numbers, I see that following the Fibonacci rule, and keeping total points proportional to total number of players, nobody below 4th place will ever get points. As the number of...
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Forum: Probability
10-11-2007, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 65
Re: Is this a Probabilities Question?
So will it also be three times as hard to win a 30 player tourney? ANd 50% harder to win a tourney of 15 players?
So, if we start with awarding points 100/60/40/20 in a ten player tourney, follow...
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Forum: Probability
10-11-2007, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 92
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Forum: Probability
10-11-2007, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 65
Is this a Probabilities Question?
If one is devising a point system for a poker league, is there an objective way to comparatively value winning tournaments of different sizes?
Let's say you give 100 points for winning a 10...
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Forum: Probability
10-11-2007, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 92
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Forum: Home Poker
10-08-2007, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 189
Re: Dr. Neau\'s Formula
Yes, I think you did get it wrong. Total expense is buy-in, and would also include add-on and rebuys if you played that kind of tourney.
Now, I agree with you on 200bb tourney vs 50bb tourney. ...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-08-2007, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 189
Re: Dr. Neau\'s Formula
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We ganked our formula from either Stars or Party, can't remember which, and it works well for us. If you don't want to adjust points based on $/buyin, just leave that value as a constant...
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Forum: Home Poker
10-07-2007, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 189
Re: Dr. Neau\'s Formula
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19/29= 6.02 points
29/29= 4..01 points
5/29= 20 points
1/29= 60 points
But, it also calculates that $150+5 is 12 points for 29th/29, while $150+15 = 6.95 points?
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