Forum: Politics
10-15-2007, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 158
Re: Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh
It was more complex. Nobody sane thought that France would go Communist (including the Communists), outside parliamentary elections, and even then it was a remote possibility. You are right that...
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Forum: Politics
10-15-2007, 03:40 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 158
Re: Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh
The official reason was the fabricated Tonkin Gulf Incident when North Vietnamese torpedo boats allegedly attacked a US destroyer. Some crew members on the destroyer denied that there was any such...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
09-27-2007, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 88
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Forum: Politics
09-07-2007, 02:20 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 271
Re: The cost of Democrats defeatism
Unless the Iraqis are bloody certain the rebels will lose, they are damn fools to side with the US. In Algeria the moslem Algerians who sided with the French (harkis) were murdered along with their...
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Forum: Poker Theory
08-26-2007, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 46
Re: Canadian Players Online
You can ask for a personal ruling that is one that applies to you personally but not others and only for that year.
The banks report large transfers especially from outcountry. They watch for...
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Forum: Poker Theory
08-25-2007, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 46
Re: Canadian Players Online
According to close relative working for the evil empire (Canadian Revenue Agency - accursed is their name) it would probably be taxable if sole source of income, you can check by either phoning in...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
08-21-2007, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 63
Re: big blind raises and calling raises in LHE
To both smallfry and pzhon, thanks for explanation.
I am not a believer in cold calling, but as you both say neither the small nor the big blind are strictly cold calling. Judging by widespread...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
08-21-2007, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 63
big blind raises and calling raises in LHE
Need help.
In SSHE pages 81 and 83 referring to the big blind
"If there is no raise Raise the same hands that you would raise from the small blind."
In both cases these are AA-99, AKs-ATs,...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
08-19-2007, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 170
Tight Play
After losing far more money than I want [ANY!!!] I restricted to open raising. That is I only opened with hands that are raises or better following SSHE- no cold calls or big blind checks. I think...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
08-13-2007, 09:43 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 265
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Forum: Politics
08-11-2007, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 120
Re: Poll: who started the Korean war in 1950
There's some evidence of South Korean attacks, incursions, inroads, raids into North Korea before the North Korean invasion, but even if true it's black mice against a black horse. North Korea was...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
08-11-2007, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 81
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Forum: Politics
08-08-2007, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 213
Views: 893
Re: Lest we forget - Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Wrong wrong wrong show me how April can be a typo for August. An obvious recent typo of my own was "shoring" for "showing".
All your Liberal/liberal arguments cannot change the solid fact the...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
08-08-2007, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 90
Re: Interesting article
I think we are bred to pass on accumulated wealth to (a) our offspring (in my case BIO bestial ingrate offspring) or (b) failing them blood relatives. I don't think this is capitalistic merely...
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Forum: Politics
08-08-2007, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 213
Views: 893
Re: Lest we forget - Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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During a week of mayhem in Iraq, in which terrorists have rightly been condemned for targeting schoolchildren, it is sobering to recall that this week is also the 62nd...
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Forum: Micro Stakes Limit
08-06-2007, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 127
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
08-06-2007, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 297
Re: What theory is this?
Right on. If they'd said that the bottles had different chemical compounds and identified them it might have credibility. Chemically water is water, H20, and that is that.
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Forum: Beginners Questions
08-01-2007, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 83
Re: I don\'t understand position. Please help.
The earlier the position in general the less a starting hand is worth. If you read any Holdem book it will explain this. The general concept may be expressed as "the later a starting hand is in...
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Forum: Poker Theory
07-30-2007, 04:38 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 77
Re: hand values in $$
http://www.pokerroom.com/poker/poker-school/ev-stats/total-stats-by-players.php Ev in big bets
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Forum: Beginners Questions
07-29-2007, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 56
Re: Standard Deviation
Unless you know number of hands played cannot tell. Take number of hands divide by 100 take square root and divide into standard deviation to get standard error then divide standard error into your...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-27-2007, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 136
Re: society\'s reaction to \"living forever\"
Larry Niven has several sci fi stories in which organleggers figure - people who acquire vital organs for sale and don't ask questions. As organlegging would be a matter of life and death for...
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Forum: High Stakes Limit
07-25-2007, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 45
Re: A mathematical approach to poker
Its very simple if you stand to win more than you bet you bet, otherwise you don't bet. In case of 4 hands you need at least 25% chance of winning to bet. Next question is "How do you work out your...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
07-25-2007, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 56
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
07-23-2007, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 98
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Forum: Small Stakes Limit
07-23-2007, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 98
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