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12-13-2006, 05:12 PM
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Re: Cross-interwebs bashing c/o Elaine (Sklansky\'s 16 year old)
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[ QUOTE ] This one is the worst, considering what Ed has done for poker in the past [/ QUOTE ] I'm curious what Ed's done for poker. [/ QUOTE ] ??? <slaps head in disbelief> 
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#142
12-13-2006, 05:14 PM
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Re: Cross-interwebs bashing c/o Elaine (Sklansky\'s 16 year old)
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SSHE was a fantastic book and it helped a lot of us make a lot of money. [/ QUOTE ] I still don't see how this equates to 'doing a lot for poker'. Even if his primary motivation for writing the book was for the good of the poker community, for all the players it helped, it hurt a number of players equally.
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#143
12-13-2006, 05:15 PM
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Re: Cross-interwebs bashing c/o Elaine (Sklansky\'s 16 year old)
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I still don't see how this equates to 'doing a lot for poker'. Even if his primary motivation for writing the book was for the good of the poker community, for all the players it helped, it hurt a number of players equally. [/ QUOTE ] I'm admittedly not the smartest guy here, but I have no idea what this means.
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#144
12-13-2006, 05:16 PM
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Re: Cross-interwebs bashing c/o Elaine (Sklansky\'s 16 year old)
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[ QUOTE ] SSHE was a fantastic book and it helped a lot of us make a lot of money. [/ QUOTE ] I still don't see how this equates to 'doing a lot for poker'. Even if his primary motivation for writing the book was for the good of the poker community, for all the players it helped, it hurt a number of players equally. [/ QUOTE ] dude, dont be a retard. the book made players who read the book better poker players.
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#145
12-13-2006, 05:17 PM
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Re: Cross-interwebs bashing c/o Elaine (Sklansky\'s 16 year old)
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[ QUOTE ] SSHE was a fantastic book and it helped a lot of us make a lot of money. [/ QUOTE ] I still don't see how this equates to 'doing a lot for poker'. Even if his primary motivation for writing the book was for the good of the poker community, for all the players it helped, it hurt a number of players equally. [/ QUOTE ] Even if, overall, it didn't help the "poker community", it helped the people that read this site.
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#146
12-13-2006, 05:17 PM
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Re: Cross-interwebs bashing c/o Elaine (Sklansky\'s 16 year old)
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[ QUOTE ] I still don't see how this equates to 'doing a lot for poker'. Even if his primary motivation for writing the book was for the good of the poker community, for all the players it helped, it hurt a number of players equally. [/ QUOTE ] I'm admittedly not the smartest guy here, but I have no idea what this means. [/ QUOTE ] Poker being a zero-sum game (neglecting the rake), somebody is paying for the gains of those who read the book.
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#148
12-13-2006, 05:19 PM
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Re: Cross-interwebs bashing c/o Elaine (Sklansky\'s 16 year old)
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I still don't see how this equates to 'doing a lot for poker'. Even if his primary motivation for writing the book was for the good of the poker community, for all the players it helped, it hurt a number of players equally. [/ QUOTE ] I'm admittedly not the smartest guy here, but I have no idea what this means. [/ QUOTE ] Poker being a zero-sum game (neglecting the rake), somebody is paying for the gains of those who read the book. [/ QUOTE ] Yes, I understood this part.
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#149
12-13-2006, 05:19 PM
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Re: Cross-interwebs bashing c/o Elaine (Sklansky\'s 16 year old)
More players --> more interest --> bigger prizes/publicity/interest ---> more players
gotta be beneficial, if only to 2+2.
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#150
12-13-2006, 05:24 PM
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Re: Cross-interwebs bashing c/o Elaine (Sklansky\'s 16 year old)
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For additional meta thinking, what if diebitter is in fact a paid forum "villain"? Although its not clear to me what financial gain could be had from his generating massive amounts of hatred and antipathy at this point in time. [/ QUOTE ]  I'm the bad guy? How did that happen?
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