***Official November Chat Thread: The Golden Duck***

[Effen]

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Anyone wanna do me a favor and find that picture that's a 100% line of people in society, 60% of which are actively [censored] it up, "me" is in the top 2%, and people smarter are like the top 0.6%? Someone has to know what I'm talking about.

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BUMP

[RiverMustelid]

Good news Berge. You don't have a monoply on KK<<AA set ups. Ive had 2 today as well.

[Berge20]

Turning around. I 3-be the crazy hyper guy (55/30/4) and hit big. He's tilting now [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (8 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

UTG+1 ($50.20)
MP1 ($4.40)
Hero ($23.25)
CO ($13.70)
Button ($27.40)
SB ($14.85)
BB ($5)
UTG ($27.80)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to $1</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $3.5</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, UTG+1 calls $2.50.

Flop: ($7.35) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $6</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to $16.25</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $19.75</font>, UTG+1 calls $3.50.

Turn: ($46.85) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: ($46.85) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: $46.85

Results in white below:
UTG+1 has 4s 4d (three of a kind, fours).
Hero has 6s 5s (flush, queen high).
Outcome: Hero wins $46.85.

[Berge20]

I spoke too soon. I really have angered the poker gods.
Just sick

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

SB ($51.15)
BB ($22.95)
UTG ($26.05)
UTG+1 ($15.35)
MP1 ($25)
MP2 ($24.40)
MP3 ($27)
CO ($29.80)
Hero ($24.45)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to $1</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls $1, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: ($2.35) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP3 bets $1.25</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $4.5</font>, MP3 calls $3.25.

Turn: ($11.35) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP3 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $8.5</font>, MP3 calls $8.50.

River: ($28.35) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP3 bets $13 (All-In)</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $15.35

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
MP3 doesn't show.
Outcome: MP3 wins $41.35. </font>

[Cry Me A River]

Kiva.org - Xmas gift suggestion for ballas

I first posted in OOT about Kiva.org 2 1/2 years ago:

http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/ubbt...rue#Post3755831

Today I'm finally putting my money where my mouth is and I'm going to give my wife a couple hundred dollars in Kiva.org gift certificates for Christmas.

2+2 often has "What should I buy my girlfriend?" threads, and Christmas is coming. So here's an idea for all you guys.

Kiva.org is a microlending site. They give loans to small businesses in the third world where a couple hundred dollars can be six months salary. When you join Kiva.org and put money into the site, you get to choose which businesses to fund. So you lend money to a farmer so he can buy a couple extra pigs and chickens. Or you lend money to a weaver to buy a better loom. Etc.

My wife spent yesterday afternoon rediscovering Kiva.org. She's an artist and some of her regular venues are farmers markets. So she's super-sympathetic since half these people are selling in local farmers markets.

The loans are not charity, the money gets repaid and at a rate that crushes traditional banking - Kiva.org has a 99.75% repayment rate. Nobody wants to be the one to screw it up for everyone else, and these are business people, not charity cases, so repayment is a matter of pride.

You don't get any interest on your loan, so you're foregoing whatever you would have made dumping the money in an ING account. So that is your "donation". At current ING type rates, that's around $5 per $100 loaned, per year. That's not a lot to pay to help turn someone's life around. And you get regular updates from your clients, easily worth it in "entertainment value".

Kiva.og has gift certificates. I was quickly and easily able to buy them with my credit card. They're printable, they don't actually mail anything, so anybody stuck last-minute, you're all set. Purchases are through Paypal. I haven't had an active Paypal account in years, you don't need a Paypal account and it was no problem for me to make the purchase without a Paypal account.

Obviously this is not for everyone. However, if your girl is at all "globally conscious" or "bleeding heart" this is a great gift! Or if you think a more "traditional" gift is important, as part of a larger gift - ie, Give her a $100 gift certificate to the spa to heal herself and a $100 gift certificate to Kiva.org to heal the planet.

[GrandMelon]

how does anyone play at FTP, Im only at like 8 tables and already its starting to lag. Is there anyway to fix this?

[TheProdigy]

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how does anyone play at FTP, Im only at like 8 tables and already its starting to lag. Is there anyway to fix this?

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OMFG NEW COMPUTER

[twoblacknines]

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how does anyone play at FTP, Im only at like 8 tables and already its starting to lag. Is there anyway to fix this?

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OMFG NEW COMPUTER

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Anyone know how to make cascade not suck on FT? It always brings tables that are dealing hands to the front, overriding tables I need to make actions on.

[LearningCurve]

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Anyone wanna do me a favor and find that picture that's a 100% line of people in society, 60% of which are actively [censored] it up, "me" is in the top 2%, and people smarter are like the top 0.6%? Someone has to know what I'm talking about.

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BUMP

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I need more information. Are you talking about intelligence? 2% of the population is "Gifted." Is this what you are referring to? What sort of picture?

[Split Suit]

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how does anyone play at FTP, Im only at like 8 tables and already its starting to lag. Is there anyway to fix this?

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tables as small as possible. no animation. make sure PT is on low priority. that shud help ya out just a bit