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  1. Riverloser Riverloser is offline

    Helsingborg
    Sweden

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    Nov 11th, 2006 (11/11/2006 2:18am) in reply to amak316

    Good point amak316 thats 99% sure how i would play the hand i would just go all in there so Gold cant go over the top with some kind of bluff and try to avoid a 60/40 spot when there already is a lot in the pot..
     
  2. carlosvalderramashair carlosvalderramashair is offline

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    Nov 11th, 2006 (11/11/2006 4:37pm) in reply to Adam

    <span lang="EN-GB">The comparison between the Deal Or No Deal situation and the final table is a true one but I think that too many people aren’t applying a realistic approach. It’s fairly easy to say that the drawing hand was a call all day long from the comfort of home typing away on Pocket Fives. It may even be something that you’ve done successfully or not in a final table situation before.
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    <span lang="EN-GB"> However there in is the major difference between the Deal Or No Deal and the last three of the World Series and your average multi which most people will be using as their point of reference. The reason being that (be it in the rules or not) sitting with those four boxes in play is going to be once in a life time moment, ditto being 3 way at the final table of the world series (possibly for everyone if the field continues to grow), where as for most people finding themselves in Wasicka’s at their normal multi the call is a lot easier to make as you expect to be in the situation again, where playing for first and backing those 60/40 shots pays off in the long run (even if not on the day). When in a once in a lifetime situation where you not sure if you’re actually favourite/holding a winner, it going to be a lot harder. When push comes to shove and you’re sitting there with $2million or your mortgage riding on you taking a risk and those amounts will make a major difference to your life its going to be plenty harder to gamble. It’s a lot easier to make choices that are statistically correct and may lose in a singular instant but are correct over a larger number of similar instances, when you think that you will see those situations enough times for the percentages to balance up, however when its your own shot, I think many people who claim they’d call, would happily fold.</span>
  3. RevG RevG is offline

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    Nov 13th, 2006 (11/13/2006 10:16am) in reply to carlosvalderramashair

    I watched that same Deal or No Deal episode and I was thinking the exact same thing!! too awesome.

    Too bad she didn't understand odds.

    Cheers,
    REv
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