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Re:Formerly known as PRTYPSUX
[x] will not get the joke
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Apr 13th, 2009
Re:$4.40 180, JJ facing raise on low flop.
Thanks for the reply I gotta sleep if anyone else replies/ i guess there's not too much to think about in this hand should be an easy fold.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Jul 17th, 2008
$4.40 180, JJ facing raise on low flop.
PokerStars Game #18884279965: Tournament #96156546, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (300/600) - 2008/07/17 - 10:00:38 (ET) Table '96156546 13' 9-max Seat #7 is the button Seat 1: greystroker (7960 in chips) Seat 5: VegasHelmut1 (3981 in chips) Seat 6: eatmorewhale (43269 in chips) Seat 7: losrayados (24107 in chips) Seat 8: Frankiller (49049 in chips) Seat 9: mellodreams (38707 in chips) greystroker: posts the ante 50 VegasHelmut1: posts the ante 50 eatmorewhale: posts the ante 50 losrayados: posts the ante 50 Frankiller: posts the ante 50 mellodreams: posts the ante ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Jul 17th, 2008
Re:james mcmanus ftw
According to Wikipedia James McManus has a son called James. Could be his son playing. Edit: Actually he's dead, so, probably not him.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Jul 12th, 2008
Re:Brsavage.... or anyone else... was this a horrible play?
I find it interesting how almost no-one references Harrington anymore. Was this a sneaky bump to show what the old days of p5s were like'
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
May 27th, 2008
Re:what does durrr play under on stars?
All wrong. He plays on stars as 'learn2usegoogle'
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
May 27th, 2008
Re(3): AVG detects stars update virus?
It'a a mistake in AVG's latest update. I got this reply from stars support. Thank you for your email regarding the AVG warning about the swizzlor virus threat. Please note that this is a false alarm introduced by a recent update to the AVG virus definition file. There is no virus in the PokerStars update, which we have confirmed through the use of alternate scanners from McAfee and Symantec. It is perfectly safe to click on the "Ignore" option and accept the update from PokerStars. However, should you get an update error, please disable your AVG software in order to ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Jan 27th, 2008
Re(2): Free money on Mansion - no strings attached!
Bump for info about how to see Mansion Club Points. No reply from Mansion's support yet. Its prob somewhere so obvious but I can't find it...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Jan 20th, 2008
Re(3): Free money on Mansion - no strings attached!
Brag - got my 15 bucks in about 10 mins Beat - $15 NZD :(
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Jan 19th, 2008
Re(4): Hafizzle's theory on Vietcong's Style (Game theory)
I reread the chapter from The Selfish Gene, and realised that I hadn't specified what part of game theory is actually discussed. It talks about ESS, or Evolutionarily Stable Strategies. I dunno, I might be off the mark trying to apply that part of game theory to poker tournament strategies, but it seemed like a good analogy. Perhaps if you look at tourneys as a one off game, it could make sense. Anyway, just to clarify that that's what I was referring to, not the Prisoners Dilemma.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Nov 23rd, 2007
Re(5): Hafizzle's theory on Vietcong's Style (Game theory)
Just to reiterate, I'm not making a judgement on whether Vietcong is a donkey or w/e. Hafizzle's post just made me think of game theory as a way to think about how different strategies could become successful.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Nov 22nd, 2007
Re(4): Hafizzle's theory on Vietcong's Style (Game theory)
Meh, ok, way to turn this into an argument. Anyway I do know a bit about game theory. You gave an example of the prisoner's dilemma. What happens if you repeat the game again, with both knowing what each other's action was in the last game'
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Nov 22nd, 2007
Re(2): Hafizzle's theory on Vietcong's Style (Game theory)
Well, according to game theory it will. I'm not saying that vietcongs strategy will definitely work, but maybe one way to look at it is by making an analogy to game theory, which shows that if any one strategy becomes the staus quo, a different one will be able to take advantage for the short term, until it becomes that status quo. I make no judgement on VCs style, just thinking of a way to look why it seems to be working apart from saying its just an insane run. Another point is that game theory simulations can run for ever, obv VCs samples size(and anyone's for that matter) is too small ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Nov 22nd, 2007
Re(2): Hafizzle's theory on Vietcong's Style (Game theory)
Yeah I read that article by Lederer on Goehring. I dunno, I mean, obviously if everybody played like VC it would be a disaster. But it's possible that him playing that way is successful for the moment, precisely because its so different. (Or donkish or luckboxy whatever people are calling it). He himself thinks so, from an interview he did with a spanish poker blog. He says ¿Por qué cree usted que es tan controvertido su juego' Porque no viene en los manuales al uso. He desarrollado un estilo que no parece encuadrable en los distintos tipos de jugadores que cuentan los manuales. Puedo ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Nov 22nd, 2007
Hafizzle's theory on Vietcong's Style (Game theory)
To Hafizzle: You said "My question is there a point where because everyone is playing similar "correct" poker now, that a "donkish aggressive" style is better'" One way to think about your idea here could be to use game theory. In the book "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins, he discusses how a strategy can become successful due solely to the fact that it is different. For example an individual employing a "nasty" strategy will prevail if all others are practicing a "nice" strategy. Eventually everyone will use the nasty strategy as it is more successful, at which point the "nice" ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Nov 22nd, 2007
Re(5): no more 2 girls 1 cup
OMG, i had heard rumours about this, but finally looked it up. that is so so sick I thought I had a strong stomach but it made me retch. so fucked up christ that is so fucked. wtf is wrong with those girls'
Posted in: Off Topic 		philsteal
Nov 12th, 2007
Re(2): Wow....I mean, really wow. Spacegravy....
Compromise by hiring a naked monkey to click the mouse.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Nov 11th, 2007
Re(5): Final Table Sunday Million Feeling Ripped OFF
Hey stsitron Congrats on your FT...was a sick way to go out, but looks like Safeel couldn't fold any ace. Did you see how deuceswild went out lol... Man I hope one day to make it (obv), but the final two tables just seems so insane. Did you feel stressed out at all' Such swings...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Nov 11th, 2007
Re(3): Last hand SNG - Standard shove or total donkation
Mayor I did the SAGE calculation and my shove is incorrect as my R was >10 My PI was 30 Jh = 11 *2 8d = 8 But wow, that article really is a revelation. Coincidentally I have just taken a class that involves Game Theory in relation to Evolutionary Stable Strategies (Evolution of Human Behaviour is the class). I had heard that game theory was applicable to poker, but have never really been in a situation where I thought it was actually useful, as I think game theory relies a lot on optimality. But HU in TURBO Sngs is the perfect situation!
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Oct 24th, 2007
Re(2): Last hand SNG - Standard shove or total donkation
Thanks for the replies guys. That's a great link Mayor, cheers. I agree bluedog, I kicked myself after shoving here, as I knew that I could have outplayed such a passive player and got it in good later. I need to work on adjusting my agression HU. It's like I get HU and a lot of times just start shoving unnecessarily.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Oct 24th, 2007
Re(2): What to do with AK??
I reckon calling here not an option. Its either shove or fold. I'd shove most of the time.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Oct 24th, 2007
Re(2): QQ - step 6a (lvl 2)
Seems weird. I would raise call shove, but that's cos the SNGS i play, the decimal point is in a different place in the buy-in amount. Or cos its deep stacked call and reevaluate the turn. I guess raising on that flop is standard tho right'
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Oct 24th, 2007
Last hand SNG - Standard shove or total donkation
Pokerstars$3.40 10 man Turbo. 10-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 6: HERO (6309 in chips) Seat 10: Pirat_1966 (8691 in chips) HERO: posts the ante 50 Pirat_1966: posts the ante 50 HERO: posts small blind 300 Pirat_1966: posts big blind 600 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to HERO [8d Jh] HERO: raises 5659 to 6259 and is all-in Pirat_1966: calls 5659 *** FLOP *** [4c Qs Ts] *** TURN *** [4c Qs Ts] [Jc] *** RIVER *** [4c Qs Ts Jc] [9s] *** SHOW DOWN *** Pirat_1966: shows [7s Ks] (a flush, King high) HERO: shows [8d Jh] (a straight, Eight to Queen) Pirat_1966 collected 12618 from ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Oct 23rd, 2007
Re(4): Thanks Assassinato
Awesome article Assassinato. I am going to take that advice to heart! And also a very very good latest blog post. Thanks for writing so honestly, it's what keeps me coming back to read your blog. GL in the EPT!!!
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Oct 23rd, 2007
Re(4): 10 Best Albums of 2007 (so far)
I suck at internetting
Posted in: Off Topic 		philsteal
Oct 23rd, 2007
Re(3): 10 Best Albums of 2007 (so far)

Posted in: Off Topic 		philsteal
Oct 23rd, 2007
Re(2): Don't Forget: HUGE cheating at Stars too...
What does the OP want, government regulation for the online poker industry' Yeah, that'll make it better. How many people now are going to play on AP' The demand won't be there. Eventually AP will be busto. Free market baby! Of course there will always be cheating in any industry. What is important is how the sites pursue cheaters and how they are punished. I'm happy with Stars effort, so I'll keep playin there. I don't want some governing body stepping in (from which country, the U.S')
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Oct 17th, 2007
Re(3): assassinato vs joe hachem
Glgl assassinato, Hachem sounds like a tosser.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Sep 28th, 2007
Stoner Hosts Rule...
HostSimonD [Support]: Hi guys HostSimonD [Support]: What kind of deal are you looking to make' adametes: Host, still 36300 left, right' adametes: 17k to each one, and 2300 for me adametes: I mean, for the winner ;D HostSimonD [Support]: Thats correct J9SUITED: lets go 15k each and play for the rest J9SUITED: sound good' adametes: 2300 for the winner is good already adametes: dont u think' J9SUITED: oh no 2nd is 14 HostSimonD [Support]: how bout 16 each split the diff. J9SUITED: ummmm adametes: ok 16 J9SUITED: ya thats fine adametes: ok adametes: 4300 for the winner, right' HostSimonD ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		philsteal
Sep 22nd, 2007