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Wow... Full Tilt blocking WA State players It would basically be Oregon no questions asked if it weren't for that state tax. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Nov 12th, 2010
WA sucks now, where should I move? Was ok with no Stars, am not ok with no FTP, lease up soon. Urbantown, NH and Austin, TX are topping the list atm (dunno where in NH is good). Where am I moving and why' Would prefer no state tax and lots of awesome tree lovers. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Nov 12th, 2010
Can you chop the ME? I'd really like to see some poker players talk shit about Harrah's at a WSOP tv table. Just add a little one-liner every time you VPIP, "Harrah's doesn't care about poker players" or "Harrah's allows/does not allow x". Explain after the hand, and they can include that if they want. If you're in a crucial hand they'll feel compelled to televise, it's going to be next to impossible to edit out your comment if you do it as you put chips in the pot. Kind of like Dan Druff talkin shit about UB. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Nov 7th, 2010
cake poker...wow... You're either going in the right direction or the wrong direction. Lowering guarantees = wrong direction. Lots of people should be getting fired, but doubt it will happen. 6 months ago i would have said Bodog was going to shit and Cake was growing nicely. Now the complete opposite is true. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Nov 7th, 2010
Is this cheating ?? Is this ok ?? You guys nitpick the one objectionable sentence while completely ignoring what lind0 was getting at. IMO they were making a good point. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Nov 5th, 2010
Is this cheating ?? Is this ok ?? The post completely ignores the question at hand and goes off on an irrelevant tangent. The question is whether this is "cheating", whether this is "ok". Two different questions, but neither one is "should we be concerned about ghosting'" In deciding if this is cheating, the only useful way to answer this is to look at the rules set in place by the card room we are playing at, whether it be online or B&M. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Nov 4th, 2010
Is this cheating ?? Is this ok ?? I must be missing something. Someone quote me the bit of the Stars TOS that considers this cheating, cause I'm not seeing it. The bit I'd expect to see quoted from FTP TOS is this - "Collusion between players by sharing hole cards or by other methods, including but not limited to, chip dumping, talking about a hand before action is completed, or allowing multiple players to share a single account, is strictly forbidden." I read that as multiple players sharing an account, which is far removed from pressing the buttons on your account while asking advice on a hand from others. I'm not ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Nov 4th, 2010
Would you take a deal heads up in an MTT to make it winner-take-all? A quality hypothetical to demonstrate the impact of utility. If you use the same maths for the SS2 hypothetical, you'll see that taking the flip for your roll is massively +EV. That doesn't mean you should do it. I've got another hypothetical, we flip a coin, if you win you get $10m, if you lose I shoot you dead. Say you've got $50. So you go and grab some trees and some munchies. Fine and dandy, $50 has been used. Now imagine some random non-profit charity group in a 3rd world country. They will take that $50 and stretch the fuck out of it. Saying it's "$50" is a useful way to describe it, ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Nov 3rd, 2010
Matt Affleck - Give the man credit This thread is pretty ridiculous. In fairness though, I think there is room for discussion regarding whether to flat AA or ship (no question that as played is optimal cEV). I don't know the payout structure, and I don't know Matt's financial situation, so I don't know what is correct. When you're playing for stupid money, utility comes into play. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Nov 3rd, 2010
Is this spew This is approaching a standard ship on FTP, but is marginal on Pokerstars due to differences in payout structure. What you do is dependent on how others are playing. You could easily have a reship happy 109 FT one day and then a group of ladder-climbers the next. Whether you open ship here or not should have some correlation with how often the players left in the pot reship light as well as how often they defend (and whether they defend well or not). It's not a "we have x BBs from x position with x hand, ship", more goes into it than that. However, a lot of people need to come to the ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Nov 2nd, 2010
Is this an easy fold with KK? Common trouble spot for me help plz! If you bet turn I think you have to get it in. I think it's a toss up between this and playing pot control. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Nov 2nd, 2010
Would you take a deal heads up in an MTT to make it winner-take-all? Utility There's no right answer because utility is a relative variable in this decision. For me off the top of my head, I'd need 10X the amount I'm risking in net worth and a pretty healthy edge, but I'm rather risk-averse. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Nov 1st, 2010
Late reg. killed my ROI Play cash games' Drop down in buy-ins and increase volume' I'd seriously consider one of the two. That "awkward" stage of the tournament should be where you excel, because it's awkward for everyone, and you're supposed to know how to deal with that pressure and exploit the pressure on others. If you're playing too high (which could be where you used to win, or even where you could win now), the utility of the money weighs on your mind and you will play timidly. Hell, the utility of the experience may weigh on your mind if you haven't made a deep run in a while. If you have ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Nov 1st, 2010
what keeps you motivated? I have OCD, one of my compulsions is winning mobnies. Also, weed and loud music. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 30th, 2010
(blatant sick brag) Eh, that's cool, and it's a solid brag. Let's be honest though, you even hinted at this, all the money (far as mtts are concerned) is in NLHE. If you're good enough to crush mixed game mtts, you'd probably be making more money if you concentrated on NLHE mtts. I kinda wish it was move viable, because I enjoy all different kinds of formats, and you can find me playing a lot of the mixed game stuff come WCOOP/SCOOP/FTOPS. As I was learning NLHE in college I was also learning just about any variant I was aware of at the time (was sort of ringleader of group of players so had a lot of sway in ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 30th, 2010
Bodog Discussion ITT My thoughts... In general, Bodog has gotten better, there is no denying this. Although it will be slow, I see things improving steadily in the future, a nice change of pace from the slow decline they were still in as recently as 6 months ago. Bonflizubi makes a great suggestion for T$, I agree that a reasonable and effective compromise is to have tickets given out for the buy-in, that can be used for any tourney of that buy-in. In fairness, these "promotions" very often resulted in a tournament with less value than a regular 10k/100k sunday. Once Bodog starts regularly covering the ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 26th, 2010
MA'ing....Not really shocked considering the player I remember a thread about him a while back. I shopped his head onto JRB and vice-versa, never got around to deleting this. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 25th, 2010
Bad Play or unlucky. 10 left. FT Bubble. I don't think a lot of people have gotten here yet, but I think this is an incredibly under-rated course of action. As played, definitely just flat river. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 23rd, 2010
Min Raise? This. Was convinced min-raise was the nuts around WSOP time, probably annoyed some people constantly talking about it. Since then I'm back to 2.1-2.6, but bear in mind that my ABI is well under $100. Basically I think min-raising is the nuts for ABIs >$100, but not quite so awesome once you get under a $75 ABI. Dunno why people gotta get their panties in a bunch, this is one of the best threads I've read in a while. Might be useful to explain reverse implied odds though. In a nutshell, it doesn't matter that you're getting 5-1 if you're going to spew half the time. The actual definition from ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 23rd, 2010
4 Bet shoved on THOUGHTS For serious' Calling is horrible. But good job on finding a flip, AND then winning it. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 21st, 2010
The Destroyer wins Bodog 100k on a Tuesday! Indeed. Didn't even think to check DB, was looking at scores on here. Or, what I mean to say is "you fell for my heavily layered brag baiting". Oh, and looks like I got an additional $2100 credited as well. Fucking sweet. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 20th, 2010
The Destroyer wins Bodog 100k on a Tuesday! IIRC, there was a downtime for Bodog scores because Bodog is silly like that. I imagine his score came during this time. Can someone confirm' Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 20th, 2010
Official 2010 Ganktober( aka National Slowroll Month) Thread With a name like pokermom, I knew there was a chance this would happen, but I never thought THIS would happen. Full Tilt Poker Game #24833424293: $33,000 KO Guarantee (192088983), Table 116 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:23:41 ET - 2010/10/19 Seat 1: icallyourbluffX (2,815) Seat 2: TpocketT (2,655) Seat 3: pokermom227 (8,180) Seat 4: Reverz (5,575) Seat 5: YORKER23 (3,100) Seat 6: skeptix (3,980) Seat 7: MKY001 (3,060) Seat 8: smeffa (2,415) Seat 9: Jerrybooii (3,105) skeptix posts the small blind of 20 MKY001 posts the big blind of 40 The button is in seat #5 * HOLE CARDS * Dealt to ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 19th, 2010
23-way chop? It's not as much fun as you might think. Also @ elusively, there is utility and you're not a pussy for taking that into account, at worse you're slightly risk-averse. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 15th, 2010
Official 2010 Ganktober( aka National Slowroll Month) Thread Full Tilt Poker Game #24676934624: $14,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (190851606), Table 53 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:34:03 ET - 2010/10/13 Seat 1: skeptix (2,590) Seat 2: 49ersfaithfull (1,410) Seat 3: jellycz (5,685) Seat 4: JAYSOX99 (2,777) Seat 5: akrocket82 (4,993) Seat 6: RafiGeneva (2,280) 49ersfaithfull posts the small blind of 30 jellycz posts the big blind of 60 The button is in seat #1 * HOLE CARDS * Dealt to skeptix [Ks Kh] JAYSOX99 calls 60 akrocket82 calls 60 RafiGeneva calls 60 skeptix raises to 370 49ersfaithfull folds jellycz folds JAYSOX99 folds akrocket82 folds RafiGeneva ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 13th, 2010
Official 2010 Ganktober( aka National Slowroll Month) Thread Full Tilt Poker Game #24595914623: $19,500 Guarantee (190129332), Table 118 - 25000/50000 Ante 6000 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:07:27 ET - 2010/10/10 Seat 3: skeptix (2,635,364) Seat 6: xxmarcyx (1,344,621) Seat 9: DownByDaBridge (1,012,015) skeptix antes 6,000 xxmarcyx antes 6,000 DownByDaBridge antes 6,000 DownByDaBridge posts the small blind of 25,000 skeptix posts the big blind of 50,000 The button is in seat #6 * HOLE CARDS * Dealt to skeptix [6h 9h] xxmarcyx has been disconnected xxmarcyx has reconnected xxmarcyx has 15 seconds left to act xxmarcyx raises to 103,555 DownByDaBridge ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 10th, 2010
Poker etiquette This is interesting, from the guy. Showdown Shame Part 2 Part 3 Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 7th, 2010
shove, r/c, or r/f? (15 left in early 11r) ICM tho. Ship. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 7th, 2010
Poker etiquette Scummy angle-shooter is not a camp you want to be in. Guy thinks this isn't a "real rule", but it surely is. Do whatever you want within the confines of the rules. Once you go outside those rules, or bend those rules, or claim the rule is something that it isn't, you're an angle-shooter. Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 6th, 2010
Poker etiquette This isn't true. If you bet on the river and I call, you can just muck your hand, and I don't have to show mine to be awarded the pot. If you table a hand, I then have the option to muck or table my hand. The above is standard showdown procedure, but not universal (WSOP tables in position iirc and you have to table a hand to win the pot if opponent mucks). Basically though, it's incredibly clear in Robert's Rules why this rule is in place. If you use the rule to see a hand, you're saying you suspect that person of collusion. If you use the rule to see a hand for the purpose of gaining ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	skeptix Oct 6th, 2010

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