[new hand names, your names!!!!]

J4 = " Fry Michael" bc after the trial it will be the Jackson 4KQ = " Internet Nuts" Q 10 = "new internet nuts" these are hands people will not fold onlineAhAd = "Cincinati Reds"J9 = "I'd like to be in there" Howard Lederer said this after he had to fold it in TOC10 7 = "the negraneu"JJ = "hooks"QQ = "Lady Friends"KK = "The boys are back in town"33 = "Pocket set"just a few

[the big game after a gf break up...?]

Daniel do you think ending your relationship with Lori right before playing the big game affected your play at all? I know when I play i in my home game and people are having relationship problems they usually play pretty bad poker.What are your thoughts?

[best female player poll]

The same reason people think Phil Hellmuth is the best Hold'Em player.  TV!!!!

Or it could be the nine world series bracelets all in hold em.that might be part of the reason

[playing poker underage (consequences/ways to do it/]

If you get caught underage in a casino all they can do is kick you out, but they can not take your money. They will walk you to the cashier and let you cash out and then walk you out.

[who is the tightest player in pro poker?]

Freddy Deeb? Phil Helmuth? Barry Greenstein? None of these players are tight players. This is what TV poker does to people.ps Harrington's book is already out

[Quick question re: WPT announcers.]

When I watch the WPT now I Tivo it and watch it the first time on mute, then later go back and listen to the rediculous commentary as a joke.This is my favorite though:Vince: Uh oh Mike he's picked up the REAL hand here a pair of fives wired in his hand, a pocket pair of fives, the speed limit as we call it here in the poker world the two fives, fifty five. We're definelty see a re-raise here.Mike: Wow he's raiseing is he speeding with these two fives.Who talks like this it is so rediculous.Also I like " he's gonna check an ace? I don't like this play Vince, in a four handed game you have to raise pre-flop with an ace."All this while the guy is holding Ace 3. Like checking Ace rag is unheard of? These guys are the reason for all of the bad play at the local casinos.

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Barry Greenstein

[Checking The Winner on the River]

I might check if I believe that he will bet and I can raise and then maybe get his whole stack if he re-raises. But if there is any chance that he will check it back to me I would bet for value about 2/3 of the pot and hope to get raised if he thinks I'm trying to take the pot away from him. If he just calls thats also fine because you got paid off pretty well on the hand. Also this sets him up for later when you could bet on the river after check calling twice on a delayed bluff possibly getting him to fold.

[Can you offer money for someone to show their cards?]

most casinos will show the cards if you ask the dealer but it really pisses off the player. It is a good way to get an already aggressive player to go on tilt though.As for tournaments they would not do this and it is not your place to try to pay them off. If a player doesn't want to show his hand he probably didn't have much or missed a draw. Just accept that.

[At what limit does play improve?]

I also live in AZ and play against these people. But moving up in limits will not help. The 10-20 game and even the 20-40 game is just as loose as the 3-6. People who know zero about poker will still play any suited cards at the 20-40 game because that is the amount of money that they have Stay in the 4-8 it is about the best game in AZ. YOu may go ho,e mad with no money and a lot of bad beat stories for a week but will go home one day with more money than anyone should make in a low limit game the next day. It is a long run game, don't think about what happened one day at a time.