WillinNewHaven

WOW!!!! THIS IS AMAZING !!! I want to see u get mugged in any other part of the world where the robbers are not.. what you would call "amateur" .... I'm from Mexico City where you get mugged and kidnapped every other day... and I sure will use your advice when I want to get shot.. if anyone else reads this and god forbidd, gets mugged, dont listen to this idiot, give them all you have and let them take it. It's not worth it, believe me, my grandfather was killed while being the governor of a state, and having a bodyguard, in the middle of traffic hour, and in broad daylight, just for

Why is it that you non-tippers never address my argument that having the casinos pay the dealers would be worse for you? Is it because you know that the current system is better for you but you want to rant a little to justify your attitude? If so, just don't keep saying that you want the casinos to pay the dealers because you should know that this would be the absolute worst thing for you. Just keep free-loading on the willing tippers and let it go. I am not saying that you should tip; I don't care whether you tip or not. I am just tired of hearing "the casinos should pay the dealers" from pe

Some very good thinking there. NEVER go anywhere with your assailants. If an armed man in a semi-public place tries to take you somewhere else, somewhere else is going to be a place where he can shoot you without attracting attention. Make him shoot you where you are because odds are he won't. Breaking contact and running away is the second safest thing you can do when confronted with an armed assailant, even one armed with a firearm. If you run into an area where there are possible witnesses, he might not shoot, probably won't. If he shoots, he probably won't hit you. This is statistically s

I agree that dealers aren't perfect and they should understand that they are not going to get tipped by every player on every deal. They are in the business of providing a pleasant environment and running the game efficiently and scowling at non-tippers does not fill those requirements. I am always pro-dealer and pro-tipping in these discussions but I am always stipulating that I am talking about good dealers. Efficient and pleasant veteran dealers and newbies who are giving it their best should be encouraged, treated as human beings and generally tipped. One scowl at a non-tipper will earn th

You need to read MLHE for moderately tight, someone competent games. You can find those games at many limits but you have to be ready to adjust if the game is not what you expect at that limit. MLHE was written by Ciaffone and anothe author. I cannot remember who it was but it would be easier to find a book if you knew the author.Ciaffone also co-authored, with Reuben, a book on big-bet poker that is awesome and should be required reading unless you are going to play against ME.

The book that helped me most in NL play and in tournaments was Super System No second choice.The books that helped me most in limit play were several of Caro's books over the years and Gary Carson's Complete Book of Holdem PokerThe book that helped me survive as a poker player and a person is Killer Poker by John (or is it Jon?) Vorhaus

There have been mentions of some other very fine books that fit the same "non-textbook" mode as P5st but no one has mentioned Yardley's The Education of a Poker Player It is a very old book but it is still one of the greatest introductions to the game and the life that exists.

A dive in Youngstown in the Seventies. It was in the back of a bar called Satan'sWhen they finally decided to hire dealers instead of letting people deal, I was one of the first they hired. Oddly enough, we did not get tips but the rake was cruel and unusual. The other club in town was out in Boardman in the back of yet another bar. :evil: I lived in Columbus for awhile but the only poker games I knew about there were in private homes and one at the offices of the Dispatch. :twisted:

Theory is an important book for any poker player but not a specifically tournament-oriented book. Sklansky's recent tourney book is not so good, in my opinion. I think that the appropriate sections of Super System II will be a very good place to start, at least the first edition was a good one for me. The first edition is especially useful, I think, in the local tournaments (buy-ins of $100-$200) where people aren't expecting you to play like that. I look forward to the new edition and to getting Dan Harrington's book.

Small-Stakes Holdem is by Ed Miller, David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth. I am not correcting you to be pedantic but the book is good and people who want to find it might miss it in a bookstore if they don't know to look under Miller. His name is first on the cover and that is what we went by back when I was in retail books. Also, Ed deserves credit for his contribution, which was large. He did a great deal of the writing as you can tell because he is a much clearer writer than Sklansky, although not as great a theorist but who is. I wouldn't recommend so MANY books myself but nothing wrong with

Sometime in the Sixties or Seventies two muggers attacked an old man as he left the restaurant which he owned. He was well over seventy and they were young toughs in good shape. He put them both in the emergency room. If they had read the sign on the restaurant:Jack Dempsie'sThey might have saved themselves the trouble. :twisted:

I wasn't going to post on my first visit to this forum but two posts here have convinced me otherwise. First of all, the poker rooms could certainly pay the dealers more and eliminate tipping. However, let's say that they paid the dealers thirty dollars more an hour to make up for the thirty dollars that the dealers at that particular casino averaged. How much would they add to the rake to make up for that thirty bucks? Would it be LESS than thirty dollars? Of course not. There are expenses that cause money to "stick" to a system. Any dollar that goes through the casino to the dealers will hav