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    Need A Column Topic

    in General Poker Forum

    Posted

    The difference in styles between online players and live B & M players....
    About an hour ago, watching the first couple of levels of the WSOP at Daniel's table, there were a couple of hands in which Daniel raised to $150 and $300, and another player went all in for $5,000 and $10,000. When Daniel said "I bet $150 and you're all in for $5,000?" another player said, "that's poker!" Daniel then said, "No, that's not poker!"Seems like he had a few online players at his table.

    07 Wsop Raymer's Table

    in General Poker Forum

    Posted

    I'm sure that you're watching it on TV right now like I am. Even better, I like the hand when two players held Q9, and KJ, and the flop was 10 J K rainbow. They got all of their chips in on the flop and the player who held KJ said, "you've got a flush?" and Norman Chad said, "who are these people, and how can he have a flush?"Obviously, he meant to say, "you've got a straight?" Of course, the player with KJ boated on the river to win the hand.

    Poker Dolls

    in General Poker Forum

    Posted

    Drawing Dead in DM is clever enough to do this; but I don't think he carries it this far. He's too close to the mods, unless some fallout occurred. Nah, can't be.Teneight?It's probably a random idiot who's savvy enough to bypass the IP Ban.
    Here are some screen names to consider:theredpill89theredpill90theredpill91theredpill92theredpill93theredpill94theredpill96theredpill98theredpill99the_red_pill

    Poker Dolls

    in General Poker Forum

    Posted

    How has this guy not been IP banned?
    In some ways, he adds to the entertainment factor of the forum.I kind of knew this guy a long time ago, and I asked him, "Hey man, how've you been doin'" He said, "Oh, nothin' much. What'chou been up to?" And I replied, "Oh, pretty good."And he just walked away nodding his head, unfazed.Same thing.

    Poker Dolls

    in General Poker Forum

    Posted

    who here would buy a poker figure of they were to come out like a phil ivey figure or a hellmuth figure me beng a doll collector i would buy 2 of each
    TopDollar, are you looking for life-size dolls of Ivey and Hellmuth?Ron White, the comedian, said:

    "They searched Michael Jackson's bedroom and found life-size dolls of little boys, one of them dressed in a Cub Scout suit. Innocent enough, but if they searched my room and found a life-size doll of a woman, everyone would assume I was fuc
    k
    in' it. And they'd be right!"

    In N Out

    in General

    Posted

    I just had a 4X4 animal style with animal style fries and a Vanilla Shake... and another order of fries for the road100_in_out_yuck_burgers.jpgThe 100X100innoutpoutine.jpganimal style fries
    Is this picture from before or after eating it?

    Unethical Or Good Strategy In Live Play?

    in General Poker Forum

    Posted

    So this happened to me once (when I had a temporary mental lapse) and got me knocked out of a tournament, but I was wondering if doing this intentionally was a good strategy, or just unethical.I know that in a tournament, once you say "raise," you are bound to raise. So one time when I was playing, I accidentally said "raise" without realizing someone before me had acted. I had to then re-raise the raiser, he pushed, and I was then priced into the call and lost. My question is whether that can be done strategically, or if it's unethical to do so. For example, if I get dealt AA on the button, pretend to not pay attention, and if the blinds are 100-200 and someone had raised it to 1000, throw in 600 and say "raise." Then act like I didn't see the initial raise and reluctantly min-raise after having the table explain to me the rules of poker, fully expecting a re-raise all-in which I would gladly call.
    Based on what I read in the original post, there's no mention of acting out of turn, as a couple of people misinterpreted from the post. Although you cannot throw in 600 and say "raise" (to make it a raise) you can say "raise" and throw in 600. You then have the option of making the minimum raise or more. Once you throw in 600 without saying "raise" first, it's a call.There's nothing unethical about it and it's not against the rules. Other players can read whatever they'd like into your actions as they would in any other play.

    What Does This Mean?

    in General Poker Forum

    Posted

    It means this:SilverStar Poker RewardsWhen you reach the SilverStar VIP level, you have taken the first step toward becoming one of the brightest stars in the PokerStars universe. We've put together a special benefits package to both reward your current play and inspire you to shine even brighter as a GoldStar or PlatinumStar VIP.Becoming a SilverStar VIP SilverStar status is granted on a monthly basis. To achieve or maintain the status of SilverStar VIP for a particular month you must earn at least 1,500 VIP Player Points (VPP)1 in that month. However, your SilverStar benefits carry over to the end of the month following the month in which you've earned them.Example: From July 1st to July 17th, 2006, you earn 1,500 VPPs. You are now a SilverStar VIP and instantly can take advantage of all the SilverStar perks. You will remain a SilverStar through the rest of July and all of August. The VPP counter in your lobby Cashier will reset on August 1st; you then have until August 31st to earn 1,500 VPPs and maintain your SilverStar status, or earn 4,000 VPPs and move up to our elite GoldStar level.Benefits of being a SilverStar VIP50% FPP bonus - Frequent Player Points are the heart of the PokerStars VIP Club. You can use them to buy merchandise or enter special freerolls. As a SilverStar VIP you will receive a 50% FPP bonus. So whenever you earn an FPP, we'll credit you with 1.5 FPPs. You'll notice your FPP balance going up 50% faster!SilverStar FPP store access - All PokerStars players have access to our basic FPP store, where they can buy certain PokerStars merchandise. As a SilverStar VIP you will have the added benefit of purchasing "SilverStar only" merchandise from the VIP FPP store, including silver proof coins, naming your own star, or iPods. What's more, you can use your FPPs to buy tickets to enter the weekly $200+$15 Sunday Million event, $1,000,000 Guaranteed No-Limit Hold'em tournament.Weekly SilverStar freeroll tournaments - Each week you'll be eligible to play against other PokerStars VIPs (SilverStar and above) for $2,500 in cash. For more details visit VIP Club Freeroll Tournaments.Monthly VIP freeroll tournaments - Each month, Supernova, PlatinumStar and GoldStar VIPs will have the opportunity to play in a $100,000 freeroll. As a SilverStar VIP member, you can win an entry to this exclusive tournament through FPP satellites.Use your W$ to buy into televised WSOP preliminary events. Visit a WSOP Frequent Player Point Direct Buy-ins page for details.Earn 4000 VPPs in one month and become a GoldStar VIP!More VIP information:PokerStars VIP FPP StoreVIP SilverStar FPP merchandiseVIP Benefits SummaryFrequently Asked Questions pageTerms and ConditionsIf you have questions about the PokerStars VIP Club, please e-mail us at support@pokerstars.com1 VIP Player Points (VPP) are earned just like Frequent Player Points (FPP). You earn one VPP for each FPP you earn playing in a cash game at PokerStars. If you are a tournament player you earn five VPPs for every $1 in tournament fees you pay.

    Bad Hand

    in General Poker Forum

    Posted

    You mean that you won a big hand with AA? I've done it before, but it doesn't happen very often. I don't like your min raises; especially preflop. Also, you appear to have won the hand yet the subject of your post is "Bad Hand, this ever happen to you" and it's in the "Bad Beats" forum for some reason?

    Pretty Straight Forward Hand...it Was My Last

    in Tournament Play

    Posted

    It's a tough hand to get away from in that situation but, as you figured out, with a raise and reraise ahead of you, you were behind. In a situation like this, it's usually best to be the first to bet and raise all in than to basically call all in. Yeah, I know your stack was a little bigger than the reraise.One exception to this is when I was in a tournament, there was a standard 3x BB raise, a few callers, and I looked down at 4 7 suited. I put the others on big aces, and I pushed for about 6x BB. I was right with my read - a couple of A J's & A 10's, and I wound up winning the big hand and finishing 19th out of 299 in a WSOP Circuit event.In a situation like this, I either want to have AK, a big pocket pair, or a hand that I believe is not dominated like suited connectors.

    E-mail Daniel?

    in General Poker Forum

    Posted

    If you've got a question of non-personal nature, you can post it and probably get an answer from Daniel or someone else who is knowledgeable pretty quickly.

    he doesn't respond to morons. especially oxymorons
    Speaking from experience?
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