Slipshod

Whaturanna and Stylin_Fish - Please read what I wrote. Poker is a combination of luck and skill. One of the 'points' of the online legislation is that it is purely a game of luck. I believe that is incorrect.If I put YOU (or me), Daniel Negranu, Phil Ivey, Phil Helmuth, Men the Master, Scotty Nygun at a table and had you play 1000 S&G tournaments, pure luck would dictate that you or I would win around 167 of them. I bet we wouldn't even come close to that number. If it were pure luck, professionals wouldn't be able to feast on the amatures. I think it can be proven scientifically too.

The thing is, he owed me $4.5 million so he needed that extra cash.Seriously... I'm sure he is crying into his pillow over that fold... his big gold pillow.I'm not sure what I would have done there. Straight Flush draws are just so tempting... but so is a chance at $2 million dollars for folding.I probably would have gone in at that point based on the "I'm allready a millionaire" line of thinking but I really can't fault a guy for stepping aside and winning 2 million more.

They won't have to block the sites. They will make offshore wire transfers (i.e. to Neteller etc.) illegal for banks to process.... from what I understand.I think Poker needs to prove that it is more of a game of skill than it is a game of chance over the long run and prove it scientifically. I have an idea that I think would work but I can't post it on the internet because that would compromise the entire study. I'm not sure who I should approach with the idea but online poker needs to get some more ammo in this fight I think.I do not have the money or resources to implement my 'study' but

Did anyone see that huge "Tuna" guy (I don't know his name, they were calling him Tuna though) whine and browbeat Hoyt Corkins when his Aces were cracked on the PPT last night?In summary, Big Fat Tuna Guy (hereafter known as BFTG) has A-A and Corkins has J-J, BFTG did a great job of acting to get Corkins to call his all in bet.Corkins saw the J in the dealers hand and said "I see a Jack!" excitedly before the flop was spread out ... which is understandable.BFTG starts bellyaching and saying "Let it go to the begger since he's beggin for it" (or something like that... he was whining about his h

Thank you for the answers! I was curious about that.

OK.. so when they were 3 handed, Jamie Gold was in against.. I forget his name (lets say player #3 since he finished third) anyway, Gold was trying to bluff and showed one of his cards to #3.Norman Chad said that was against the rules and Gold could have gotten a penalty.My question is this....Let's say hypothetically that Gold WAS given a penalty. Let's say it was for 20 minutes. Now let's say that in the very next hand Player #2 eliminates player #3.My question is, do they deal the cards and go through the motions of taking Golds blinds and antes until the time is up or in the interest of

You are assuming a LOT in your little conspiracy theory here. You assume that 100% of the fish quit when they go bankrupt. They do not. My wife loses her "allowance" bankroll just about every month. Yet she keeps coming back for more.Why? 1) Because through RANDOM chance they will usually win enough to keep coming back. My wife has gone from $10 up to $240 in one day in ring games.. then lost it all... to be fair, she has actually gotten better and won a 180 seat S&G last week... she doesn't have the patience for ring games in the long run. But win or lose, she comes back. There i

He made a post basically saying "Look at these cool chips. I like them and would like to share" only to have some people Sh*t all over them and tell him what a horrible purchase he made.WTF is that about?If he was considering a purchase and gave them as an example to get some advice, THEN it would be looking out for his best interests. He isn't taking them back and stated that he was happy with them.That's not looking out for his best interests. That's telling him "you are an idiot for buying THOSE chips". See the difference?

I never tilt and I will kill the first person who says I do with my bare hands!

Who freaking cares if they are plastic, metal, or clay.He likes them and they are cool for a home game.Some of you people come across as such snobs.

I don't get the logic behind the whole "online poker is rigged" conspiracy theory.WHY would they rig it? The risk/gain to risk/loss ratio is rediculously skewed.#1) It doesn't matter who wins to the poker room. They get their rake and if you think about the number of tables being played at any one time, they are making a LOT of money vs. the cost it takes to maintain a virtual poker room (servers, tech guys, customer service etc...)#2) If it were ever to come out that even one was rigged, the constant stream of money would instantly dry up for ALL poker rooms. (not to mention the jail time,

Hi everyone, my first post! Hooray for me!Anyway, I am relatively new to poker (about 7 months in) but I have been pretty serious about it ... reading books, watching it on TV (and trying to learn, not just passively watching), getting instructional DVD's, playing a lot, reading forums like this one. (BTW: this is by far the best one I've found). Just wanted to give you an idea of where I am so you can take what I say with the proper 'grain of salt'. I am far from being great. I do pretty well and I think I have a good grasp of poker but I know that every 3-4 weeks I seem to understand the