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I think "highest low card" is more correct than "lowest high card" ;-). In the cases of ties, you keep looking at the next highest card.e.g. .................K 8 7 6 3 2 A vs. Q Q 7 5 4 3 2low hands:.....7 6 3 2 A.....vs.....7 5 4 3 2highest card:.......7.........................7next highest:.......6.........................5Thus, Q Q 7 5 4 3 2 has a better low handAlso, duplicate cards don't count. AAAA222 doesn't mean you have a better low than 56789TJ, the former doesn't even qualify. You need 5 different cards 8 or lower to qualify for a low hand.

I second that, way to bring the Hibachi gil!

I guess it's over?

Actually, the reason why cards are burned has nothing to do with randomness. It's just so that cards don't get marked. In all honesty, the cards getting marked here is very unlikely, but that's what is usually meant by protecting integrity by burning a card first. (But I do agree with you about the randomness of the cards, and don't get me started on the retards who deal out all five cards face down immediately, and then say "oh man i forgot to burn" or "oh no, i forgot which cards were the flop cards!" and want to redeal )

Lol, I knew someone was gonna post this

wow, one of the few tourneys where astros bubbles

So would we play with donkeys instead of knights?

Since he is a probability expert, he would probably view things in a slightly different light than a poker player.It's not really an issue of who's right, it comes down more to what it stands for; he probably uses that convention just to simplify some of his explanations.His end result is probably still the same (or close to, maybe with some added complexities) as the poker player's version.It's like saying "The number of coinflips I lose before I win one" vs. "The number of coinflips I run until I finally won my first one.If you lost 3 times and then won one, the first number would be 3 and t

I was gonna say that too, but I had trouble finding the Reply button

That's a pretty good order, though I might switch 2 and 3, since it would be confusing to hear "a full house, which is XXYYY, beats a flush, which is 5 cards of the same suit" w/o knowing the object of the game or how you get said 5 cards.

4,000 people? That would be scary, especially when the prize pool would then be $200 million. Even last year's ME [heck, this year's ME for that matter] doesn't even reach half that amount. That would be pretty sick, lol. If they do something like 20% of the prize pool, that would be $40 million for first place. Of course, too bad that neither would probably happen, lol

A weaker conference doesn't mean every team is weak. It means that overall they are simply just not as good. I believe if you take a look at the list of teams that shows. An eastern road trip would be scary with Detroit, Miami, and the Nets, but a western road trip would be just as scary with any three of: Dallas, San Antonio, LA [sigh...Clippers ], Phoenix, heck, even teams like Memphis and Denver [when compared with the Nets, they can come out even depending on what part of the season you caught the Nets at].I never said that the east can't win championships. However, the list of contenders,

This anti-"hero worship" thing is starting to take over too. It's like nobody is allowed an opinion that goes against someone speaking against DN, or the "Geez, nobody can go against DN" card gets dropped.Surely people are allowed an opinion in the free world and some people do feel that you came off a bit strong [but good that you seemed to have mellowed out ]. With the exception of the one "Hi, the jerk store called" it was quite [surprisingly, lol] civil. Are they not allowed this opinion?Everyone is entitled to their opinion and if you disagree with them that's 100% fine with them [and wi

Yes, it also says a ton about the difference between the Eastern and Western Conferences... 41-41 that year was good for making 5th seed in the East (and Miami was 4th with 42-40, which would not have been good for making the playoffs in the West). In the West? You'd make a happy 10th seed.Don't forget, in general the Eastern Conference has much fewer heavy-hitters. If we look at the bottom of the list, I'd much rather play teams like Toronto and Atlanta...Of course, that's not to discredit Wade; I love him as a player. Still, your method is flawed.

I'm beginning to think I'm missing something here too.

My thoughts exactly. Especially with these kinds of blinds. Imo, at these kinds of levels, the actual amount is more relevant than the number of BBs it is in relation to, because it is really, really cheap to keep drawing.Oh, and you missed the straight draw possibilities. $.60 to try to draw to a gutshot wouldn't seem too bad to many people.The turn, however, wouldn't actually concern me as much as some other cards (namely all of the diamonds, and any card 6 - 9). Those make far scarier turn cards. If someone pushes with the king, it might actually be more of a relief for me.

Actually, madtrix would have 6800 and his opponent would have 5200. You added 5k to the table ;-).To madtrix, yes, you really should fold here if you know your opponent has top pair, especially with the added possibility of a flush draw, which means that not only do you have less outs for your straight, a club on either the turn or river absolutely ends the hand (and if he does have a flush draw, there's about a ~35% chance of that happening). If that were the case, you would be drawing very, very slim (think betting on 4 numbers in roulette).On the other hand, if you had KJ and the board was

Any chance that it's actually the reverse, not that he is on a draw, but that he has something decent and is afraid of a draw?

A little advice. If you're going to ask whether something is a bad play or not, then you shouldn't automatically fire back as soon as someone says something not to your liking.If you think that people are biased because of the result, it's because you really shouldn't post results until it's been discussed.Also, there are a lot of great guys that post advice in the tournament forum, maybe you could try there instead of general.

It's probably because you're not really connected to a good wireless network. Like the place I'm in occasionally gets networks from outside too. If I try connecting to them, it will say the connection is excellent, but nothing works. If you double click on the icon, and look under activity, chances are you'll see that the packets sent and received, you'll see a very low number, because nothing is being sent. Don't get fooled by the "Signal Strength", that means nothing.

I'll watch too. Good luck!

I don't know if 1000 is a good bet though. The pot is 2900, and betting 1000 is rather weak, and might invite the villain to play back at you.Nomad_Monad. Of the two options you listed, which one do you like better? I dunno, I tend to prefer 2, as A8 is one of those hands that you really would rather your opponent define their hands a little more clearly. What do you think?

Just to clear it up for myself, you're saying raise to 600 preflop (if he calls and sb folds, that's 1300 in the pot). Then you bet out 2/3 of the pot on the flop (which is roughly 800 or 850). If he calls, that's about 1300 + 1700 = 3000 in the pot. Then on the turn you'd bet out half the pot, or about 1500. I don't get where your numbers (well, rather, where your 725) are coming from .Or, just trying to follow your line here. You bet 600 preflop, some amount (probably the 850?) on the flop, and then 2175 on the turn. Can you fold to anything then, consider you'd have about 1000 chips left?

Actually, people did

I think you mean check raise a little more on the flop Otherwise, yeah, I would agree. Unless you have a some sort of read that the player wouldn't make this move w/o a huge hand, you should call it. It is basically impossible that the 4 helped him, as it didn't hit any draws (not that the flop was really draw-laden in the first place). It seems like a relatively normal line of betting here for something like AQ or KQ (Postflop anyway; I don't know what I would put him on since he just limped preflop. Could he limp in with things like Q9?...)Besides, it would be rather silly of him to contin