Snowman22 0 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 So I needed some light reading for my train journey to work this morning, and so picked up a copy of WPT Poker (£3 WH Smith), not expecting a great deal as most poker mag's tend to be of a low quality, but hoping for a good interiew with Patrik Antonius who was on the cover.Anyway, I turn to page 10 where the $50k HORSE event is described as 'a wild poker variant', and realise I have likely made a more costly mistake than when i call those $4 value bets when i know i'm beat. But i was actually disgusted when confronted with the following 1/2 page article:'Is 7-2 Actually the worst hold-em starting hand?''intro para''But how true is this? How about 6-2 for instance? According to poker statistics software Poker Academy (nice plug), 6-2 is actually worse. Go all-in with 7-2 against a player holding 6-2 and you'll double up 57.3% of the time, chop the pot 18.3%, and go home red-faced and embarrassed just 24.5% of the time.' OMFG - maybe it's the lack of sleep, but jesus, i actually feel dumber for having read this, let alone paying for it. For starters, where do you buy the hole-card cam required to know the only opponent calling you holds 6-2??? Followed by, no sh*** Sherlock, but the whole point of the definition is how the hand fares against random hands in a ring game, not a heads-up match where your opponent is a moron.'The 7-2 myth is so pervasive' gotta interupt here to emphasize the word MYTH, as obviously this so called fact is right up there with the minotaur and the lost city of Atlantis that the hand has become a cult hand. Many players love to bluffwith it just to be able to brag if they win' so maybe that's something i should try doing in my full ring $2-4 limit game... food for thought there...'But its not just 6-2 that the hand comes out tops against' wait, i sense a bombshell coming, one which may rock the core of the avid poker player as much as the ZeeJustin scandal '7-2 is also the favourite to triumph over 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 4-5, 4-6 and 5-6 (all off suit) and will take down 2-3 and 3-4 suited.'How bored / stupid was this writer when he penned this article. How stoned was the editor when he agreed this was something we, the reader, should be aware of. Thank god they told me that 7 high was a favourite against 4 high heads-up all-in. This article is so misguided it makes me wonder what credentials you need to write for WPT magazine. Do you honestly need any poker knowledge at all?'So there you have iot: 7-2 isn't the worst starting hand after all.' Alert the media. Seriously though, this sort of information without any context of the type of game you need to be playing for this type of advice to apply is seriously damaging to the idiots who would buy more than one edition of this magazine. On the other hand, maybe thats a good thing...Sorry for the vent but this annoyed me all day. Link to post Share on other sites
Petoria 0 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 -EV on the $4 buy, but if beginner's believe this and take it to the internet, then it could be +EV.I love when these magazines write stupid articles. It creates bad players. Link to post Share on other sites
FourFlusher 0 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Don't miss next months issue....The King Crablar...The Sleeping Giant. Link to post Share on other sites
sirch1 0 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 poker magazines are garbage, every one i have ever read was not worth the money Link to post Share on other sites
HangukMiguk 8 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 the only one worth reading is cardplayer.but then you can get all the useful stuff online...for free. so what would be the point in shelling out for a subscription? Link to post Share on other sites
21gambit 0 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 I 7-2 os3 wordsImplied Tilt Odds Link to post Share on other sites
yergan 0 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Many players love to bluff with it just to be able to brag if they win' Link to post Share on other sites
Demonde 0 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Don't miss next months issue....The King Crablar...The Sleeping Giant. Link to post Share on other sites
thehidden 0 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 3 wordsImplied Tilt Oddsnh sir lol Link to post Share on other sites
aadams_22 3 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Don't miss next months issue....The King Crablar...The Sleeping Giant. nh sir Link to post Share on other sites
Don Giovanni 0 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 2 people saying "nh sir" in a row is not a nice hand Link to post Share on other sites
srblan 0 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 lol, morons. Make copies of that article and give it out to everyone at the table when you sit to play. Link to post Share on other sites
goose 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 An article of mine is up on pocketfives.com which the WPT editor contacted me asking to license for publishing, so yes, anyone can write for it. Link to post Share on other sites
bubbles 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 four flusher...I have never said it before...I LOVE YOUR AVATAR...but combine it with your name and i'm out...no i'm in...i'm ... Link to post Share on other sites
FourFlusher 0 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Not sure how I feel about a guy named Bubbles questioning my name.Yes, I am, but I'm a very polite individual. Link to post Share on other sites
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