FFR poker league -dead-

[Reach]

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Poker is one of those games I am embarrassed to admit I don't know how to play.

That's interesting, in particular because of how mathematical you are. There are a lot of math nerds in the online poker guru circle nowadays.

You could pick it up pretty quickly and would be good at it if you wanted to be.

[Reincarnate]

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Well, the other embarrassing thing is that I've tried to pick it up before, but I've never fully learned all the rules, and so I get pissed off -- which leads to quitting. There are a ton of rules, and I've never found a site that explains them in the way that I like (it's always a disorganized ****mash), and when I try to get people to explain them to me, it's always a bunch of "Oh yeah, sorry, I forgot to mention blahblahblah" every other sentence.

All I want is a freaking model of the game in a no-bullshit format so I can start slapping EV/probability/variance/utility metrics to that shit and start pushing out some gains. I want to know how long the game lasts, how the game changes over time, how many people are required at min/max, how many are in a typical game, how blinds work, how card distribution changes over time, how the flop works, who "owns" which cards, how turns work, blahblahblahblah.

[nois-or-e]

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Takes a minute to learn, and a lifetime to master. . .

I'm sure if you picked up any random book about hold'em it wouldn't take long for you to grasp it and commence domination...

And if you'd like an eay learning forum to apply these new skills, there are games up in the op for this for week one of the feb leaderboard.

[Reach]

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Well, the other embarrassing thing is that I've tried to pick it up before, but I've never fully learned all the rules, and so I get pissed off -- which leads to quitting. There are a ton of rules, and I've never found a site that explains them in the way that I like (it's always a disorganized ****mash), and when I try to get people to explain them to me, it's always a bunch of "Oh yeah, sorry, I forgot to mention blahblahblah" every other sentence.

All I want is a freaking model of the game in a no-bullshit format so I can start slapping EV/probability/variance/utility metrics to that shit and start pushing out some gains. I want to know how long the game lasts, how the game changes over time, how many people are required at min/max, how many are in a typical game, how blinds work, how card distribution changes over time, how the flop works, who "owns" which cards, how turns work, blahblahblahblah.

I have a bunch of strategy sites bookmarked and a million hand charts and whatnot with all of the probability information you need, not to mention variance calculators and heads up displays.

But it sounds like none of that would be useful to you right now because you need more of the basics.


Do you have facebook? If you added me we could mess around on a poker utility there and at least it has a proper chat interface so I could explain everything along the way.

[Reincarnate]

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I do -- sent you a PM

[awein999]

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I can help out as well.

What poker ap? And Reach I need to friend you on fb.

[lumphoboextreme]

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well my earnings are split about evenly between sngs and tourneys. cash tables im down a good bit because i lose every flip ever there and 70/30's are basically flips.

[Reach]

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well my earnings are split about evenly between sngs and tourneys. cash tables im down a good bit because i lose every flip ever there and 70/30's are basically flips.

Those aren't flips. If you're getting your money in that good, you should be pretty happy about it. I'm happy getting my money in 55/45. You do realize that, if you play a large enough sample of hands, 70/30s will work out in your favor in the long run?

Losing in the short term is just the statistics of getting unlucky. I actually like it nowadays when some idiot gets it in with like 16% against me and sucks out. It leads them to a false delusion of having the one up on me and I'll suck them dry if they don't leave the table.

[Reincarnate]

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I am looking at a few of my friends on FB who are making money off this shit -- there's no reason why I shouldn't be, too :O

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF bring on the poker

[Reach]

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gonna whip this boy into shape

[lumphoboextreme]

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heh rubix i'll play you heads up sng for 200$ now you game?

[awein999]

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First recorded tourney starts in 45 minutes. *excited*

[TC_Halogen]

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Seriously, if people are going to not remember the tournament, why even register? Half of the players were sitting out at one point.

[Go_Oilers_Go]

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That's what FFR users are good at.

[Shikari]

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Seriously, if people are going to not remember the tournament, why even register? Half of the players were sitting out at one point.

This, so many times...