From Monk: How many times have you tried to explain to someone that poker is not just a game of chance? Can you show someone else how you understand a situation? And then show them how someone else sees the same thing, but differently? Now explain how that difference gives you an edge over them? [...]
Continue reading...20. March 2008
How’s this for weirdness. Over in Polk County (based in Florida) they came up with an interesting way to get the Crime Stoppers’ Crime Reporting tip line into the minds of their citizens. Give inmates booked out of jail poker chips. With the tip line phone number, which is 1-800-226-TIPS (8477) in case you’re wondering. The point [...]
Continue reading...21. February 2008
Did you check out the Full Tilt Online Poker Series Event 7? It was hosted by Peter “Nordberg” Feldman and had a guaranteed prize pool of $400,000. We’ll hook you up with a recap of the event. Entrants = 2,254 Re-buys = 3,193 Add-ons = 1,188 Prize Pool = $600,000+ 1st Place Winnings = $121,719.08 We’re talking $100 buy-in no [...]
Continue reading...2. January 2008
From Monk: Poker has nothing to do with money. Now you might think it does, but it can’t. The first thing I need to do before I sit down at the table is remove myself from the world of bills and burgers and new tires for my old saab. If I am still there I am not [...]
Continue reading...30. December 2007
From hdouble: I dabbled in a bit of horse racing handicapping recently, and while it had a much different flavor than my old econometrics classes, the method was very similar. In econometrics, the economist basically takes a glob of numbers and figures out the meaningful patterns in these numbers. The “figuring out” requires both an expert [...]
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22. March 2008
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