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cormie

So many people to reply to!

Iago, I was at the final table of the SA €50 tourny when you got €700 bills, I was in the last 4 when we decided to split it. The younger of the lot.

Rosso, Why I linked to my ID and not to empires main page is as obvious as it sounds yes. If people are interested in getting empire, they get it through poker.ie rather than all rake going to Empire. I don't see why people have a problem with that. The reason I didn't say "oops, silly me" is because I didn't realise it was classed as "pimping". I have been made aware of what pimping is and obide by the rules. Dev has pointed out that it is infact considered "pimping" and I'm not going to argue with him. But I really don't see what all the fuss is about.

Different tactics for different people. You're not a bad skin yourself, always thought you seemed pretty cool. Ahww:)


Ok there is no real way to know if your ahead pre flop or not. I think it was worth 0.5% of my stack at the prospects it could hold. and I then think it was worth another 0.5% of my stack givin that so many were in the hand.

DeVore

cormie wrote:

So many people to reply to!

Iago, I was at the final table of the SA €50 tourny when you got €700 bills, I was in the last 4 when we decided to split it. The younger of the lot.

Rosso, Why I linked to my ID and not to empires main page is as obvious as it sounds yes. If people are interested in getting empire, they get it through poker.ie rather than all rake going to Empire. I don't see why people have a problem with that. The reason I didn't say "oops, silly me" is because I didn't realise it was classed as "pimping". I have been made aware of what pimping is and obide by the rules. Dev has pointed out that it is infact considered "pimping" and I'm not going to argue with him. But I really don't see what all the fuss is about.

Different tactics for different people. You're not a bad skin yourself, always thought you seemed pretty cool. Ahww:)


Ok there is no real way to know if your ahead pre flop or not. I think it was worth 0.5% of my stack at the prospects it could hold. and I then think it was worth another 0.5% of my stack givin that so many were in the hand.

The affiliate part of this thread is over. Take it up on the "pimpage" thread if you must. Bans will follow since I've already warned about this.

Iago: The phrase is "Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day" and you stole it from me (albeit I stole it from Orbital).

Cormie: "Well as Dev (I know you all seem to trust his odd calculations) said, 80% of the time I'm the only one with an Ace. If an ace comes on the flop I'm much more likely to be the only one with an ace."

I presume you mean my odds calculations rather then my weird or unusual ones...
What I said was that I wasnt very good at doing Standard Deviations on a normal distribution in my head and that that was a guesstimate... turns out its not far off.
I was, however only calcing the odds of you being behind to an Ace better kicker.
I didnt include the split pot odds either (split pots are a lot more common when you play A-rag because the chances of both your rags not playing is high, particularly if the board pairs).

HJ: Yes, context is important. I meant to say decent stacked in the middle of a tournie etc...

DeV.

Hectorjelly

cormie wrote:

Ok there is no real way to know if your ahead pre flop or not. I think it was worth 0.5% of my stack at the prospects it could hold. and I then think it was worth another 0.5% of my stack givin that so many were in the hand.

You can make sure that you are normally ahead preflop by playing tighter than your opponents. This is the biggest advantage a good player has over a weaker one, the quality of the cards they are playing.

Your right about the second .5%

DeVore

A5 against 2 random hands turns out to win ~34% of the time.
Against 3 hands, ~25%
Against 4 hands ~20%
(are we seeing a pattern here?)
Obviously there is bluffing and reads to be considered, but in the cold light of stats, thats the horse you are riding on. Just about average.

I'll work out the odds of a second Ace 6-way and of the kicker being better 6-way during a slow period in work tomorrow. My gut says about 30% of the time with 20% as the prob of an ace AND a better kicker.

DeV.