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Dec 2, 2007 2:22 pm
The problem here is in the definition of the word "rigged". Rigged, bad beat, getting caught in a bluff, being outplayed and making a move and getting caught are not synonymous. I doubt anyone who is even marginally on top of the stories of security and procedural breaches, admissions by the sites themselves, third party exposé's and paybacks* to players by sites themselves can say breaches don't exist. We all have to admit to that since recovering from being cheated is most often internally investigated and most don't have the legal and technical expertise to properly investigate and press for recovery you are effectively at the mercy and integrity of the site for redress. *Payback defined here as a refund to an account not associated with a promotion. All of these things exist. I bet no one here is going to deposit 1,000 of their own money in AbsolutePoker today and everyone has a heightened observation of "strange things" happening. Much of this can be resolved my regulation and penalties for malfeasance, insurance that sites have the financial ability to cover what they owe, are fined and penalized in cases of breaches and a uniform baseline of externally verifiable operational integrity of anyone operating a site is in place. All of this being in effect will have absolutely no effect on "bad beats" real or perceived, getting caught in a bluff or being outplayed.
As for being "rigged" there is scarcely an enterprise that humans participate in where if someone can cheat someone will. Proper procedures should be able to detect "rogue" employees and rogue sites certainly the environment for both exist now.
The only protection we have as players is the existence of verifiable methods of secure operations, enforcement with teeth to punish those who either purposely or through ineptitude operates outside uniform, external guidelines. It appears that the people involved in the Absolute scandal were all close-knit insiders (including Mark Seif) who blogged and held the position to the end that "this was impossible","be careful there may be a defamation suit". Who can say from a perspective of close, personal knowledge that there are no rigged sites, rigged games and that every hand dealt is perfectly above board? I am absolutely sure (pun intended) that everyone making this claim of "not rigged hold a position within the sites from which to make this claim from fact. Given the millions sites can easily make and the existence of technological means to establish secure operations I can think of no other reason than greed, stupidity or to rig the site for more and more profits (a combination of greed and stupidity) to advocate no meaningful oversight. In my view those who believe that linking security and legalization reduces the likelihood of removing prohibition are fooling themselves.
Notwithstanding the foibles of lawmaking in the US congress (foibles it appears to me all politicians of all parties and countries have) separating these issues strengthens the "prohibition crowd's" argument by letting them add "NO poker without oversight just so site operators can make millions and we can be cheated" to their mantra and it lets the "stop prohibition crowd" to add "I'd rather have NO Poker rather than poker without oversight so I can be cheated"to theirs. If the sites are not careful this "open environment" will be what kills online play.
Did anyone notice that just within the last few weeks the main sites just purchased and/or developed and installed software to detect multiple / defunct accounts? Having done this earlier would have given "PotRipper", "BullDozer" Et.Al. one less avenue to compromise their sites. I bet the cost of this was much less that the cost to site traffic, reputation and movement towards not being legalized.
This can be seen that a least some sites know the importance of having an honest, secure game.....but being forced into accountability by catastrophic event is not accountability ©2007 Jon Holt Merlin333 
fictional:
flush to "the kids" 
high straight and then :If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.
Regarding a hand he folded
pre-flop based on his read of an opponent Daniel said . "If you never try to play above the rim and just make automatic decisions based solely on the numbers, you simply never will become an elite poker player.
It's not the cards that you have all the time that makes you a winner or a loser.
You can't hold enough hands coming into these tournaments without making some courageous plays. (these "courageous plays are what know-nothing namecallers call "donkey plays"
Try to decide how good your hand is at a given moment. Nothing else matters. Nothing!
"When we play, we must realize, before anything else, that we are out to make money."Put yourself in their shoes before you decide on the best way to take their shirts.
The commonest mistake in history is underestimating your opponent; happens at the poker table all the time.
The odds are merely a framework for play, like the lines of a tennis court.
"Poker may be a branch of psychological warfare, an art form or indeed a way of life - but it is also merely a game, in which money is simply the means of keeping score."
"Poker reveals to the frank observer something else of import-it will teach him about his own nature. Many bad players do not improve because they cannot bear self-knowledge."
"You cannot survive without that intangible quality we call heart. The mark of a top player is not how much he wins when he is winning but how he handles his losses. If you win for thirty days in a row, that makes no difference if on the thirty-first you have a bad night, go crazy, and throw it all away."
"Limit poker is a science, but no-limit is an art. In limit, you are shooting at a target. In no-limit, the target comes alive and shoots back at you."
The strong point in poker is never to lose your temper, either with those you are playing with or, more particularly, with the cards. There is no sympathy in poker. Always keep cool. If you lose your head you will lose all your chips.
"The real things to know is that folks will stand to lose more than they will to win. That's the most important percentage there is. I mean, if they lose, they're willin' to lose everything. If they win, they're usually satisfied to win enough to pay for dinner and a show. The best gamblers know that."
The cardinal sin in poker, worse than playing did cards, worse even than figuring your odds correctly, is becoming emotionally involved.
"It never hurts for potential opponents to think you're more than a little stupid and can hardly count all the money in your hip pocket, much less hold on to it.."
Besides lovemaking and singing in the shower, there aren't many human activities where there is a greater difference between a person's self-delusional ability and actual ability than in poker.
Once you start thinking you have nothing left to learn, you have everything to learn.
The odds are merely a framework for play, like the lines of a tennis court.T
In the long run there's no luck in poker, but the short run is longer than most people know.
If you reraise a raiser, and he doesn't raise you back, you know he has kicker problems.
Serious poker is no more about gambling than rock climbing is about taking risks.
Hold'em is a game of calculated aggression: If you cards are good enough for your to call a bet, they are good enough to raise with.
A faint heart never filled a spade flush.
Money isn't everything ... unless you're playing in a rebuy tournament.
When a man with money meets a man with experience, the man with experience leaves with money and the man with money leaves with experience.
I believe in poker the way I believe in the American Dream. Poker is good for you. It enriches the soul, sharpens the intellect, heals the spirit, and - when played well, nourishes the wallet.
If you're a competitive person and you commit yourself to something, you have no choice but to endure
Last evening yet another loser started calling the guy who busted him (not me this time) a "donkey". His statement "how could you call me with 
" was a statement that frequently betrays the utter stupidy, the opressive need to sound "expert" to hide your loss and utter lack of knowledge of the game most namecallers have. (The whiner put in a minimum raise UTG, the 55 guy called - the flop 
JJ guy goes all in 55 guy calls - the turn 
river 
note the JJ guy could have easliy gotten busted with a Q)
I must say first I AM NO EXPERT but I am a student of the game and have come to know a few simple, obvious things :
Now I am one to not believe that the printed words of a writer of poker books should be slavishly followed. I also think it's childish to ape the words you hear pro's say on TV (TVpokerese). I swear people seem to think it's cool to say something is "sick" and I've hear it used in so many situations I'm confused by what it is supposed to mean - but thats just me. I am one to test what I read and find out for myself the value or lack of value in what I read. I find it suspicious that a current winning, poker pro would write EVERYTHING HE KNOWS FOR GENERAL CONSUMPTION - I wouldn't. PLUS even if they did, your proper application of those writings is what matters. For example: Every artist is familiar with the same brush, paint and easel as Rembrandt, every basketball player is familiar with the same, court, ball, dribble and shot of Michael Jordan BUT almost no one else can use the same tools as they could no matter how much you read their "how I do it books". But having said that, this is one of the writing's most poker books agree on, I have found accurate so I'll relate them here. In "Super System 2" Doyle Brunson, in defense of being criticized for losing 580,000 with 
in the final event at Bellagio in 2003 and winning the championship with "trash pocket hands" in 1976 with 
: and 1977 with 
said this:
"Today's tournaments are structured to be a lot faster.... You've got to play almost every hand when you're anteing high" At the very least you 've got to see the flop. It's not at all suprising I won the 1976 and the 1977 World Championship with trash hands"
"...... I'd rarely play those hands. There's little reason when the ante doesn't force you to play. A major exception is when I play a pot for the sole reason of trying to steal it Then it doesn't matter what I have. I mean I could be playing the hand without even looking at my holecards. At such time, I'd be playing my money, my position and a particular player. My hand wouldn't matter. If I was forced to look at it because I got played with, I might find two Aces, A-K or trash.... I hadn't made a pair all day, and I'd had to stay alive by stealing some pots, but on this particular play (referring to 2003), my read was wrong.
This is a capacity good pros have most amateurs don't - TO PLAY WITH NOTHING FOR REASONS OTHER THAN YOUR HAND. In non-professional games, you are also more likely to find players in a pot who chase and hit where a pro would have folded streets earlier.
One key indicator whining players of this particular low level betray is that most times their "whining about getting caught" mentions only his hand versus the busting hand. There is often little mention about preceding play and players tendicies, how many are seated at the the table, level in the tournament, stack & table position, ante/blinds or any of those "unimportant, inconvenient contributing facts/factors" that contributed to the demise.
So the next time you call someone a "donkey" think first - are you showing how little YOU really know about the game? At least consider that if you find yourself in this position a LOT (whining in the losers lounge) maybe you need to learn something...
OK I gotta admit I get more than a little perturbed by people copying "TV Code words" - it's weak make up your own stuff or at least use the words per their definition - so sue me... LOL
JonHolt(Merlin333)
p.s. If I had a nickel for everytime Jacks busted me, I'd have more money than Bill Gates -
p.s. I know I didn't bleep the word d**key this time..... what can I say
check this article out:
http://www.railbirds.com/protip.php?articleID=68
Sorry about the lack of entries lately (assuming it matters to anyone aside from me, of course). Adjusting to my new schedule took way too long andI hadn't played any tournaments for a few weeks. Today I played a few tournies, horribly and managed to bubble each one. Oh well, if I played better that wouldn't have happened.
On to the real subject of this entry, I guess you could rename my entry "Lack of Class". Today, at least 3 people berated me or someone else at the table for making a mistake. What could possibly ever drive someone to do this? Do you not want your opponents to make mistakes and for yourself to capitolize on them? One guy berated me for sucking out on his QQ with Kd9d. Saying something like "Wow, every idiot gets rewarded". Funny thing is this will only do 2 things; One, make me nervous and try to play better, thus reducing his edge on me. Or two; distract himself even more than he already is, again reducing his percieved edge over me.
Unfortunately for him, my play was completely standard, at least I think anyway. I guess I'll post this on the forum for people better than me to comment on. Really it just suprises me that people would go out of their way to make fun of someone, when it can only have a negative reaction on themselves. It's not like live, where I could see a sentance or two slip out of your mouth when you are pissed off. It's the internet, which requires you to actually think out what you want to say, then type it out and hit enter. Hell, on AP sometimes it's more bothersome to chat than it is to be sucked out on.
All it really does is show a lack of class and respect for a fellow human being. If you get that worked up over losing a pot in a tournament online, in the comfort of your own home, than maybe you shoudl reconsider how you spend your free time. Like, I love bowling, it's fun to do and hang out with friends while doing it. Back when I used to bowl on my High School team, I would get pissed off if I got a bad break or just wasn't bowling good. So what did I do? I stopped bowling on the team after my Sophmore year. If it's not fun for me anymore I see no reason to waste my free time on it.
Well, sorry for the horribly written and thought out post, but that's how I roll. 'Till next time, don't hate yourself too much, unless that's what you like to do.
Well I took a nice suckout the other day and was wondering if anyone else out there is calling me down in this scenario with the big stack. Ithink he probably calls even if I shove the flop, but with only a str8 draw out I felt a value bet was the better play, obv backfire. This guy actually went on to win the tourney (scary) but does he really think bottom pair is good here? I had a tight image having only seen the flop 4 times to this point, winning 1 showdown. Just a lucky donkey or did I miss something.
$55+$5 Hold'em No Limit -
Level IV (50/100) - 2007/06/24 - 20:39:22 (ET)
Table '53715290 2' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: eunuch1 (5360 in chips)
Seat 3: trickydick33 (910 in chips)
Seat 4: solody (1175 in chips)
Seat 5: chancesdad (2135 in chips)
Seat 6: tony1967 (1940 in chips)
Seat 7: cams1485 (3225 in chips)
Seat 8: KungFuElvis (1215 in chips)
Seat 9: moosebongs (1720 in chips)
chancesdad: posts small blind 50
tony1967: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KungFuElvis [As Qh]
cams1485: folds
KungFuElvis: raises 200 to 300
moosebongs: folds
eunuch1: calls 300
trickydick33: folds
solody: folds
chancesdad: folds
tony1967: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qs 5h Ac]
KungFuElvis: bets 400
eunuch1: calls 400
*** TURN *** [Qs 5h Ac] [9d]
KungFuElvis: bets 515 and is all-in
eunuch1: calls 515
*** RIVER *** [Qs 5h Ac 9d] [5c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KungFuElvis: shows [As Qh] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
eunuch1: shows [2d 5d] (three of a kind, Fives)
eunuch1 collected 2580 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2580 | Rake 0
Board [Qs 5h Ac 9d 5c]
Seat 1: eunuch1 showed [2d 5d] and won (2580) with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 3: trickydick33 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: solody (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: chancesdad (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: tony1967 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: cams1485 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: KungFuElvis showed [As Qh] and lost with two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 9: moosebongs folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Oh well, Sh@t happens..lol.
EVENT#6 FINAL RESULTS - SEVEN CARD STUD
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| 1 | Daniel Chapman | Woodbury, NJ | $14,896 | |||||
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| 2 | Nguyen Hung | Hillsborough, NJ | $8,624 | |||||
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| 3 | Michael (Hooks) Lanzetta | Williamstown, NJ | $4,704 | |||||
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| 4 | William Coren | Wynnewood, PA | $3,136 | |||||
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| 5 | Mitchell Katz | Jersey City, NJ | $2,744 | |||||
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| 6 | Adam Brancata | MT Laurel, NJ | $2,352 | |||||
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| 7 | Sazan Lusha | Staten Island, NY | $1,568 | |||||
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| 8 | Carless Boatwright | Woodbridge, VA | $1,176 | |||||
Has anyone had a poker hand that was so good on the flop that you couldn't wait for someone to go allin? I've had hands like that alot this weekand I knew they were bluffing at the pot. So, I tried to get hands like that today but it seems that if you have a good hand (online poker) pre-flop like AA you have no choice but to call an allin in a freeroll.whenn you're the UTG player. I lost 2 hands where I had pocket AA (pre-flop), today against a set of 5's and 76 suited. Is there a poker God?
Has anyone had a poker hand that was so good on the flop that you couldn't wait for someone to go allin? I've had hands like that alot this weekand I knew they were bluffing at the pot. So, I tried to get hands like that today but it seems that if you have a good hand (online poker) pre-flop like AA you have no choice but to call an allin in a freeroll.whenn you're the UTG player. I lost 2 hands where I had pocket AA (pre-flop), today against a set of 5's and 76 suited. Is there a poker God?
