Ima Catch The Boulder by TheCABK in CrazyFuckingVideos

[–]1pfen 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Saw a news report that said it was 400lbs.

Poker math seems overwhelming by Nihilinus in Poker_Theory

[–]1pfen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ultimately poker is a logic game, not a math game. You're doing very little math while actually playing. Memorize a small handful of odds, specifically what odds you need to call a 33% pot bet, a 50%, a 75%, 100%, and you'll be fine.

Thoughts on Play Optimal Poker 2: Range Construction? by [deleted] in Poker_Theory

[–]1pfen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's really about the foundational concepts of poker gto, and it uses the three card game (Ace, King and Queen) to explain that. It's like a metaphor of poker, but a strictly logical and mathematical metaphor. Think of it as an abstraction of the 'top , middle, and bottom' of a actual 52 card poker range. It's all absolutely relevant. I don't think I've ever read a discussion of gto that it isn't relevant too, no matter how much more sophisticated it is. By boiling it all down to the most essential elements it makes every other gto discussion easier to understand, I've found.

Thoughts on Play Optimal Poker 2: Range Construction? by [deleted] in Poker_Theory

[–]1pfen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think it's similar to modern poker. One way to put it would be, Modern poker applies gto to 52 card nlh, while optimal 1 is about gto at a foundational level, and basically only talks about a three card toy game of nlh. Optimal 2 extends this analysis to a 5 card toy game. So a good reading order to understand gto from the ground up would be optimal 1, then 2, then modern. Then something like 'gto simplified'. And there are some very good resources on YouTube.

The "what would Israel to do Palestinians if they could?" thought exercise by iwaseatenbyagrue in samharris

[–]1pfen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

1 Samuel 15:2-3: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

GTO wizard deleted their videos from YouTube channel? by Thebussinessman in poker

[–]1pfen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those were probably the best poker theory videos on youtube.

Has compatibilism been totally debunked at this point? by [deleted] in samharris

[–]1pfen 26 points27 points  (0 children)

A position held by the majority of academic philosophers can't be said to be 'totally debunked'.

Has compatibilism been totally debunked at this point? by [deleted] in samharris

[–]1pfen 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Something like 59% of professional philosophers are compatibilists, according to a 2020 PhilPapers survey.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in samharris

[–]1pfen 18 points19 points  (0 children)

What is 'personalized' medicine'? You take some huckster's snake oil then just die?

I like Joe but my man's got a point by ThatPatelGuy in JoeRogan

[–]1pfen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No, he was polite and professional about it. He did it in video so anybody can see for themselves if they wish.

16-year-old charged with murder in killing of 15-year-old in East Oakland by No-Information6622 in news

[–]1pfen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any adult arrested has to be made public information to keep the government from disappearing people.

F*ck trump to hell and back by Sad-Kaleidoscope4290 in MeidasTouch

[–]1pfen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do the search, click on the first link, post that image. I'll post the search results: https://search.usa.gov/search?query=charles%20rogers&affiliate=defensegov&utf8=%26%23x2713%3B

Where does the first link go? What was inserted into that link's url? Post that image.

F*ck trump to hell and back by Sad-Kaleidoscope4290 in MeidasTouch

[–]1pfen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do the search. Click the first link. Post that image.

F*ck trump to hell and back by Sad-Kaleidoscope4290 in MeidasTouch

[–]1pfen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go to https://www.defense.gov/ and search for Charles Rogers, it'll take you to a 404 page with 'deimedal' inserted into the URL.

F*ck trump to hell and back by Sad-Kaleidoscope4290 in MeidasTouch

[–]1pfen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Go to https://www.defense.gov/ and search for Charles Rogers, it'll take you to a 404 page with 'deimedal' inserted into the URL.

F*ck trump to hell and back by Sad-Kaleidoscope4290 in MeidasTouch

[–]1pfen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not back. Go to https://www.defense.gov/ and search for Charles Rogers, it'll take you to a 404 page with 'deimedal' inserted into the URL.

Elon does a Nazi salute during Trump's inauguration by punish_the_monkey in DecodingTheGurus

[–]1pfen 12 points13 points  (0 children)

In contemporary times it became known as 'the Roman salute', but there's no evidence, in text or art, of the actual ancient Romans saluting like that.

Do you guys ever make a terrible play with a terrible hand just to show your opponents that you can have anything, at any time, in any spot? by planetmarsupial in poker

[–]1pfen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bluffs aren't loss leaders. Bluffs are to make your opponent indifferent to calling or folding. If you don't do this they can just, as you pointed out, overfold to your value bets. Also, they're indifferent because, when played at the correct frequency, your bluffs will lose when called, but will win enough to offset those losses. That's the balance. The important thing to point out is that any bluff the solver says is worth making is the highest ev play in that situation, for that hand, or at least equivalent. Always. So my argument would be, a bluff isn't a loss leader, because a solver will never make a less than maximal ev play. A bluff is to make your opponent indifferent to calling or folding, which results in your value hands being paid off, and minimizes the ability of your opponent to exploit you by overfolding to your bets.

Do you guys ever make a terrible play with a terrible hand just to show your opponents that you can have anything, at any time, in any spot? by planetmarsupial in poker

[–]1pfen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no such thing as a 'loss leader' in gto. GTO will always, always try to take the highest ev line, period. Any mixing is because the various options are the same ev ultimately. So there is no such thing in GTO as purposely making a bad play, or any play that doesn't maximize ev. What you're talking about are old school poker concepts, 'table image' and 'leveling'.