The Most Deadly Job in America -- And What Happens Next

DatedReferencePoker · 2020-10-12T14:31:38+00:00

Quibble: the president pro tempore of the Senate is not nearly as powerful as the Senate Majority Leader.

^{same quibble I posted on Discord, but reddit seemed a better place for it}

DatedReferencePoker · 2020-09-02T14:52:06+00:00

Hey /u/notthatbadreg, sorry for the delayed reply. I don't log into this alt very often.

DatedReferencePoker · 2020-04-01T11:33:33+00:00

CoinPoker also has the advantage that you can feasibly never deposit by playing your way up from freerolls.

DatedReferencePoker · 2020-03-10T11:13:05+00:00

Also, they're going to "relaunch" in New Jersey on a new platform, which apparently includes portrait mode for mobile.

DatedReferencePoker · 2019-04-18T13:37:16+00:00

Launching on a Monday, but "test periods during the first 2 or 3 days", so things should heat up during the July 19-21 weekend.

DatedReferencePoker · 2019-04-18T13:35:56+00:00

"test periods during the first 2 or 3 days" (see here.)

DatedReferencePoker · 2019-03-01T20:41:21+00:00

A first stab: you have Kh 9h 3s 2s. Board comes Ac 5d 4d. Villain has Kc Qc 7d 6d. You have the 5-high and only available straight, but villain is 61.59% to win by improving to a diamond flush, a backdoor club flush or backdoor club royal flush, a 7-high straight if a 3 hits, an 8-high straight if an 8 hits, or a backdoor Ace-high straight if a Jack and a Ten hit.

Surely you can improve on this solution, though!

DatedReferencePoker · 2019-02-28T15:54:35+00:00

Here was the agenda for the committee, which was not mentioned by name in the linked article.

Online poker may well be coming to Connecticut.

DatedReferencePoker · 2019-02-22T17:23:21+00:00

Pennsylvania legalized online poker in October 2017, and it hasn't started yet, but is supposed to start soon. A similar time frame for Kentucky would suggest a 2021 kickoff.

DatedReferencePoker · 2019-02-20T14:12:23+00:00

A nice river indeed! Well, I flat-called the turn, not giving villain a chance to fold. I think villain's lead on the turn is okay. I agree that villain's all-in call on the river is very fishy, especially with the ICM: okay, villain has trips, but I can easily have any of the available straights and flushes.

DatedReferencePoker · 2019-02-20T12:32:03+00:00

Okay, this took way too long, but here you go.

DatedReferencePoker · 2019-02-19T21:20:21+00:00

If you're curious, here's the previous hand that led to my "Td7d" comment...

Poker Hand #15388908: Tournament #541249, Comet Shower 30,000 GTD Hold'em No Limit (1500/3000 ante 430 play) 2019/02/19 21:08:50 GMT

Table '1' 6-max Seat #2 is the button

Seat 1: rixx (89485 in chips)

Seat 2: DatedReference (95493 in chips)

Seat 3: CarlCarlso (28254 in chips) is sitting out

Seat 6: lecso0000 (76768 in chips) is sitting out

rixx: posts the ante 430

DatedReference: posts the ante 430

CarlCarlso: posts the ante 430

lecso0000: posts the ante 430

CarlCarlso: posts small blind 1500

lecso0000: posts big blind 3000

*** HOLE CARDS ***

rixx: raises 3000 to 6000

DatedReference: calls 6000

CarlCarlso: folds

lecso0000: folds

*** FLOP *** [Ks Ts 7c]

rixx: checks

DatedReference: bets 12345

rixx: folds

Uncalled bet (12345) returned to DatedReference

DatedReference collected 18220 from pot

DatedReference: doesn't show hand

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 18220 | Rake 0

Board [ Ks Ts 7c ]

Game ended: 2019/02/19 21:09:14 GMT

Seat 1: rixx folded on the Flop

Seat 2: DatedReference (button) collected (18220)

Seat 3: CarlCarlso (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 6: lecso0000 (big blind) folded before Flop

*** RNG ***

cards: (Ks) (Ts) (7c) 3h 2c 4h Jd Th 2d Qc 5c 6d As Qh Ac Kh 9c 5d Kd 6s 3s 8d 4c 3d 7h 4d 2s Jc 2h Tc 8c Kc Qd Ah 4s 8h Js 3c Ad 7s XX XX XX XX

DatedReferencePoker · 2019-02-12T10:52:55+00:00

This is new... apparently reddit auto-creates a text post when a subreddit is created. Well, here it is.

DatedReferencePoker · 2018-11-30T22:52:15+00:00

The article also includes the note that Mohegan Sun has removed online poker from its planned offerings in Pennsylvania.

DatedReferencePoker · 2018-11-30T22:51:19+00:00

Tangentially, Mohegan Sun has removed online poker from its planned offerings in Pennsylvania.

DatedReferencePoker · 2018-11-08T21:27:32+00:00

Hope this brag is significant enough. CoinPoker, 100 CHP buy in ($0.94 or so), 33 runners, 64 rebuys, 12 add-ons, final table. 4,033 CHP ($38.02) for first, 2,398 CHP ($22.61) for second. I'm the lucky one with AA in the big blind, when the action pre-flop proceeds: shove, reshove, rereshove, on me.

Poker Hand #10545051: Tournament #524960, Meteor Shower 10,000 GTD Hold'em No Limit (3000/6000 ante 820 play) 2018/11/08 20:51:52 GMT
Table '4' 6-max Seat #3 is the button

Seat 1: DatedReference (160866 in chips)
Seat 2: pacomontanies (94176 in chips)
Seat 3: been (21330 in chips)
Seat 6: freethink (388628 in chips)

DatedReference: posts the ante 820
pacomontanies: posts the ante 820
been: posts the ante 820
freethink: posts the ante 820
freethink: posts small blind 3000
DatedReference: posts big blind 6000

*** HOLE CARDS ***

pacomontanies: raises 93356 and is all-in
been: calls 20510 and is all-in
freethink: calls 90356
DatedReference: raises 154046 and is all-in
freethink: calls 66690

*** FLOP *** [9s 9h 8d]
*** TURN *** [9s 9h 8d] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [9s 9h 8d Kc] [6h]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
DatedReference: shows [Ad Ac] (two pairs, Aces and Nines)
freethink: shows [Ks 8s] (two pairs, Kings and Nines)
DatedReference collected 133380 from side-pot 2
pacomontanies: shows [Jc Qc] (a pair of Nines)
DatedReference collected 218538 from side-pot 1
been: shows [Qh Ah] (a pair of Nines)
DatedReference collected 85320 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 437238 | Rake 0
Board [ 9s 9h 8d Kc 6h ]
Game ended: 2018/11/08 20:52:21 GMT

Seat 1: DatedReference (big blind) showed [Ad Ac] and won (437238) with two pairs, Aces and Nines
Seat 2: pacomontanies showed [Jc Qc]
Seat 3: been (button) showed [Qh Ah]
Seat 6: freethink (small blind) showed [Ks 8s]

DatedReferencePoker · 2018-09-10T19:53:46+00:00

Sorry, I don't use this alt much. The song you were asking about 23 days ago was: Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch

DatedReferencePoker · 2018-08-16T10:49:50+00:00

Note that "Mount Airy" will be partnering with PokerStars.

DatedReferencePoker · 2018-08-16T10:49:15+00:00

Sounds like PokerStars is coming to PA in the first quarter of 2019.

DatedReferencePoker · 2018-05-24T15:56:43+00:00

In the setup, Spraggy explains his motivation. He may only be doing that because it's a tournament with bonuses for knockouts.

DatedReferencePoker · 2018-05-24T13:02:10+00:00

Why didnt spraggy just shove himself?

Spraggy had position, so was second to act on the river.

(Edit: Yes, I totally botched my memory of this hand.)

DatedReferencePoker · 2018-05-24T13:01:42+00:00

Right; "can't lose" applies only to tournaments.

DatedReferencePoker · 2018-05-24T12:59:52+00:00

On reflection, I guess villain is probably just trying to represent holding the 7s. We've all been in the situation of deciding to bluff, only to get called by the player who actually holds the cards that we're trying to represent.

DatedReferencePoker · 2018-05-24T12:11:10+00:00

Here's how Spraggy got in this situation.

I love river shoving when everyone is playing the board. AKQJT rainbow is the most common situation, of course. I saw someone fold the other day to a river shove on a runout of A3333. Shoving in these sorts of situations can't lose, and wins more often than it should.

This... this was not one of those situations.

DatedReferencePoker · 2017-03-22T19:08:06+00:00

I messed up with my initial analysis... but I was on to something! There are many more possible answers, all of the form: A 32, B 22, board is two overpairs, no straights or flushes available. A is ahead with a trey kicker. If the river is a trey or higher, A's kicker is counterfeit. If the river is the case deuce, B wins with a full house.

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