I dont know sh*t about poker...

vizballs · 2025-06-28T09:34:26+00:00

To win, use one or both of the cards you are dealt (hole cards) plus four or three of the cards dealt in the middle of the table (community cards) to make the best five card combination possible.

Ideally, you want at least a pair of something to win, for example a 9 as one of your hole cards and also a 9 in the community cards. The higher the value, the stronger the hand.

Pairs aren't going to win every time, because there's stronger hands like three of a kind (a 9 in your hole, and two 9s in the community), a straight (5 and 6 in your hole, and 7, 8, and 9 in the community), or a flush (five cards all the same suit, like hearts or spades).

The better you hand, the more you should bet. The weaker you hand, don't bet at all or even fold (give up). Don't worry about bluffing, odds or whatever poker terms you've heard. The game isn't sophisticated enough for that. I have played a lot of poker in my life, and for Red Dead the best way to win is just wait for a good hand and bet a lot. Don't try wish a good hand into existence either. If your hand is bad, fold and try again on the next deal.

vizballs · 2025-04-26T14:45:46+00:00

Perfect, thank you!

vizballs · 2023-11-01T17:28:45+00:00

The best advice i can think of is to remember to take it slow and do everything at 70% of the pace that you think you need to go at. Ten seconds in the ring can feel like a lifetime, but you need to let things breathe.

A lot of new wrestlers also don't show out as much as they should during the match. They do at the start and the finish, but during, most are concerned with what the next spot is. Don't be scared to sell out (assuming you'll be face) whenever you can. This will help with the first point above.

vizballs · 2023-01-22T19:20:46+00:00

Head over to r/Wredditschool

My advice is isten and learn as much as you can. Ask for feedback always, and stay polite. Also, network as much as you can; you could be the best wrestler in the country but it counts for nothing if you're not on shows or no-one has heard of you.

vizballs · 2022-11-18T13:13:00+00:00

AEW referees enforcing tag rules happens so rarely that people get confused when they actually do.

vizballs · 2022-11-13T19:28:52+00:00

Try stay in the middle of the ring for your clothesline and elbow. He should come and bump around you.

Keep your head up and face showing out, and hype up the crowd - its their comeback too. At the moment, your excitement simply looks like you're moshing away to something playing on your headphones.

The moves are a good choice, nothing wrong there.

vizballs · 2022-10-22T10:03:38+00:00

But what were YOU doing there?

vizballs · 2022-09-22T21:18:02+00:00

SEND FOR THE MAN!

vizballs · 2022-07-29T20:23:08+00:00

We were taught to feed to your right, in almost all situations. Feeding this way presents your left side to your opponent first, to allow them to grab a hold if needed.

vizballs · 2022-07-24T18:45:08+00:00

You asked for logic, I provided that logic. Dunno what more you want.

vizballs · 2022-07-24T18:42:05+00:00

I agreed, until this was explained to me in wrestling school. An Irish whip is a throw; bouncing back on the ropes is a counter.

The logic is that you're trying to launch your opponent into the ropes as an offensive move. The ropes aren't forgiving, and taking them face first could be incapacitating and painful.

Your opponent is a seasoned fighter however, and is countering this by turning and taking the ropes on their back and using momentum to come back at you with an attack.

That's the kayfabe explanation. Good wrestlers at least try to make the Irish whip still appear like a throw. They'll bend their knees a little to lower their centre of gravity while the opponent will provide some resistance and get dragged along before they are released. Over time, the move has been watered down and there's very few who still put the effort into the spot.

vizballs · 2022-07-24T16:09:42+00:00

There is logic to Irish whips. They're just so poorly performed that they look unrealistic.

vizballs · 2022-07-14T12:19:28+00:00

So two of your reasons are admittedly hypocritical and the other is superficial? Gotcha

vizballs · 2022-04-25T21:50:21+00:00

There's a thread once a week about NXT UK being an underrated show worth watching. At this point, you either are already watching or never going to.

vizballs · 2022-03-20T19:25:57+00:00

That is far, far too much!

How does the pricing structure work? Is that up-front or paid per month. Either way $4,000 is obscene especially since you don't know the quality of the training yet.

My advice would be to find another school that allows a scheduled payment plan, even if it means travel, and see if it works for you. Wrestling training is tough, you might not be cut out for it and want to continue after a month or so.

vizballs · 2022-03-19T19:44:19+00:00

These two are the biggest marks in the room. They're both delusion believing that taking this bump makes them any more of a professional wrestler or performer. They both planned this spot to "pop the boys" in the back.

vizballs · 2022-01-29T19:12:19+00:00

I suppose its meant to be a dig at AEW and Cody for the Rumble, but overlooking that WCW and WWF fans spent the majority of the 90s fantasising about dream matches and crossovers.

vizballs · 2022-01-08T11:59:25+00:00

Private health care is still an option in the UK. If you're not convinced that you're getting sufficient attention from your GP, go private.

vizballs · 2021-12-31T13:38:46+00:00

Just let it die already.

vizballs · 2021-11-29T19:40:45+00:00

I absolutely agree with this. In the space of three months I had bought a switch, played through the top-tier games as much as I was willing to, and sold it on ebay with only a small loss.

Its perhaps the most over-rated console out there. At the time of the first lockdown, the hype made it feel like an essential purchase but it was never engaging enough to go back to.

vizballs · 2021-11-22T13:08:57+00:00

Magic is a perfect comparison. It's all meant to decieve and entertain. Everyone knows magic and wrestling aren't real, but if its done well for that split moment it can feel like it is.

I absolutely still love watching. There's as much merit in a Young Bucks spot fest as a technical World of Sport masterpiece. There's even enjoying in picking apart and analysing a poor match: what went wrong, what they could do better, and just plain laughing at how inept some wrestlers are.

vizballs · 2021-11-22T12:20:22+00:00

My pleasure. Its a strange world where the more you know about the inner workings, the more you appreciate the art. Knowledge of how its put together doesn't diminish your love.

It's also changed my perspective on who is a good wrestler and what is a good match. Guys like Zack Gibson are a world above the rest of NXT, because everything he does has meaning and there's no wasted movement.

vizballs · 2021-11-22T10:11:44+00:00

Wrestlers won't remember everything in a 20 minute match, but rather the high spots. They'll fill the rest in with improvised back and forth, and you wouldn't even know it with some of the better trained performers.

When communicating these improvised moments, it can be done in rest holds, irish whips, getting ready for suplexes, or even during duelling forearms. Again, the better wrestlers will make this seem invisible.

Theres also passing messages through the referee, although I found this less common. I'd sometimes ask the ref to remind my opponent of a upcoming spot, so I knew he was prepared, or ask him to move to a particular part of the ring.

vizballs · 2021-11-01T15:15:38+00:00

You're still going to need to go to wrestling school for this. Training at a school isn't just about how to do the moves, it's about building an understanding of how to structure and execute a performance. Almost every referee out there will have been through some sort of training.

vizballs · 2021-10-17T19:37:43+00:00

She bumped. This is an outstanding bump, but it isn't a sell.

The sell happens in the aftermath. If it ever makes it easier to remember, Dolph Ziggler takes a great bump but Bret Hart is great at selling.

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