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Collusion and the old Texas road gamblers
In S/S Doyle writes about the days when he, Amarillo Slim & Sailor Roberts would travel from town to town playing in local high stakes poker games. They would play together at the same table, but they insisted that it wasn't collusion because they never soft played each other.
But the thing is, they all played from a common bank roll. It doesn't matter if they soft played each other or not. At the end of the night all the winnings went into the same roll. If they ended up head's up after the flop, they could raise & re-raise each other and it wouldn't matter. All the money in the pot and both stacks were going into the same cloth sack under the spare tire in the trunk. Also, three other good things happend by playing this way (good for THEM, not the people they played with): 1) It helped seed games. If they could find even just two rich locals who were willing to play, the locals plus the roadies made a five handed game. 2) It helped reduce variance if one of them went on a long card dead streak. 3) It helped make sure that nearly every hand at least one of them could isolate a weak player and play the pot head's up from position. I'm not saying that Doyle and the boys would go so far as to use singals or play partners or any outright cheating. I'm just saying that by playing together at the same table from a common bank roll, they didn't have to cheat. |
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On that note, I believe there is a passage in SS where Doyle talks about playing three handed with Moss and another guy. Doyle describes how Moss made a big bet with a busted straight draw into the sucker who folds his top top because Doyle is yet to act behind him.
I'd say you are on the right track. |
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I don't think Doyle ever played with Johnny Moss out of a common bank roll.
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2) This is largely the point of sharing a bankroll. Again, not a problem if the play is honest. 3) is problematic. Not saying they're not necessarily cheating. Just saying I don't see how (1) and (2) are inherently unfair to the locals. |
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roflmao Well let me say it for you then. OF COURSE THEY CHEATED !!!!!! POKER IS ALL ABOUT CHEATING !!!! POKER ATTRACTS DEGENERATES AND CON MEN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME Gotta love these young new players that think this is yachting or some other gentlemanly sport. :D |
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Andy Beal insisted on playing head-up limit poker. Easy to understand why.
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It's no different than online play today- if you are playing 6 handed and aren't on the phone with at least two other players then you are the sucker.
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is it weird that i consider cheating at poker these days really scummy, but back in pre-casino poker days part of the game ?
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Cheating and poker go together like peas and carrots.
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not gonna say poker is about cheating..........but i know A LOT of old time players who HAVE played w/ doyle, reese, etc.....and ive been told plenty of times that they BOTH had dealers on their payroll. plzzzzz dont shoot the messenger
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Phil Ivey must be the biggest cheat of all time, I mean look at his results. It's crystal clear. He's probably on brain steroids he got from Barry Bonds too... |
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Where there is competition and money there is cheating.
When a good game was tough to come by, the pros knew there was no point beating on each other up when they can focus their energy on the fish. Even if it isn't an open agreement to collude, it's certainly implied. I found the Gabe Thaler interview very interesting. That dude really gets it! paraphrased from Cash Plays- Bart: "5 pros and 2 fish, how do you play against the pros" Gabe: "Why the **** would I/you want to play in that game?" Bart: What do you think about thin value bets against a good player" Gabe: "That's just being ****ing greedy. You do that to me and I'm gonna crush you!" The poker boom obviously brought so much $$$ into the poker economy that games could be played straight for huge profit. No need to cheat. When the games get tough again, they will again go back to seeking a bigger edge. If I know that guys who are good players are at the same table, playing a common bankroll, I'm not sitting in, are you? |
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Like running a 4X100 relay team against a 400 m runner. |
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i like carrots. hmmmm...... |
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Heres how it went down. Moss bet the river, and Doyle knew the fish had top pair NO kicker, not top kick. That's why he called, knowing the fish couldn't over call with top nothing, and he also said the bet felt like a busted straight draw, and doyle was drawing to the nut straight so his J hi was good if he was right.
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