What were the 2+2 forums like in the beginning? - Page 6 - Poker News

HOWMANY · 03-10-2010, 07:04 PM

whatever happened to that andrew karpinski scammer guy thta had a bunch of accts. anyone remember the time full rake had some hilarious convo with a neteller guy in chat and made the customer support guy call him sir or king or something?

i remember back when ppl like baronzeus were playing 1dollar/2dollar and had no clue and before the 6max rake went to $3 and i wished one day that i would be able to play 10/20 bc it was so big.

now i wish i wasnt able to play 100/200 bc it is so big.

**Mason Malmuth** · 03-10-2010, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Micturition Man

Also there was a lot of censorship here. Ok maybe not a lot but there was censorship of important people (i.e. Abdul) for the worst possible reason (their superior advice made 2+2 look bad). Old school RGP was a lot better than old school 2+2.

No. Abdul was barred for making numerous insults, and he was warned on many occasions that this would have to stop. And when we did bar him, we made it clear on the forums that he could come back any time if the insults would stop and he would stick to just discussing poker.

We also, welcome all strategy posts, even those which are better than our own. We are players after all, and good strategy posts will help us as well.

Best wishes,
Mason

i*have*those · 03-10-2010, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Gunn

Quality of post were more important than quanity of post. Just my opinion.

you seem to have very strong opinions.

[x] 1.5 posts/year

Your Mom · 03-10-2010, 07:13 PM

i had forgotten about mike l. He played some crazy limit poker and always had great hands to post.

thirddan · 03-10-2010, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Your Mom

i had forgotten about mike l. He played some crazy limit poker and always had great hands to post.

i used to love reading his lhe posts...he was the first poster i recall posting about huge games like 100/200 at commerce when most people were playing 15/30...he used to talk about going 10 bets on the turn with second pair and other craziness...

Your Mom · 03-10-2010, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by thirddan

i used to love reading his lhe posts...he was the first poster i recall posting about huge games like 100/200 at commerce when most people were playing 15/30...he used to talk about going 10 bets on the turn with second pair and other craziness...

ran a search and he does still occasionally post in the LHE forums. Just had a post a few days ago. I'm off to read some craziness.

DonkDonkDonkDonk · 03-10-2010, 07:37 PM

I remember...

Oh wait I don't.

brandyballs · 03-10-2010, 07:40 PM

well done op.

FSL009 · 03-10-2010, 07:49 PM

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I just randomly started thinking what 2+2 might have been like pre-Moneymaker.

Empty?

Atarirob · 03-10-2010, 07:50 PM

reading some of the RGP posts reminds me how much I missed Paul Phillips posting.

Punker · 03-10-2010, 08:16 PM

Here's a very old post that I shudder to think the kind of reception that would be seen if posted nowadays:

Posted by: Greg Raymer (graymer@gcwf.com)
Posted on: Monday, 12 January 1998, at 1:37 p.m.

Playing in a limit HE tournament at Oceans 11 casino. Middle stages of tournament, 300-600 limit with 150/300 blinds, table is 8-handed. I'm down to 250 (don't ask, the previous hand was a bad beat, and I would have busted out, except I had 250 more in chips that he did). Anyway, I can't even raise out the big blind anymore, so clearly I am merely awaiting the best hand to go all-in with. I am on the button, and everyone folds to me. I have A2 offsuit. Not the best hand I am likely to get this round, but it is only the blinds to deal with, 2 random hands, and A high is likely to be better than what they've got. I decide to go all-in, and lose after not improving. Should I have waited to see more hands or not?