Pokercast 373 - Jesse Martin - Page 4 - Two Plus Two Pokercast

Seems like the plo question you set is pretty popular. I recall that Howard Lederer (boo hiss) set a similar lateral thinking type question during a pokercast interview some years ago. Question/problem of the week as a segment, to get those poker brains whirring? Listeners send em in and you read em out. I know folks could google it but, for those that dont want to cheat....

Gambling stories from the pros is a much-loved classic segment from episodes past. Any chance of a revival?

Also, good players talk about betting patterns, but I never seem to be able to pick up on any (live or on-line). Could you discuss in a bit of detail?

Jesse Martin interview was excellent. How do you spell his twitter handle, I got it wrong based on what you said in the show, and he'd be an interesting follow.

My Twitter is : @Mazeorbowie...Thanks!

07-31-2015 , 11:19 PM

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Wilbury Twist

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Originally Posted by HiatusOver

My, like, Twitter, like, is : like, @Mazeorbowie...Like, thanks!

Fixed.

Last edited by Wilbury Twist; 07-31-2015 at 11:19 PM. Reason: haha just busting your balls... nice job, sir.

08-01-2015 , 11:50 AM

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HiatusOver

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Originally Posted by Wilbury Twist

Fixed.

Haha, that is pretty hardcore ball-busting...although when I listen back I don't hear many "likes". I do hear an annoying amount of "ya knows"

08-01-2015 , 12:26 PM

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xander biscuits

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always wondered about your twitter handle Jesse

is it something to do with this?

08-02-2015 , 08:12 AM

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I quite liked the Jesse Martin interview, but felt as though he was holding back criticisms to some degree to avoid being disliked. Entirely understandable.

08-07-2015 , 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by xander biscuits

always wondered about your twitter handle Jesse

is it something to do with this?

Kind of...its a reference to the band Phish. They have 2 songs that start with a similar drum beat, "David Bowie" and "Maze"

The song David Bowie definitely has something to do with David Bowie

08-07-2015 , 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard Treesong

I quite liked the Jesse Martin interview, but felt as though he was holding back criticisms to some degree to avoid being disliked. Entirely understandable.

This is fair and partially true. I guess I just wasn't interested in completely slamming anyone, especially because I have already come close enough to doing that recently and in the end it doesn't seem like a productive thing to do. If it was my last WSOP ever and I didn't want to work towards making progress in the future I could see myself being slightly less "PC"

08-07-2015 , 09:15 PM

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. . . and I really do understand why. Being entirely honest without being a jerk or going over the top is actually quite difficult to do, and there are definite costs unless you get it exactly right. I for one wouldn't have minded a slam on Cantu, however.

08-10-2015 , 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard Treesong

I for one wouldn't have minded a slam on Cantu, however.

Eh as far as Cantu he is who he is, I hated how he acted in that one incident last year but his everyday life and mine don't intersect all the often so I have no real reason to hate him or worry about him.

I also kind of enjoy playing poker with him for unintentional entertainment reasons and cause he creates an action table so he can't be all that terrible!

08-10-2015 , 02:29 PM

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I also kind of enjoy playing poker with him for unintentional entertainment reasons and cause he creates an action table so he can't be all that terrible!

Haha I like this.

I guess it would be like getting Hellmuth, only splashier.

08-10-2015 , 10:19 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TChan

I actually said it incorrectly, the hand is supposed to be 9333. Which is actually much tougher than 9993.

Answer below, but DO NOT CLICK until you've really given up on figuring it out! Trust me, it's very gratifying to get the third way, once you've racked your brain and could only come up with two for the longest time.

Spoiler:

If the hand was 9993 there would actually be more than 3 solutions

08-10-2015 , 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by nvman21

If the hand was 9993 there would actually be more than 3 solutions

Yeah, 4 groups of solutions.

08-13-2015 , 12:14 PM

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On the game tipping up to $20 and is that hurting the game or making it unprofitable? That $20 "rake" doesn't affect you on pots you win, so it isn't the same as an enormous rake, since it doesn't hurt your winrate.

08-13-2015 , 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by TChan

Send them in! That's what the questions/comments thread is for. Or e-mail. People always want us to talk about hands, but rarely seem to send them....

Just pick an interesting hand for hold'em from here:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/53...-stakes-limit/
or
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/17...-stakes-limit/

And for Omaha 8/b from here:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/44/omaha-8/

If you need me to email interesting ones, I can.