KegNog, I understand the argument of "if everyone thought that way..." but that's a fantasy world. In reality, the probability that me casting a vote will affect anything at all is like 0.0000001%, which is effectively meaningless to me

Grunching, though I can't prove it.

Ask Daughter A, "Would she, pointing at Daughter B, tell me that she, pointing at Daughter C, would tell me that you are the middle daughter?"

If the answer is yes or no, then pick Daughter B or C, because only the middle daughter could answer yes or no. The other two don't know the answer because they don't know how the middle daughter would answer.

If the answer is "I don't know," then pick Daughter A, because she is the oldest.

The youngest cannot even answer, since she doesn't know, but saying that is the truth. I.e., the youngest cannot say yes, because that might be true, cannot say no, because that might be true and cannot say "I don't know," because that is true. Would expect an answer like, "I'll tell you later."

But you still have the problem that the middle could also lie and say "I don't know," just to fool you.

This relies on non-"yes/no" answers, so maybe there is a better solution.

Or, if "yes" and "no" are the only answers they are allowed to give, then the youngest and oldest will not answer, so choose A if she doesn't answer. But again, the middle daughter could trick you by not answering.

Am I the only one who, after reading all this about marrying the king's daughter and having guards at the door, is reminded of a scene from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"?

The scene with the gay prince or the castle full of sluts?

pokerodox, that is a very good thought process!

However you are only allowed to ask a question with a definite yes or no answer. I apologize I was not very clear on that. So you are correct in your interpretation that something like "will I have a winning session in poker tomorrow?" is technically a yes/no question, it doesn't have a definite answer and should have been explicitly disallowed. Even still, your solution is not foolproof since the middle daughter could still trick you like you said though.

machi5, I watched that movie like 15 years ago and don't remember anything about it except some rabbit flying around and killing people

Mark Twain looks like Einstein.

The gay prince scene. He was supposed to marry another king's daughter, and the king left two guards at his door so he couldn't escape.

Aesah, if you don't remember the scene with the knight losing all his limbs, then this cinematic masterpiece simply didn't touch you the way it has touched millions.

Thanks AsAh. Must confess I knew the prison with two guards puzzle, so that was my starting point.
Cool variation, if I can call it that.

That's fine, many logic puzzles are similar to each other =P my personal favorite is the blue eyes puzzle mainly because people like to insist that the (provable) answer is wrong.

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Hero's image is pretty damn LAGgy but for some reason the lineup today was particularly hesitant to play back at me. I think they were being nice to me as a welcome back to LA. You guys are so sweet

Hand 1: Hero opens from LJ to $40 with 97, rec player calls BTN, very weak ABC villain calls in BB. Main villain has $600 to start the hand.

Flop 762, pot $125
BB checks, Hero bets $80, fold, BB calls.

Turn T, pot $285
BB checks, hero bets $200, BB calls.

River 4, pot $685
BB checks, hero checks.

I think river is a bet. It's too hard for me to not to have the best hand here given that she would probably raise 88+ on the flop and Tx+ on the turn, and she has more combos of 75 and 78 than J7+ (really the only hand I can see myself getting value-owned by is A7, although obviously she could occasionally have T9, 88, 85, etc.), not to mention she could call with worse hands like NFD, 43, 6x, etc. that might get sticky.

Hand 2: Hero has $2600 and villain covers. Good pro that I have no history with, but I know that he knows me *and* vice versa, opens in HJ to $35, CO calls, hero raises to $135 on BTN with AK, HJ raises to $375, CO folds, hero folds.

Nitty fold villain told me later he had AJ, I believe him. I don't think it's a terrible fold by any means (maybe it is, this is the hand I'm most uncertain about by far out of the five I posted) but yea pretty nitty given the dynamic.

Hand 3: Hero raises to $35 with AJ in MP, 1 caller on BTN. Villain is loose passive and EXTREMELY unexperienced (bet with an A on AK733r earlier, looked like a deer in headlights when called, showed the A, villain showed AQ, then he mucked the chop) and on the tighter side postflop. $1500 effective.

Flop Q32, pot $85
Hero bets $50, villain calls.

Turn K, pot $185
Hero bets $150, villain tanks and agonizingly calls.

River T, pot $485
Hero bets $350, villain tanks for a long time and folds.

I hate my river sizing here as his made hands that I'm trying to extract value from are heavily weighted towards Qx. I was already thinking in my head I was gonna go $350 on the river, but I was pretty sure I would be bluffing. Now that I actually binked, I prefer $200 or even just $150 again more against this guy who was kinda tight.

Hand 4: Very first hand at the table, I come in CO for free. Folds to me, I raise to $40 with KQJ3, everyone calls main villain is recreational looking mid-40's guy who I've never seen before.

Flop A74, pot $160
Checks to hero who bets $150, BTN calls, blinds fold.

Turn A, pot $460
Check/check.

River K, pot $460
Check, villain bets $200, hero folds.

Close spot. I obviously beat all draws, and I thought it was unlikely he would check behind turn with a boat which a recreational player typically would assume is vulnerable to overcards with Axxx. He later told me he had A4xx after he racked up, I tend to believe people in these spots but results are whatever anyway.

Hand 5: Folds to SB who raises to $30, hero calls with 9764 in BB. Villain is very splashy/gambly thinking player.

Flop A97, pot $60
Villain leads $60, hero calls.

Turn 3, pot $180
Villain leads $100 dark, hero calls.

River A, pot $380
Villain thinks for a bit and leads $200, hero raises to $600, villain folds.

River is close between a call or a raise. Folding was out of the question given the live poker intangibles. I think call is very slightly better. Raising can potentially get him off hands as strong as AKxx, but also might just lose an extra $400 to a hand like... AKxx. lol. Not really sure how he would react there with trips. I don't think this particular villain would button click bet river with KK-TT despite his splashy tendencies- against someone who would do that, definitely raise.

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Also had a guy at the $5/5 PLO straddling for $100+ for several orbits with $3k stack. This actually happened really frequently last year in 2013 (literally on a daily basis at the Bike, I'd say 5/7 days per week on average) so for some silly reason I never really gave it much thought, but in retrospect I suppose I was playing really high stakes pretty often (stack sizes never got too out of hand for me though). Nowadays I don't see it very often at all, so I regret taking the games in 2013 for granted.

I FINALLY WON GUYS IT'S A MIRACLE. Up $1700.

Wtg aesah :thumbsup:

Well they gotta let the gamboolers win once in a while to keep them in

♡

Good job, dude. 100 win streaks always start with 1

Just did the real escape game. Finished basically exactly on time, A++ experience if you like puzzles.

In other news, that win streak ended at 1

But you are back at 1 going for 2 now!

Hi guys I am hosting the CLP call ins today (Sunday) at 5:00 PM PST

Are prank calls encouraged as long as they're panda related?

FYP

Just finished recording, discussed some pretty useful NLHE info. It will be posted under the Crush Live Callins podcast, PM me if you want a code for a 1 month free subscription so you can listen.

overheard at the tables recently:

Story 1: Recreational player who just got busted out of the tournament is complaining about how he had an unlucky table draw with a really active professional that was running over the table. He said he shoved preflop with 20 big blinds with pocket 7's, and the professional called him in the big blind with 53o and hit two pair to bust him. He then informed us that the professional had been running over the table and busting people like that for hours.

Story 2: Guy tells this story. "so some guy asked me to borrow $250, he said he was an electrician and he gambled away all his money needed $250 to take a flight back home to Arizona and he had family there, and he would write me a check for $250. I gave him $250. The next day, I see him at the casino again and he told me he was really sorry, that he gambled away the $250 I gave him, and he really needed $250 more, and to give him the old check back and he would write a new one for $500. So I gave him $250 again. I tried to cash the check a week later and it bounced and I got fined by the bank for $30. A year later, I see the same guy, and he says he wishes he could pay me back, but he is completely broke and hasn't eaten in 48 hours and he asks me if he could borrow $500 to get back on his feet. I gave him $500, that was many years ago and I never saw him again."

Everyone else: "So, can I borrow $1000? I haven't eaten in 2 days."

Story 3: An older recreational player who I am on very friendly terms with is reminiscing with me about a casino reg who had been playing every day for years, and only recently stopped showing up to the casino. Story goes that his wife found out he was playing poker behind her back, and gave him the ultimatum to quit poker or lose her and he chose to quit poker.

I say, "well I liked the guy, but he deserves it. Something must be wrong if you have to lie to your wife on a daily basis."

My friend, who plays poker on a daily basis, says, "I've been happily married for 43 years and my wife has no idea I play poker".

ouch

Moral of the story: Standards beget deception. Demand nothing, and no one has to lie about failing you.

I swear I'll get that $500 back to you soon Aesah...

Hand 4 looks pretty easy fold to me. Closer if we have no flush blockers

Hand 5 is really marginal. Tough to say without much info on villain and how we are perceived. Against a splashy player I think a small raise is the best play. I would not expect him to fold AK given how the hand played out.

How come the PLO games are always amazing when you are at the bike

The whales bum hunt don clearly