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07-30-2017 , 01:36 PM

#6526

albedoa

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Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,424

Man, there's a lot to unpack there.

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07-30-2017 , 01:40 PM

#6527

refinedsugar

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 562

Cliffs;

V proud of running $27 up to $800 thru bad opponents and a suckout.

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07-30-2017 , 01:51 PM

#6528

chillrob

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 22,625

Quote:

Originally Posted by refinedsugar

Cliffs;

V proud of running $27 up to $800 thru bad opponents and a suckout.

Cliffs of cliffs;

So, not bad having been down to $27.

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07-30-2017 , 05:55 PM

#6529

ByeByeJoe

journeyman

Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 218

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Originally Posted by chillrob

^ Huh?

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07-30-2017 , 05:57 PM

#6530

Kelvis

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Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 8,737

So in other words the absurd thinking going on is that it is not impressive to go from $27 to $800.

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07-30-2017 , 07:16 PM

#6531

King Spew

Just average

Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 15,535

Kinda absurd this got any traction

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07-31-2017 , 12:43 AM

#6532

SpewingIsMyMove

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Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 3,534

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelvis

So in other words the absurd thinking going on is that it is not impressive to go from $27 to $800.

Maybe the absurd thinking is that you shouldn't be happy exploiting bad players?

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07-31-2017 , 01:39 AM

#6533

dogarse

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Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 3,994

Quote:

Originally Posted by refinedsugar

1/2, guy announces to table that's he's leaving soon. Someone makes a comment about his healthy $800 stack. He says "yeah not bad having been down to $27".

He came over from another table with a full stack. Sat and got it in bad one hand, crippling him. Didn't rebuy. Built it back up against a drunk shoving ATC to his direct right and a bad player calling off way too light donating to his direct left. Plus a river suckout vs me for $150. I quietly laugh during his speech as he gets colored up and leaves.

Pretty sure if the bolded part wasn't true this post never gets made.

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07-31-2017 , 02:13 AM

#6534

Nitchka'sDad

adept

Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 995

Quote:

Originally Posted by refinedsugar

1/2, guy announces to table that's he's leaving soon. Someone makes a comment about his healthy $800 stack. He says "yeah not bad having been down to $27".

He came over from another table with a full stack. Sat and got it in bad one hand, crippling him. Didn't rebuy. Built it back up against a drunk shoving ATC to his direct right and a bad player calling off way too light donating to his direct left. Plus a river suckout vs me for $150. I quietly laugh during his speech as he gets colored up and leaves.

How much of that $150 was you paying him off after the draw got there?

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07-31-2017 , 01:03 PM

#6535

refinedsugar

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 562

My point was he got his stack up against really crappy opponents. It wasn't skill. Hence I think the sick brag was absurd.

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Originally Posted by Nitchka'sDad

How much of that $150 was you paying him off after the draw got there?

$0. He chased pf and two streets while behind not getting odds, I bet aggressively. He rivered his card, went check check.

/ thread derail

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07-31-2017 , 01:08 PM

#6536

Lord_Crispen

old hand

Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,205

Quote:

Originally Posted by refinedsugar

My point was he got his stack up against really crappy opponents. It wasn't skill. Hence I think the sick brag was absurd.

So you're saying there was a huge skill differential? But it wasn't skill?

Look, I see where you think you are coming from, but with ANY skill differential, running up $20 into $800+ at a poker table is still something you don't see very often and the guy pointing out the unlikeliness of the scenario as "hey, that's pretty neat" isn't the same as him bragging and saying "I'm so god damn good at poker, holy **** look at me crush these clowns".

You are the absurd one here.

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07-31-2017 , 01:14 PM

#6537

refinedsugar

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Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 562

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Originally Posted by Lord_Crispen

You are the absurd one here.

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07-31-2017 , 02:32 PM

#6538

Lord_Crispen

old hand

Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,205

Just ignore the slew of responses your post got and continue thinking that you're right. :thumbsup:

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07-31-2017 , 02:40 PM

#6539

chillrob

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Didn't sound like a brag to me.

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07-31-2017 , 03:11 PM

#6540

BDHarrison

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Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 4,532

Quote:

Originally Posted by refinedsugar

My point was he got his stack up against really crappy opponents. It wasn't skill. Hence I think the sick brag was absurd.

It wouldn't have been impressive if he hadn't gotten that last $150 against that one idiot.

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07-31-2017 , 03:32 PM

#6541

SpewingIsMyMove

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 3,534

I am collecting poker definitions. I got a new one in this thread

Sick brag - "yeah not bad having been down to $27"

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07-31-2017 , 05:01 PM

#6542

SetofJacks

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Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,378

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpewingIsMyMove

I am collecting poker definitions. I got a new one in this thread

Sick brag - "yeah not bad having been down to $27"

We need a new poker term for "being significantly better than your opponents," as skill apparently does not cover that.

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08-01-2017 , 05:47 PM

#6543

Fore

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Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 4,079

Quote:

Originally Posted by BDHarrison

It wouldn't have been impressive if he hadn't gotten that last $150 against that one idiot.

Sure. $27 to $650 is so much less than $27 to $800.

He sucked out chasing on one hand as part of a very nice heater. Guess what, variance aka luck is part of poker on any given hand. That doesn't deprecate what was done. With or without that one hand a quarter to two full buy ins ain't half bad

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08-01-2017 , 10:06 PM

#6544

ByeByeJoe

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Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 218

I was playing a table full of nits last weekend but the table was friendly and lots of the guys were talking. One of the nits limps in the CO with a good hand and after the hand I ask why he didn't raise and he responds "I didn't like my position".

My response was something like, if you don't like your position i guess you shouldn't. The guy beside couldn't keep quiet though and started making fun of him.

I know this isn't that absurd, but it's better than the previous 15 or so posts

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08-01-2017 , 10:31 PM

#6545

Lord_Crispen

old hand

Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,205

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fore

He was taking a shot at the guy. It wasn't a serious post.

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08-02-2017 , 09:32 AM

#6546

Noles1724

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Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 469

Quote:

Originally Posted by ByeByeJoe

I was playing a table full of nits last weekend but the table was friendly and lots of the guys were talking. One of the nits limps in the CO with a good hand and after the hand I ask why he didn't raise and he responds "I didn't like my position".

My response was something like, if you don't like your position i guess you shouldn't. The guy beside couldn't keep quiet though and started making fun of him.

I know this isn't that absurd, but it's better than the previous 15 or so posts

I can respect the effort!

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08-02-2017 , 04:56 PM

#6547

Avaritia

Confirmed 2500 hour haver

Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 12,248

Quote:

Originally Posted by ByeByeJoe

One of the nits limps in the CO with a good hand and after the hand I told him nice hand and then went back to talking about sports/women/weather/anything but poker strategy.
Another guy started to make fun of his limp but i quieted him down with a well timed needle

fyp

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08-02-2017 , 05:20 PM

#6548

Angrist

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Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 3,887

Politics. If you really want to deflect a conversation away from poker strategy and the better topics of women, table games, or sports doesn't work ... bring up politics. Someone will have a strong differing opinion from almost any position and an argument can start, or they'll agree and you can circlejerk about it.

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08-02-2017 , 05:26 PM

#6549

teddyrowe9

old hand

Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,432

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angrist

Once I was at a tournament table and I don't remember if it was to change the topic or liven up the table, but some younger dude just blurts out "So what's everyone's opinion on abortion?"

I think I was the only one who laughed, but I thought it was hilarious.