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 master one, or more ?, tortilla matt, 18. Jul 2003 06:12 | ||
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| how much can mastering another game (non-poker) benifit your poker game and is it worth the time ? | ||
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| Re: master one, or more ?, Wren, 18. Jul 2003 07:11 | ||
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| I think that anything that requires you think logically, use psychology, strategize and/or estimate probabilities will potentially help your poker game. You don't have to master another game, but it certainly helps to be able to think well about different tough situations. | ||
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| Re: master one, or more ?, guinessman, 18. Jul 2003 07:28 | ||
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| I found that the hours of play during work time of the simple game of Hearts on a PC greatly helped my ability to keep track of cards in 7 Stud. Guinessman | ||
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| Re: master one, or more ?, philly, 18. Jul 2003 11:15 | ||
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| If your interested in a game that will help develope your sense of strategy and forethought, I reccomend playing chess. You can play online at yahoo and many other places. | ||
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| Re: master one, or more ?, stdioh, 18. Jul 2003 12:30 | ||
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| A number of poker players are solid backgammon players. Backgammon is the ultimate game of measuring pot odds because you have a complete board in front of you and a half pot sized raise to ponder. Basically, you are playing for $X and either player can excercise the option to double the bet (raise half pot) and you can either call or fold. If you call, only you have the option of raising next. This basically means that you are looking at the board and trying to figure your probability of winning vs. making the call, but you also have implied odds in terms of your chances of turning things around into a highly favourable situation for you and being able to make a half pot sized bet yourself. Andy Glazer started out as a backgammon player, and Patti Beadles (the one he put a bad beat on in the WSOP this year) is too. If memory serves, a large number of the big poker players dabble in backgammon and I think that the two use the same sort of thinking. | ||
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