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 Questions for the panel, mrbippy, 15. Aug 2003 13:53 | ||
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| Just some random questions. I didn't think these were appropriate for the "poker" section so here goes. Watching poker tourneys on the TV sometimes you will see a player use what I call "card caddies". I forget the names of the players but one had a little pyramid and another had a glass frog that they would place on top of their cards. A)Do any of y'all use one and if so what? I had read on UPF that smoking was recently banned in the poker room during the WSOP. A)Do most B&Ms have a no smoking policy? B)Does anyone feel that this gives an edge to non-smoking players? (Not entirely serious here but who knows) The set of most WPT events that you see on the tube looks like the set of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" with all the flashing lights and camera guys in yo face and what not. A)Does anyone know or has anyone heard how this may affect a contestants frame of mind and play if at all? Last one What does it take to become a professional dealer in LV or AC? Experienced only or do the train? Any thoughts are appreciated James AKA MrBippy | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, stdioh, 15. Aug 2003 14:07 | ||
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| > Watching poker tourneys on the TV sometimes you will see a player use what I > call "card caddies". I forget the names of the players but one had a little > pyramid and another had a glass frog that they would place on top of their > cards. > > A)Do any of y'all use one and if so what? Some rooms have a strict policy about putting any objects at all on the table. Others allow walkmans. If the rules are loose, a lot of players will use lucky charms and such to protect their hands, rather than putting a chip on top. Why do this? Well, it prevents the dealer from mucking your hand accidentally and it protects your hand from being declared dead if another player mucks his cards into yours. > I had read on UPF that smoking was recently banned in the poker room during the > WSOP. > > A)Do most B&Ms have a no smoking policy? Some do, some don't, and some have a smoking section and a NS section. > B)Does anyone feel that this gives an edge to non-smoking players? (Not > entirely serious here but who knows) Sure it does. I play in a nonsmoking room and a lot of smokers miss hands for which they have paid the blinds because they are out having a cigarette. Anything that costs them money pays me. It is a small edge, but it helps. It might also help that they aren't playing their best game becasue they don't have enough nicotine in their systems to concentrate. You miss out on tells that you might get off of the way a smoker smokes, but on the flipside of that, there are a lot of nervous things that smokers do when they get nervous and *don't* have a cigarette, such as putting their fingers up to their lips. > The set of most WPT events that you see on the tube looks like the set of "Who > Wants To Be A Millionaire" with all the flashing lights and camera guys in yo > face and what not. > > A)Does anyone know or has anyone heard how this may affect a contestants frame > of mind and play if at all? It would certainly affect me. I'd be so afraid of making a bad move and looking bad on television that I might not bluff when I should. Who knows? I don't think it would help my game. I'm pretty sure it would hurt it. > Last one > > What does it take to become a professional dealer in LV or AC? > Experienced only or do the train? I hear that there's a lot of demand for dealers right now ... there was a recent cardplayer article about it. But if you want to deal at a great cardroom, I'd imagine you would need some experience. The small places will train you. | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, spk, 15. Aug 2003 14:13 | ||
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| anybody who smokes in public shoud be castrated for the following reasons 1. your stupid, your paying money to slowly kill yourself. 2. your killing people around you with the second hand smoke 3. if your a hot chick, you have no chance of hooking up with me. | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, Frinky, 16. Aug 2003 08:19 | ||
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| Same goes for people who don't know the difference between "your" and "you're". | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, Para13, 25. Aug 2003 17:31 | ||
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| You sir, are a complete and total idiot! I pity your foolishness. This is a free country and poker is a game played in a free country. You never learned this in school did you? Give up poker son and join some commie-lib state health department/propaganda dept. DMJ on 15. Aug 2003 14:13 spk wrote: > anybody who smokes in public shoud be castrated for the following reasons > > 1. your stupid, your paying money to slowly kill yourself. > 2. your killing people around you with the second hand smoke > 3. if your a hot chick, you have no chance of hooking up with me. | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, stdioh, 28. Aug 2003 10:05 | ||
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| Agreed. Everybody should have the right to commit suicide on the installment plan. I'm against marketing cigarettes to children and I'm all for anti-smoking campaigns to raise awareness for the danger of smoking, but if anybody chooses to do it that is their business. And if it would keep them away from spk, I'll give cigarettes to my daughters :) | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, stdioh, 28. Aug 2003 10:04 | ||
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| Anybody who says "your stupid" should look up irony in the dictionary. | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, stdioh, 28. Aug 2003 10:06 | ||
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| *runs off to the 7-11 to buy cigarettes for daughters* | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, Andrew Wells, 15. Aug 2003 15:04 | ||
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| I sometimes use a hand carved wood turtle from Guatemala. | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, Jav, 15. Aug 2003 17:43 | ||
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| I have a token I usually bring in to protect my cards. It's just a silver coin about the size of a $1 casino coin. It's actually a commemorative coin made for a government project I worked on (why they made coins I don't know, but a customer gave it to me so what the hell). It's nothing special, but I prefer to use it to protect my cards over poker chips so I can keep all my chips together.. | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, Schuster, 15. Aug 2003 19:05 | ||
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| While we're on the topic, what is the average salary for a poker dealer? Seems that if someone were looking to go pro, getting a job as a dealer would be good for their game in that they could observe the games and think about it all day long and still have a dependable income. Lee | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, greg, 16. Aug 2003 15:47 | ||
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| on 15. Aug 2003 19:05 Schuster wrote: > While we're on the topic, what is the average salary for a poker dealer? Seems that > if someone were looking to go pro, getting a job as a dealer would be good for their > game in that they could observe the games and think about it all day long and still > have a dependable income. > > Lee there's a small section in Poker Nation about the life of a dealer and doesn't make it sound too appealing. | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, stdioh, 28. Aug 2003 10:07 | ||
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| Actually, dealers are notoriously bad poker players. I think that the problem is that there are a lot of really bad things done at the tables routinely and a dealer sitting there who isn't already a good player is going to be ill-educated. | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, Squaliform, 29. Aug 2003 02:34 | ||
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| I agree, there is a big difference from watching all day compared to playing all day. Watching average players play bad all day won't improve your game. If you caddied for me all the time in golf that wouldn't make you as good as Tiger Woods. Although, some people say that I remind them of Tiger. | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, Big_Slick, 16. Aug 2003 18:38 | ||
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| Watching poker tourneys on the TV sometimes you will see a player use what I call "card caddies". I forget the names of the players but one had a little pyramid and another had a glass frog that they would place on top of their cards. A)Do any of y'all use one and if so what? I have a Beretta 9mm that I put over my cards. Never had a dealer scoop them up by accident once. Works great. | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, e-babes, 16. Aug 2003 18:53 | ||
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| I use to do that but no more. Hard to take a person seriously. And the little hooky dooky does not look good with a short stack of chips. I do cover my cards with a chip though....for protection of the cards. | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, LJH, 16. Aug 2003 19:10 | ||
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| E-BABES, I LIKE HOOKIE DOOKIES(CORRECT SPELLING) BECAUSE THEY REMIND ME TO TAKE MY SMART PILLS. WITHOUT MY PILLS MY BRAIN FALLS ASLEEP. MINE IS RED AND GREEN WHICH ARE MY SCHOOL COLORS. LJH | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, 4 POKER, 16. Aug 2003 19:14 | ||
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| You're the best LJH! | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, Squaliform, 28. Aug 2003 18:59 | ||
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| I use a 30lb medicine ball. | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, Squaliform, 28. Aug 2003 18:56 | ||
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| Hey donkey, If you want lung cancer then smoke up in your own house. Stop crying because you can't spread the negative side effects from your addiction. I think banning smoking is the best thing that happened to poker rooms. Squaliform | ||
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| Re: Questions for the panel, stdioh, 2. Sep 2003 08:22 | ||
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| Yeah right. Smoking causes cancer. Next you're going to suggest that Nyquil causes drowsiness. Sheesh :) | ||
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