In Response to Re: What WOULD they say if this happened on Sky Poker? : Lol. I could have put it more succintly, I suppose. Why indulge in a game - something, by definition, designed for enjoyment - if you are gonna moan about it? I know how many beans make five but that one whooshes me completely. If I dislike a game, I just don't play it..... Posted by Tikay10
In Response to Re: What WOULD they say if this happened on Sky Poker? : I totally agree with you Tikay. By the way is the answer six? Steve Posted by Kiwini4u
In Response to Re: What WOULD they say if this happened on Sky Poker? : For a 9-handed table you have to divide the odds by the number of ways of choosing 3 hands from 9. There are 84 ways of doing this - you will have to trust me on that. (I can show how that is worked out but nobody is interested - I'm 99.9% sure of that :-) ). Therefore the odds on a 9-handed table are: 111,666 to 1. Note: I have excluded any issues with any of the other 6 players holding one of the same cards as our three paired players just to keep this sensible. Posted by MereNovice
You must have a maths degree, my head is splitting just trying to follow it!
In Response to Re: What WOULD they say if this happened on Sky Poker? : Dunno - we have Mere Novice on the case. Posted by Tikay10
Extensive research leads me to believe that the answer is "bean, bean, bean & a half, half a bean & a bean" but I could be wrong. As always, I'm happy to be corrected.
I also heard that the answer is 4 since one of them is a has-been.
In Response to Re: What WOULD they say if this happened on Sky Poker? : Extensive research leads me to believe that the answer is "bean, bean, bean & a half, half a bean & a bean" but I could be wrong. As always, I'm happy to be corrected. I also heard that the answer is 4 since one of them is a has-been. Posted by MereNovice
Baldrick told me the answer was some beans 2 beans plus 2 beans = some beans.
*Anyone who likes blackadder will hopefully get that :-)*
I genuinely think that this is an incredibly potent discussion, and one that needs proper reflection. The central issue here (to me, at least), is all about attitude and responsibility.
A far wiser man than me, once uttered that 'attitude determines altitude', and there's a lot in that simple epithet.
Similarly, Henry Ford famously quoted that 'The man that thought they could, and the man that thought they couldn't, were both right'. Apparently, women hadn't been invented back then, but the man had a very good point nonetheless.
Poker is definitely a reflection of life, and that's what makes it so engaging. If you get knocked down; just learn from the experience and get back up again. It really is that simple. Poker is a game of incomplete information, so if you aren't adult enough to accept that occasionally, an inferior starting hand could beat you, then you really ought to switch to Buckaroo.
As a nation, I'm concerned that many of us are are too willing to offload the responsibility of our failures onto other sources, which is wrong. Some people are glass-half-full-merchants, and others are glass-half-empty. Me? Well if I've got any kind of vessel that will hold liquid, then I really can't smile wide enough. I suggest you do the same... Even when your pocket Aces get cracked.
Celebrate your mistakes and grow bigger and better from them. Mistakes are wonderful things.
Blimey, I haven't even started drinking yet... That all got a bit serious...
And THAT, Mr FlutNush, may be the best Post ever on the Sky Poker Community.
When I see the folks getting uppity about an outdraw, & searching around for someone to blame - "ooh, let's blame the software" - I always think of the Kipling poem, "If".
Poker can be a harsh game, & I have the utmost respect for those who handle their defeats well.
".....Poker is definitely a reflection of life, and that's what makes it so engaging. If you get knocked down; just learn from the experience and get back up again. It really is that simple. Poker is a game of incomplete information, so if you aren't adult enough to accept that occasionally, an inferior starting hand could beat you, then you really ought to switch to Buckaroo.
As a nation, I'm concerned that many of us are are too willing to offload the responsibility of our failures onto other sources, which is wrong......"
This is my 1st post on here.......so please dont eat me alive! I have read this thread with a lot of interest and found some of it very enlighting. I have to admit that sometimes i am a bit of a 'moaner' on bad beats, favouring the big stack or just sometimes not believing a MTT on line can finish in its alloted TV time so easily. However , i feel that i can now, thanks to some good points above, put some of the synic behind me and have a more positive approach to this site and other poker sites.
Oh, winning a £750 B/H last nite and taking 10 heads helped aswell!!!!!.......lol.
But on a serious note, can some one point me in the right direction to get help on 'loading' the torneys when they start. About 8 outta 10 times my PC freezes so i miss the start as i have to re boot. Sorry for a techy question on here but i am sure TK will not mind (?)
And THAT, Mr FlutNush, may be the best Post ever on the Sky Poker Community. When I see the folks getting uppity about an outdraw, & searching around for someone to blame - "ooh, let's blame the software" - I always think of the Kipling poem, "If". Poker can be a harsh game, & I have the utmost respect for those who handle their defeats well. Posted by Tikay10
Tk i know you prefer the british pro's to the yanks but have you seen tom durrr dwan play on tv? if not you will like him a true gent after a bad beat also a world class player to boot its funny that hellmuth is exactly double his age and look at the difference lol.
Som1 decides to make a bad stack off with Jacks on QQ5 flop vs Kings and this is what a typical skypoker railbird types...
BERNIE /> typical sky set up BERNIE /> the flops on here never in a million lJAMESl /> w t f lol lJAMESl /> how was tht a setup BERNIE /> jj kk qq aa BERNIE /> just got called i had aa BERNIE /> flop aj q BERNIE /> gues wot] lJAMESl /> thts poker??? BERNIE /> never in a millio odds ridiculous BERNIE /> no thats a fiddle BERNIE /> my freind BERNIE /> not once but every time BERNIE /> so that tells me something smells BERNIE /> i left the site before obviously till the same BERNIE /> still
Seriously where is the hidden camera this is sheer comedy, everyone cries about the most standard hands lol
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By the way is the answer six?
Steve
I also heard that the answer is 4 since one of them is a has-been.
I genuinely think that this is an incredibly potent discussion, and one that needs proper reflection. The central issue here (to me, at least), is all about attitude and responsibility.
A far wiser man than me, once uttered that 'attitude determines altitude', and there's a lot in that simple epithet.
Similarly, Henry Ford famously quoted that 'The man that thought they could, and the man that thought they couldn't, were both right'. Apparently, women hadn't been invented back then, but the man had a very good point nonetheless.
Poker is definitely a reflection of life, and that's what makes it so engaging. If you get knocked down; just learn from the experience and get back up again. It really is that simple. Poker is a game of incomplete information, so if you aren't adult enough to accept that occasionally, an inferior starting hand could beat you, then you really ought to switch to Buckaroo.
As a nation, I'm concerned that many of us are are too willing to offload the responsibility of our failures onto other sources, which is wrong. Some people are glass-half-full-merchants, and others are glass-half-empty. Me? Well if I've got any kind of vessel that will hold liquid, then I really can't smile wide enough. I suggest you do the same... Even when your pocket Aces get cracked.
Celebrate your mistakes and grow bigger and better from them. Mistakes are wonderful things.
Blimey, I haven't even started drinking yet... That all got a bit serious...
And THAT, Mr FlutNush, may be the best Post ever on the Sky Poker Community.
When I see the folks getting uppity about an outdraw, & searching around for someone to blame - "ooh, let's blame the software" - I always think of the Kipling poem, "If".
Poker can be a harsh game, & I have the utmost respect for those who handle their defeats well.
It has got to be one of the greatest points i have ever read
I quote, in particular, this by FlutNush.
".....Poker is definitely a reflection of life, and that's what makes it so engaging. If you get knocked down; just learn from the experience and get back up again. It really is that simple. Poker is a game of incomplete information, so if you aren't adult enough to accept that occasionally, an inferior starting hand could beat you, then you really ought to switch to Buckaroo.
As a nation, I'm concerned that many of us are are too willing to offload the responsibility of our failures onto other sources, which is wrong......"
I think I love that man.
I have read this thread with a lot of interest and found some of it very enlighting. I have to admit that sometimes i am a bit of a 'moaner' on bad beats, favouring the big stack or just sometimes not believing a MTT on line can finish in its alloted TV time so easily. However , i feel that i can now, thanks to some good points above, put some of the synic behind me and have a more positive approach to this site and other poker sites.
Oh, winning a £750 B/H last nite and taking 10 heads helped aswell!!!!!.......lol.
But on a serious note, can some one point me in the right direction to get help on 'loading' the torneys when they start. About 8 outta 10 times my PC freezes so i miss the start as i have to re boot. Sorry for a techy question on here but i am sure TK will not mind (?)
Completely agree, quality post Flut, the two quotes are brilliant aswell.
Oh, and judging by Tikay's last comment, you better get your coat too, cos you've definitely pulled. 8- />
BERNIE /> typical sky set up
BERNIE /> the flops on here never in a million
lJAMESl /> w t f lol
lJAMESl /> how was tht a setup
BERNIE /> jj kk qq aa
BERNIE /> just got called i had aa
BERNIE /> flop aj q
BERNIE /> gues wot]
lJAMESl /> thts poker???
BERNIE /> never in a millio odds ridiculous
BERNIE /> no thats a fiddle
BERNIE /> my freind
BERNIE /> not once but every time
BERNIE /> so that tells me something smells
BERNIE /> i left the site before obviously till the same
BERNIE /> still
Seriously where is the hidden camera this is sheer comedy, everyone cries about the most standard hands lol