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To: jpl

Nobody really plays poker better than anybody else.

It is, at least mathematically, like betting on coin flips.

He just got the more favorable coin flips.


9 posted on 11/01/2012 5:37:38 PM PDT by FoxPro
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To: FoxPro

It’s something like betting on coin flips in head-to-head poker, but there are enough additional elements to the game to make skill a large factor. Otherwise, to paraphrase “Rounders”, we wouldn’t see the same guys make it to the final table of the World Series year after year.


14 posted on 11/01/2012 6:16:55 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: FoxPro

Sorry, but this just isn’t true. While luck is definitely a big factor, especially in the short term, over the course of the very long haul the most skilled players who make the right decisions most often rise to the top.


17 posted on 11/01/2012 6:50:35 PM PDT by jpl (The government spent another half a million bucks in the time it just took you to read this tagline.)
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To: FoxPro

“Nobody really plays poker better than anybody else.

It is, at least mathematically, like betting on coin flips.

He just got the more favorable coin flips.”

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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln


18 posted on 11/01/2012 7:22:56 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: FoxPro
Nobody really plays poker better than anybody else.
It is, at least mathematically, like betting on coin flips.
He just got the more favorable coin flips.

With that attitude, you will be welcome at any poker game.

22 posted on 11/02/2012 11:43:32 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend)
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To: FoxPro

LOL... wanna play poker tonight?


23 posted on 11/02/2012 11:48:04 AM PDT by Libertarian4Bush (if you voted for obama, I have no respect for you. you're either a loser or a sucker. sorry!)
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