re: The craziest/best poker call I've ever seen (270k pot)

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You can throw 5 grand on the high low on a craps table and win Its a horrendous bet Thats what gambling is

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Yea, you’re playing against the house in that scenario and the house has an edge. In poker, you’re playing against other players.

I wish he had been in Garrett's seat

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And sure, she said she thought he may have ace high (which doesn’t make sense) but she also said she was didn’t have shite and was only calling to see if he was bluffing or not. That at least makes some sense to me. Especially if she thinks he’s gotten away with bluffs before (which I think I remember her saying).

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Even if she’s certain he’s bluffing she’s still losing to almost every reasonable hand he can have. It’s very bizarre.

If she’s calling just for the hell of it I can see that being frustrating for almost $200k

I don’t know about cheating but that’s probably one of the worst calls I’ve ever seen that actually worked out. It’s at least interesting. Not sure why there’s a bunch of people who admit to never playing poker being insistent upon it not being an interesting hand to discuss.

People don’t make plays that dumb on $1-$3 tables or .25 home games or even play money games online but yet people want to rationalize this play for over $100,000. She isn’t some noob idiot player. She has tournament cashes dating back over 5 years.

This seems like a silly argument going on here.

Poker is a game of chance yes, but you can greatly increase or reduce your chances of winning by making the right decisions based on the information you have at hand. What differentiates the pros is the amount of info they’re able to absorb and process over somebody that’s an amateur. Also, if they’re playing with other pros they assume these people will follow similar processes in their decision making.

The mistake Garret made was assuming that she would make the right decision. The fact is he was pushing her AI with a draw rather than calling to see another card…after she called and raised….could be seen as dumb too (although within reason).

Like I said before, bitching because somebody counters your brilliant move with something stupid ….and then wins…:makes you look like a whiny bitch.

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All isn’t equal. Everyone’s skill level is different. There’s no billionaire garbage men either, does that make your profession less important?

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Garbage men do not get paid based on the radnom drawing of cards

So this makes no sense

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luck.

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There’s no billionaire garbage men either,

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Do garbage men have the ability to win or lose infinite amounts of money based on how many cans they dump or something?

You poker bro overlords are getting progressively worse at this.

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does that make your profession less important?

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And now your whining about poker being a profession

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I’m not deflecting at all. I did answer the question

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Yes you are. No you didn’t.

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I’ve also said in that post just because there’s chance component in the game doesn’t mean it’s just a game of chance. Poker is a skill based game with chance component. There’s a lot of variance involved. Even the best players in the world lose 25-35% of their sessions.

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This is you talking about entire games or more and not single hands, again.

This is you deflecting, again.

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You poker bro overlords keep trying to sneak this in there and it’s just not going to happen.

This wasnt multiple times. This was 1 time. Stop failing at deflecting and answer.

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you think someone is denying she won the hand. I'm saying it was a terrible call because it was