From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2005-03-19T01:49:39+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Texas Hold'Em (#24)

Francis Hwang wrote:
> 
> On Mar 18, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Ruby Quiz wrote:
> 
>> YOU: Okay, I was going ask what character to use for 10, but I guess 
>> 'T' is it.
> 
> 
> T is what people usually use for 10 when discussing the hands online.
> 
>> YOU: Why he stayed in with only the 4 and 2 of diamonds? That's just...
> 
> 
> This is a bit of didacticism nobody wants, but: 42s is a pretty lousy 
> starting hand, but maybe:
> 
> 1. You're in the button or one off, late position makes a lot of 
> marginal hands playable.
> 2. You were in the big blind and nobody bet over the blind, or you were 
> in the little blind, and you figured that the small amount you'd have to 
> pay to see the flop would be worth it.
> 3. You're on an exceptionally loose-passive table, so maybe you won't 
> have to pay much to draw to a flush or low straight, and when you do 
> nail your hand you'll be able to raise to make your bet payoff. These 
> tables do happen, though if you're being televised, your opponents are 
> probably all better players than this ...
> 4. Or maybe you're going in with the occasional pure, ludicrous bluff, 
> hoping to show terrible cards at the end to advertise the fact that 
> you're looser than you actually are.

That is the most amazing domain-specific reply I have ever seen.

So Mr. Lafcadio is also a cardsharp? Who'd have guessed...


Hal