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Finished with Poker

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Friday, 12 October 2007, at 8:26 p.m.

In Response To: Finished with Poker (Stanley E. Richards)

Also, as I began to understand the economics of poker, I recognized that it would be impossible to win at this game unless one was willing to establish a sizeable bankroll towards poker. The variations of poker are also maddening. A certain personality is required to tolerate the wild runs of good and bad luck in poker. You can play poker very well and lose seven straight days or more. This does not happen in backgammon. The variations are simply not that great in backgammon.

Not sure I understand/agree.

What do you think your edge is in an hour's play at poker? What do you think your edge is in an hour's worth of backgammon?

What size stakes were you playing at poker? What size stakes do you play for at BG?

Messages In This Thread

• Finished with Poker
  Stanley E. Richards -- Friday, 12 October 2007, at 8:17 p.m.
  • Finished with Poker
    Chuck Bower -- Friday, 12 October 2007, at 8:26 p.m.
    • Backgammon vs Poker bankroll calculations
      Stanley E. Richards -- Saturday, 13 October 2007, at 5:08 a.m.
      • Backgammon vs Poker bankroll calculations
        Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 13 October 2007, at 2:07 p.m.
        • Backgammon vs Poker bankroll calculations
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 13 October 2007, at 4:05 p.m.
        • Backgammon vs Poker bankroll calculations
          Stanley E. Richards -- Saturday, 13 October 2007, at 7:10 p.m.
          • Backgammon vs Poker bankroll calculations
            Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 13 October 2007, at 8:37 p.m.
            • Backgammon vs Poker bankroll calculations
              Stanley E. Richards -- Sunday, 14 October 2007, at 12:56 a.m.
              • Backgammon vs Poker bankroll calculations
                Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 14 October 2007, at 2:02 a.m.
          • Formatting Tables
            tem_sat -- Saturday, 13 October 2007, at 10:20 p.m.
            • Formatting Tables
              Stick -- Sunday, 14 October 2007, at 3:33 a.m.
      • Backgammon vs Poker bankroll calculations
        Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 13 October 2007, at 5:20 p.m.
        • Backgammon vs Poker bankroll calculations
          Stick -- Saturday, 13 October 2007, at 5:27 p.m.
          • Backgammon vs Poker bankroll calculations
            Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 13 October 2007, at 5:49 p.m.
        • Backgammon vs Poker bankroll calculations
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 14 October 2007, at 3:52 a.m.
      • Stanley's table
        Stick -- Sunday, 14 October 2007, at 7:02 p.m.
        • Backgammon SD (was Stanley's table)
          Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 21 October 2007, at 6:07 a.m.
          • Reviewing: Response later ("nt") *NM*
            Stanley E. Richards -- Sunday, 21 October 2007, at 11:34 p.m.
  • Finished with Poker
    Stick -- Friday, 12 October 2007, at 10:40 p.m.
  • Finished with Poker
    happyjuggler0 -- Saturday, 13 October 2007, at 1:57 a.m.
  • Finished with Poker
    rew -- Saturday, 13 October 2007, at 9:31 a.m.
    • Finished with Poker
      Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 13 October 2007, at 1:14 p.m.
      • Finished with Poker
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 13 October 2007, at 4:07 p.m.
        • Finished with Poker
          Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 13 October 2007, at 4:22 p.m.
    • Finished with Poker
      Stick -- Sunday, 14 October 2007, at 6:28 p.m.
  • Finished with Poker
    Jim Allen -- Saturday, 13 October 2007, at 5:16 p.m.
    • Finished with Poker
      Stick -- Sunday, 14 October 2007, at 6:17 p.m.
      • Finished with Poker
        Stanley E. Richards -- Monday, 15 October 2007, at 9:56 p.m.
  • a few questions...
    Klaus Evers -- Sunday, 14 October 2007, at 7:47 p.m.
    • a few questions...
      Stanley E. Richards -- Thursday, 18 October 2007, at 6:16 p.m.
      • a question
        Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 18 October 2007, at 7:33 p.m.
        • a question
          Stanley E. Richards -- Friday, 19 October 2007, at 3:03 a.m.