--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote:
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> I used to play the 10-20 games at the Horseshoe and the Mirage. Of course you know that when you sit down in a game you either have to post a big blind or wait until the big blind gets to you....or you can wait until the blinds pass and post in 9th position, which most players do.
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> This rule of having to post or wait for the big blind was instituted because of a move by David Sklansky. Before the rule was instituted Sklansky would sit down in a game and look at cards until the big blind got to him. Then he would get up and look for an open seat at another table. When he found one he would again look at cards until the big blind got to him, then get up and look for a seat at another table, etc., etc. Sklansky never posted any blinds. LOL! When they got enough of his shenanigans they instituted the posting rule.
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This reminds me of something I used to do about ten years ago when Paradise Poker was going strong. It seemed like every morning at about 7:00 a.m. they would re-start the software. There would be a notice that a re-set was coming and to finish up your hands. Quickly, all the tables would shut down. The re-set would last for a few minutes. Well, I would try to be ready when it started up again to jump into the #2 Seat at the $20-40 game. Whenever they did this the button would automatically be placed back in Seat #1, at every table. When it started up again, the button would move into Seat #2, and become the button. So I'd take all the free hands I could get, and then cashout and go back to my $2-4 game, lol, when the blinds came. They did that almost every morning for ages. Yes, I know, shame on me for angle shooting. I must have been inspired by Sklansky's story. lol
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