If you could change one thing...

[Julie]

If you could change one rule in NL HE - what would it be?

Mine would be that a 7/2 os beats a Royal Flush!

LOL

:silly:

[senatorwu1]

I agree, it's pretty much the only thing it won't beat though!

[honey_comb1]

I would take out all the 2's...


Sing it with me!
what are they good for!... absolutely NOTHIN! hummmp oh yeah!! what are they good for ... absolutely NOTHIN! HUM HUM...:dancinman :dancinman :dancinman :dancinman :dancinman :dancinman :rockon: say it again..

[carmelcarole]

I would like to make pocket Aces always the highest hand :rolleyes:

[patchespal]

i would make drawing to a 22 to 1 shot a felony , 6 months and a $5,000 fine
(well only if you hit it against me) .... otherwise np.... ;)

[Wid1965]

To have the option of preventing the river card from being turned :) especially when i have a lock at the time :)

[Julie]

Or to have those flukey river rats banned from your table!

:silly:

[xenophon20x]

after spending four hours in a tourney...being the 15 player out of 2000, and just the one eliminated before the pay structure....id like the opportunity to rethink my move.....yeahhhhhh right :cry:

[Krycke77]

No the thing I hate in HE is the River... (When you don't need it)

It should be a rule that made the one that goes all in to decide if he wants the river or not :cool: :cool:

[witchmdo]

i would like to be able to take a player by his or her neck and ring it a few times, or just put my heel up their ***. :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :dance: :devil: :devil: :devil:

[TechManPKR]

Mute the chat of all players that point out how stupid it was for a player to draw to a set on the River against to 2 Pair - I want them in the next time!!

Let my "NH" be the final word...LOL not "What was nice about it!! They should have folded at the flop with 3 over cards on the board"

Please no teaching the fish new tricks..

TechMan

[Thaddaeus]

Yes, my rule would be to ban criticism of bad players in the chat box. Don't let them know they're playing bad! I want it to continue. Give me the river monkeys, the calling stations, maniacs, people who call a big pre-flop raise with J 5 os, etc. I want them all playing because it will make me money. Every time I get rivered by someone making incorrect calls on the flop turn and river, I know it will just make me more money in the long run. If I'm making correct decisions betting into them, and they're making a mistake calling on poor odds hoping to bust me, more power to them because I will win in the long run and they will go broke. It's very frustrating at times and my bankroll will swing all over the place but the worse the player, the happier I am. Don't correct their play!

Thad

[marco45]

I WOULD,
like there to be a rule if a player bluffs and wins his cards are shown :dance:

[Al N Smithee]

There should be a House Bonus in NL HE whereever it is played for anyone that hit a SEVEN (7) CARD, ULTIMATE ROYAL FLUSH - suited 8,9,10,J,Q,K,A - (All the Aristocracy and two footmen (8,9)) using ALL the cards available on the board and winner's pocket.

A SEMI-Ultimate Straight Flush would get 1/10 the bonus for 7 card suited sequences that had less than the Ace for the high end.

You might even be able to 'wrap' the sequences, for example - suited J,Q,K,A,2,3,4 - for the Poker Playing Computer Geeks with a 5.0 (percent) share of the bonus awarded.

Should we rewrite Poker Herstory*?

*Attempt at giving common terms 'politically correct' equal time. Himicane is another example. But then again this is for another thread . . .

[OCVI]

Granted, this has nothing to do with poker, but....

That whole 'herstory' thing (I've seen others use the term) is ridiculous - the word history does not derive from the combination of "his" and "story." It's not like the PC version of the term "Man" as in the species, being corrected to "Human." Really pisses me off when i see people use that "herstory" term, even though it's commonly being used today.

Of course, the piece of jargon i hate most is when people use "disrespecting" (as a verb). You don't "be disrespecting" someone, you SHOW DISRESPECT towards them! :mad:

Sorry that none of that had anything to do with poker!

[Al N Smithee]

The 'herstory' was tongue-in-cheek. I think it is ridiculous too. :roflmao:

But the topic was about revisions for a thing that doesn't need fixing, ala changes to NL HE that folks would like to see. So I also included a shot at a favorite penchant of people who like to revise things for seemingly social conscience benefit that sometimes borders on disrespecting our intelligence.

Though one could rightly argue that a more accurate title for Bill Clinton's book would be 'Living HerStory', as Hillary is undoubtedly the man behind the man.

So just kidding there, guy. Don't have a hersterectomy over it.

See you at the tables. You can have your revenge out on me there. THAT WILL have to do with POKER. Good cards to you.

[honey_comb1]

Well then!! .... if we have to keep the 2's in the deck, then I say we call them


twosherectomys :rolleyes: because that's usually what they do to me!!!:cry:


Thanks Alnsmitheeeee!:happy: :roflmao: :roflmao:

[Al N Smithee]

It is easy to deduce that you don't like 'da' duece. That every deck of cards has exactly four too many two's in it. But then, Honey, there would be only 48 cards in your deck and you know what that means you wouldn't be playing with . . .

So here is a suggestion that I sometimes use . . . whenever you see a pair of 2's in your hand play them like they were AAces. But you must do it convincingly. You can't see dueces because it will show, you must see AAces. Twos = Aces, it is that simple. No one will know they are ducks because if they've played you before they already know how you play your AAces. They will know that is what you have. This play is especially effective when an Ace comes on the flop, with one slight proviso: that they don't have wired AAces. Because, they also know how many cards are in the deck.

You may have to abandon your shot at the Academy Award if you think someone has a pocket pair that tripped with the board (unless your 3rd Ace is also on the board) or if the board contains two Aces and you think there is a possibility that someone may have a pocket A and either like their kicker or be willing to split the pot with you. Meryl Streep couldn't get half the pot under those conditions because she too would eventually have to turn those cards over.

Anyway, just a friendly suggestion. Use with caution, but it will work. As with any strategy, it won't work all the time. I also don't guarantee that it will work without taking some hits. Especially, at tables where folks have a tendency to stay in beyond their hand strength. But, playing your dueces like AAces with the better players will yeild you some surprising results more often than you can now imagine.

When you do use it, do it like you believe it. Because if you can't convince yourself, why would you then expect anyone else to be convinced? In the immortal words of George Costanza, 'It isn't a lie if you believe it'.

You can win with wired dueces if you are convincing enough to pass them off as the AAces in your pocket . . . and, of course that no one seated at your table has read this post. :spade:2 :heart:2 :diamond:2 :club:2

[honey_comb1]

:waytogo: Thank you for the suggestion I will use it wisely.

Funny thing happened on my way to a win yesterday actually. I got quads on dueces shortly after that post of mine. :silly: I slow played them from the flop. Funny looking at 2 in my hand and 2 on the flop they sure did resemble Aces at the time. So does this mean YOU will always think I have Aces in my mitten when we are playing if you see dueces on the flop and I'm still in the hand? haha. You just never know. I still don't think I will ever like them much tho. Dealt to Honey, they most likely will end up in the toss pile. So just a tip for you Aln. If I'm bettin and holding out with an Ace on the board. Most likely it's NOT dueces IT's THE ACES in my MITTEN .... kitten! :silly:


:pink: :hpsenorh: :cheers: :music: :hpmrdiam: :angel:

[Al N Smithee]

Those who play strictly by the book are, themselves, a good read.:computer:

[honey_comb1]

(I'm finding that book an interesting read) :silly: :rolleyes: :cheers:



I think this lil dude :computer: should be a pop up option on the HE NL tables

for when the player that calls that 7-2 os chase wins, I can pop it up and knock him off his seat. JUST ONCE!

That would cut down on the language and sighs arghhh!! :tongue:

[K.O.1u0]

You're in the big blind with K-9. Three people limp in, the fourth player puts in a small raise, which you call. The flop is K-9-2, giving you 2 pair. You raise 500, the player who put in the small raise preflop goes all in and you call. He has a pair of aces against your 2 pair (you're pretty happy at this point!). The turn is a harmless Q, but the river is another 2! This gives Mr (Ms) I slow play aces two pair which overpower your 2 pair. The rule change should be something like this: 3 pair (does not exist) beats 2 pair. Thanks, Ken

[Dog Steam]

To have the option of preventing the river card from being turned :) especially when i have a lock at the time :)

NOW This... Really is a great idea! Keep folks with no business in a hand out of it! Wow, what an awesome idea. May try that at home. :waytogo: :rockon: :river:

[Gary_J]

My Suggestion would be:

If you don't have atleast a 20% chance to win after the turn, the program will not let you call a bet to see the river. It would be fine to let that person bet/bluff, but not call a bet or raise. :wagfinger

Damn the River Rats!

[RyanneXO]

I know this thread has been dead for a while but I just started posting yesterday. :happy:

If I could change one thing....

I would make it so all players who nickname starts with "R" and ends with "O" get double the pot when they win. If the letters in between happen to be "yanneX" then the pot is tripled and given to that player..even if that player was not the hand winner.

But seriously I agree with the person who suggested that a bluffed hand is shown. Actually I think all cards should be shown after the hand is over.

Oh and one more thing! We need to fix the guy in the green tie..he looks like a zombie. Rather disturbing. I say we replace him with a cute female redhead dressed like a hip-hop dancer. (feel free to name her RyRy) :angel:

[DoofusGoofus]

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I would like the option to buy flush insurance. You know, like in blackjack.