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Is Poker the best game to learn strategy applicable to IRL?
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Date: August 22nd, 2014 11:53 PM Author: hairraiser foreskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2653791&forum_id=2#26187402) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2014 11:54 PM Author: Low-t goyim philosopher-king it's up there but i prefer diplomacy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2653791&forum_id=2#26187411) |
Date: August 22nd, 2014 11:55 PM Author: Poppy Reading Party You've got to know when to hold 'em Know when to fold 'em Know when to walk away Know when to run You never count your money When you're sittin' at the table There'll be time enough for countin' When the dealin's done
Every gambler knows That the secret to survivin' Is knowin' what to throw away And knowin' what to keep 'Cause every hand's a winner And every hand's a loser And the best that you can hope for Is to die in your sleep" |
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Date: August 22nd, 2014 11:59 PM Author: Mahogany potus coffee pot GOAT country narrative (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2653791&forum_id=2#26187435) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2014 11:59 PM Author: Alcoholic box office lotta dad advice in there (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2653791&forum_id=2#26187438) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2014 11:58 PM Author: Alcoholic box office (guy who never played Ambition) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2653791&forum_id=2#26187432) |
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Date: August 23rd, 2014 12:00 AM Author: Judgmental space sneaky criminal chess (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2653791&forum_id=2#26187451) |
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Date: August 23rd, 2014 12:02 AM Author: Mahogany potus coffee pot Chess is the supreme game of strategy. Poker is the supreme game of stakes. Ying/Yang |
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Date: August 23rd, 2014 12:03 AM Author: hairraiser foreskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2653791&forum_id=2#26187472) |
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Date: August 23rd, 2014 12:12 AM Author: Mahogany potus coffee pot Chess ... strategy to win or lose. Poker ... any hand can win, depending on the stakes. |
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Date: August 24th, 2014 12:31 PM Author: Buff address police squad Go is far more sophisticated than chess, and the lessons are more applicable to real life. It's the ultimate game of prioritizing, timing, seeing the forest from the trees, recognizing patterns, long term strategizing, knowing when to cut your losses, outflanking your opponent, etc.
Poker has the benefit of bringing in probabilistic and psychological elements, which are highly relevant to real life. I'd say poker is no. 1, Go is no. 2, and chess is a distant third at best. |
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Date: August 23rd, 2014 12:02 AM Author: sienna shivering locus DIPLOMACY. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2653791&forum_id=2#26187470) |
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Date: August 23rd, 2014 12:14 AM Author: chocolate windowlicker nursing home 180, we should play this sometime.
http://webdiplomacy.net/ |
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Date: August 23rd, 2014 12:07 AM Author: Blue Pungent Puppy Wrinkle poker is good practice for making decisions and ultimately taking risks on incomplete information.
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Date: August 23rd, 2014 12:22 AM Author: Snowy very tactful son of senegal rigor In the end we are all drawing dead. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2653791&forum_id=2#26187617) |
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Date: August 24th, 2014 12:43 PM Author: amethyst bawdyhouse Weird how there seems to be an inverse correlation between amount of time spent playing poker and IRL success (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2653791&forum_id=2#26195737) |
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Date: August 24th, 2014 12:52 PM Author: Dashing Gold Striped Hyena *partner calls you up*
Partner: Listen, I need you to free up some bandwidth to work on this closing this weekend. I'm emailing you the files now.
You: Hmmm. 7 figure deal, boring industry, weekend work...and Im not big blind. I fold. *click* |
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Date: August 24th, 2014 12:55 PM Author: hyperactive hell bridge. eot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2653791&forum_id=2#26195786) |
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Date: August 24th, 2014 1:04 PM Author: sooty state ratface Monopoly.
Pro tip: take the racecar. |