Phil Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Lol. I tried to bluff some old dude in poker yesterday, he tanked for like 3 mins and then called (story of my life) then called me "young and foolish." I guess I'll take "young and certain." It's better than old and senile! Judging from the ages of the final of the WSOP main event, you would not be considered young. :) But I'm sure he would be considered old by any standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 OK, here comes the old guy. I would double if partner did not hitch, and I would double if partner did hitch. I long ago decided that if I am absolutely certain in my mind that I would take a certain action without the hitch, then I take the same action with it. If the bid gets rolled back because others think my action is not justified by the cards, then I accept this. I expect that they will believe I am acting on what I believe to be justified by my cards, and I will accept that they believe that the cards do not clearly justify my choice. We go on to the next hand as friends. A situation along the lines David mentioned came up once. In a competitive auction, after lho bid, I was already thinking I would take the push. But partner goes into the tank. Oh hell. Competing is not clear cut and now I won't be able to compete. I decide that whatever I think, competing will be no win and will just give me a bad rep, so I will pass. Ah, partner finally emerges with not a pass but a double. Good grief, now what. I passed, a good score for us. Although I was going to compete over a pass w/o the tank, I think I would pass the X w/o the tank. And, again, pulling the X would be no win. A pull would be rolled back if it worked out, and no one will ever roll back my pass and force me to bid if bidding is wrong. I try to do right, I really do, but if my conscience believes that a call is clear cut, I make it. As to old versus young, I can sometimes (not as often as I like to imagine) get some satisfaction in outlifting some youngies at the Y. They can surely outdrink me and maybe outthink me, but how much can they press? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 I luv u all ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 > Unfortunately, wisdom is not always a substitute for intelligence Nor is intelligence always equivalent to sucess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 > Unfortunately, wisdom is not always a substitute for intelligence Nor vice versa, and I'm an expert on that :P Heck, I may even be WC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l milne Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Can I just be the first to say, this thread is getting pretty weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 threads gain lives of their own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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