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They increased the rake on the cash tables to go into a huge tournament, which you qualify by sngs or multis or being on a table where the bad beat jackpot was won and various other things. The cash players hated it because they felt they were paying for a tournament they had no interest in entering. It is basically a big marketing exercise to say woohoo 13 million pound tournament, come to party. Where banning usa players leaves us who knows. It may mean we can play for a huge prize with 75% of the players now banned, or Party might just keep it I couldnt be arsed with it before, but if it is a huge prizepool and few players the overlay will be huge, so I might give it a go

Robs view of online poker

Sod streetfighter, whatever happened to Glass Joe

Aaah but Rob, to run with your analogy, I am buying a map with prospecting money to show me where more gold is to be found and how to extract it more efficiently.

I played over 5000 tournaments on Party. Its only the 5+1s that are 20%

I havent read it, from what I remember it is a fairly simple stack/position/blind size push fold strategy type of thing, which sounds pretty good to me Weee, Ive just bought it of Amazon along with No Limit Hold 'em: Theory and Practice by David Sklansky. I love buying poker books

You're assuming that the small percentage of people rich enough to send their kids to private school have enough influence to change government policy. There'll always be more kids in state school than private, there'll always be people in a position to send their kids to private school who nevertheless know it's only right that underpriveliged kids get a good education. Therefore less money will never be spent on state education because the ruling party couldn't bare to lose the votes. You are forgetting that the voting public are idiots

That really is taking the piss. Why?

I do, but that's good advice, thank you; I think I need something like a $600 BR for that. I've been very disciplined so far, I'm still on 3.40 SnGs at the moment and stayed in the play money for quite a while. I'll no doubt start with the lowest available and go from there, currently finishing off Small Stakes Hold 'em - Miller/Sklansky/Miller which is a good read on that level. I'd recommend it as worthwhile even if people aren't planning on playing Limit. Thats the best poker book I have ever read. Be warned though the games have tightened up since that was written. On a happier note my free copy of Doyle Brunsons Super Sysyem2 that Party sent me for party points dropped through the door this morning.

Disgraceful. The way I see it, the more people who can afford to send their kids to private school, the better. Those remaining kids will getter a bigger bite of the state pie so it's a win-win scenario. Doesnt really work like that though does it. It just means that the state schools get less as the people with money ie influence pay for their own kids. Therefore people with money and privelage get better and better off, the poor get increasingly marganilsed and worse off. Sending your kids to private school doesn't leave you exempt from paying taxes. why will state schools get less? Because if the people who have got money to throw at their children have children in the state sector then they are going to be a damn sight more interested in ensuring the state sector provides a decent level of schooling I think you've answered a completely different question. Jeez are you kidding me. To pick a random figure out of the air, let's say that state schools currently get £1Bn in subsidies (I wouldn't have a clue). It's entirely separate to what the parents of kids at private school pay. If you abandon all private funding of certain schools, that £1bn will have to spread over far more kids. By the same token, the more parents that subsidise a better education for their own kids, the less people taking out of the £1bn kitty which leaves more for the less priveliged and a higher standard of education for all. You seem to be suggesting well off parents will continue to pay private fees for their kids to go to state school. Are you? The point is state education is payed for by taxes. If the rich and influential all send little tarquin to private school the they have no interest inhaving tax spent on state education. Therefore less money is spent on state education. Not only that they pay more to teachers so the best teachers are taken out of the state sector. The rich get to send their schools to well maintained schools wih all thefacilities money can buy. The poor send their kids to underfunded schools with badly paid teachers. Welcome to Britain pre labour

OK Ive had a look at sixth sense, I dont really trouble the software forum much.Its not really any use for tournaments its just for table selection on ring games. You would need to get a big database of hands before it would do you much good If you have got pokertracker you probably want to have a look at PAHUD, which is a real time heads up display which shows vpip etc of opponents. It can be useful to get reads on who is loose or tight which is obviously good for knowing who to steal against etc I'm going to give 1/2 limit a go, so that's what I'd be interested in that for. I'm only demoing Poker Tracker at the moment (thousand hand limit), but I think I'll end up getting it, I think I've already spotted some leaks, after a casual glance, but I'd need a few more thousand hands in there before I confirmed anything. I'll have a look into this HUD business, I read something about them, but it is all really rather complicated sometimes. Will check out PAHUD, cheers. Good luck and be careful, that limit is a brutally swingy game. Might be worth starting a bit lower unless you have a few hundred you are prepared to lose

Disgraceful. The way I see it, the more people who can afford to send their kids to private school, the better. Those remaining kids will getter a bigger bite of the state pie so it's a win-win scenario. Doesnt really work like that though does it. It just means that the state schools get less as the people with money ie influence pay for their own kids. Therefore people with money and privelage get better and better off, the poor get increasingly marganilsed and worse off. Sending your kids to private school doesn't leave you exempt from paying taxes. why will state schools get less? Because if the people who have got money to throw at their children have children in the state sector then they are going to be a damn sight more interested in ensuring the state sector provides a decent level of schooling I think you've answered a completely different question. Jeez are you kidding me.

Because the people who have the influence decide whether that tax goes to the schools. In my experience, SB, the people you're worrying about don't give half as much a fuck about you, worry about your own family first. We're not going to change anything, anyway. EDIT: Actually, you've already said that's what you're doing! It was still a comprehensive, just not the nearest one. Thats how I rationalise my guilt anyhow

Disgraceful. The way I see it, the more people who can afford to send their kids to private school, the better. Those remaining kids will getter a bigger bite of the state pie so it's a win-win scenario. Doesnt really work like that though does it. It just means that the state schools get less as the people with money ie influence pay for their own kids. Therefore people with money and privelage get better and better off, the poor get increasingly marganilsed and worse off. Sending your kids to private school doesn't leave you exempt from paying taxes. why will state schools get less? Because if the people who have got money to throw at their children have children in the state sector then they are going to be a damn sight more interested in ensuring the state sector provides a decent level of schooling

OK Ive had a look at sixth sense, I dont really trouble the software forum much.Its not really any use for tournaments its just for table selection on ring games. You would need to get a big database of hands before it would do you much good If you have got pokertracker you probably want to have a look at PAHUD, which is a real time heads up display which shows vpip etc of opponents. It can be useful to get reads on who is loose or tight which is obviously good for knowing who to steal against etc

Disgraceful. The way I see it, the more people who can afford to send their kids to private school, the better. Those remaining kids will getter a bigger bite of the state pie so it's a win-win scenario. Doesnt really work like that though does it. It just means that the state schools get less as the people with money ie influence pay for their own kids. Therefore people with money and privelage get better and better off, the poor get increasingly marganilsed and worse off.

Having worked hard to give my kids a better go in life why should I be forced to send them to the same trampy school as me? It won't improve state schools because no-one will pay for a state education. In fact it'll stretch an already failing system to breaking point because they can't cope with the numbers. So not only will my kids suffer, but also the tramps who are (at least currently) getting a basic education for nowt. Every kid sould have the same chance at school. Your kids already have an advantage at home with (I asume) caring loving hard working parents, providing assisatance and good role models. All the more reason for kids with bad parents to be given a chance You've avoided my point. If my kids went to their local state school that's another few spaces taken up. Another few kids in the already large class, more kids that the teacher has to spread themself even more thinly across. My kids going to a state school rather than a private one would do more harm to the already disadvantaged kids. (I don't have any kids btw.) I was arguing more about my opinions and beleifs about education in general than individual cases to be honest. In an ideal world I would have a well funded comprehensive system that gives everybody a chance. In reality I sent my kids to a catholic school because it had the best reults in the area. Wanting the best for my children made a hypocrite out of me

Poker Stove is very useful and free so no reason to not have it. Very useful to check your odds when reviewing your play. Also useful for playing about with to see how certain hands fair against other hands. see also poker trace which has a good tournament replayer. Sixth sense I have never heard of. Poker Tracker is pretty much indispensible if you play anything other than tournaments. tourney manager is a great way to store and analyse tournaments. AT $40 it is a bargain SNG power tools are without doubt the best bit of software you could ever buy for sngs. I dont know if you have come across ICM yet, but withut understanding it you cant really hope to fully beat sngs. Power tools is a program which teaches you were to push fold or call in tournaments. I am not spongebobxxxx btw

Having worked hard to give my kids a better go in life why should I be forced to send them to the same trampy school as me? It won't improve state schools because no-one will pay for a state education. In fact it'll stretch an already failing system to breaking point because they can't cope with the numbers. So not only will my kids suffer, but also the tramps who are (at least currently) getting a basic education for nowt. Every kid sould have the same chance at school. Your kids already have an advantage at home with (I asume) caring loving hard working parents, providing assisatance and good role models. All the more reason for kids with bad parents to be given a chance

What about home schooling? Home schooling is such a bad sad loser of an idea. Obviously I would ban it

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Not going to happen though, at least not as long as so many parents are allowed to bring up their children so shabbily- and it only takes a handful of wayward kids to drag a whole bunch down to their level. While in principle I would agree that faith an the state should not mix and admire a lot of countries who have acheived this situation- I don't think it would be the right time now to do away with them. A lot of faith schools still operate in an 'old-fashioned' manner (though not much) and gives a good indication of how successful or otherwise recent changes to the education system are. Mind you, as long as the government proceeds with their 'one for all' approach to education we're screwed in the long-term regardless. Education is a load better than it was ten years ago. It sickens me that they haven chosen to take this path now. I would make every kid go there local school and ensure that every child in the country had exactly the same spent on them. The only thing that makes me more angry than faith schools is private education. Actually make that the same angry they are both equally and totally wrong

I'm with you and am fundamentally opposed to them, especially the ones peddling more fundamental faiths, like Emmanuel college in Gateshead. They teach lies, discourage free thought, have luddite attitudes and are anti-science, and are devisive. Of all the things the current government have done this supporting these ridiculous, outdated schools is the thing I object to most, even more than Iraq. I would advocate an entirely secular education for all children. Faith schools appall and disgust me, there should be a complete and total divorce of church and state, no faith should have any input into running a school. I am steadfast in my support of Blair, but I really despise this

Most people who saw Dylan live at the height of his powers ('66) thought he was shit. Hence all the booing. Watching them back I can't imagine not being in awe, especially of the power behind the electric half of the set. As he'd sing to the audiences at the time "You know something is happening here, but you don't know what it is", very true. When he spits that at the audience in "No direction home" it is fantastic. I saw Bob Dylan at Earls Court in 1976 or so, it was alright but not one of the greats

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