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The Vouching System Sucks | NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog
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Cash Samples Are Normal. NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog. The Vouching System Sucks. Posted by Noah Stephens-Davidowitz. On August 9, 2011. The vouching system, which the poker community uses to conduct almost all of its business, is ripe for scamming. I made a post about this. Once before, but it was a bit schizophrenic and poorly argued. The Jose Macedo scandal and this thread. Vouches that say nothing mean nothing. When you do use a vouch, only use vouches that actually say something. Vouches based on fri...
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So What’s Up with This Falling Sky? | NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog
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Cash Samples Are Normal. NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog. So What’s Up with This Falling Sky? Posted by Noah Stephens-Davidowitz. On April 15, 2011. I assume that if you’re a reader of my blog, you probably know that the shit has just abruptly hit the fan. (If not, just hop on your favorite poker forum or media outlet or twitter or whatever, and see for yourself.) A lot of you probably have a significant amount of money online; I do too. This is likely a multibillion dollar case of bank fraud, so it’s ...
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Cash Samples Are Normal | NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog
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Cash Samples Are Normal. NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog. Cash Samples Are Normal. I claimed that the distribution in earnings of a NLHE 6-max cash player is essentially normal over a sample of at least thousands hands. I didn’t bother to justify my claim because I figured nobody cared. However, for those who do care, here’s a quick fudged argument and the real argument:. Cash hand looks much more normal than the distribution of earnings from one large-field MTT. (In particular, the skewness. Now that’...
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The Benford’s Law Hustle™ | NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog
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Cash Samples Are Normal. NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog. The Benford’s Law Hustle. Posted by Noah Stephens-Davidowitz. On March 9, 2012. Hi, poker blog readers! I was going to post this on my new nerd blog. And maybe I’ll do that as well. But, I figured that poker players might like this, even if it’s not strictly related to poker. Here’s how you do the Benford’s Law Hustle :. Bet on one and two. Give your opponent both eight and nine. Make an absurd profit. Since you’re laying 2:1 and your opponent/s...
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Cash Samples Are Normal. NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog. Author Archives: Noah Stephens-Davidowitz. What makes poker a great game? Posted by Noah Stephens-Davidowitz. On March 23, 2013. Comments Off on What makes poker a great game? I recently did a talk at the NYU Game Center. Cleverly entitled “What Makes Poker So Awesome? 8221; (Old school 2p2per ilya wrote up a nice blog post about it here. The talk was originally intended for game designers, but some poker players on my Twitter. I may or may not actual...
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Cash Samples Are Normal. NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog. Absolute Poker Keno Update: Money Repaid. Explanation Still a Lie and Reveals Further Amazing Incompetence and Sketchiness. Posted by Noah Stephens-Davidowitz. On April 1, 2011. Eight days ago, I wrote a post about Absolute Poker’s ridiculously non-random Keno. Well, I’ve been paid back. At 2:00 today, I got this e-mail from AP (I bolded the important part):. Read more ». Posted by Noah Stephens-Davidowitz. On March 31, 2011. And 6-man and 9-man STTs.
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Poker-Free Content | NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog
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Cash Samples Are Normal. NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog. Category Archives: Poker-Free Content. The Benford’s Law Hustle. Posted by Noah Stephens-Davidowitz. On March 9, 2012. Comments Off on The Benford’s Law Hustle. Hi, poker blog readers! I was going to post this on my new nerd blog. And maybe I’ll do that as well. But, I figured that poker players might like this, even if it’s not strictly related to poker. Here’s how you do the Benford’s Law Hustle :. Bet on one and two. Make an absurd profit. I’...
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2p2 Hacked–Do This Stuff Immediately | NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog
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Cash Samples Are Normal. NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog. 2p2 Hacked–Do This Stuff Immediately. Posted by Noah Stephens-Davidowitz. On April 26, 2012. So, right now, here’s what you should do:. First, if you use the same password on 2p2 and some other site(s), change the password on the OTHER site(s) IMMEDIATELY. However, do not change your password on 2p2. That’s by far the most important thing. So, go do that. Seriously… go do that. I’m not being a crypto nut. Change your other important passwords similarly.
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Life as a Poker Pro by the Numbers | NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog
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Cash Samples Are Normal. NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog. Category Archives: Life as a Poker Pro by the Numbers. Life as a HU SnG Pro by the Numbers (It’s Awesome… If You’re Good and Have Rakeback). Posted by Noah Stephens-Davidowitz. On March 31, 2011. In previous posts, I looked at how variance affects players who play large-field MTTs. And 6-man and 9-man STTs. If you’d like to know when these posts go up.). How does this HU clone army fare? Read more ». Posted by Noah Stephens-Davidowitz. Now, I thought ...
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What makes poker a great game? | NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog
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Cash Samples Are Normal. NoahSD's Awesome Poker Blog. What makes poker a great game? Posted by Noah Stephens-Davidowitz. On March 23, 2013. I recently did a talk at the NYU Game Center. Cleverly entitled “What Makes Poker So Awesome? 8221; (Old school 2p2per ilya wrote up a nice blog post about it here. The talk was originally intended for game designers, but some poker players on my Twitter. Feed requested that I put a copy online for the poker community/whoever to check out. So, I did. I may or may not...