BARGE
Big
Annual
Rec.Gambling Excursion
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"There are no strangers here,
just friends you haven't met yet"
— Peter "Foldem" Secor
BARGE is the most fun you can have while playing poker…#
This is the home of BARGE, the Big August Rec.Gambling Excursion. BARGE is an
online community of poker enthusiasts that hosts an annual event (of the same
name) in Las Vegas, NV typically during the week leading up to the first
Saturday in August. The event features several poker tournaments, as well as a
wide variety of non-poker related activities including dinners, karaoke, a golf
outing, a sushi outing, a fun run, room escapes, shows, and
shopping. Activities can vary from year to year and are based on whatever
people choose to organize. In recent years, we have also hosted a winter event,
known as EMBARGO.
Our members communicate throughout the year via email, Facebook, Twitter and
other means (including in person). BARGE began in 1991 and membership has
grown significantly over the years. Our members come from all professions and
ages. The poker accomplishments of our members include over 20 WSOP bracelet
winners as well as other major tournaments (WPT, WSOP Circuit). Although we do
find that many of our members have backgrounds in technology, science, and the
law, we welcome and encourage people to join regardless of their professional
backgrounds or poker accomplishments.
Why Join Us?#
Because you enjoy playing poker and want to be part of a diverse community of
fun-loving people. We all enjoy the game of poker. We claim several WSOP
bracelet winners among our membership. We also have novice players. We host
tournaments and live games during our events. No one is pressured to play above
their bankroll. We openly exchange ideas and many of our members have greatly
enhanced their poker skills via BARGE. But the most important reason to join
is: it’s the most fun you will ever have playing poker! BARGE is what poker
should be!
Other Ways to Play and Keep in Touch#
Is Las Vegas inconvenient? There are more rec.gambling events
all over the country! If they’re all inconvenient, you can still play with us:
We play daily for free, and just for fun, on
craftpoker.com, too.
Great chess players are legendary for their ability to think many moves ahead. But in poker, forward thinking is undervalued by most players. How a hand will play out is the most important component of your decisions. Current odds are chiefly immaterial, implied odds are how you should calculate your probabilities. And to be able to closely estimate your implied odds, you must read your opponents’ hands, their tendencies, and predict how they will play differing scenarios.
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ABC loose-passive’s are the easiest opponent’s to play, and you generally have the largest edge against them. Most lowstakes players are ABC loose-passive. Aspiring to see many flops, they habitually limp. Their propensity to call pre-flop raises varies, but they call pre-flop raises much more than your average opponent. On the flop they tend to be fit or fold. Meaning, if they hit the flop, they continue, if not, they’ll fold. The good news is they’re easily exploitable.
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Many people don’t know the exact difference between equity and EV. In fact, some people use the terms as if they were identical.
Equity is the percentage chance that a hand will win after all the cards are dealt. The percentage chance includes splits and is utilized when comparing your holding against opponent’s hand(s) or range(s).
The term is used in different ways, with or without more cards to come. Without cards to come and your opponent’s hand unknown, your equity is calculated against his likely range. But with cards to come, when all the cards are known, your equity is calculated by your chances after the river card is dealt. In other words, your percentage chances on a runout. But with cards to come and your opponents hand unknown, your equity is the percentage chance against his feasible range.
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Much is written about poker psychology; mostly it’s about analyzing how your opponents react. But seldom discussed and of much greater importance is your own psychology. Being real and in tune with yourself has huge value, and those that aren’t never correct their leaks as they’re unaware they even exist.
People in denial can endlessly delude themselves. They constantly look for ways to blame something for their bad results. Stop kidding yourself. One can always find an angle from which the fault of losing lies elsewhere. It’s important to realize that if you’re consistently losing, the fault is not luck, the dealer, the deck, the seat or whatever else you may blame. The problem is YOU. You’ve got leaks!
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Many players calculate the equity of their hand at the current moment, compare it to the size of the pot, and base their decision solely on that calculation. Those decisions are correct if there is no future betting.
But when there is future betting or even the potential for future betting, the equation isn’t correct. That’s because the “implied odds” of the future betting affects the price the future pot is laying you. That future betting can either increase or decrease the value of your hand.
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Complete results for 2016
The story of my twenty-first BARGE. “Remember that the moose are in your car.”
Remember that you are ALWAYS WELCOME.
Binion’s, Las Vegas
Paradise Pick'em Results# Thursday, January 28th, 2016 $75 + $15 + $10 buyin $3,225 prize pool 1 Linda M "Llew" Lewis $843 2 Brandon "Inspectah Deck " Gerson $842 3 Ryan "rtroll" Troll $540 4 Donald "ADBBingo" Rieck $410 5 David Low $315 6 Dean "MrBookworm" Kerl $215 7 David "sam_6" Lawful $60 World Chowaha Champioinship# Friday, January 29th, 2016 $75 + $15 + $10 buyin 42 players $3,150 prize pool ...
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