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Poker Forums / The Rail / Vegas 2008
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on: June 12, 2007, 02:54:04 PM
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Anyone have any tips for finding the best deals for travel and accomdation to Vegas next summer for between 4 and 7 fish looking to go for around 10 days?
Cheers
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Community Forums / Betting Tips and Sport Discussion / Re: General Fighting thread
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on: May 29, 2007, 10:02:05 PM
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but at the end of the day, money talks and UFC is getting more PPV than boxing. The take up on, for example Mayweather V Liddell (the first fighter Mayweather started bad mouthing) would be a stagering. not a good choice as chuck fights at 205lb (14st 9lb). isn't mayweather fighting at 11st7lb. I know I've always said size isn't the be all an end all in Martial arts but in the cage/ring you don't want to give up 4st if you can help it He'd be better against a lightweight of welterweight
All the bad blood has been coming from the Boxing side. UFC has been happy to co-exist with boxing but some of the queensbury boys seem determined to engage in a war of words about the relative merits of the two disciplines.
It's not across the board there are many Boxers and MMA fighters who train together, most notably De La Hoya has been training with Diego Sanchez and I'm sure when Golden boy goes into retirement his promotion business will start playing a big role in MMA managements aswell as boxing.
Boba Fett is right though. in a cage it's only going one way. In a ring it could go either way. The top, most well rounded MMA guys have boxing coaches and train their striking very seriously. they can stand and trade in a ring. add to that the kicking, the Thai elbows and knees, the Greco-Roman wrestling and the Ju-Jitsu and it's an argument boxers don't want to get into.
The money for a boxer V Ultimate fighter would make a staggering PPV profit, but, and lets use Mayweather as an example, what next for him once he gets into the right and gets his ass handed to him. It would take a good few boxing matches for him to get his credibility back as a fighter. Boxing is slowly fading away because of MMA and for one of its stars to get KTFO by a UFC star it would be disastrous for the sport.
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Community Forums / Betting Tips and Sport Discussion / Re: General Fighting thread
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on: May 29, 2007, 06:29:33 PM
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yeah, he was unconscious, if only for a second.
Chuck's going to have to look at his game. the very characteristics that make him difficult to fight (the odd guard, over hand rights and looping left hooks) seem to be what makes Jackson effective against him. If chuck lands with one of those shots Jackson goes down same as anyone, but his tight guard and powerful short punching are always going be be a problem for chuck. I see him kicking hell out of Jacksons legs from the opening bell next time.
Leben and Jardine also let me down. Karo Parisian was the only fight I picked right in a 4 fight accumulator. I thought Leben won his easily and the judges got it wrong but Jardine got pummeled so no doubt there.
On a side note, amused me when Din Thomas laid down that challenge. "Where's Mayweather? All these boxers talking shit. I'm the MF to fight. Step up!" Din is a UFC light weight which is 155lb that's roughly equivalent to the boxing middle weight (a touch under). ideal match up too. I think a skillful ju-jitsu practitioner with good enough striking to stand with a boxer would be a great show of superiority in the cage. To put on MMA v Boxing, there's no point putting an MMA striker in but someone like Din Thomas or even better BJ Penn would be great. The PPV would be massive too.
Only an insane boxer would do it. None of the boxing organisations would let one of their champions or contenders go near the UFC and any boxer wanting to retain his boxing career wouldnt go near it, they must know that unless they connect early with a big punch theyre doomed to go down and tap.
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Community Forums / Betting Tips and Sport Discussion / Re: WALTERS RANGERS, PHENOMENAL TURNAROUND
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on: May 13, 2007, 03:09:02 AM
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Good one JohnBhoy, add in a quote from some moron from the herald, like that has any meaning!
Since Rangers spanked down the rest of Scottish Football during 9 in a row, in the 10 years since Celtic have only won 6 titles to Rangers 4, slightly better but not domination and as Damon pointed out, we hold the world record for League Championships won.
Celtic have made a lot of history though, they were the 1st Scottish club to play a European tie behind closed doors because of their fans behaviour.
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Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: The purpose of straddling
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on: May 13, 2007, 02:58:58 AM
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Does anyone else buy into the "Im not straddling unless everyone agree's to straddle" precedent that applies on HSP? They say that it gives an edge to the people that dont straddle and wont do it unless everyone agree's but in every cash game Ive played in there's always players that will always do it regardless, players that never do it and players that only do it in certain situations. Does it really matter that much if you straddle and someone else doesnt?
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Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: look for a better spot?
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on: May 09, 2007, 08:27:33 PM
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I think its very marginal, a good arguement could be made either way. Yes you are a favourite in the percentages and will have plenty of chips left if you lose and be in great shape if you win but as soon as I see Billy saying he insta calls Id fold. Although ur favourite you're still behind and have to hit, if you give this guy more chips it could be tougher to get them from him if he has a bigger stack. Also, if he;s such a mug you'll get his chips anyway, no need to race like this if you have a clear edge IMO
Have to agree, calling when you are confident you are favourite getting 1.37-1 is pure madness, have your head checked! Back in the real world, your edge on a field is never big enough for you to pass this, no matter how good you think you are. And back in the real world he got his money in on a draw and lost..... BTW-I probs call too (after having a dig at Billy the fish), if the guy is as big a mug as Cambo says then he's likely to double you up when you are ahead rather than drawing for it if you decide to fold.
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Poker Forums / Poker Hand Analysis / Re: look for a better spot?
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on: May 09, 2007, 07:51:38 PM
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I think its very marginal, a good arguement could be made either way. Yes you are a favourite in the percentages and will have plenty of chips left if you lose and be in great shape if you win but as soon as I see Billy saying he insta calls Id fold. Although ur favourite you're still behind and have to hit, if you give this guy more chips it could be tougher to get them from him if he has a bigger stack. Also, if he;s such a mug you'll get his chips anyway, no need to race like this if you have a clear edge IMO
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