Zen and The Art of Poker - Full Text

[ifm]

Gigabets posts on there are amazing, he does seem to be thinking on a whole new level at times.
Loved the stuff about creating a table where the shorties are on his left and the bigger stacks on his right and him being the "dam" stopping the money as it travels clockwise, i had to read it 4 or 5 times before i started to grasp the concepts.
Unfortunatley he got a lot of grief over an STT challenge and has almost stopped posting.

I also am in the camp with Byron (can you pm me a link to that video mate?)

[bundle]

IFM what video are you talking about ?

[byronkincaid]

http://www.madhotpoker.com/replayer/index.html?indynew.txt

[tikay]

OK, we have always had a rule - no Linking to other Poke Fora. It just seemed sort of "correct & proper" behaviour.

When we first started doing Live Updates, I was pretty miffed when another site "lifted" our content word for word, excluded the blonde-specific stuff, & passed it off as their own Update. Poor form indeed.

Then another site started lifting our Updates, without accreditation.

I resolved that a), that hacked me off, & b), we would set an example & behave in a proper, correct, & civil manner, & not mess around with other sites. That includes not allowing any of them to be flamed on blonde, & we kinda hoped they would all reciprocate. In the main, they do, though there has been some blonde-bashing elsewhere lately. So be it, we will maintain our position.

But after some thouight, & exchange of ideas, we have decided that linking, occasionally, to such as 2+2, (probably the world's best & certainly the biggest Poker forum), will do no harm, & apparently 2+2 are cool with that.

So, apologies for the about-turn, but the 2+2 Link is OK &, if done in reasonable moderation, will continue to be as & when appropriate.

But the no-links" ban to other British Poker Fora remains in place. If something interesting is Posted on, say, The Hendon Mob, by all means refer to it, & say where you saw it, but do not link please. It's nothing to do with potentially losing members to other sites, it's just decent behaviour. I am also advised by our Techies that "Linking" is a bad thing for our SEO, so it's clearly very important we don't damage that, as traffic figure dictate, for example advertising rates.

A big up, too, for the civil way in which Byron, Andrew & Raindogs argued the case coherently & rationally. The Mods & myself make these decisions collectively. But I'm at the tetchy & difficult age, & when someone says "DO/DON'T DO THIS THAT OR THE OTHER YOU CRETINS" or get all arsey, I dig my heels in, & get all awkward. But if the case is presented & debated in a reasonable manner, I'm a pushover. It's an age thing.

Thanks guys.

[byronkincaid]

cheers tikay

[bundle]

Linking will not hurt your Search engine optimization here, the engines look for the quality of the site you are linked to, i.e. the other sites traffic, if it is also good, it can only be better for you.

[ifm]

That link doesn't work Byron, did they take it off?

[bundle]

it worked for me, i have the HH too you will need them to view it

[bundle]

You have to open it in IE

[ifm]

You have to open it in IE

Sussed it cheers

[tikay]

Linking will not hurt your Search engine optimization here, the engines look for the quality of the site you are linked to, i.e. the other sites traffic, if it is also good, it can only be better for you.

Ahh, thanks bundle.

I just don't undertand SEO, but the Techies keep telling me that Links are a bad thing for our SEO. I'm happy to accept your view on this - who'd trust a techie, eh?

[tikay]

That link doesn't work Byron, did they take it off?

Sigh. You just don't get techie stuff, do you ifm? I mean, it's obvious it needs to be opened in IE. Cant beat the old IE.

[ifm]

That link doesn't work Byron, did they take it off?

Sigh. You just don't get techie stuff, do you ifm? I mean, it's obvious it needs to be opened in IE. Cant beat the old IE.

Actually boss i have a "script blocker" on my PC that prevents sites from running code when i open their pages, that is why it didn't work.
Have you sorted out your lappie so you can download poker sites ?

[bundle]

He doesn’t need to download poker sites. He just goes out and buys one..

[tikay]

That link doesn't work Byron, did they take it off?

Sigh. You just don't get techie stuff, do you ifm? I mean, it's obvious it needs to be opened in IE. Cant beat the old IE.

Actually boss i have a "script blocker" on my PC that prevents sites from running code when i open their pages, that is why it didn't work.
Have you sorted out your lappie so you can download poker sites ?

Oh I see, you use the script blocker route. I'm not a big script blocker fan myself, I'm more of a codex man.

The Lappie - yeah - sorted it. Well, Jen did...! Dunno what the prob was, but it's OK now, thanks.

Talking of which, my PC......It used to open up automaticlly to blonde, but I got attacked by a virus a few weks back, & it messed up a load of settings & stuff, & now it open up on another site. (Some sort of Security centre). How do I change it so that it will opn up in blonde as the "default"?