"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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Poker players - Phil Ivey displays smarts AND balls in this poker hand

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"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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Such an underappreciated and misunderstood game. Phil Ivey is amazing at bluffing.
 

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sageproduct said:
Such an underappreciated and misunderstood game. Phil Ivey is amazing at bluffing.
Yes, not only does Ivey have the balls to bluff, he has knowlege of both the tendencies of the opposing player, and the cards out on the table, so he has *wisdom and sagacity* so that he knows the bluff will work.
 

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First of all that was a dumb hand that Jackson played and re raise with.

Second, he gave out some tells that Ivey obviously saw before he went all in.


Moments like that win you tournaments.
 

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EA Gold said:
First of all that was a dumb hand that Jackson played and re raise with.

Second, he gave out some tells that Ivey obviously saw before he went all in.


Moments like that win you tournaments.
Jacksons mistake was not pushing his stack when he reraised a second time. It gave Phil the chance to move him off the pot.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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DJDanny said:
Jacksons mistake was not pushing his stack when he reraised a second time. It gave Phil the chance to move him off the pot.
Agreed, but this comes down to the size of your balls. Do you have the balls to go all-in with your entire stack with air?
 

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EA Gold said:
First of all that was a dumb hand that Jackson played and re raise with.

Second, he gave out some tells that Ivey obviously saw before he went all in.


Moments like that win you tournaments.
I don't think it was a dumb hand that Jackson played. He did have 5 6 offsuit, but heads-up play is way different and almost anything goes. Yes, I'm sure PHIL IVEY was able to pick up on tells that told him Jackson had nothing, tells that most people wouldn't pick up on. I'd bet that the tells had much more to do with betting patterns and tendencies than anything physical.

It would have been tough for Jackson to go all-in from a 4 to 1 chip disadvantage. I think he was really trying to sell value betting with the Jacks, and somehow Phil Ivey saw through it.
 

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You can feel the disappointment from Jackson when Ivey Reraised him, and after he did you could see Jackson was thinking alot with his body language.

Ivey obviously saw this but even with that it takes alot of guts to go all in with nothing. Ivey probably put him on a pair of 7's.

Ivey even bluffed a guy to fold his set during wsop, its kinda funny though. Stuff like this happens when you think too much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTfqfINisvs
 

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All the bluffing and "skill" in the world is not going to change the fact that is a probability game and somebody will see right through your crap to leave you on the duster.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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Nygard said:
All the bluffing and "skill" in the world is not going to change the fact that is a probability game and somebody will see right through your crap to leave you on the duster.
Obviously you've never played the game. Bluffing is way more than betting and betting until your opponent folds. That might work against a bad, tight player. Phil Ivey's skill in bluffing is that he can convince the best players in the world that he has a certain hand through various betting behaviors.
 

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Nygard said:
All the bluffing and "skill" in the world is not going to change the fact that is a probability game and somebody will see right through your crap to leave you on the duster.
Based on that comment you just made, I welcome you to join our poker game, cash game style.

Bring me one more Nygard please!
 

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I know enough of the game to know it's a waste of time.ESPN can put these guys in the highest pedestal all day long and it's still a waste.
 

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sageproduct said:
I don't think it was a dumb hand that Jackson played. He did have 5 6 offsuit, but heads-up play is way different and almost anything goes. Yes, I'm sure PHIL IVEY was able to pick up on tells that told him Jackson had nothing, tells that most people wouldn't pick up on. I'd bet that the tells had much more to do with betting patterns and tendencies than anything physical.

It would have been tough for Jackson to go all-in from a 4 to 1 chip disadvantage. I think he was really trying to sell value betting with the Jacks, and somehow Phil Ivey saw through it.

Sharpest reply thus far to this thread. I give Phil Ivey all the credit in the world for reading his opponent... but lets not forget he had a substantial chip advantage where he has leeway to attempt to lean on his opponent with bets and raises...
 
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