Comments on: Poker for Obama http://www.theantidj.net/archives/85 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:31:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: kristen http://www.theantidj.net/archives/85#comment-47551 kristen Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:20:26 +0000 http://www.theantidj.net/archives/85#comment-47551 Ooooh, you suck. Hillary rules! But you should still tell us how your Obama poker experiment goes. :) There was an interesting editorial in the paper today about how really, the democratic race is all about which prejudice we're going to atone for first: racism or misogyny. Basically, which one do we think is the worst. I think it'll be racism. Beyond that, I think more people are willing to accept a black man as president than a woman. It makes me sad, because I think Hillary is the stronger, more experienced candidate, but I think Obama will get the nomination. Ooooh, you suck. Hillary rules!

But you should still tell us how your Obama poker experiment goes. :)

There was an interesting editorial in the paper today about how really, the democratic race is all about which prejudice we’re going to atone for first: racism or misogyny. Basically, which one do we think is the worst. I think it’ll be racism. Beyond that, I think more people are willing to accept a black man as president than a woman. It makes me sad, because I think Hillary is the stronger, more experienced candidate, but I think Obama will get the nomination.

]]> By: Brian J. Parker http://www.theantidj.net/archives/85#comment-47513 Brian J. Parker Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:14:26 +0000 http://www.theantidj.net/archives/85#comment-47513 I always assumed that part of any "serious" poker play was to try to get your opponents to behave irrationally, and avoid letting them ruffle you. Serious players might assume this was just a ploy by you; even if an Obama supporter thought you might be legit, logically, they should try just as hard to win and then donate the winnings themself. Emphasis on "logically"... curious what reactions you'd actually get... Will it effect your play? Only you know. Will your decision-making become more emotional or conservative? Or maybe you will become more logical, since you plan to give up the winnings anyway? I always assumed that part of any “serious” poker play was to try to get your opponents to behave irrationally, and avoid letting them ruffle you. Serious players might assume this was just a ploy by you; even if an Obama supporter thought you might be legit, logically, they should try just as hard to win and then donate the winnings themself. Emphasis on “logically”… curious what reactions you’d actually get…

Will it effect your play? Only you know. Will your decision-making become more emotional or conservative? Or maybe you will become more logical, since you plan to give up the winnings anyway?

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