On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: >And there's a prime example. If you're actually holding the *best >possible* hand -- that is, you know the odds of any other player >having a better hand are *zero* -- then knowing the odds certainly >will influence how you play your hand! > >I guess I can believe that people *have* been bluffed or bullied while >holding the best possible hand -- but I have a hard time believing in >such stupidity. Well, it might not be stupidity per se. I know very little about poker, but I still find the following little quote Amusing: "A Smith & Wesson beats four aces (or should it be "A Smith & Wesson beats five aces" ?) And tangentally to speaking of cheating at poker, I just saw /The Sting/ last night (where a deliberate poker cheat leads to other stuff). Very Amusing. Are Chreotha the confidence tricksters & scam artists of Dragaera? It would certainly tie into the whole web-weaving and traps side of things.