Quote from: EdSolo on February  7, 2008, 07:18 AM

However, the guy with the flush should have gone all in after the flop.

It may, but you saw what slow playing got him.  The winning hand needed cards on both the turn and the river to beat him.  On these on line sites it seems that winning hands get cracked all the time like that, regardless of how you play it.  I would say 75% of the time I have had pocket Kings, and Ace would come out on the flop.

Just curious, but wouldn't that pretty much scare everyone off their hands unless they had an ace?

That's pretty amazing and exciting poker there!  4 of a kind on the river to win!

Help me on this:  Announcers/poker players are always talking about "outs".  In this scenario, how many outs did you have?  You could have won only if you got a full house or 4 of a kind.  That's assuming that he wouldn't be able to improve his hand on the river, and it doesn't look like he can.  So 4 of a kind is 1 K, and full is 3 8s, 3 As, and 3 Qs.  I'm thinking out loud by writing - 10 outs.  Am I missing anything?  Then they'll translate that to a possible winning % - 10 cards out of 52, so about 20% chance?  Close?

That is correct.  Its good to see that Pokerstars isn't the only site with bad beats on the river.   However, the guy with the flush should have gone all in after the flop.

$5 for shipping one figure is about the going rate, if the shipper uses priority mail.  The minimum priority mail is about $4.55 and delivery confirmation is $0.70 for a total of $5.25.  Also, etailers might get bulk rates, but I know NewForce ships cases via UPS for around $8 to $10.  Usually, their cost plus shipping is the same price as the just the cost for most other etailers.

The one thing that surprises me about ebay not cracking down on shipping is that there are so many auctions now that hurt ebay.  I see a lot of $1 Buy it Now auctions with $100 shipping.  Ebay only makes money on the listing and a percentage of the $1 instead of percentage on the $100.  I would think they would crack down on stuff like that at least.

Any interest?

Right off the bat, two Star Wars fans...  Made for two of the better contestants this evening as well. 

I'm depressed to say the guy that waxed himself might be in the PSWCS.  Cable should out this person.

As always though, the best part of this program is the first little while when all the knuckleheads are weeded out.  After that, at least for me, this show's hardly watchable.  Till that point though, let the freak show begin! 

I am glad that I caught the end of his audition post waxing, since it showed he was from Newark, DE.  I just know that one day I will be looking through the figures at TRU and he will come walking by.  I wonder what I should say...

This whole deal seems a little strange to me.  eFX is owned by a former MR employee.  After the merger with Corgi, Corgi stated that the Star Wars license was responsible for a large portion of MR's profit, yet Lucasfilm wanted too much money for it.  Now, a brand new company can afford it...especially when it appears they have no other products.  eFX is owned by Toyteq, which has been around since the end of 2006.  They have worked on FX sabers among some other things, but their site is lacking in any details to determine if they have even been profitable.  To me, it looks like Corgi killed things for MR.

This figure was inevitable...at least the major Luke outfits will be out of the way...now bring on something new and unique like Hammerhead.

Shipping would be $7.30 via parcel post.  For the above post only.