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[dranger7070]

What would some of those things be? And if I knew what they were, why do you think I wouldn't I go about trying to correct them?

[spoonitnow]

What would some of those things be? And if I knew what they were, why do you think I wouldn't I go about trying to correct them?

If I said you should start meditating every day, there's probably less-than a 1% chance you'd do it for a month straight right now. I don't think you'd do it because you've got a bit of a lazy streak in you, you don't seem like you'd be open to that sort of introspection, and I don't think you're at a point in your life yet where having fun is less important than working on long-term self-improvement type goals.

Keep in mind that I'm not judging your behavior, it's just sometimes you need a band aid when a cure isn't readily available.

What do you think is the coolest (though not necessarily useful) poker math thing you've come across?

If you look at how the set of broadway hands (any two cards T+ not including pocket pairs) hits a A22 or AA2 board then you start to see some pretty even fractions come out which is neat and can be useful.

As far as not being so useful, the possible combinations of pocket pairs follow a series of numbers called the triangular numbers (because those number make triangles if you stack up cans or whatever). It goes 0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 21, 28, etc. Basically you add 1, add 2, add 3, etc. If holdem had 7 suits instead of 4, there would be 28 ways to have AA. The chance of being dealt certain hands in draw games are also based heavily on the triangular numbers, but it's more complicated.