|
|
|
|
Poker Stories
Psychological dodges
Dead John Crawford was one of the greatest players of all times and the people. The bridge and a backgammon were his favourite games, but also he perfectly played gin-rammi (gin rummy). They regularly battled in this game together with legendary Oswald Jacobi. The class of game at them was approximately identical, but, undoubtedly, Crawford was above on psychology. He constantly hooked Jacobi, teased him, laughed at his courses. Sometimes he it so lead up Jacobi, that that hardly distinguished cards on a table.
In the same style the professional player in backgammon Gabi Horovic well-known the unrestrained chatter during game, sometimes its scornful notes absolutely deduced players from a composure condition. The professional on seven-card herds-pokers Danny Robinson also has got to itself unseemly reputation for the incessant flow of words distracting and deceptive partners.
It is all concerns psychological dodges, and they do not have number. Some approve them. Others are not present. Though they take a certain place in poker, it not that is psychology of the given game in classical understanding of a word. It only means of psychological attack, applicable to all games, more precisely speaking, to all kinds of competitions. The champion on chess Bobbi Fisher used these means in the well-known match against Soviet grand master Boris Spasskogo. Trainers of type Erl Viver and Martin Bill use them on a baseball field. And unforgettable Nikita Sergeevich Khruschev has become famous for use of such means in diplomacy, spending with their help tactics of cold war.
|
 |
Record prize in poker
From Guinness Book of Records
The record prize in poker has been fixed in 1889 in Santa Fe, the State of New Mexico, the USA. Two played: Ike Jackson, one of the richest people in the West, and legendary player Dzhoni Dougergi. They played by the western rules - 5 cards with change and without restriction of rates. Game proceeded two hours, of it observed more than hundred persons, including, the governor of then territory of New Mexico L.Bredford Prins.
On a game stood more than 100 000 dollars. At last Jackson has written out and has thrown on a game the promissory note on the security of the ranch with herd in 10 000 heads of cattle. In answer Dougergi scratch a few lines two words, has risen from the place, has put L.Bredfordu's paper, has snatched out a colt and has put it to a head of the governor. “Sign, or I will pull the trigger”, - he has ordered. Prins has without hesitation signed the document, and Dougergi, having returned to a gambling table, has thrown a paper on a game. “I lift the rate to cost of territory of New Mexico”, - he has rapped out. “Here it is an act”, - Jackson has told and has thrown cards ”.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
© 2007 SevenPoker.net Version 1.0 C |
 |
|
|
