# Speculation Drives UP the Price of Poker by 10%!!! SDMB Poker - 3rd Qtr. 2008 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 30, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827 "2008-06-30T23:11:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/41 "2008-08-22T04:05:13Z")
Doubt it’s going to change my ranking much, but here are tonight’s results: 1. Dag 2. KYY 3. Missy 4. Oslo 5. Duck 6. Robot Arm ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/42 "2008-08-23T04:04:24Z")
Standings: 1 Dag Otto 70.0 2 Kyyrewyyoae 69.2 3 Duke of Rat 67.2 4 Yeticus Rex 57.3 5 Asterion 52.2 6 Robot Arm 49.9 7 Miss Take 48.7 8 Oslo Ostragoth 45.3 Jeez, this quarter is a train wreck for me. I created dime special for Saturday night if anyone is feeling beneficent. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/43 "2008-08-24T01:40:17Z")
[QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth] I created dime special for Saturday night if anyone is feeling beneficent. [/QUOTE] I’m not seeing it, O. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/44 "2008-08-24T04:02:00Z")
[QUOTE=MissTake] I’m not seeing it, O. [/QUOTE] It was at 7 pm central. You finished fourth, kyy took third for .07, and dag got second for .10. My winner’s share was .19, so I’m up to .26. It was a good game - over in about 15 minutes. The 8-player game took about 45 minutes. So what’s next? A .02/.04 ring game that I can buy in for .20, or should I set up another MTT for a dime? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/45 "2008-08-28T21:00:13Z")
Sorry guys for missing last week…wife in hospital with acute appendicitis. She’s doing better now after surgery and resting at home. I will try to get on tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/46 "2008-08-29T03:17:24Z")
Tonight’s Results: 1. The Yeti Returns 2. Ast…Best Man, but not the groom…yet. 3. Dag 4. Kyy 5. Oslo 6. Root 7. Duck 8. Missy ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/47 "2008-08-29T06:00:00Z")
Standings: 1 Yeticus Rex 69.5 2 Dag Otto 69.5 3 Kyyrewyyoae 67.8 4 Duke of Rat 63.5 5 Asterion 57.2 6 Robot Arm 48.2 7 Oslo Ostragoth 45.2 8 Miss Take 45.0 I advance! (Despite losing .1 point. ☹ ) Holy crap, Yeti piled on the points with the win. And it is not a tie for first - Yeti leads by 69.476 to Dag’s 69.470. Wow, if this was the last game of the quarter… ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/48 "2008-08-29T06:46:43Z")
[Something I didn’t know about Missy.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10122788&postcount=43) I’m in awe. I was so far from competing in state anything in grade school or high school… I take it back (somewhat). In the first year of academic competitions at my high school, my team took third of 8 (? - it was 35 years ago) in the only event in which we were entered, a regional-type thing. If we had experience and had practiced, who knows? My shining moment was knowing that the sine/cosine/tangent of some angle was -SQRT(2)/2. OK, not so much shining as dimly glowing, but I knew that sucker and was super-quick on the buzzer. We have to count our points where we can. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/49 "2008-09-05T04:12:03Z")
Results tonight: 1 MissTake 2 Robot Arm 3 Kyy 4 Duke 5 Dag 6 Oslo (my third 6th place finish, tieing with Root) 7 ast 8 Yeti and current standings: 1 Kyyrewyyoae 67.7 2 Dag Otto 66.7 3 Duke of Rat 62.7 4 Yeticus Rex 62.2 5 Miss Take 54.0 6 Asterion 53.9 7 Robot Arm 52.4 8 Oslo Ostragoth 43.6 ---
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/50 "2008-09-05T14:00:05Z")
I can post again! And I’m back in 1st! It’s going to be a good day. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/51 "2008-09-05T18:46:56Z")
Thank you for posting the results, **O**. I’m no longer in the cellar! _WHEEEEEEEEEEEE_ ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/52 "2008-09-08T16:58:03Z")
> [@Kyyrewyyoae](#): > > I can post again! And I’m back in 1st! It’s going to be a good day. Hey Duck…get yo ass back in here! ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/53 "2008-09-09T17:51:38Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > Hey Duck…get yo ass back in here! I’m only 1 point behind. Thanks for the vote of confidence, man. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/54 "2008-09-09T18:02:09Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > Hey Duck…get yo ass back in here! Well, I don’t know about him, but I’m out this week. I get to be in Albany on Thursday night. Isn’t that delightful? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/55 "2008-09-09T18:48:39Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > I’m only 1 point behind. Thanks for the vote of confidence, man. I meant for Duck to come back and post here, not to run roughshod all over you…that’s MY job!😉 ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/56 "2008-09-10T23:53:44Z")
Whas up, biotches? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/57 "2008-09-11T01:03:29Z")
Well, I’ll be driving from Yosemite to Las Vegas on the 30th, then heading out for L.A. on October 2nd. It’s probably too late to plan any real get together, but if anyone is in the neighborhood and wants to watch me lose in a for-real casino, let me know. So, now, where should I stay? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/58 "2008-09-11T18:07:16Z")
> [@Duke\_of\_Rat](#): > > Whas up, biotches? There’s the guy we know and love! [QUOTE=Root] Well, I’ll be driving from Yosemite to Las Vegas on the 30th, then heading out for L.A. on October 2nd. It’s probably too late to plan any real get together, but if anyone is in the neighborhood and wants to watch me lose in a for-real casino, let me know. So, now, where should I stay? [/QUOTE] You’re probably right about the 30th…but you can’t go wrong with about 80% of the hotels there. My favs are Monte Carlo, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay. As for your drive from Yosemite to Vegas, DO take highway 120 to the backside of Yosemite and drive south on US 395 to at least Big Pine. From there you have 3 choices: 1. Take the 168 East from Big Pine through the White Mountains (and just south of the ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (a worthwhile detour)), to the 266 to US 95 south to Vegas. 256 miles. [Link 1.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=CA-168&daddr=37.298637,-117.052975+to:NV-593+E&hl=en&geocode=Feg4NwIdZgjz-A%3B%3BFbTaJgIdgpki-Q&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=13&via=1&sll=37.285117,-117.018299&sspn=0.104346,0.22316&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=36.813683,-116.729736&spn=1.616131,3.570557&z=9) 2. Stay south on US 395 until Lone Pine. See Mount Whitney rise 10,000+ feet above the Owens Valley floor (you could detour on the Mt. Whitney trailhead road for about 1-2 hours). Take the 136 East out of Lone Pine and pass the north side of Owens Lake (partially dry lake…interesting history behind it) to Hwy 190 East and continue onward through the north side of Death Valley. It will be hot but not the summer’s 120+ degree hot…more like 95-110 hot. Continue towards Death Valley Jct and go south on Hwy 127 for just a few hundred feet to State Line road (to Pahrump, NV). Then head south on Hwy 160 from Pahrump to the I-15 which puts you just a tad south of Vegas proper. 265 miles total, but may be about 30 minutes longer than choice #1. Worthwhile IMHO. [Link 2.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=CA-168&daddr=36.587966,-116.943283+to:NV-593+E&hl=en&geocode=Feg4NwIdZgjz-A%3B%3BFbTaJgIdgpki-Q&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=13&via=1&sll=36.569907,-116.924057&sspn=0.10533,0.22316&ie=UTF8&ll=36.450008,-116.776428&spn=1.687865,3.570557&t=h&z=9) 3. Stay south on US 395 all the way down to Hwy 58 (Kramer Jct.) and head East on 58 to Barstow and then take I-15 north to Vegas…a drab of a drive (which you’ll see a good stretch of when you go from Vegas to L.A. anyways). The roads will be the best of the 3 choices. 347 miles total and BUT 55 minutes longer than choice #1. [Link 3.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=CA-168&daddr=34.992387,-117.541652+to:NV-593+E&hl=en&geocode=Feg4NwIdZgjz-A%3B%3BFbTaJgIdgpki-Q&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&via=1&sll=34.986445,-117.529335&sspn=0.026862,0.05579&ie=UTF8&ll=36.266421,-116.323242&spn=3.38353,7.141113&t=h&z=8) OTOH, I wouldn’t mind meeting up with you over lunch on Oct. 2nd when you’re taking I-15 (in Victorville) when you go from Vegas to L.A. I’m buying. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/59 "2008-09-11T18:09:24Z")
Also, I have the cable company coming in this afternoon to find out what the hell is going on with my IP addresses and the DHCP(?) not able to access the assignment of them??? Hopefully they will be able to resolve this for tonight’s game. So, pencil me in for tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827/60 "2008-09-12T03:24:22Z")
Tonight’s results 1. Dag 2. Kyy 3. Duck 4. Root 5. Missy 6. Oslo 7. Yeti Wonder if that’s enough to overtake Kyy? I fear it won’t be. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-drives-up-the-price-of-poker-by-10-sdmb-poker-3rd-qtr-2008/454827.md?page=4)