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Men and Women Russian Gymnastic Teams Banned from Paris Olympics.
Missed deadline to qualify as a team, but could still qualify for individual events.
Swings the door wide open for the US Women to reclaim the team gold next summer.
Link: NBC Sports
Missed deadline to qualify as a team, but could still qualify for individual events.
Swings the door wide open for the US Women to reclaim the team gold next summer.
Link: NBC Sports
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Something compelled me to check to see how that poker scandal was resolved: J4 Report – Hustler Casino Live
Looks like they declined to formally "clear her of any wrongdoing," but stipulated that they found no evidence of cheating. So, if you'd already made up your mind that she did it, I don't imagine anything has changed for you. But, if she did it, they apparently couldn't prove it.
Looks like they declined to formally "clear her of any wrongdoing," but stipulated that they found no evidence of cheating. So, if you'd already made up your mind that she did it, I don't imagine anything has changed for you. But, if she did it, they apparently couldn't prove it.
Sometimes the simplest answer is the correct answer. It's poker, if you don't have a bad beat story I suspect you've never played.
I guess what I can't even remember is, what was the "evidence" or indication that she was cheating vs. just the 10 million other times a similar thing happens without incident?
I guess what I can't even remember is, what was the "evidence" or indication that she was cheating vs. just the 10 million other times a similar thing happens without incident?
She originally made a small raise and her opponent pushed her all in, so at that point she couldn't raise.
Furthermore, there was one card left to come, and if you assume that she had somebody with knowledge of the remaining deck (based on the TV coverage) telling her to call, there were 32 cards left in the deck and her opponent won on 17 of them - she was actually behind! If she was cheating, she was shooting herself in the foot.
So my assessment, that nobody is asking for, is this:
A cheater folds. A cheater doesn't push all in on a (less than) 50-50 shot, but rather waits for a better opportunity. She wasn't cheating.
A good player folds. A good player recognizes that she has no draw. Barring pairing one of her two cards, the only way she can improve her hand is for the board to come up a full house, which is a split at best for her. Even if she believes that her opponent is bluffing, there are a lot of opportunities for things to go really wrong here. Her opponent could have a better face card (or equal face card with a better kicker), or have paired the 3 on the board, or even have a low pocket pair. All those are essentially "bluffs" that are already ahead. Or they could have a straight or a flush draw (he in fact had both) that could give much better odds on the river. Even if her read is right, and he doesn't want a call, that doesn't mean in this circumstance that she's ahead. And she can't bluff him out, because he's all in. A good player folds all day all night every time. Runs away. Maybe they make a lot of noise about how they were soooooo close to calling but a good player never had any intention.
Sherlock Holmes says, when you've eliminated the impossible, whatever is left, however improbable, must be true. Sherlock Holmes says she's a bad player, and she made a mistake.
Furthermore, there was one card left to come, and if you assume that she had somebody with knowledge of the remaining deck (based on the TV coverage) telling her to call, there were 32 cards left in the deck and her opponent won on 17 of them - she was actually behind! If she was cheating, she was shooting herself in the foot.
So my assessment, that nobody is asking for, is this:
A cheater folds. A cheater doesn't push all in on a (less than) 50-50 shot, but rather waits for a better opportunity. She wasn't cheating.
A good player folds. A good player recognizes that she has no draw. Barring pairing one of her two cards, the only way she can improve her hand is for the board to come up a full house, which is a split at best for her. Even if she believes that her opponent is bluffing, there are a lot of opportunities for things to go really wrong here. Her opponent could have a better face card (or equal face card with a better kicker), or have paired the 3 on the board, or even have a low pocket pair. All those are essentially "bluffs" that are already ahead. Or they could have a straight or a flush draw (he in fact had both) that could give much better odds on the river. Even if her read is right, and he doesn't want a call, that doesn't mean in this circumstance that she's ahead. And she can't bluff him out, because he's all in. A good player folds all day all night every time. Runs away. Maybe they make a lot of noise about how they were soooooo close to calling but a good player never had any intention.
Sherlock Holmes says, when you've eliminated the impossible, whatever is left, however improbable, must be true. Sherlock Holmes says she's a bad player, and she made a mistake.
Now I don't follow golf, but it's almost as if it's difficult to maintain separate and exclusive (e.g. players can't play in both) high-level leagues in the same sport.
The American League and the National League...hmm.
The ABA and the NBA...hmm.
The NFL and the USFL (v1), and the USFL (v2), and the XFL (v1), and the XFL (v2)...hmm. Any guesses on what's going to happen to the USFL v3 and the XFL v3?
At the highest level, professional sports naturally are monopolies - because fans want champions. If there are competing leagues they will either merge, or all but one will be driven into obscurity.
The American League and the National League...hmm.
The ABA and the NBA...hmm.
The NFL and the USFL (v1), and the USFL (v2), and the XFL (v1), and the XFL (v2)...hmm. Any guesses on what's going to happen to the USFL v3 and the XFL v3?
At the highest level, professional sports naturally are monopolies - because fans want champions. If there are competing leagues they will either merge, or all but one will be driven into obscurity.
US Gymnastics Olympic Trials set for Minneapolis a little over a year from now - meaning Suni Lee could crash at her parents’ house and take the 20 minute drive to the Target Center for the week.
Field is gonna be stacked even if Biles opts to watch from the stands - which given the snippets of news I’ve read on her training schedule, I’m putting my money on her competing.
Field is gonna be stacked even if Biles opts to watch from the stands - which given the snippets of news I’ve read on her training schedule, I’m putting my money on her competing.
It’s official: Biles is making a run for Paris.
She’s registered for the 2023 U.S. Classic in Chicago on August 5th, which is both the last qualifying event for the US Championships, and the first time she’ll have competed since Tokyo.
Carey, Chiles, and Lee - who had some kind of kidney issue that prematurely ended her run at Auburn - are also set to compete.
Here’s hoping Biles gets her groove back in the Windy City.
She’s registered for the 2023 U.S. Classic in Chicago on August 5th, which is both the last qualifying event for the US Championships, and the first time she’ll have competed since Tokyo.
Carey, Chiles, and Lee - who had some kind of kidney issue that prematurely ended her run at Auburn - are also set to compete.
Here’s hoping Biles gets her groove back in the Windy City.
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