Poker Trivia Part 44

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Good Luck to all who participate! Answers will be posted on Monday.

1) Which poker player was drafted by NBA's Minneapolis Lakers?

2) Who was the headline act when Bugsy Siegel opened the Flamingo in 1946?

3) In all poker circles, is it considered ethical or unethical to split a pot rather than have a showdown?

Until next week.:)
 
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i know the first answer is doyle. was it sinatra?
 
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Here are the answers:

1) Doyle Brunson

2) Jimmy Durante

3) Unethical

Until next week!:)
 
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3) Unethical

So, I'm curious. Where does this come from? If I'm reading this right, why is splitting the pot unethical? What about chopping the blinds? Why wouldn't that be unethical then? But it's allowed in many cardrooms/casinos. Just curious, is all? Since you're done with the thread and have posted the answers, maybe I can hijack it and we can get discussion going on this. Could be interesting.

Anyone else have thoughts on this being ethical or not? Why? All the time? When? I curious to hear...
 
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Hmm - are we suggesting that I was unethical with Mischman and Dueces last night?

(We split the money evenly 3 ways because we were just tossing chips back and forth and wanted it over)
 
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Huh? No, I have no idea what you're talking about. I was actually referring to T1riel's trivia answers that splitting pots prior to showdown is considered unethical in ALL poker circles. Maybe I'll start a separate post to open discussion on this.
 
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I saw Sam Farha asking the other players if they wanted to split a big pot on High Stakes Poker. They declined, but Sam lost it anyway because he was playing rags as usual.
 
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Huh? No, I have no idea what you're talking about. I was actually referring to T1riel's trivia answers that splitting pots prior to showdown is considered unethical in ALL poker circles. Maybe I'll start a separate post to open discussion on this.

Umm - what's up with North and South Dakota?
 
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