Abdul Jalib was a prolific contributor to the USENET newsgroups rec.gambling.*. This page is a reference to his contributions, with an emphasis on those related to poker.
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Abdul's web site has been disconnected for quite some time. Further, whoever currently owns the domain bolloxed the Internet Archive. In true fanboy fashion, two classic pages are now archived at this site.
An occasionally-asked question on RGP is "Where are Abdul's 'broken links'?" I think I found them:
These appear in various RGP posts starting 2003-03-03:
Deep Thought #1
When playing poker against cuttlefish, I try to keep my skin tone
constant. To the extent that I cannot control nor conceal my skin
tone in a situation, I try to simulate the same skin tone in
other situations. A top notch cephalopod may see through this
deception and gain even more information from me. Perhaps I would
be better off not playing poker against cuttlefish and other
cephalopods.
Deep Thought #2
Sometimes when I see a player throw his cards at the dealer,
I think it's funny. Then I catch myself, and imagine myself
in the place of one of the cards. Then it wouldn't seem so funny.
Deep Thought #3
Don't you think it's strange that no poker cardroom has a rule against
time machines? But consider, if at some point there were rules
against time machines, then a time traveller from the future might
have traveled to the past to prevent those rules from being written in
the first place. So, it's simply what should be expected.
Deep Thought #4
Imagine there's no heaven. Then we would have to move the big
poker game in the sky.
Deep Thought #5
In the early days, poker was played with a deck of cards and
some chips on top of a table.
Deep Thought #6
Sometimes while playing poker I feel guilty. After all, while
playing poker I produce no goods or services of value to society.
Then I look into the eyes of the dealer and realize that if I didn't
play poker, he or she might be out of a job. So, I realize that
I'm doing some good. Then I realize that actually the dealer isn't
really doing any good, so I must not be either. By then, the
next hand is being dealt, so I figure I might as well keep playing.
Deep Thought #7
I think if human poker dealers were replaced with robots, the players
would get in a lot more trouble for kicking the dealer than they do now.
Deep Thought #8
If you ever find yourself at a poker table full of sharks, realize
that you're probably in less danger than at a poker table full of
bears, unless the table is underwater.
Deep Thought #9
In a situation at a poker table in Vegas, a player from LA insisted
that an LA rule be applied in lieu of the proper Vegas rule; the
end result was a wrongly declared misdeal. I don't care what
the rules are, so long as the rules are consistently applied.
So, when 2 am rolled around, I threw away his beer.
Deep Thought #10
Let's get our priorities straight. Dealing with terrorists, weapons of
mass destruction, and plagues can wait until after we have a new setup.
Deep Thought #11
Every time I see a poker table explode and the pieces are worms
that go flying but they change into potato chips, I wonder if I'm
having a dream, but I eat the potato chips anyway.
Deep Thought #12
The best hand wins least often in the game where the best starting
hand wins most often.
Created 2002-06-27 16:35-07:00. Modified 2008-10-04 15:17-07:00.