GTA Poker;294261 wroteI don't care at all either way, but this specific reasoning is always lol for whatever you choose to apply it to in life...find me a situation where this line would not apply. Although, from most poker players it is expected. Also, justifying your stance by stating that you aren't ripping-off other players by quite as much as you conceivably could...more lol
Fallsview is and always has been a joke....
Huge +1 to the above, and people are saying the same things on another poker forum we both post on.
GTA Poker;294261 wroteI think it is fine for OP to try his hand at being a scalper. To take the view that the majority of poker players would not do this is absurd. Play some live poker and see how vapid and degen most of the players are and then you will be amazed that someone didn't just buy all the tickets and set up a booth outside selling them.
To me, its not fine that someone I considered afriend is 'trying his hand' at a scum practice. I have spoken well of him when his name comes up in conversation, and now some of the
same people within earshot are shut out of playing this at face value ... but they can get in for 15% of their winnings from him if they want!! His desire to pocket a for a reasonably small sum has messed up his moral compass and Im embarassed that I vouched for him.
Poker is my 'profession,' anything people do to give the reputation of the game or its players a black eye is something Im going to be vocal against.
Meeting a girls parents and being introduced as a poker player gets harder with every immoral choice that fellow 'gamblers' make. Whenever someone says 'oh I know someone that plays poker' more often than not I dread the conversation, they almost never reflect well.
I've played 'some' live poker in the WSOP, EPT, and many casinos and private games over the last decade. There are many shady fucks that will value a few hundred bucks more than their reputation, this just hits close to home. Im bummed that Im a bad judge of character.
GTA Poker;294261 wroteScotty, it you do not agree with Fallsview's policies then lobby them or just don't play there; however, it has long been known that they are a terribly run poker room and I am highly doubtful that anything will change without competition as long as the degen pool is alive and well.
You're probably not wrong here.
GTA Poker;294261 wroteHe has not done anything outside of any legal or moral code.
You are wrong here.
GTA Poker;294261 wroteTo chastise him openly on the forum is not warranted. If he is a friend of yours then why would you not just express your opinion to him privately?
We did exchange PMs. At first, I was elated and relieved, willing to offer him a freeroll on some of my profits. He responded with a very unreasonable demand (IMO) $1k cash and 15% of my cash. Keep in mind we go back a few years, and have bounced handhistories off eachother and given/taken advice. Many years ago I invited Ryan to be my guest for VIP at the skydome because I know hes a huge jays fan. Only a couple months ago myself and another prominent Canadian poker player were drunk as fuck in Hamilton after seeing PearlJam, Ryan drove us ALL THE WAY HOME after I texted him asking for a hamilton cab #.
If I won the tournament and had to give someone 15% for doing next to nothing except preventing me from buying a seat on my own, it would inspire violent thoughts - and Im a very nonviolent guy!
This just isnt the way you should treat your friends or members of a community that have made you better at poker. At least its not how I was raised, or how I would want people in my circle of friends behaving.
GTA Poker;294261 wroteAs for you not having an entry, as a serious poker player that seems to be a terrible gaff on your part.
Its a 'gaff' I would rather commit than line some scum scalpers pockets with variance free money. I spew enough on all the concerts and sporting events I buy premium tickets to, not doing it for a $1k in a joke of a poker room.
He is trying to rip off his peers and members of poker communities he participates in, in my mind that is a moral gaff!
GTA Poker;294261 wroteSo, you can just go to the cage and purchase as many entries as you want? No restrictions and no conditions on the sales?
I've heard you can buy a max of 4, which means Mr. Hall (lest we forget: he is a government employed teacher!) had a partner in crime.
Ryan: Are you two splitting it 50/50? Did you pay them a wage, or were they doing it for free? What a GREAT friend if the latter!
Masakik;294288 wroteI'm not going to come out and say that Ryan isn't my friend, but that being said.
He is doing nothing wrong. Someone else (and other people have) done the EXACT same thing! Blame the system don't blame Ryan.... If he hadn't bought those tickets another person would have and sold them for higher. Its Fallsviews fault for not putting a limit on the customer...
Lol thanks for registering to share your insight!! Breaking the law is not wrong because, as Ryan has already shared with us OTHER PEOPLE WOULD HAVE!