Watching the World Series of Poker
Dave:
Saw you on TV last night and this sounds like a stupid question but the way they were pronoucing your name, is that right?
Saw you on TV last night and this sounds like a stupid question but the way they were pronoucing your name, is that right?
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I have been a morning radio personality in Saskatoon for about 12 years. On the air I am "Rambling Dave" and so, yes, people do call me that. A lot actually.
One question: that hand where you called the all-in with 6h7h, I don't think they ever said how big the all-in raise was. They made that 'Losing at Poker' crack (which as far as I can tell wasn't mean-spirited) but they didn't tell us how much more you had to call. So how big was the all-in raise? About the same size as your original raise?
Cheers,
all_aces
So, get your cool poker nickname ready now. You get to pick your own!
It's good to know that there are still gentlemen playing poker (Dolly, Lederer, Farha, Freddy Deeb...). Those guys are pure class. You too Dave, although we didn;t get to see you bust out, so here's hoping you didn't start crying...
Too bad it's taken.
I think the hands we play, the outcome, the table dynamics, how I do in that situation, and .....?
thanks, dave.
What am I most interested in?
(1) What I thought about my opponent at the time;
(2) What my opponent was actually like;
(3) What cards I held;
(4) How the hand was played.
This four things, off the top of me head, will help me later when I ask myself if I played the hand well or badly. It was a great revelation to me that I played A-K badly three times at the WSOP. It send me into post-game analysis with a lot to think about.
How exactly do you do that:
Grab the tape recorder and while sitting at the table say: "Mental Note, the tightass in seat 4 wouldn't defend his blinds if his mother's life depended on it, feel free to grab them whenever you want"
"Mental Note: That was such a huge bluff, i can't believe that guy folded that"
Stand up, step away, make a note into recorder. I don't generally make current notes like "Player in seat 2 is too tight." I make past notes... "intersting hand in which I raised with 7-2o..." Just enough to remember ALL the important details.
I make no secret of it though. Usually, stand up, step away, make a note.
At the WSOP the ESPN crew eventually asked "what are you doing?" because, of course, I was wearing a lavalier mic so they could here everything I said.
In fact, knowing that I was wearing a mic I whispered to the camera crew about a hand that I thought was a subtle case of collusion. It's good to be in broadcasting and understand mics and audio transmission...
And no, I will not add to that story. I cannot be certain. I was 90% sure that I witnessed collusion of a subtle variety. But, without knowing hole cards I cannot be certain and without "beyond a reasonable dount" I will not give any more detail that that.
we needs details ... or broad general info at least
(225 places were paid)
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