yeah, Galfond's blog is a good read. seems to have his head screwed on straight and to be a stand up sort of guy. never met him so can't vouch but the blog is decent either way
yeah, Galfond's blog is a good read. seems to have his head screwed on straight and to be a stand up sort of guy. never met him so can't vouch but the blog is decent either way
His blog and Olivier Busquet (excuse any misspelling) are two I find to be the best, very well written and find myself landing on often for "Reactions" voices of poker type research.
My only complaint about Galfond is when him and Durrr guaranteed 1,000,000 in pay-outs after black Friday. With great power comes great responsibility and these two have massive followings. I think some players stayed on FTP until Alderney pulled the plug, believing these guys in the know wouldn't put this out there without being very sure. Some of those players went on to get screwed further and while Galfond has hid from no one, Durrr seems to have just moved on and laughs at his promiss when brought up.
That's all behind them now, maybe they did put up some cash I don't know about, but in reality I don't really think it was their problem to deal with. It would have been much better to just stay quiet. I think they were duped and had strong info that could have worked out with white knight deals, but when they got one outed, it was swept under rug.
I initially praised them in that in tough times, players can only rely on players, but it appeatrs it was smoke up the ass from some icons.
With that said, Galfond is still a great ambassador of the game IMO.
Durr and galfond didn't have to "DO" anything, they each put up 1M if the americans didn't get paid back.
I think it was more or less just to put the americans minds at ease at a tough time.
Not to mention 2m dollars was chump change compared to what's owed, it just shed some security to the people that had money locked up.
Im surprised u take that stance jon, neither of them had to say anything or do anything, but they felt compelled to give comfort to distraught americans.. at that time it was probably appreciated.
also, dwan left the scene to go to macau where it's rumored he has made a fortune for himself... can't blame the guy for not wanting to go into to much detail about ftp, he has said numerous times that he wants to say so much, but legally can't until it's all over with.
Durr and galfond didn't have to "DO" anything, they each put up 1M if the americans didn't get paid back.
I think it was more or less just to put the americans minds at ease at a tough time.
Not to mention 2m dollars was chump change compared to what's owed, it just shed some security to the people that had money locked up.
Im surprised u take that stance jon, neither of them had to say anything or do anything, but they felt compelled to give comfort to distraught americans.. at that time it was probably appreciated.
also, dwan left the scene to go to macau where it's rumored he has made a fortune for himself... can't blame the guy for not wanting to go into to much detail about ftp, he has said numerous times that he wants to say so much, but legally can't until it's all over with.
I agree 100% with what you said above, they didn't have to do anything but they did. I wish they had not. It wasn't their problem. The fact they did is what sucked; thes guys are heros in many minds and I think some, not all figured; "well if these guys are that sure its safe."
It did assure people in a time of need, but seems empty words as 15 months later, nobody has been paid and the subject has been dropped. Realistically, this would have never worked anyway. I guess I would have liked to see them at least do something like Jungleman and give a few players who were stuck because of this an ME package in some sort of contest, small gesture that would have shown goodwill to back up words spoken. And let's be real, it's a straddle for the games they play.
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His blog and Olivier Busquet (excuse any misspelling) are two I find to be the best, very well written and find myself landing on often for "Reactions" voices of poker type research.
My only complaint about Galfond is when him and Durrr guaranteed 1,000,000 in pay-outs after black Friday. With great power comes great responsibility and these two have massive followings. I think some players stayed on FTP until Alderney pulled the plug, believing these guys in the know wouldn't put this out there without being very sure. Some of those players went on to get screwed further and while Galfond has hid from no one, Durrr seems to have just moved on and laughs at his promiss when brought up.
That's all behind them now, maybe they did put up some cash I don't know about, but in reality I don't really think it was their problem to deal with. It would have been much better to just stay quiet. I think they were duped and had strong info that could have worked out with white knight deals, but when they got one outed, it was swept under rug.
I initially praised them in that in tough times, players can only rely on players, but it appeatrs it was smoke up the ass from some icons.
With that said, Galfond is still a great ambassador of the game IMO.
I think it was more or less just to put the americans minds at ease at a tough time.
Not to mention 2m dollars was chump change compared to what's owed, it just shed some security to the people that had money locked up.
Im surprised u take that stance jon, neither of them had to say anything or do anything, but they felt compelled to give comfort to distraught americans.. at that time it was probably appreciated.
also, dwan left the scene to go to macau where it's rumored he has made a fortune for himself... can't blame the guy for not wanting to go into to much detail about ftp, he has said numerous times that he wants to say so much, but legally can't until it's all over with.
I agree 100% with what you said above, they didn't have to do anything but they did. I wish they had not. It wasn't their problem. The fact they did is what sucked; thes guys are heros in many minds and I think some, not all figured; "well if these guys are that sure its safe."
It did assure people in a time of need, but seems empty words as 15 months later, nobody has been paid and the subject has been dropped. Realistically, this would have never worked anyway. I guess I would have liked to see them at least do something like Jungleman and give a few players who were stuck because of this an ME package in some sort of contest, small gesture that would have shown goodwill to back up words spoken. And let's be real, it's a straddle for the games they play.
That's it.