Degree #1 & #2
Did anyone watch round #1 and #2 last night? I don't know if it was me, but they really did a number with the editing. One minute a player is short stacked and when they came back from the commercial break, the player is now mid to big stack. Really didn't like the flow of the show and they seem to show about one hand per blind level when in fact there was 30 minutes per level. Too many commercials and not enough poker. I expect to have maybe two hands shown before I take the walk of shame. Which is too bad because I think I did a good job recovering from the low stack in the first blind level, to chip leader for a couple of hours (which will probably all be on the editing floor). Glad the bald guy got knocked out in round #2 as this guy was a real prick in the preliminary rounds and he continued to push people all in when we were getting down to the final 36, whereas other tables tried to work together and get fellow players to the final 36. Great come back for the guy in round #1 from being forced all-in with the blinds, to taking it down in the end. Showing the amount in the pot and the bet made by each player would also have been nice. Pretty hard to follow the action with only the hole cards shown.
PokerJAH
btw, my short appearance will be in round #4 next Thursday at 9pm.
PokerJAH
btw, my short appearance will be in round #4 next Thursday at 9pm.
Comments
In a satellite, is the goal not to eliminate enough players to get a seat?
He may have had a non-standard strategy, but I can't fault him for pouncing on weakness and declining to collude.
As far as other players helping other players out, THAT'S BEING A PRICK! This is poker, not some Beaver Meeting play time sharingsharingsharing event.
Here is the original message from the forum member that was knocked out by this guy ( I was to his left):
Still, there's no rule I know of that says obnoxious people can't play if they piss someone off at the table, or to say they can't raise allin every pot to accelerate the demise of the competition. Just have to play your game against theirs.
I think he has about 20,000 reasons to call, I'm sorry but I just don't understand. I'm surprised he called I would have raised to 8000. I understand that perhaps the way he was doing this was annoying, his mannerisms, perhaps being rude about it or gloating and such, that is uncalled for and if that's the case then you have something to be pissed about....just clarify you were pissed at how he acted not played because whether you're playing for money or a seat you've got to always play your a game and I'd be bullying the short stacks too!
Well, okay, that MAY change my opinion...MAY. If he was already guaranteed a seat, and there was only a few moments left in the game, then yes I can see where you might be justified in your OP in calling him a prick.
I think the bigger pricks are the people soft playing their table in hopes some other table starts playing and eliminates someone.