This is from the PokerStars.net Big Game, Thursday's installment.
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Barry
said...
You had to love the first hand of the week. "Welcome to the game, Phil!"
What are your thoughts on the hand where Tony G claimed he hadn't looked at his cards? Even the commentators seemed upset about it, I have no issue. If you aren't paying close enough attention to know if he's telling the truth, you run that risk. By pushing, Hellmuth thinks he can take advantage of Guoga's random hand and win a big pot. I don't get why Helluth, Flack, and everyone else acted like it was such a major ethical violation.
It's a little hard to say this, because I'm not used to it yet, but I suppose that I'm a professional poker player. I moved to Vegas intending to get a job as a poker dealer, but while waiting to get hired, I spent the days playing poker instead of dealing it, and soon found that I was able to keep the bills paid. So I've just kept on doing it. I play Hold'em exclusively, usually no-limit, and most commonly $1-2 or $1-3, with occasional forays into $2-5 territory. I play tournaments on-line once in a while, but for some reason that I haven't entirely figured out, I'm much more successful playing at casinos than on the Internet, and much better at cash games than tournaments.
You can contact me via email: it's rakewell1 at yahoo dotdotdot com.
2 comments:
You had to love the first hand of the week. "Welcome to the game, Phil!"
What are your thoughts on the hand where Tony G claimed he hadn't looked at his cards? Even the commentators seemed upset about it, I have no issue. If you aren't paying close enough attention to know if he's telling the truth, you run that risk. By pushing, Hellmuth thinks he can take advantage of Guoga's random hand and win a big pot. I don't get why Helluth, Flack, and everyone else acted like it was such a major ethical violation.
Curious how you feel...
I agreed with the commentators: It's not against the rules, but it's sleazy.
I try to abide by Barry Greenstein's advice, as quoted at the end of this post:
http://pokergrump.blogspot.com/2008/02/somebody-posted-this-question-on.html
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