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Title: Wait...I know that guy! Post by: Tal on July 12, 2016, 09:32:25 AM (Yet) another article on someone sitting near or seeing one of the main names from Black Friday:
http://www.pocketfives.com/articles/wsop-danielle-andersen-confronts-howard-lederer-over-wsop-return-592436/ I'm interested in people's views, not on what happened, but on how you'd react if you had stumped up 10k to play in the World Championship event, trying to get a life changing sum of money, and Mr L came and sat next to you. Clearly, if you've lost a lot of money in Black Friday, your blood might well be boiling a little more heavily and it's an extreme version of the (all too common) story in poker of sitting next to someone who has grimmed or otherwise owes money. Plenty of Hedge Fund managers and you could probably throw a lasso in the Amazon room and hit a person with a criminal record. Of course, Black Friday feels far more personal, even if you didn't lose any money. Again, though, can you afford to let this affect your A-Game? Should you go a step further and try to capitalise on the rage of others? Or is it purely about vengeance? Is it really worth it? I've put a poll up for interest. Do you adjust your play against him? He is likely to be bluffing less, right? Plenty of spite calls out there. If you are last to act after he has bet and someone else has called, could your calling range be wider than normal to reflect the greater number of spite calls out there? What would you do? Title: Re: Wait...I know that guy! Post by: rfgqqabc on July 12, 2016, 09:41:45 AM I'd ask if he could recommend a good lawyer. He must know plenty.
Title: Re: Wait...I know that guy! Post by: The Camel on July 12, 2016, 09:46:52 AM I don't understand why Lederer gets so much flack and people like Hellmuth, Juanda, Lindgren, Ivey etc etc get off relatively scott free.
What happened at UB was worse than the events at FTP (IMO obv) and Hellmuth was a major shareholder and huge shill for the site. Title: Re: Wait...I know that guy! Post by: The Camel on July 12, 2016, 09:55:11 AM In answer to the question, I think five years is more than enough time to get over it.
I wouldn't act or behave any differently towards Lederer than I would towards any other player. Title: Re: Wait...I know that guy! Post by: SuuPRlim on July 14, 2016, 03:23:38 AM Jesus will people please get over this!
Yeah it was outrageous but was 5 years ago and pretty much everyone had their money back, HL has as much right to be at the WSOP as me, you or any other criminal playing (of which im sure there are many) if you wanna go up to him and tell him his really fucked your livlihood up and your furious at him, fair enough, but dont throw insults, cheapens you. |