Pokerstars is not a site that is poker friendly anymore !
I am surprised more hasn't been made of this latest Stars greed fest , it makes sense them sneaking it in whilst The WSOP is on
this is the thoughts from a well known grinder on the new scheme .........
"After 20 k hands the rakeback is at 4 % . And the ''funny'' thing is that the points needed to get the reward boxes grow, so I suppose that in the end you won't be able to get any rakeback because the ''personalised'' requirements needed to get any boxes will be unatainable . So it's harder and harder to get them. The last one was funny . After raking 25 dolars they gave me 7 stars coins. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA" followed by "personalised I guess means - we do whatever we like and nobody can verify us"
It's Independence Day here in the USA, which, it seems to me, is celebrated by 2 things - fireworks, & Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest.
Unsurprisingly, the Hot Dog Contest winner was Joey Chestnut, who has won 9 of the last 10 renewals.
He managed - in 10 minutes - 72 Hot Dogs, including the buns. That'll be 20,160 calories.
He came to the contest in great form, too, having just last month won the World Ice Cream Sandwich Eating Championship. He got through 25.25 Ice Cream Dessert Delights in 6 minutes, but it went to a tie-breaker which he duly won.
This, of course, is serious business, & is sanctioned by MLE - Major League Eating.
The Hot Dog thing is broadcast live on ESPN, who boast that they syndicate the show to 72 countries. Presumably that excludes the likes of Bangladesh & large parts of Africa.
I am not making any of this stuff up. It's real.
If you have never watched a Hot dog Eating contest, look away now, it's the most obscene & disgusting thing you ever saw.
The whole thing is abhorrent, but then again, I cant help watching it.
Here's Joey in action today.
If you happen to bump into him, Jesse May is a connoisseur of this 'sport', knows a lot about it as a 'fan'.
Thanks Barry.
Why does that not surprise me?
I've not seen him here this year.
Prompted by your mention of Jesse May, I last saw him on March 12th, & I was mightily shocked to hear he now has a proper 9-5 Day Job.
I cannot think of too many folk I thought less likely to get a proper job. Who'd have thought?
I'm not sure of his exact role, but he works for Matchbook these days.
I wish him well, of course I do, but somehow it feels like a disappointment that such an adventurous roving spirit has come across to the dark side & got himself a proper job.
What next - Camel get a job with Ladbrokes, or Sky Bet?
I was gonna stop but then you had to mention my man boob you are supposed to be a rapper, but you just got schooled by a 30 year old white noob you might be slim and I might be Bernard manning but at least I didn't get rejected by Neil Channing you didn't even get a blue belt back then, and I got supernova and now you are on less than 20% rakeback, peace out this battles over
wiggy wiggy, uh uh, one two one two its the remix etc
Rofl, that was very good for your first battle rap!
Wp sir
Just very good? He just kicked your ass - you better bring the heat now!
Was gonna get it lie and actually answer some questions...........but ok
Barry, you say I'm not really a champ, for that I don't hate you But you play a £150 FO every 3 months so what does that make you?! Okay I'm thin, but your weak disses get me bored Cos when you have a baby, you'll be able to breast feed yours! You know you've got a moob problem more than other fellas When you take your top off, and your girlfriend gets jealous In steel city you like to feel pretty, ask and you go blushy When I say you're in make-up...I don't mean you owe Flushy
OMG only just seen this rap fricking amazing . bear in mind i know Barry very well up here in Sheffield and historically he has mentioned wanting to get rid of man boobs
Murray looks big at 7/4 with bald. That makes him a 6/4 shot at the semi final stage based on his current price. He could limp into the 1/4 finals on one leg his draw is that easy. Fed at 4/5 for his quarter with bald. That makes him a 5/6 shot outright at the semi final stage when he could still have to face Muz and Djok! Think Bald have dropped some maths clangers here. loltraders in warrington going to lolcompile as usual. Their pin isn't very sharp today.
4/1 double Fed and Muz make the Wimbledon semis! Seems too good to be true!
Bald lols didn't take long to take action on their maths ricks! Nice work lads. Three minutes after the initial post. Nice to see you are still tuning into TFT in Warrington lads. Keep guessing for your wages and sharpen the pin.
Ive Said before Arb , they read here for sure...Bald Head Quarters is in Warrington called "The Studio"...how did you know ?
Many many years ago i went to their for an interview just after i left 365. The little bald miser didn't even pay interview expenses after agreeing to prior to attending and even though he knew my salary expectations offered me less than half of what i was currently earning at the time. Safe to say it always has been the same joke sweat shop outfit it still is now. Most of the staff at have to wear the horrid betting shop uniform as well on the call centre/customer service. Well they did back then. You could smell the 'them and us' culture in the firm sent right from the top from the odious bald one. The seniors lols that interviewed me were clueless to say the least. Some of the stuff they said, even in 2004, was mind bendingly bad for people in such senior positions of a major firm. Without the FOBT's i doubt betfred would be anything like what they are nowadays brand wise.
I agree . very similar business model to Paddys
Try and place a decent bet on a visible market such as Premier League or a World Cup and they mess you about offering peanuts and the balance at whatever even if others firms are going the same price
Hard work for sure
Ive heard all about the Wonga style staff loans too , a senior guy borrowed house deposit money at XXX rate
Murray looks big at 7/4 with bald. That makes him a 6/4 shot at the semi final stage based on his current price. He could limp into the 1/4 finals on one leg his draw is that easy. Fed at 4/5 for his quarter with bald. That makes him a 5/6 shot outright at the semi final stage when he could still have to face Muz and Djok! Think Bald have dropped some maths clangers here. loltraders in warrington going to lolcompile as usual. Their pin isn't very sharp today.
4/1 double Fed and Muz make the Wimbledon semis! Seems too good to be true!
Bald lols didn't take long to take action on their maths ricks! Nice work lads. Three minutes after the initial post. Nice to see you are still tuning into TFT in Warrington lads. Keep guessing for your wages and sharpen the pin.
Ive Said before Arb , they read here for sure...Bald Head Quarters is in Warrington called "The Studio"...how did you know ?
Wimbledon not a young mans game , Surprisingly Federer was the eldest to win in recent times at 30 but that was 6 years ago Arthur Ashe oldest at 31 in "modern times "
Oldest recent Wimbledon winners
Rank Player Year Tournament Age
1 Arthur Ashe 1975 Wimbledon 31y 11m 25d 2 Roger Federer 2012 Wimbledon 30y 11m 0d 3 Rod Laver 1969 Wimbledon 30y 10m 26d 4 Rod Laver 1968 Wimbledon 29y 10m 27d 5 Jimmy Connors 1982 Wimbledon 29y 10m 12d 6 Goran Ivanisevic 2001 Wimbledon 29y 9m 26d 7 Pete Sampras 2000 Wimbledon 28y 10m 27d 8 Roger Federer 2009 Wimbledon 27y 10m 27d
I know advancements in science and nutrition etc mean longer fitness levels however Trends dictate its a big ask to win Wimbledon at 36
"From my research a lot of people think a 1-3 shot is massive fav but it isnt whereas a 1-4 shot has a serious" increasement "of coming in " ................ " and thats a fact "
On one of my tables at the Nugget, there was quite a discussion on The Master. There was quite a few tales of scummy things he has done and various places he has been banned from.
I did make the point if you are a prolific card counter you get pretty much banned everywhere straight away. If you cheat at poker, you only get banned from the one casino/chain and dare say a few of theses bans are less than permanent. Suspect the difference is who does the losing if there is a cheater in the game. Obviously this discussion was unrelated to Men.
Moving on, and genuinely unrelated to the above.
Do you know Miami John? He has quite some poker history. It was him I chopped with, and though I had heard of Miami John, I didn't know what he looked like. It was probably a good thing I didn't know who he was. Guess I should be honoured he wanted to chop with me.
Strange you mention these two together given they are top 2 on the all time tournie wins & cashes rankings ... some grinding over the years between them ( Men 95 tourney wins )
" The Master "was at my table last year behaving like a brat . In fact it was both him and Brandon Cantu which resulted in my immediate headphones on ultra loud
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for an interview just after i left 365. The little bald miser didn't even pay interview expenses after agreeing to prior to attending and even though he knew my salary expectations offered me less than half of what i was currently earning at the time. Safe to say it always has been the same joke sweat shop outfit it still is now. Most of the staff at 
