I can't remember the last time I used a bar of soap.
Nor me - it's all liquid soap these days for normal people, think you have to be way out of touch to use bars of soap.
Don't get me started on liquid soap, it fucks off down the plug hole before you've had a chance to wash anything with it.
It's about £7 a bottle too and it's only watered down Fairy liquid with a bit of scent and a fancy name like 'Scrotum for men' added. Even after a long day at work and a long night of passion, the smell of your Scrotum will linger....
You want to be careful with that liquid soap anyway, one day it will clash with your moisturiser and you'll come out all blotchy and have to cancel your hair appointment.
I'm not particularly for or against Will Kassouf generally, we exchange the usual pleasantries when we cross paths, & I don't dislike him, but I think I'd rather stick needles in my eyes than endure sharing a poker table with him for hours on end.
The jury remains out on whether he is "good for poker", but I'd bet good money that John Hesp has been better for poker in the UK than Mr Kassouf. There IS a "Hesp Effect", & it's positive. I'd need a lot of convincing that Will Kassouf has been genuinely "good for poker".
Meanwhile, feel free to enjoy - or not - this 8 minute hand which should have taken 30 seconds.
As an out and out fun player I would rather chew my own head than spend one second of my life with that tool.
I'm ambivalent about Will. I know him quite well; we're not drinking or playing buddies, but I got to know him over a long weekend in Gibraltar when we were there for the SuperStack comp. He's certainly not got an inflated ego, I just think he's lost sensitivity of where "banter" becomes mocking. If I recall correctly, one of the hands on his 2016 WSOP journey involved flopping set over set against a very quiet, humble Chinese (?) gentleman and rather than show some respect he kept chirping all the way to the river. I found that a painful watch. In the same way, he continues what he calls "banter" in the face of an opponent who is clearly not happy and struggling to not grab WK by the throat.
Despite all this, I honestly feel that he's a decent guy, and would no doubt extend a helping hand whenever asked. Good for the game? It depends on the definition, really. If it simply means bringing more people into the game and raising interest in it from outside the game's natural boundaries then I guess it's a yes. Is Hesp a far nicer person/a than WK? Definitely. All IMO of course.
It's the mocking that is the problem. Nobody wants to be mocked on a poker table (or a forum for that matter) so they just abstain eventually. And that is why Hesp is a zillion times better for poker & the poker ecology than Will.
Will is not a bad bloke, no, I agree, he's fine. Very good player, too. But he is one of those types who gets his kicks from belittling others, which is an awful trait to have. Belittling & mocking others means more to him than winning. If he could sort that, he'd be fine, & probably good for the game.
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