Where has the beautiful game gone ?

[VANDAM]

i rest my case not only can they not play they talk out there 3rd eye as well.how long u been playing expert, i looked on poker pages i could'nt see you,or is it you do not play live  (you want to talk to me pm me) and stop boreing the site to death.and me

[RED-DOG]

i have just woken up after reading that,tell me what skill  there is with internet poker i'll tell you nobby head not alot and yes i do moan when i paid £300 to enter a freez and raise with queens and get call with 7/2 off and the nobby head hits full house on the flop over and out.

In a £1000 buy-in 'live game' at the weekend, on the final table, I moved all in with AKs and was called by a player holding 42os.

The fact that the flop came 422 is irrelevant, I want that call!

[NoflopsHomer]

i have just woken up after reading that,tell me what skill  there is with internet poker i'll tell you nobby head not alot and yes i do moan when i paid £300 to enter a freez and raise with queens and get call with 7/2 off and the nobby head hits full house on the flop over and out.

In a £1000 buy-in 'live game' at the weekend, on the final table, I moved all in with AKs and was called by a player holding 42os.

The fact that the flop came 422 is irrelevant, I want that call!

Red, looking at it with hindsight, I'm so glad you didn't have a big pair then... It would have been even more painful.

[totalise]

i rest my case not only can they not play they talk out there 3rd eye as well.how long u been playing expert, i looked on poker pages i could'nt see you,or is it you do not play live  (you want to talk to me pm me) and stop boreing the site to death.and me

I know I said that ended my participation, but this response is slowly rising the level of bile in my stomach....

1) Why on earth would I play live when people like you are playing at the same table?

2) it would be impossible for me to make 1/4 of the money I make online playing live. This could be because live players are more nitty, or because I can only play 30 hands an hour. Either reason is plenty for me to stick to online

3) snoopy did a great article on the blonde poker front page about players like myself, we dont crave the attention.. being a known player is useless to me. Its absolutely the least important thing by a phenomenal margin. Poker is about money to me, and I make enough to be satisfied in life and not to cry about the ruination of poker.

4) you have repeatedly posted in a condescending tone. Why dont you try showing people some respect? lack of respect probably leads you to getting your stack in the middle in deep tournies with an overpair. Try it sometime

5) why on earth would I want to talk to you?


Red is an older member of the board, and look at his attitude to players like this. He wants them on the table making these "idiotic" plays. Its what makes him the most money. He knows how to exploit people doing this. He has made a lot of money from these people. Try it sometime, its a lot more fun then losing!

[byronkincaid]

ZOMGWTF PWNED BY AN INTERNET NOBBY HEAD11111ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[VANDAM]

nice one tom,i know you have fair results on line but you play a good live game, ace king is not a made hand is it so why do you want them in.a pair of is in front is it not.

[VANDAM]

totalised, shut up

[AndyG]

I feel guilty now as I started this thread.. my original point was that in my opinion the ga,e is suffering in so far as being a specticle when it becomes two card lottery

[JungleCat03]

I don't get how you can complain about loose preflop calls and at the same time admire "high stakes poker" where players like Sammy Farha play a very effective loose aggressive style, calling raises with utter rubbish at times, confident he can outplay the other players, or hit a highly disguised big hand.

This is similar isn't it?

Totalise has always offered logical thought provoking analysis in his poker posts. I think you'd learn a lot from reading some of these.

I'm a winning online player but I'm not so proud that I can't admit that I've got a hell of a lot to learn about poker. The day I think I've learnt it all and tell other good players to shut up when they offer me advice is the day i'm sunk.

[VANDAM]

this is my opinion and i agree with andy the game is never going to be how it was, £300 entry to a lottery

[Royal Flush]

this is my opinion and i agree with andy the game is never going to be how it was, £300 entry to a lottery

Maybe you are just no good?

[Robert HM]

Stop stirring JD 

[Royal Flush]

Stop stirring JD 

Turns out thats why 99% of losing players lose......

[Jinky04]

If we all played the same I wouldn't want to play

[marcro]

I think the issue is we all know that people that who win with muppet plays are not going to win the tourney but it really hurts being part of the collateral damage as they create havoc.  Last night I had 1700 chips and raised 3 BB, 300 chips, with AA.  Board came 2, 4, 8.  I raised 500 and the villain went all in.  I was not going to fold with only 900 chips remaining so called.  He turned over 8 3 and a 3 came on the river to give him two pair and my scalp.  He then said he was lucky on the river but played it well to that point!  In a tourney today you have to face a lot of all in calls and since any 2 cards can win you need to get lucky to survive.