Tony G wins the Betfair Asian Tour Event

[tantrum]

Lol,
I agree with you, so why are u picking on me?

[bolt pp]

Lol,
I agree with you, so why are u picking on me?

I know and i'm not, i'm using some of your points as a platform from which to propell my own

[tantrum]

yes it is good to use someone's wisdom for their own platform, feel free....., the amount of quotes you can use can not be bigger then 10% of the text in one thread.

For you I will do an exception, your avatar looks cool.

[bolt pp]

yes it is good to use someone's wisdom for their own platform, feel free....., the amount of quotes you can use can not be bigger then 10% of the text in one thread.

For you I will do an exception, your avatar looks cool.

 


Its a portrait BTW, but the artist only brought his green pencils that day!

[tantrum]

Its a portrait BTW, but the artist only brought his green pencils that day!

nice hat

[Highstack]

I have just caught up with all of this. Sorry to bring it to the top and refuel it, but I had only seen one side of Tony on the TV. I am always prepared to give someone a chance and he was an absolute gent to everyone all week.

Congrats to him on the win and whether there were any motives or not, it is a tremendously generous offer to give 50% to charity.

[SupaMonkey]

You may feel strongly about the fact that your neighbour has not mowed his lawn for two months, but you do not have the right to berate him in his own living room."

Well he is right, judging from some of the threads on this forum many pple have thin skin, so knowingly exploiting that fact at the poker table is a not bad idea.  Poker tables are not dating agency, they are not called 'mother theresas'.  Poker rooms are places, where people come to exploit other's weaknesses.  Some choose to employ some bullying techniques, but c'mon only fools should take them personally, others employ charming techniques that fools fall for it as well.  It is a subject of preferences.  But if you sit at the poker table to win money, u have to remember it is a bussiness like any other, and only the strongest will leave in a long term with their coffers full.

But what about after you've eliminated someone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvCn_KbLpLY

Adam, i think even Tony has said he does it because it makes people think twice before moving in on him. They know they are going to get one hell of a rubdown if they lose.

[The Nomad]

Amazing that one person can stir things up so much.There seem to be 2 schools of thought on this  .1, those that know him personally.  2,those that dont. I have known him for 5 or 6 years long before he became notorious and always found him to be in order and a good friend all he does is get a little bit passionate and he has a heart in there somewhere and will help anybody if he can.  Telly is telly and does not accurately portray the real person or the real world for that matter.  They all have their own agendas,   Telly to make watchable poker programes, Tony to become a marketable player.   Who wants to watch 2 rocks glaring at each other  for hours on end. It reminds me of the Wrestling on Saturday afternoons before the footy results , 1 guy was the baddie and the other the goodie and the little old ladies loved it but it was still a sham     congrats  tony.                     

[bolt pp]

There seem to be 2 schools of thought on this  .1, those that know him personally.  2,those that dont.

I couldn't disagree more

Ive heard a selection of arguments and opinions from both

[ifm]

[byronkincaid]

I've met Tony (very briefly) and as everyone has said he's a proper nice bloke but I'm not sure that that is relevent to how he sometimes acts at the table. If we consider a hypothetical Mr X for example who is just as nice a person as Tony but occasionally steals a sweet or two from the pick n mix display at Woolworths. We could have a 23 page thread on whether or not stealing a sweet once or twice a year is such a terrible thing or not but the fact is that Mr X is a thief.

The fact is that Tony G is a rub down merchant, whether or not he's bought me a drink or you a Ferrari is irrelevant to that fact. So what is left to discuss? Is Tony G good for poker in that he's interesting for Mr Potential Fish to watch on TV? If Tony G is good for attracting new players to the game then why don't we all act like that? I'm looking to start playing some festival events next year should I start rubbing people down? Would that be good for the game? I know for a fact nothing will be done about it, some guy was apparently calling half of the casino divey c**** the other night and with all their staff, security and what at least 2 ex boxers playing the event nothing was done about it. I'm not saying that the ex boxers should have done anything, personally I think security should have sorted it, I'm just saying that the fact is that you can act like this while playing poker tournaments and nobody will do anything about it.

What about if I don't act like that when there's no TV cameras around but really act up big time in front of the cameras? Good for the game? Good for my bank balance?

Do we try (or at least argue on internet forums that we should try) to keep poker as a gentleman's game or would it be in our best interests to turn it into some kind of wrestling or game show kind of event? If Tony G can get rich rubbing people down WTF shouldn't everyone else? What will happen if everyone in a tournament is shouting and screaming at each other like a bunch of 4 year olds?

My view is that it just seems like the wrong thing to do to me.