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« on: July 01, 2007, 12:21:55 AM » |
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Congratulations to the 2012 League Champion - Stapleton Atheists
"Keith The Camel, a true champion!" - Brent Horner 30th December 2012
"I dont think you're a wanker Keith" David Nicholson 4th March 2013
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Sark79
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« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2007, 12:28:07 AM » |
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He should be allowed to play. It seems wrong they let a monkey play and not him. If they are concerned he may be picking up audible(sp?) clues from his helpers voice then they could get round this by using an electronic device. He has no advantage over the other players even though technically there are two players playing for one.
Are there any online sites that cater for blind people? such as audio assistance
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Laxie
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« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2007, 12:33:12 AM » |
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Kinda saw this coming TBH. Bites, without a doubt...but had a feeling he wouldn't get to play.
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I bet when Hugh Hefner dies, you won't hear anyone say, "He's in a better place."
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Sunday8pm
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« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2007, 12:37:25 AM » |
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I wouldnt be keen on playing a 'blind' person at a game of poker. I am not disrespecting disabled people, i think they are the bravest people in the world. But i think i think a blind person playing poker is taking it a bit too far
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Dewi_cool
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« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2007, 12:39:46 AM » |
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should let him play with braille cards
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The very last hand of the night goes to Dewi James, who finds ACES and talks Raymond O’Mahoney into calling his all-in preflop bet of 15k. “If I had AQ, I’d call!” says Dewi. Raymond calls holding pocket 66’s.
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Robert HM
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« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2007, 12:41:02 AM » |
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In this day and age there must be technogy out there which would allow this guy to play. I think it is outragous.
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Sark79
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« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2007, 12:44:22 AM » |
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I saw the monkey being interviewed on US news a few months back, his advisers say he has improved a lot. He seemed calm until he saw the poor hand he was dealt during the news feature, his frustration got the better of him and he threw his chips in the air. I kind of understand his thought processes, I tend to throw my computer mouse when I get dealt crap as well.
I don't think it is two players. As long as she doesn't touch him during the game, he can gain no information from her. They could also use a device to mask her voice tone to prevent sharing any information over how to play a hand.
I hope he does play. Poker is a dream, the WSOP is a dream and to take it away from him is plain wrong.
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charmaine
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« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2007, 12:50:23 AM » |
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should let him play with braille cards
Exactly what i was thinking , he has a right to play . |
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« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2007, 12:59:24 AM » |
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should let him play with braille cards
do they have them? |
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Wardonkey
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« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2007, 01:07:47 AM » |
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I'm sure you can get braille cards.
There are also cards that can be read by a scanner, I don't think it would be that hard to link a scanner to an earpiece to tell a blind player their hole cards.
As long as the dealer announced the game carefully then it would be perfectly possible for a blind player to play without slowing down the action.
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« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2007, 01:11:06 AM » |
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should let him play with braille cards
do they have them? yes but i wouldnt be happy with them being used at the wsop due to the fact each card is marked (braille) i think it would be possible now to get an electronic card reader to read his cards for him although i havent seen one thats maybe cause i havent been looking |
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« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2007, 01:13:50 AM » |
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Purleeeze...this is PC gone mad...
WSOP...9,000 peeps allow changes to accomodate 1 guy. So next we'll have the deaf guy who can't hear the action..what do we do give him a screen?..Then there's the flight phobic.. can't get to Vegas..no probs - we'll set up a video link.
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Wardonkey
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« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2007, 01:15:02 AM » |
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It only affects one table and there is a simple and cheap solution...
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Dewi_cool
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« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2007, 01:16:16 AM » |
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and if you can you should
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The very last hand of the night goes to Dewi James, who finds ACES and talks Raymond O’Mahoney into calling his all-in preflop bet of 15k. “If I had AQ, I’d call!” says Dewi. Raymond calls holding pocket 66’s.
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tikay
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« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2007, 01:22:44 AM » |
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Good grief. The world gets more selfish with every passing day.
Is it too much to bear a little inconvenience so that a severely disadvantaged geezer can live the dream? He can't "see" tells or stuff like that, & yet folks want to deny him his moment? Jeez. Try seeing it from his perspective. He can't.
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