think youre being way too harsh on everyone pads lol. McClaughlin was the only one i thought played super bad tbh (and i dont mean his KK get in)
jc limp folded 13bigS? with qts bvb
jc open folded qjo with 13 bigs bvb
farber folded 85s when it was a clear clear jam
reiss folded about 5 spots which were ATC opens
Thought Amir played played, Newhouse obv wte, Benefield great, the rest weak or very bad.
I think Reiss cost himself over 150,000 in equity with his folds, put zeeeee presureeeee on themmmm
I probably saw less than half of the hands so maybe there was alot more bad stuff.
As far as Esfandiari comments and if I liked them everybody would hate them vice versa probably the biggest bollocks in the thread, im a journalist remember!
He can be good, have a good voice etc but doesnt mean he has to be bad strategically, hes there to say the right things and correct norman chad and whoever the other guy is.
Saying "he shouldnt bet here" or "he should bet here" doesnt change his quality of comments, all it does is make the good players think wtf and the bad players believe him. Busquet class above imo. Ive done coachings where 100 out of 100 people in the coaching have played poker less than 3 times, i understand hwo to speak to them thats really not the problem here.
Stu, the main problems I saw from the players was from 6 handed play onwards.
Tom, Im not saying the whole table was bad, amir, newhouse, benefield probably played perfect, but it was painful watching the other guys.
BTW, I have a friend who was helping coach one of the guys and went to dinner with him last night, the player said he was calling 99, AQ plus when he should be calling 22 and k7 plus and wouldnt accept it even with some really good players telling him, he went on to make some momumental mistakes bvb and btn v blinds.
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