Posted Tue Jul 06, 2004 9:56 pm GMT by Replic
Did anyone else want to strangle that damned Brit when watching this?
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Posted Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:49 am GMT by wEbMaStEr
oh! oh! which damn Brit?
Posted Wed Jul 07, 2004 7:30 am GMT by Dave B
Yeah he was a punk. What is the mentality of being an amatuer at the final table and talking smack to one of the best players out there.
Posted Wed Jul 07, 2004 7:37 am GMT by Replic
Then he had the nerve to say that hold 'em has no skill in it. What an idiot.
Posted Wed Jul 07, 2004 3:11 pm GMT by PuckJunkieNY
He was tolorable until I heard the "no skill required in poker" comment. Yeah right... no skill when you're dealt easy to play cards consistantly throughout a tourney.
Geno,
You're geographically closer to him than us.
Go find this guy and teach him lesson or two.
Thanks....oh and... God save the queen.
:D
Posted Wed Jul 07, 2004 4:16 pm GMT by Curtis
The whole thing was boring. 3/4 of the tourny was "ALL IN!!!"
Posted Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:06 pm GMT by j0sh
what was this on? WSOP ? I havent seen anything from this years yet.
Posted Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:44 pm GMT by redd38
| PuckJunkieNY wrote: | He was tolorable until I heard the "no skill required in poker" comment. Yeah right... no skill when you're dealt easy to play cards consistantly throughout a tourney.
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I think that was his point and he wants the image of a lucky player.
Posted Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:44 pm GMT by ballbp
Last night showed the first NL holdem game and a 7 card stud game. Since we already knew who was going to win them it was decent at best. At least they're showing other games besides holdem this year but the stud game was kind of slow in compairisn. And yeah it was espn.
Posted Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:35 pm GMT by Replic
Next one is at 9 pm, ESPN , July 13th.
Geno - you should copy the ESPN scheduel and post it on the front page for quick access.
Posted Thu Jul 08, 2004 2:17 pm GMT by Guest
| Quote: | | At least they're showing other games besides holdem this year but the stud game was kind of slow in compairisn. |
I agree. I'm looking forward to seeing some Omaha though. I don't play it much and I'm not very good at it, but it might be fun to watch.
Posted Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:09 pm GMT by Jonniedough
quote="redd38
I think that was his point and he wants the image of a lucky player./quote
exactly, I dont remember much of it I was on too many drugs for this damn cold, but its what I thought
Posted Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:31 pm GMT by redd38
| Jonniedough wrote: |
exactly, I dont remember much of it I was on too many drugs for this damn cold, but its what I thought |
it was probably better that way
Posted Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:39 pm GMT by Replic
| redd38 wrote: | | Jonniedough wrote: |
exactly, I dont remember much of it I was on too many drugs for this damn cold, but its what I thought |
it was probably better that way |
Yes..... much less painful that way.
Posted Mon Jul 12, 2004 12:37 am GMT by Teekan
pretty sure it was a $2,000 buy in but yeh I really didn't want him to win. He just got the cards 
Posted Mon Jul 12, 2004 1:16 am GMT by suprastyxx
did you hear him in his little interview where he said he found poker boring? he is a pompous little brit.
Andrew
Posted Tue Jul 13, 2004 5:13 am GMT by wEbMaStEr
I just watched this, i dunno whether it was $200buy in $2000 or $1500 but i think we'll call it event 1 huh? 
The guy, James Vogl, mannnnnn i dunno about strangling him but i'd love to play him. his moves were terrible, some of his calls were ridiculous, hell he shouldn't even have been playing most of the cards he did! thankfully the times he did play bad cards or make bad plays he did seem to get caught on them 
Couple of things, i think his comment about "no skill required" was that when he said his mum coulda won with those cards in about an hour and a half? at least he realised that with the cards he got they pretty much played themselves. At least he had the grace to admit it was mostly luck unlike some player who think they are gods gift when they punk out on a few hands.
I think some of his table chat was inappropriate, usually tho, when you're such a huge chip leader tho, anything you say will be taken badly.
All in all i think a very poor event 1 champion. I just hope he follows his dads advice now and does get a job! I doubt we will ever see him again.
Final thing, this is a little personal and some of you may feel i am being a little touchy here, but do you think we could stop using the word "Brit" as a derogatory term? I have no objections to the word itself, I am a Brit! I am proud to be a Brit! please feel free to describe me or any other brit as a Brit! But when you add pronouns like "pompous" and "little" (the guy looked to be well over 6 foot btw ) and the like then i start to take offence.
after all, we never heard anyone describe moneymaker as a fat arrogant yank now did we?
Posted Tue Jul 13, 2004 1:29 pm GMT by peterl
| wEbMaStEr wrote: | Final thing, this is a little personal and some of you may feel i am being a little touchy here, but do you think we could stop using the word "Brit" as a derogatory term? I have no objections to the word itself, I am a Brit! I am proud to be a Brit! please feel free to describe me or any other brit as a Brit! But when you add pronouns like "pompous" and "little" (the guy looked to be well over 6 foot btw ) and the like then i start to take offence.
after all, we never heard anyone describe moneymaker as a fat arrogant yank now did we? |
Good point.
Would "pompous little Pom" work better for you? :D
Posted Tue Jul 13, 2004 1:36 pm GMT by suprastyxx
hey moneymaker is a fat arrogant yank...i don't like him either because tv makes him look like a great player when he just got extremely lucky just like this vogl guy. and i wasn't saying brit as a derogatory term...he is british, hence...brit.
Andrew
Posted Tue Jul 13, 2004 1:38 pm GMT by suprastyxx
sorry to go off topic a little but i just started thinking about this. do you guys think moneymaker watches the footage of him playing at the wsop and thinks he is playing good? or do you think he is embarrassed to watch it because of the dumb calls he made that turned into lucky calls? i would love to be in his shoes but even if i won i would still feel weird having a wsop bracelet and not feeling like i played that well.
andrew
Posted Tue Jul 13, 2004 1:41 pm GMT by redd38
| suprastyxx wrote: | hey moneymaker is a fat arrogant yank...i don't like him either because tv makes him look like a great player when he just got extremely lucky just like this vogl guy. and i wasn't saying brit as a derogatory term...he is british, hence...brit.
Andrew |
To win the WSOP you have to be lucky, TV makes him look like a lucky player not a great player. Moneymaker has proven himself to be a good card player. So relax.
Posted Tue Jul 13, 2004 1:49 pm GMT by suprastyxx
uh thanks bud, i almost blew a fuse i was gettin so wound up...and i was only saying the fat arrogant part to appease webmaster by showing him i wasn't meaning to be rude towards british people. my family is english itself. thanks for you help
Andrew
Posted Thu Jul 22, 2004 1:05 pm GMT by Guest
Moneymaker knocked out a lot of excellent players who called him with worse hands. Obviously, if he had gotten crap cards, he wouldn't have won. But, he did pretty well. Unless skill isn't involved in poker ...
Posted Thu Jul 22, 2004 1:05 pm GMT by Dakijeza
That last post was from me. I'll go sign up now.
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