Evastian

That's grade A bullshit. It's ignorance like this that people believe you can ONLY be either a complete racist or not at all. You are either a sexist pig or God's gift to equality. You need to now fathom the idea that people can form opinions and thoughts on an issue with thousands of years of history and complexity behind it, and that opinion isn't going to be as clear cut as black and white.

Well, close as in 16 places away from first out of 180 players, not close as in genuinely going to win

Huh?

I wanted to clear my Pokerstars bonus (which I have since lost, bleh) with only one FPP to go, so I just plopped into a 180 man $4.40 SNG. I won the first two pots of the game by playing very aggressively, and was up to perhaps 1750 - 1800, but certainly no more than that. After those two hands, I never had more than 1700 chips ever again, and I cashed in 17th place. Now, why the hell can't I cash when I'm actually trying? :)I had some bad beats, some called bluffs, etc for the first half an hour or so, and wasn't looking good, so I had to start folding a bit more often. Suddenly, I realised a

Loved the all-in with the straight/flush draw. Nice pickup.

I wouldn't say Yang has sunk into obscurity, it's just the the poker world has realised somewhat that the ME is just another $10k buy-in tournament. No one talks about Mike Vela, Mark Newhouse, Alexander Kostritsyn, Boring Mc Bored Bored etc, and they have all won major events. Jamie is a character, and it takes either that or consistent winnings to become famous in the world of poker I think.

And what would you say if you found out I really was Jamie Gold?No one knows my avatar? Man. Start watching better movies.

Means a Queen. Since you're not calling, I assume you don't know what it was. But yeah, gotta be Queen.

1. Righto then2. Thanks, I guess3. I gathered, yeah4. A fake one that doesn't include a number or random capitalisation, like SilentButDeadly3, sorry internets for not including said features in my name5. I didn't forget, I didn't make one on purpose6. Acts of Man are better than Acts of God7. Add me to the list of jealous people8. Every time? Were you there to watch every hand he played?

Why all the dislike of Jamie Gold? I notice on most poker forums, Gold seems to be an utter disgrace."Anyone seems likable at a final table against Gold...""Any top list that excludes Gold is a good list..."..and so forth. Is it solely because of his legal business after the Main Event, or was it the Main Event itself? Do you consider him that bad a player to insult him about his win? What is it?I'm not defending Jamie Gold, as I didn't even play poker in 2006. I'm just curious as to why all the hostility, because from what I've seen on HSP, he seems like a nice enough guy to me. Not the great

Yeah, I did. Do you have an answer, or should I assume you don't?

If most poker players claim poker to be >50% skill and <50% luck, then why didn't Stu Ungar, as the most skilled player in history, win more than 33% of his tournaments?

I have 20 STT buy-ins. What does that make me

There's more to warm weather than California.I would say Australia now - in any of the major cities, you have warm sandy beaches 30 mins in one direction, and farmland and country 30 mins in the other direction. Big city in between. Very warm all year round. Good economy, one of the best standards of living in the world. Not nearly as populated as some megacities (though Sydney is a little too big for my liking).20 years from now? Canada, New Zealand, China.

Final table:Daniel Negreanu heads-up against Annette Obrestad.That would be the poker showdown of the year.Make it happen, Daniel! Good luck!

I''ve gotta agree that Jennifer Harman winning the ME would be an excellent thing for poker.I would also like to see someone win it twice. Scotty Nguyen, Joe Hachem would be good for that. And, naturally Daniel should win!

Well, here's an interesting thought.I've watched Daniel's small ball videos, and used the approach several times with success. Now, I constantly hear that while anyone can win in the short term, but overall those with better skills will get the better results. Considering the Main Event is a looooooong tournament, wouldn't that give the true professionals a chance to really spread their wings and use a consistent play approach that helps them survive very deep, while kamikaze players may get chipped up big in the early rounds, but inevitably lose the coin flip?

Well fair enough, I guess I am talking about TV "poker celebrities", although the genuinely, consistently skilled ones. We're talking Negreanu, Hellmuth, Ivey, Harman, Hansen, etc.For example, I would love to see, say Negreanu and Lindgren heads-up at the final table of the WSOP ME. They both went deep into the recent Five Diamond championship, but the Main Event has four, five, six times the field. Despite the obvious skill of both players, is the size of the field genuinely going to reduce the effectiveness of that skill in the long run? Are any well-known professionals that make it that far

Do you think this is going to happen anymore? I know for a fact that the pros do consistently make appearances at plenty of major events, but given the insane amount of people who want to go to the Main Event these days, over many other equally good 10k tourneys, are the pros just too outnumbered?I would love to see the likes of Daniel, Scotty, Lindgren etc beating these 5k+ player fields, but is the expectation for multiple pros to make it way deep a little bit too high these days? Is it really just a crapshoot of online qualifiers who have no idea what to do?I'm interested in your thoughts t

When you say 25NL, 50NL, 100NL/200NL and soforth, are you talking about max buy-in or blinds?

What do you mean "disappeared"?

I'd like a stake, also trying to make a start on my bankroll and win a MTT for a bit of motivation.Name is Evastian on PStars.

Sitting at a table, took a huge pot with two pair from some scraggly-looking chick who spoke loudly about all the hands she has ever played. So she then tells me "I'll get you back, I believe in poker karma."I give her a wink as she is walking away two hands later while raking in her chips.

YOU'RE a pretty dumb thread.

Does seem like speculation really, but just for fun I made up a list of players I would love to see in a small field tournament.Daniel NegreanuPhil HellmuthDoyle BrunsonJohnny ChanScotty NguyenGus HansenMike MatusowJoe HachemJohn JuandaErick LindgrenBarry GreensteinPhil IveyJamie GoldTony GSammy FarhaI don't necessarily like all these players, but damn, that would a competition to watch.