SpiderGuard

I wouldn't mind seeing Rashad Evans be next in line. Win/win for Dana - if Chuck wins, then he's back in the title picture. If Evans wins you have a new superstar. Alexander's not a bad fight either, although he's a bit old to be building up as a future star.As soon as Chuck gets his next loss, he becomes a gatekeeper rather than a title contender. He has a potentially good match against Machida, Sokoudjou down the line if they can rehab him...who else? Maybe Thiago Silva?

Great report. I'm even more jealous :)That's the one thing that really hit me - I was amazed at how HUGE Sok looked on TV, especially compared to Machida. I have no idea what happened to Team Quest's guys. Henderson has made a career at beating guys who are more talented than he is with good game plans - not sure why neither of his guys could put it together and do the same.

Sorry for triple posting - I can't sleep so ya'll can just deal ;)Sounds like ya'll had an awesome time. I'm insanely jealous. If you and JC would have listened to me and picked Liddell over Wandy you would have made tons of mobnies...although JC should have ignored my Hughes pick, that wasn't a good one ;)BigLebowski and I will wait for our 10% finder's fee on the Clementi/Guilliard bet (j/k)Still waiting for Steve's trip report.

I HATE defending boxers, but Mayweather - de La Hoya did somewhere in the neighborhood of 2 million buys. I think maybe one or two UFC shows have done 1 million, and those are generally on cards with 2 or 3 legitimate drawing fights. So certainly they don't deserve de La Hoya money. But St. Pierre and Hughes deserve FAR more than they got for this fight. Especially Matt Hughes for agreeing to fight St. Pierre, which probably cost him a big payday against Serra in a couple months.What do boxers on the undercard of a big shows like Mayweather - Hatton make? Is it comparable? I have no clue.

Hopefully gone for good. I can't stand that boring sonofabitch. If I never have to watch him dry hump one of his opponents for 15 minutes again I'll die a happy man. The good news is that he's established himself as no match for GSP, and Serra and Hughes will be gone as gatekeepers by the end of the year so I don't know how he'll get himself back in the title picture. The welterweight division is in a really weird position right now. Right now the GSP/Serra match will be a huge one, and the Serra/Hughes match will be huge. If Serra wins against Hughes he gets a money rematch against GSP, if he

The sponsorships are disgustingly good. I read at some point that Josh Koscheck was getting somewhere in the ballpark of $150,000 a year from one sponsor. But the point remains the same - they're drastically underpaid.

In contrast to that - the show sells for $40 on PPV, Zuffa gets about half that. So at $20 a buy * a conservative estimate of 500,000 buys, that's $10,000,000 income for Zuffa on the night, NOT including the live gate which was probably another million or so.Guys like Liddell probably get a penny or two out of each PPV buy though, so add another $100,000 to his pay...maybe the same for Vanderlei?Couture had a point - these guys don't get paid enough. Anyone think Mayweather, de La Hoya, or any of those guys even get their hands wrapped for under a million dollars?

I ended up betting $20 on the underdogs in each of these fights and made some good scratch. I rule~! (Not on Fedor...)Got this from another board I visit:---------------------------LEGAL rebroadcast:http://www.tvunetworks.com/downloads/download.html?id=rdb_usDownload the player and go to MMA-TV channel 61886. Prefight show is on now. Card starts at the top of the hour.----------------------------

Well played ;)Let me defend myself here, and if I'm wrong feel free to kick me in the ass :)3rd and 4th seem standard to me.5th..........................was 5th ;)6th - I have my set. I'm ahead so I lead out - I get raised...now what? Does villain really have me beat?7th - standard.It's not a *total* mess...I think 5th was just disaster....playin' too many tables at once and not really thinking through my plays.Thanks go to Cappy. I'm definitely open to more discussion on 3,4,6 and 7th street

What do you think about the play of the hand? Looking back at this one it feels pretty solid to me once I make the bored donkey call on 3rd.

This is closer to the truth lol...I didn't count my spade outs at all, and as I was converting it said to myself "I swear I had a 4 card low at some point in this hand." I really wanted Duperret out of the hand for some reason...I really think I misread my hand, lol. Someone was a little drunk pressing buttons I think ;)So other than mis-reading my hand and mis-reading the board, any other problems with this hand?

Guy with trip 2's shows down A2356.............not sure how that works. GG Spider :)GL all. It was fun.

bbgun just pwned me hard.Strat post in GenPo for the day - don't post your strategy in a thread you know the other guy's reading, then expect him to fall for it.

Quiz time: I would rather talk to:[ ] - Some 20 year old internet poker guy[ ] - A guy with the world's most disappointing lesbian makeout turns in to a threesome storyNot sure which one I pick yet.

The table with bbgun is really weird - hardly any hands are going to showdown. Finally got a calling station on my left...not sure if that's ideal position, but at least there's someone to get some value out of at the table.

Not bad after the rake $2015 34/73Playing strong, slightly below average cards.

Having one of them is good. Having 3 or more, not so much.Edit: Just ask bbgun about that and why it's not nice to try and bluff Spider

I'm just playing every hand where I have a reasonable holding against the guy on my right - it's amazing how much he looks for a reason to fold. Super weak-tight...wish I could take more of his chips.And no one tell bbgun, but I'm basically just playing my opponent's cards at this point. Razz is fun~!

Hoped I could rep a made 8 there...bah :-P

Just took a pot off of bbgun~!!PokerStars Game #14219586072: Tournament #71862003, $5.00+$0.50 Razz Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/12/31 - 01:56:06 (ET)Table '71862003 8' 8-maxSeat 1: crawdave (1662 in chips) Seat 2: willgrey (1474 in chips) is sitting outSeat 3: bbgun5310 (1528 in chips) Seat 4: *BigSlikRic* (1743 in chips) Seat 5: Mavridis (1420 in chips) Seat 6: Escobar812 (1299 in chips) Seat 7: SpiderGuard9 (1580 in chips) Seat 8: trokcy (1294 in chips) crawdave: posts the ante 2willgrey: posts the ante 2bbgun5310: posts the ante 2*BigSlikRic*: posts the ante 2Mavridis: posts the ante 2Es

I'm sitting at bbgun's table - he's ignoring me though.

This is also funny:I registered anyway, but it's always good to post funny pics.

Hell - I'll take one if you're still offering. Edit: I think this pic is funny.SpiderGuard9 (Riverside)Also for fans of TCAP:

Edit: Another check-up hand that I think is fairly standard. Don't look for bad beats - they may or may not be there. I'm just trying to start playing "standard" hands better before I think about moving up in the world.Hand #46846288377 Card Stud *High-Low* ($0.25/$0.50), Ante $0.05, Bring-In $0.10Shakman (Seat 1): $10.30Orangey7 (Seat 2): $22.90Duperret (Seat 3): $7.25Jddd (Seat 4): $15.85kemomomma (Seat 5): $19.20donnrick111 (Seat 6): $24.90SpiderGuard9 (Seat 7): $19.15*3rd Street* - (1.40 SB)Shakman: xx xx 2d___*brings-in*___foldsOrangey7: xx xx 3h___foldsD

I'm going to start posting some uninteresting hands here to see what sort of feedback I get. I'll post my thoughts on each street, and I'm open for any feedback from you all.Thanks!-----------------Hand #46844354797 Card Stud *High-Low* ($0.25/$0.50), Ante $0.05Duperret (Seat 1): $16.80Deno8 (Seat 2): $3.90david71884 (Seat 3): $18.90Joepitt05 (Seat 4): $3.95dmoney024 (Seat 5): $0.35SpiderGuard9 (Seat 6): $19.25JUGS3D (Seat 7): $9.55eegee (Seat 8): $9.50*3rd Street* - (1.60 SB)Duperret: xx xx Td___foldsDeno8: xx xx 9c___foldsdavid71884: xx xx 2s___*c