Magnum666 0 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Did anyone see this?Date / Time: 2005-05-09 16:51:00 Title: The Players Vote Log: Tournament Director Johnny Grooms asks the players to vote whether or not to continue playing. He explained that Lake Tahoe had experienced heavy snowfall during the day, and there were rumors going around that roads were closed. (The players knew this already.) When it came time to vote, it had to be unanimous to keep playing, so a single dissenter would end the tournament today at 27 players as originally scheduled.When Johnny Grooms asked if there were any objections, one voice said plainly and clearly, "I object," with no apology or explanation. It was Phil Ivey. Grooms then directed the playesr to start bagging and tagging their chips as they received their new seat assignments, and reminded them that nobody should berate another player for wanting to stick to the original schedule. A few people in the crowd theorized that Ivey might have objected just to annoy the other players, possibly putting them on tilt. I suppose only Ivey knows for sure, but it turned out he wasn't the only player who was happy to leave early today.Was Ivey just being an ******* to mess with others? Seems like a pretty selfish move... Link to post Share on other sites
dms26 3 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Did anyone see this?Date / Time: 2005-05-09 16:51:00 Title: The Players Vote Log: Tournament Director Johnny Grooms asks the players to vote whether or not to continue playing. He explained that Lake Tahoe had experienced heavy snowfall during the day, and there were rumors going around that roads were closed. (The players knew this already.) When it came time to vote, it had to be unanimous to keep playing, so a single dissenter would end the tournament today at 27 players as originally scheduled.When Johnny Grooms asked if there were any objections, one voice said plainly and clearly, "I object," with no apology or explanation. It was Phil Ivey. Grooms then directed the playesr to start bagging and tagging their chips as they received their new seat assignments, and reminded them that nobody should berate another player for wanting to stick to the original schedule. A few people in the crowd theorized that Ivey might have objected just to annoy the other players, possibly putting them on tilt. I suppose only Ivey knows for sure, but it turned out he wasn't the only player who was happy to leave early today.Was Ivey just being an censored to mess with others? Seems like a pretty selfish move...I didn't realize poker was a team effort, I'd do what was in my best interest 100% of the time. Link to post Share on other sites
KDawgCometh 2 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Ivey did it IMO to just mess with the other players. If he angers just a couple of them at his table then he has them off their game and he'll get more chips that way. He of all people wouldn't have a problem with playing long hours Link to post Share on other sites
rollito 0 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Whatever his reason was it was his right at the time so i don't know how you can't fault him for it......maybe he was just the first player to speak up but i wouldn't call him selfish until i know the whole story Link to post Share on other sites
whippedspoon 0 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 He changed the flow of the tournament. Sometimes thing are going and sometimes not. If you have a chance to change the flow..do it. However it's kinda dumb to have a vote on something like that. Someone has to make a decision and stick to it. Why do you have a tournament director anyhow? If I was on a roll, I'd be pissed. Link to post Share on other sites
whippedspoon 0 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 triple post. doh Link to post Share on other sites
mikedshelton 0 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 "as originally scheduled"No Harm... No Foul...Bag, Tag and come back as previously scheduled... nothing outrageous or out of the norm about this Link to post Share on other sites
711Buddha 0 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 What am I missing?Why is this a discussion topic? Link to post Share on other sites
realdeal515 0 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 I think u made youre point whipped Link to post Share on other sites
Huskers20 0 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Don't know if this had anything to do w/ it or not, but if you look at the chip counts looks like he had taken a 40k hit w/in the last hour before getting down to 27.So maybe he did want a break. Link to post Share on other sites
MilesZS 0 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 This is news? Who cares what his reasoning was? He was given a chance to get away from the play for the day and he took it. He's using his outs. haha Link to post Share on other sites
MilesZS 0 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Slow server today or something. Sorry for the multiples. Link to post Share on other sites
vaglvr 0 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 He's using his outs. haha :snooty: Link to post Share on other sites
Always LSU 0 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 He probably knew that he could get a big cash game going later that night. By ending early, he could get a few extra hours playing. He probably started thinking about that as the field was dwindling.Always LSU Link to post Share on other sites
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