Boopotts
10-11-2004, 02:23 AM
I was flipping through the channels today during a break in the NFL action, and happened upon the 1984th replay of the main event on one of the ESPN's. I watched for about 3 minutes, and then it dawned on me-- I am completely and utterly sick of watching poker on televsion. Now, this feeling isn't entirely new to me. I've never been all that big on watching a bunch of monkeys scramble all over each other for the opportunity to be the first to push all their chips into a nothing pot with pocket 5's. But, at least when this fad first began the games weren't inundated with throngs of petulant 20somethings trying to out-macho each other in front of the cameras while they plow through Grandpa Enis' trust fund.
I'm not sure what brought on this epiphany, but I'm pretty sure it involved a clown named Josh Arieh. Are you serious? Is anyone else just dumbfounded with this jerk-ass' act? I'd rather watch Green Acres reruns than have to endure another 10 minutes of watching this doofus pound his chest when he catches a 4:1 shot on the river. And while I'm at it, I could probably do without watching Scott Fischman-- another jack-off on the high end of a variance curve, might I add-- offering unsolicited hold 'em lessons to Doyle frickin' Brunson.
One of the things I've always liked about poker is that as a rule I can't stand poker players, which makes it just that much more fun to take their money. Obviously, this requires participation in the event, and since I can't do that when I'm watching on TV it's becoming clear that I have no use for just being a spectator. I'm not adverse to wasting time, but spending a day watching a table full of guys whose prior hold 'em experience was limited to pounding on the 2-4 at Party ranks right below cleaning my kitchen floor with a toothbrush.
Just wondering if I'm alone out there in the ether, or if there isn't a so-far silent minority of us who are ready for all this to end.
I'm not sure what brought on this epiphany, but I'm pretty sure it involved a clown named Josh Arieh. Are you serious? Is anyone else just dumbfounded with this jerk-ass' act? I'd rather watch Green Acres reruns than have to endure another 10 minutes of watching this doofus pound his chest when he catches a 4:1 shot on the river. And while I'm at it, I could probably do without watching Scott Fischman-- another jack-off on the high end of a variance curve, might I add-- offering unsolicited hold 'em lessons to Doyle frickin' Brunson.
One of the things I've always liked about poker is that as a rule I can't stand poker players, which makes it just that much more fun to take their money. Obviously, this requires participation in the event, and since I can't do that when I'm watching on TV it's becoming clear that I have no use for just being a spectator. I'm not adverse to wasting time, but spending a day watching a table full of guys whose prior hold 'em experience was limited to pounding on the 2-4 at Party ranks right below cleaning my kitchen floor with a toothbrush.
Just wondering if I'm alone out there in the ether, or if there isn't a so-far silent minority of us who are ready for all this to end.