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07-05-2005, 11:13 AM
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D\'Agostino\'s antics
Anyone watch the US poker championships this weekend on ESPN2. I'm sure it's a rerun but did you see the way that D'Agostino behaved after Hoyt Corkins hit the mother of all suckouts on him? He took the big pile of his chips and just shoved them right into Hoyt's lap. I have to commend Hoyt for not pimpslapping him right out of the room...but he kept his cool and just acted like nothing had happened.
That was a rough beat, but D'Agostino made some real loose calls all day in order to deplete his stack to the point where that loss left him with 1 chip. 
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#2
07-05-2005, 11:37 AM
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Re: D\'Agostino\'s antics
I saw this tourney for the first time this weekend as well. D'Agostino's behavior was totally inappropriate; I can't say I've seen anything like it. Sure, he made some bad calls and got pretty unlucky in some spots to lose his massive chip lead, but he definitely crossed a line.
For all of Hellmuth's antics, his are at least constrained to verbal muttering and lying down on the floor. Tom
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#3
07-05-2005, 11:40 AM
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Re: D\'Agostino\'s antics
He didnt make that many loose calls. He lost 10% of his chips with AA when a guy went all in with a flush draw. He lost a chunk of chips when he bluffed at a pot. With a bored of A 9 2 5 A and the gentleman called with QQ. THen hoyt went all in on a blind steal with trash and caught quads. While it was uncalled for Hoyt apologized to him. He would never say anything to John because he knows he did a real stupid thing. Again how would you act. If D'agostino wins that hand the tournament is basically over right there. Again a rude and immature thing to do but again he is 21. BTW i would have punched Hoyt on the flop.....JK
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#4
07-05-2005, 12:01 PM
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Re: D\'Agostino\'s antics
dags went to the final table with more than 3x the player in second place, chip-wise.
hoyt had pushed all-in from his small to steal johns big blind twice already at the final table before that third time with two under cards to dags TT. he ends up flopping trips, turning quads, and as they were figuring out who had more - hoyt requested the chips. repeat, hoyt requested the chips. he knew he was getting them, but he said something anyway while john was still counting them out to make sure it was an accurate account - all this while still in shock. i don't think him shoving the chips was right - but anyone who criticizes him for doing it is being moronic in my opinion. put yourself in his shoes for crying out loud. hoyt asking for chips while john was counting them out would have gotten them thrown at him by some people.
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#6
07-05-2005, 12:39 PM
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Re: D\'Agostino\'s antics
Oh, POOR John D'Agostino. Like nobody's suffered bad beats before. No way in hell Brunson, Greenstein, Ivey, Chan, etc. does a bush move like D'Agostino did there. Understandable that he was upset, but like every other pro hasn't suffered a crushing loss. Hellmuth gets butchered for laying on the floor against Leonidas, but that was nothing compared to D'Agostino's childish move. Thing is, I don't think Corkins really cared about what D'Agostino did. Like any of us, he was just happy to have won the chips.
BTW, Corkins is my hero for pushing from the SB there. He's got nothing to apologize for. That's poker.
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#7
07-05-2005, 12:49 PM
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Re: D\'Agostino\'s antics
Of course he doesnt he made a play. Im just empahzing the fact the he himself was not mad at John. He new how horrible john must have felt as everyone gets horrible beats. All im saying is if Hoyt himself was not upset why would you dislike john for one act in the heat of the moment. He acted stupid and immature yes but i suspect many people would have had likewas bad reactions from critizing him to other things.
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#8
07-05-2005, 01:32 PM
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Re: D\'Agostino\'s antics
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BTW, Corkins is my hero for pushing from the SB there. He's got nothing to apologize for. That's poker. [/ QUOTE ] He went all in for like 20x the pot knowing that he's either going to win a small pot or be drawing very slim against an overpair in an enormous one. That's not a "play", that's suicidal.
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#10
07-06-2005, 05:35 AM
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Re: D\'Agostino\'s antics
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Hellmuth gets butchered for laying on the floor against Leonidas, but that was nothing compared to D'Agostino's childish move. [/ QUOTE ] Wow, how can people be so silly? 1) Pushing chips 2) Whining, berating others, and lying on the floor MANY MANY TIMES. Which is worse? Seriously... you are going to tell me doing that once is worse than Hellmuth's constant BS? Get real.
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