Re: Good article on Arieh
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I like Arieh, but for him to get pissed at espn for showing his rude behaviour on the tables then try to push it over to being espn's fault is pretty laughable. Being a dick seems to be his defense mechanism at the table, nothing wrong with that and I find it highly entertaining but at least have the balls to admit it was your doing not espn's.
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i'll repeat myself from a previous thread. have you ever acted like a jerk in your life? did you have espn cameras there to capture the footage and have a jealous commentator (norman chad) hating on you? no not likely.
sometimes arieh can be a little rude or jerk-like at the table, but do you think he is like that away from the table? he has said many times he is a different guy away from the poker table.
read his blog, espn did some heavy editing to make him sound like a jerk in a segment or two. espn is not a reliable source, look at their slip ups with the Hellmuth bluff vs. Tony D's "trip jacks" from 2003 WSOP? and apparantly Scotty N's bluff vs cannot remember his name..but they did not have the lipstick cams at that table, how did they know which cards the buddy held?
anyway, espn accomplished their goal. they needed to start a buzz and had to create a "bad guy" at the final table. mission accomplished espn! =D
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