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Jack-High and Jim McManus
I was reminded of the Jim McManus-Elix Powers episode tonight during the repeat of the TOC. After reading Positively Fifth Street, I saw McManus as a very easy-going mellow hippie type. On TV he looked like a stodgy old man while the real pros, John Hennigan and David Chiu, had no trouble with what Powers was doing. Any thoughts?
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Re: Jack-High and Jim McManus
McManus is clearly (and this is evident in Positively Fifth Street) a sort of Type-A guy who is trying to develop a more relaxed outlook on life. He is still pretty macho in the moment. I haven't seen the episode you refer to but I assume Powers kind of puts McManus on tilt.
What's funny is that McManus mocks himself for being such a neophyte in his own book. Dunno how he handled himself in the situation you are describing. NT |
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Re: Jack-High and Jim McManus
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Dunno how he handled himself in the situation you are describing [/ QUOTE ] Very badly, IMO. One of the other players raised in the dark. McManus calls him out and starts berating the guy about it. He tells the guy, "That's disrespecting the game!" Nobody at the table agreed with him. Later in the game, McManus called down that same player with Queen high the whole way. His opponent mistakingly thought (quick glance) it was Jack high and said, "You call me with a Jack high?!!" I think McManus came off looking a little foolish. |
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Re: Jack-High and Jim McManus
"He called me with Jack HIGH!!@#$!"
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Re: Jack-High and Jim McManus
I think what happened there was a miscalculation by McManus as to whether the other players at the table were sick of Powers's act. McManus thought that everyone else was annoyed by Powers, too, so when he confronted him he thought he would have support. Unfortunately for him, no one else agreed, and McManus looked foolish trying to desperately berate Powers for his play, grasping for straws as the pros simply disagreed. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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Re: Jack-High and Jim McManus
Mr. McManus was clearly tilting.
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Re: Jack-High and Jim McManus
Yeah, McManus was definitely tilting, but didn't he end up busting powers with a set of 6s? I mean, I don't know if it was intentional, but I think that his outburst and calling down with Q high definitely lead Powers to believe that his 2nd button was good later on.
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Re: Jack-High and Jim McManus
Powers was all-in before the flop, as I recall. If McManus did beat him with a set of sixes, I seem to remember he had two overs before the flop, and picked up a draw to win the hand by the turn.
McManus's apparent image to Powers really didn't have anything to do with the hand he busted out on. I do remember that much. |
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Re: Jack-High and Jim McManus
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Powers was all-in before the flop, as I recall. If McManus did beat him with a set of sixes, I seem to remember he had two overs before the flop, and picked up a draw to win the hand by the turn. McManus's apparent image to Powers really didn't have anything to do with the hand he busted out on. I do remember that much. [/ QUOTE ] not the way i remember it he 3 bet preflop and i believe the flop went capped on a 367 flop or something of that nature and he didn't bust elix there anyway, he did cripple him i believe though |
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Re: Jack-High and Jim McManus
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Powers was all-in before the flop, as I recall. If McManus did beat him with a set of sixes, I seem to remember he had two overs before the flop, and picked up a draw to win the hand by the turn. McManus's apparent image to Powers really didn't have anything to do with the hand he busted out on. I do remember that much. [/ QUOTE ] No, he was not all in preflop. He bet out on the flop and turn to go all in IIRC. |
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