Unofficial Tilt review post...anyone else have a problem with...

Mike Gallo · #1 01-14-2005, 12:43 AM

...a 12 year old girl "pumping it up seven thousand" in a backroom no limit game, and beating the "assend of a straight".....

Did anyone else have a problem that two players had a fist fight at the poker table, and two days later the room allowed them to play?

Does anyone feel that the show gave poker players the rap as cheaters?

I did not find any of the main characters compelling.

I had a difficult time believing any of the characters.

I did have a laugh that the main characters had the names of Clark and Eddie. I wondered what happened to Gabe and Dynasty. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Did anyone else find the show a bit disappointing ?

Flame away..

cardcounter0 · #2 01-14-2005, 12:46 AM

I was disappointed that no one was set on fire. The leg breaking was good, but you got to have a good fire scene.

Mike Gallo · #3 01-14-2005, 12:56 AM

I was disappointed that no one was set on fire

Dude for some reason I literally laughed out loud [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Turning Stone Pro · #4 01-14-2005, 03:55 PM

That's because you're an idiot. There's nothing funny about that.

TSP

Mike Gallo · #5 01-14-2005, 08:42 PM

That's because you're an idiot.

Wow....it takes normally takes someone 500 posts before they realize I am an idiot. You must add a lot to this forum with your perceptiveness.

Welcome to the forum.

MikeTexas · #6 01-15-2005, 05:07 PM

I also felt that the show seemed to imply that many poker players (particularly the successful ones) are all cheaters and tricksters a la Matador.

And yes the sequence with the adolescent girl betting seven thousand dollars in a no limit game was very stupid.

Im also a very big fan of the actor who plays the Matador (he was awesome in Donnie Brasco, Reservoir Dogs, etc) but his character in this show is rather cheesy.

nolanfan34 · #7 01-14-2005, 12:51 AM

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Yeah, I was at least sort of enjoying it in a corny way until that part. Give me a break.

Mike Gallo · #8 01-14-2005, 12:57 AM

Yeah, I was at least sort of enjoying it in a corny way until that part.

That really ruined it for me.

nolanfan34 · #9 01-14-2005, 01:04 AM

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That really ruined it for me.

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The thing is, for that scene to make sense, you'd have to do some serious background on it, so it's at least in the neighborhood of believable. That's probably not even possible. But to just cut to it and it's a 12-year-old in a big cash game? Um, WTF?

wuwei · #10 01-14-2005, 02:29 AM

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The thing is, for that scene to make sense, you'd have to do some serious background on it, so it's at least in the neighborhood of believable. That's probably not even possible. But to just cut to it and it's a 12-year-old in a big cash game? Um, WTF?

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Perhaps I'm giving them too much credit, but surely each of the back stories on why these folks hate the matador will be further developed? However, I'm not sure I'll still be watching when they do.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go relieve myself.