From Bill Simmons column on ESPN.com

[imported_anacardo]

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I like reading Simmons' articles, but his take on poker has always been unintentionally funny, to steal one of his catch-phrases.

Remember that Vegas week-long trip report he wrote up a couple years back where he got to sin city a couple days before his friends and was trying to pack in the 7-card stud? He said something about his intentional table image like (this quote isn't exact but it's close) "When I sat down everyone looked at me like I was a wet-behind-the-ears ivy league hotshot who was timid and didn't know what he was doing. And believe me, that wasn't by accident." Then he goes on to explain how 6th street "killed him" all night, blah blah blah.

Anyhow, every time he brings up poker, I get a sense of mixed amusement and pity. However, I figure it can't hurt to have a popular sports writer sending out dumb sh1t to his readership.

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This is spot-on.

Of course, I wouldn't want many of my early "realizations" about the game on the public record, but then, I don't write national columns that often feature topics of which I am almost totally ignorant.

I enjoy Simmons's columns, but, seriously, anybody ignorant and audacious enough to hate all over Chris Ferguson needs a serious attitude adjustment.

[Quicksilvre]

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I enjoy Simmons's columns, but, seriously, anybody ignorant and audacious enough to hate all over Chris Ferguson needs a serious attitude adjustment.


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I was OK with this part. I'm sick of his nickname, too.

[wayabvpar]

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I enjoy Simmons's columns, but, seriously, anybody ignorant and audacious enough to hate all over Chris Ferguson needs a serious attitude adjustment.


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I was OK with this part. I'm sick of his nickname, too.

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And Simmons was right...Chris Ferguson does kinda look like Waingro from Heat!

[stabn]

Bill, like usual, is correct.

[nsj]

His point is that poker in the media is oversaturated, and it's not being done well.

And he's right. The wankers at B&Ms, the table coaches in the chat boxes online, the ubiquitous bad-beat stories everywhere. Once you get beyond the thoughtful analysis of the game, poker "talk" is mind-numbing, and that's what's flooding the media.

[MicroBob]

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I mean, have you seen Jennifer Tilly on a talk show? Not a Mensa threat.

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i thought this part was pretty funny.

[Rosie5]

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When you're at a table where everyone knows how to play -- and by the way, just about everyone knows how to play now -- it's 90 percent luck!

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This statement implies that he thinks the separation between good player and bad player is knowing how to play the game

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this guy could be ranting about other stuff. Like how poker isn't a sport and how sports on ESPN are about as rare as music is on MTV. I hope his show is cancelled in favor of a docu-drama about Canadian past time 'sweeping'