*Official* WPT Borgata Poker Open thread

[jeffraider]

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who cares about slowrolls? seriously that is the dumbest thing to get upset about.

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If you say so.
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I think it's one of the most classless things a person can do at the table.

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Yeah agreed, the only thing another player can do to make me even a bit mad is to slow roll. String bet, crack my aces, whatever, it doesn't matter. But take an extra ten seconds to be a douche bag and I'm ready to jump over the table.

[jeffraider]

Oh, and thanks a bunch, Tyler! Us poor canadian bastards will have to wait until the end of time to see the new WPTs. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Tyler Durden]

You're welcome!

[SoftcoreRevolt]

I've gotta throw in another "I don't think he was slow rolling" camp. It looked like he was just in the AA zone where he was worried "how will I extract maximum value, should I reraise if he raises me here, should I just call? How big of a reraise... WAIT HE WENT ALL IN? Board... KJ? no... Call"

[judgesmails]

"I am a great guy..."
- Josh Arieh

Okay Josh, if you say so. But you sure come across as a jackarse on television.

[lighterjobs]

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They said World Series of Poker. Wow.

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wtf are you talking about?

[wray]

I think Josh seemed fine on that show. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't tell everyone how nice I was but this guy has been catching a lot of crap for the past year. After reading Daniel N's blog I think Josh is a decent guy.

[royaltrux]

Because Josh had already raised it up and then Phil moved in. David had to take into account that Ivey had a strong hand and Josh was raising UTG so he had to give him credit for a hand, even though he didn't have one. So what if he calls and Josh moves all-in. Now how do you like those pocket 10's?

[Rushmore]

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For some reason Arieh just didn't put his soul into the final table, he was just having fun. The last hand where he raised a pot-commited Daniel all in was just horrible.

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I don't think he was "just having fun." I think he was "just playing bad."

He certainly didn't seem carefree in his exit interview. He was really pissed at himself.

I'll tell you, the bluff that took him out was one of the worst plays I've seen in these things.

I think he has leaks, plain and simple.

Even though I am not a fan, I actually felt sorry for him, because he was clearly outclassed and really looked like a child trying to use the grown up silverware at the dinner table. Maybe it was the editing, but it was a very poor performance, and he seemed to be aware of how poorly he played.

We've all been there, of course.

The poor playing part, I mean. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

[J.R.]

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wtf are you talking about?

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watch the bay 101 event from last year and listen to how they refer to/describe chris moneymaker.