RGP analysis brilliance, Fossilman - Page 2

toots · #11 02-23-2005, 04:38 PM

Definitely.

Raymer wins points for being the professional poker shark. MM wins "Jimmy Stewart goes to the big poker match" points.

No comparing the two. Raymer's the better player, but MM was the better story.

whiskeytown · #12 02-23-2005, 05:52 PM

I agree with one part of that post in particular.

ESPN's poor production. Why in the hell would they take what was a 2 hr. final table show and reduce it to one hr? -I'm especially thinking of Raymer's all in vs Ariah that took 5 min - WTF was up with leaving that out? did we use up all the hrs. on that stupid limit holdem game instead with the homeless guy and McManus?

another hr. of fossilman kicking ass would have been cool - especially the shorthanded plays that went on.

RB

pokerpairs · #13 02-23-2005, 08:26 PM

Poker is where it is at now for 2 reasons pocket cams and rounders. Everything now is a direct result of pocket cams. The 50% you gave for tv coverage is a direct result of poket cams. And I would give 10% to moneymaker, 10% to rounders,and the rest to pocket cams. (Possibly more to rounders). Raymer is a excellent player and better than moneymaker, but just because he posts here lets not worship him. Lets be honest he was boring, nerdy, and lucky. I found his play interesting, but it got a little repetitive seeing him win every race again and again. He just got extremely lucky which got a little boring.

GFtheMamba · #14 02-23-2005, 09:03 PM

I agree that another hour of Fossilman's total ass kicking of the final table would've been great, but nothing, and I mean NOTHING, beats the most memoriable line of the 2004 WSOP, "He called me with....JACK HIGH" lol

youngin20 · #15 02-23-2005, 11:27 PM

No way. Sammy is the freaking man. I was so mad when he laid down his nines. He was a straight pimp, and I wish he had won.

mojorisin24 · #16 02-24-2005, 03:35 AM

I agree: Farha was a character straight out of central casting...in fact, if the 2003 WSOP was a movie, I would have laughed at the cliches and dismissed it as B.S.

whiskeytown · #17 02-24-2005, 03:36 AM

you're disrespecting the game, man. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

RB

istewart · #18 02-24-2005, 04:41 AM

You heard it here first. The poker boom was started by Patty Gallagher. The Chinese ape.

Jurollo · #19 02-24-2005, 01:40 PM

You all realize rounders didnt do great in the theatres, and that much of the sales have been from DVDs AFTER the poker boom.
~Justin

toots · #20 02-24-2005, 02:05 PM

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You all realize rounders didnt do great in the theatres, and that much of the sales have been from DVDs AFTER the poker boom.
~Justin

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Very easy to believe. I just don't see the appeal of Rounders outside a rather limited collection of poker fanboys.

And, since an oft-quoted statistic says that half (or more) of the motion picture industry's revenue comes from video sales/rentals, I guess this might be true of a lot (maybe even most) movies.