Asshats - The New Cool
I decided to play 6 MTT’s at the same time last night. This was the online poker equilavent of throwing a bunch of shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. The results were well below expectation as I managed to cash in the lowest buy in I played and I managed to win the one with the smallest payout.s
During The Math event I noticed a trend that I’m becoming very concerned with. I believe that as a “community” poker bloggers should be supportive and cordial to each other. Instead the trend has fallen to, who can berate and belittle the most effectively. If this was merely a form of trash talking or good natured ribbing I wouldn’t care. Sadly it just doesn’t seem like this is the case. There are even polls where everyone is vying to be the most “hated” blogger. Do you really want to be the biggest Asshat? Is this something to aspire too?
I don’t get it. Then again, I’m probably not supposed to.
It won’t stop me from playing the events. I’m secure enough in my belief, perhaps misguided, that I have game. None of it gets to me on a personal level. My concern is for the new players wanting to join in. My wife is a nurse and they have a saying that “Nurses eat their young”. This talks to the fact that the experienced nurses treat the inexperienced nurses like shit. Giving them all the dirty nasty work. I just don’t want the blogging community to turn into an equivalent where the inexperienced players are discouraged and shunned from playing and participating in the community.
January 22nd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
FWIW I egged Fuel on because he cracks me up so much at the table. I seriously suspect he means none of it. At least, I hope so. I mean, he’s a good player; he knows full well why he’s getting called with marginal hands.
Good playing with you last night. As for hate, I think I hate your QQ in the big blind.
January 22nd, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Some of last night’s play so was so redonkulous a little asshattery was warranted. (and goat loves it)
If you guys ever want to be competitive above $26 donkaments you’ll need to think a little deeper about putting chips into pots as will the other MATH masses.
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:33 am
give the Bodonkey a go on Tue nights @ 9:05pm ET. since it’s setup as a “private” tournament, there’s no rail chat allowed.
all ass-hats are relagated to public tournaments.
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I am 100% definitely positively absolutely the most hated blogger and I won’t even consider hearing anything to the contrary.
Not sure why you equate being hated with being an Asshat, but I will leave that one to you and your personal thoughts on the subject.
What I will do is agree with you 100% about the dirty chatting. I did not myself witness any of it last night but I understand there were a couple of incidents in the chat. I’ve done what I can to deter that stuff but other than try to explain my position to people, there is nothing more I can do. If people want to be seen in that light during our private events then they are free to do so and they’re going to do it whether we like it or not.
Nice playing with you, good job eliminating me from O8 (mercifully).
January 27th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Hey,
I saw your post on another blog and figured I’d check yours out and give you a headsup about a WPT giveaway I’m running this year.
A lot of players want to participate in a 10K buyin event, but most lack the skills or experience, so if I gave that way it would be like giving away a lottery ticket. Unless they got very lucky they probably wouldn’t do much with it.
So I tried to come up with something that I felt would be a much better prize for the majority of poker players. I’m giving away a WPT Battle For The Season Pass III package this year on my site.
You can win a weeklong vacation in the Bahamas, training from the pros (over 20 in attendance last year) and entry into up to three tournaments while you’re down there. One of the tournaments is a 3-day deep-stacked event with a number of WPT, cash and boot camp prizes. The grand prize is a $100,000 WPT Season Pass plus $10K in cash for expenses.
You can use the WPT Season Pass to enter any World Poker Tour events you want (ten 10K events, a mix of 5K, 15K, etc)
The first free satellite is being held on Full Tilt Poker Sunday, February 10th, 2008 at 14:00 (2pm EST)
Right now there’s only 34 players signed up, the top 4 advance to a single-table semi-final in February. The fields aren’t going to get any smaller as word of this promotion spreads. So if you want in, you’ll want to play some of the earlier events to have less competition.
Hope the tables & life are treating you well, and I hope you’ll take a shot at winning this prize!
AJ
President
http://www.RakeReport.net