Page 4 of 14 FirstFirst 12345678 ... LastLast
Results 61 to 80 of 275

Thread: Hustler Casino Live to Host Historic $1 Million Minimum Buy-In Poker Game

  1. #61
    Plutonium sonatine's Avatar
    Reputation
    7369
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Posts
    33,372
    Load Metric
    65701404
    literally dozens of people are feeling these commercials
    "Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky

    "America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs

  2. #62
    Platinum BetCheckBet's Avatar
    Reputation
    928
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Posts
    4,645
    Load Metric
    65701404
    Quote Originally Posted by sonatine View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by NaturalBornHustler View Post
    Tony G looking lean and mean how old is he has to be at least 60 right?

    50

    He's actually only 49....

    Damn that means he was in his 30s in all those famous clips...
    PokerfraudAlert acknowledges that our message board is on the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of Donkdown.com who's presence stretches back to that of Neverwinpoker and the Lithuanians. As such we acknowledge the great role that Tony G, Jewdonk, any many other Lithuanians have contributed to our community.

  3. #63
    Owner Dan Druff's Avatar
    Reputation
    10110
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Posts
    54,627
    Blog Entries
    2
    Load Metric
    65701404
    Yeah I was surprised to learn some years ago that Tony G was younger than me.

    Always pictured him as someone several years older than I was, even back in the 2000s.

    I think he had a difficult/stressful early life, which probably resulted in the premature aging. Or he's just one of those guys who always looked old.

  4. #64
    Plutonium Sanlmar's Avatar
    Reputation
    4291
    Join Date
    Mar 2013
    Posts
    21,090
    Load Metric
    65701404
    Quote Originally Posted by NickyPipes View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    Just remember that Tony G was not only once the owner of NWP, but his face was at the top, and he was supposed to integrate himself into the site, until Mason Malmuth made a big deal about Micon allowing Brandi/Sklansky discussion, and then Pokernews decided to nix the entire Tony G/NWP association.

    I will say that Tony was a reasonable and fair guy in my limited dealings with him.
    Tony G is a personal hero of Nicky Pipes. If you listen to his interviews where he is not in character, he’s an incredibly smart and accomplished guy.

    Brother it’s pretty goofy he used to have his face as the banner on your website. Do you have a screenshot of that?

    Brothers I watched this for 5 minutes on YouTube, very boring content. Is Bart Hanson one of these announcers?
    Tony G made his fortune in politics. A truly American story.

    Let him inspire you Pipes.

  5. #65
    Plutonium Sanlmar's Avatar
    Reputation
    4291
    Join Date
    Mar 2013
    Posts
    21,090
    Load Metric
    65701404
    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    Yeah I was surprised to learn some years ago that Tony G was younger than me.

    Always pictured him as someone several years older than I was, even back in the 2000s.

    I think he had a difficult/stressful early life, which probably resulted in the premature aging. Or he's just one of those guys who always looked old.
    If Tony put the pounds back he’d look younger. Losing weight has a cost.

  6. #66
    Plutonium simpdog's Avatar
    Reputation
    1959
    Join Date
    May 2012
    Posts
    10,557
    Load Metric
    65701404
    Quote Originally Posted by NickyPipes View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    Just remember that Tony G was not only once the owner of NWP, but his face was at the top, and he was supposed to integrate himself into the site, until Mason Malmuth made a big deal about Micon allowing Brandi/Sklansky discussion, and then Pokernews decided to nix the entire Tony G/NWP association.

    I will say that Tony was a reasonable and fair guy in my limited dealings with him.
    Tony G is a personal hero of Nicky Pipes. If you listen to his interviews where he is not in character, he’s an incredibly smart and accomplished guy.

    Brother it’s pretty goofy he used to have his face as the banner on your website. Do you have a screenshot of that?

    Brothers I watched this for 5 minutes on YouTube, very boring content. Is Bart Hanson one of these announcers?
    Brother Bart is one of the best announcers.

    Some of pfa would believe he is turning us all into trannies but Hustler Casino must allow it

  7. #67
    Owner Dan Druff's Avatar
    Reputation
    10110
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Posts
    54,627
    Blog Entries
    2
    Load Metric
    65701404
    About 39k people consistently watching this.

    What is the normal crowd size watching HCL?

  8. #68
    Platinum Jayjami's Avatar
    Reputation
    879
    Join Date
    Feb 2014
    Location
    South Lake Tahoe
    Posts
    3,164
    Load Metric
    65701404
    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    About 39k people consistently watching this.

    What is the normal crowd size watching HCL?
    Soon there’s only going to be 5k watching it if this game doesn’t get any better. Boring.

  9. #69
    Owner Dan Druff's Avatar
    Reputation
    10110
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Posts
    54,627
    Blog Entries
    2
    Load Metric
    65701404
    I'm seeing complaints in the chat that the game is boring, and that the players who are known for having big personalities (such as Tony G and JRB) are unusually quiet and subdued.

    This is losing hype quickly.

    Several people in chat begging for Airball.

    Not Bart Hanson's fault. He's doing the best he can under the boring circumstances so far.

  10. #70
    Owner Dan Druff's Avatar
    Reputation
    10110
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Posts
    54,627
    Blog Entries
    2
    Load Metric
    65701404
    The consensus on Twitter is that the game is too deep, thus thwarting action.

    The players are treating it like the WSOP Main early levels, where they are avoiding big spots unless super strong.

  11. #71
    Plutonium sonatine's Avatar
    Reputation
    7369
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Posts
    33,372
    Load Metric
    65701404
    its as if poker was faggot all along.
    "Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky

    "America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs

  12. #72
    Plutonium sonatine's Avatar
    Reputation
    7369
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Posts
    33,372
    Load Metric
    65701404
    half the players have their fingers up their nose, at least 2 of them are sick, and all of them are rubbing their fingers on their mouths.


    im sure it will be fine tho.
    "Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky

    "America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs

  13. #73
    Owner Dan Druff's Avatar
    Reputation
    10110
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Posts
    54,627
    Blog Entries
    2
    Load Metric
    65701404
    Chat room being brutal. Nobody is enjoying this.

    I just saw a comment, "THROW AN EXTRA CARD IN THE DECK ALREADY"

     
    Comments
      
      sonatine: incredible

  14. #74
    Owner Dan Druff's Avatar
    Reputation
    10110
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Posts
    54,627
    Blog Entries
    2
    Load Metric
    65701404
    If this is the type of hand we're supposed to get excited about, we have a problem.

    https://twitter.com/PokerNews/status/1662326539911053312


    (In HCL's defense, this tweet was from Pokernews, not HCL.)

  15. #75
    Master of Props Daly's Avatar
    Reputation
    2671
    Join Date
    Mar 2013
    Posts
    10,306
    Load Metric
    65701404
    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    Chat room being brutal. Nobody is enjoying this.

    I just saw a comment, "THROW AN EXTRA CARD IN THE DECK ALREADY"

    “The Chat” wasn't happy an hour before the game started. They knew they had an issue when they freaked out about Kessler agreeing play. Your point about being “too deep” is 100% right and it caused Kesslers Vpip to drop into the 40’s. Still better than most in the game but shows even he was playing scared to a certain extent.

    “Chop it up chop it up” every one knew it was two straights.


    They need an emergency meeting. Double the blinds and get all the all stars out there.

  16. #76
    Master of Props Daly's Avatar
    Reputation
    2671
    Join Date
    Mar 2013
    Posts
    10,306
    Load Metric
    65701404
    Btw - im fully onboard with the heat they are getting but my projection is they figure this out it finishes stronger than it started and every year going forward over merorial day weekend the hustler throws a million dollar game.

    Becomes a pseudo tradition.

  17. #77
    Platinum BetCheckBet's Avatar
    Reputation
    928
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Posts
    4,645
    Load Metric
    65701404
    I'm not sure if I agree about the game being "too deep". Because of antes you have 18k in the pot before any bets. That's over 1.5% of buying which is larger than a normal 100bb game. The game is NOT DEEP AT ALL. So theoretically it should play similar, if anything more aggressively than a typical cash game because of opportunity to steal. Why that didn't happen is likely because people playing with backers money and don't want to piss them off, people tightening ranges because of stakes, people tightening raises because lots of people watching game. Also lets not forget for reference the typical HCL live stream games have horrible ridiculous fishy VPIPs. The lack of table talk simply because people took the game seriously and honestly good poker is boring TV. 40 percent VPIP always gonna be a fish. Was easy mark.

    I'd love someone to run stats and see if nits were punished here for being so tight with the antes. I'm sure that will be done in a day or two.

    To understand how important antes are and why they induce action consider this. If you fold an entire round with antes and blinds you are losing about 20k per round. Do that five times and you've lost 10% of your stack 100k.
    PokerfraudAlert acknowledges that our message board is on the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of Donkdown.com who's presence stretches back to that of Neverwinpoker and the Lithuanians. As such we acknowledge the great role that Tony G, Jewdonk, any many other Lithuanians have contributed to our community.

  18. #78
    Plutonium sonatine's Avatar
    Reputation
    7369
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Posts
    33,372
    Load Metric
    65701404
    Quote Originally Posted by BetCheckBet View Post
    I'm not sure if I agree about the game being "too deep". Because of antes you have 18k in the pot before any bets. That's over 1.5% of buying which is larger than a normal 100bb game. The game is NOT DEEP AT ALL. So theoretically it should play similar, if anything more aggressively than a typical cash game because of opportunity to steal. Why that didn't happen is likely because people playing with backers money and don't want to piss them off, people tightening ranges because of stakes, people tightening raises because lots of people watching game. Also lets not forget for reference the typical HCL live stream games have horrible ridiculous fishy VPIPs. The lack of table talk simply because people took the game seriously and honestly good poker is boring TV. 40 percent VPIP always gonna be a fish. Was easy mark.

    I'd love someone to run stats and see if nits were punished here for being so tight with the antes. I'm sure that will be done in a day or two.

    To understand how important antes are and why they induce action consider this. If you fold an entire round with antes and blinds you are losing about 20k per round. Do that five times and you've lost 10% of your stack 100k.

    i think people are using the word depth to refer to the psychological weight of having stacks that size, not the relative stack to pot ratios (which is the correct use of the term per your comment).

    its playing like a 10/20NL b&m game where half the table has their case money on the felt and the rest are stupendously wealthy nits.
    "Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky

    "America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs

  19. #79
    Platinum JeffDime's Avatar
    Reputation
    1473
    Join Date
    Apr 2020
    Location
    Brick City, USA
    Posts
    2,703
    Load Metric
    65701404
    Everyone bought in for a million last night. So HCL can technically say they pulled off the “Million” $ game. But Rob is clearly speaking on behalf of the players. Seems like the right thing to do. In fact, Ryan/Nick may have their hands forced here. You can tell how much pulling this off for 5 days means to Feldman. But it will be better for the players and viewers for sure if they played a little smaller.

    https://twitter.com/rob_yong_/status/1662528730374475776

  20. #80
    Plutonium sonatine's Avatar
    Reputation
    7369
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Posts
    33,372
    Load Metric
    65701404
    Quote Originally Posted by JeffDime View Post
    Everyone bought in for a million last night. So HCL can technically say they pulled off the “Million” $ game. But Rob is clearly speaking on behalf of the players. Seems like the right thing to do. In fact, Ryan/Nick may have their hands forced here.

    https://twitter.com/rob_yong_/status/1662528730374475776

    its a curiously difficult paradox to solve;

    if they continue to stick with the "1m game" brand, the action will be fucking dreadful. but they have to keep hyping it up constantly and pretending like every checked down pot is a miracle of gamesmanship etc etc because at the end of the day, its all about celebrity and brand and engagement.

    alternately they could lower the buy in, generate a ton of action, but then the whole premise of this being a unique / historical event is blown up.

    they really painted themselves into a corner here.

    and to make matters worse you have tony g saying 'yeah its nice to be here but im a bit tired because i spent the last week straight playing a millie buyin game in cyprus'.

    hopefully with airball / polk shit gets irresponsibly entertaining.

    anyway something that i realized last night is the genius of gabe kaplan was how understated he was. once the cards hit the felt, he did little to no hyping or crowd work. he would have been perfect for last nights game.

     
    Comments
      
      JeffDime: Agree
    "Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky

    "America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Hustler Casino Live - cheating by Robbi Jade Lew against Garrett Adelstein?
    By SlowRoll in forum Scams, Scandals, and Shadiness
    Replies: 694
    Last Post: 03-02-2024, 10:04 AM
  2. Replies: 17
    Last Post: 07-13-2023, 07:08 PM
  3. **Official** Hustler Casino Live Thread
    By simpdog in forum Flying Stupidity
    Replies: 39
    Last Post: 08-26-2022, 09:38 AM
  4. Viffer on Hustler Casino Live
    By simpdog in forum Flying Stupidity
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 12-03-2021, 08:46 PM
  5. Replies: 1
    Last Post: 12-20-2020, 10:08 PM