Hello,
After watching the WSOP Main Event Final Table tonight, I have come to the conclusion that skill in tournament poker means absolutely nothing. It only means anything long-term and unless you plan on making the WSOP Main Event Final Table many, many, many, many times in your life, forget the skill and just pray that your short-stack luck holds up. After what I just saw, the World Series of Poker Main Event just became completely and totally meaningless to me. Winning that tournament is TOTAL luck and ZERO skill. Deep-stack cash games is about the only way to see skill in poker. I don't think I'll be watching next year, or any tournament poker for that matter. It's just not fun watching people roll dice and calling it poker.
And they really need to stop calling these "every-men" unlikely final table competitors. The Final Table has been nothing but every-men. I'm sorry but I feel the Main Event has lost all it's meaning now that it's a giant lottery. I'd take it for the money but I'd also take a win in the lottery for the money. But that doesn't mean I think that people who win the lottery have some sort of skill. Since 2000, most of the Final Tables have been full of a bunch of idiots who can't play and it bores the hell out of me as a viewer. They have to stop waiting four months to show garbage. So disappointing.
I found it funny that Moneymaker was interviewed during the Main Event on ESPN talking about the hand when he knocked out Johnny Chan in 2003. He mentioned his reasoning for raising on the button, or something like that. The funny thing is he had no idea at the time what the hell he was doing. He is only able to explain that hand after years of looking at it from the perspective of someone who learned a few poker terms. He sucks just as most of the people who make WSOP final tables. The tournament has become a big joke and if I was a pro, I wouldn't waste my time entering tournaments. It's a definite losing proposition for the majority of pros. There is no way that it is a positive EV series in which to play. Pros should stick to the side games and skip the Series that is now a joke. There are already so many bracelets out there that it's starting to lose all meaning. Ugh. What a horrible Final Table this year. Gotta go puke now.
Can't wait for more HSP. Now that's some nice poker.
See you on the felt,
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Poker Officially Sucks Now
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8 comments:
I disagree with you on one point. I think the big WSOP tourney is GREAT for poker pro's. It gives them face time on TV and get's them name recognition. Would any of us really know Daniel Negranu or even Phil Ivy if it was not for these events? So it is +EV for them in the sense that they get poker shows, site sponsorships, and all kinds of publicity. Supah Star Supah Star!
From that aspect, I agree. But you are also talking about a select few. And from a viewer perspective, it just plain sucked.
Don't be so negative!
I love poker and I love poker on TV. But this year's WSOP just pissed me off. I haven't felt this upset watching poker since that turbo poker in that stupid dome. I'm mostly upset because poker looked really bad to people who don't understand end-game tournament poker. It looked like a complete luckfest. The did not deserve to win. When we put so much stock in the winner of one tournament we get players like Moneymaker (I can't believe that someone who hangs around so much poker talent can't manage to win a tourney) and the guy who won this time (I don't even know his name). It showed the world that you need zero talent to plow through a table full of players with 100 times more chips than you (how many sets can one guy hit). What does this win say to the world about poker? That's why I'm negative. Just once I'd like to see even a somewhat deserving player actually win. It doesn't have to be a "pro." Just not this guy.
Unfortunately, it's the usually the luck side of poker that you see on TV. I listened to the live audio broadcast of the final table and there was definitely a lot of poker being played it's just that the average poker viewer isn't all that thrilled with a 4 bet fold. I would love to see an advanced poker broadcast showing us more of the nuances.
I agree, HSP can't get here soon enough.
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