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Article: What’s Wrong with Tournament Poker

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  1. Dan Dan is offline Administrator

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    Aug 24th, 2008 (8/24/2008 6:02pm)

     
  2. leon buggsky leon buggsky is offline

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    Aug 30th, 2008 (8/30/2008 6:24pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>i have no opinion on this at all</p>
  3. SmokeStack SmokeStack is offline

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    Aug 30th, 2008 (8/30/2008 7:58pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>Reasonable standards of behavior are a good thing, too many players use questionable tactics in these events. Also regrettably younger audiences are watching and see this as a normal standard.</p>
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    Aug 30th, 2008 (8/30/2008 8:53pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>I can see there point and agree with some of the behavioral aspects.</p>
    <p> But as far as the structure of a tournament, I would consider it as I would playing diffrent golf courses. Dont like the structure dont play.</p>
  5. BLAKJACK BLAKJACK is offline

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    Aug 30th, 2008 (8/30/2008 11:38pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>Nguyen owns you</p>
     
  6. pokerfan X pokerfan X is offline

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    Aug 30th, 2008 (8/30/2008 11:59pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>The #1 issue that facing live poker and that goes unmentioned in this article is that televised live tournaments should be rake free and have money added to the payouts. Where's the players' share of all the added profits Harrah's, etc make off of us?</p>
    <p>All that tv money, felt sponsorships and advertiser tie-ins, running over and over in re-runs for years to come and the players provide all of the prize pool and get charged 6-10% on top for the casino too!</p>
  7. AV8Pounder AV8Pounder is offline

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    Aug 31st, 2008 (8/31/2008 2:33pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>Pokerfan you are absolutely right.   Milwaukees Best sponsor?  Sponsoring who? The players don't see any of it.  ESPN gets it.  </p>
  8. maciek k maciek k is offline

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    Sep 1st, 2008 (9/1/2008 6:46pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>The sponsors should love scotty nguyen, that's what people want to see.  Outrageous behavior is big ratings</p>
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