Comments on: Start/Stop the B-tching! http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/ Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas WSOP Poker Blog, now with PLO too! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Donkey Bomber http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146288 Donkey Bomber Sat, 03 May 2008 00:44:38 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146288 You’re just a press pass away from being among the best in the poker media. Exchange press pass for 12-pack and you've got something. You’re just a press pass away from being among the best in the poker media.

Exchange press pass for 12-pack and you’ve got something.

]]> By: BJ Nemeth http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146286 BJ Nemeth Sat, 03 May 2008 00:27:21 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146286 Kevin, don't underestimate yourself. I've said many times that the two most important qualities in a poker tournament reporter are legible handwriting and the desire to do a good job. You'd be surprised how few people have both. You enjoy following poker, and you read a lot about it. You retain most of it. And you've got enough of a brain to make important connections. You're just a press pass away from being among the best in the poker media. Kevin, don’t underestimate yourself. I’ve said many times that the two most important qualities in a poker tournament reporter are legible handwriting and the desire to do a good job. You’d be surprised how few people have both.

You enjoy following poker, and you read a lot about it. You retain most of it. And you’ve got enough of a brain to make important connections. You’re just a press pass away from being among the best in the poker media.

]]> By: DanM http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146262 DanM Fri, 02 May 2008 14:47:51 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146262 Hoping is always a really good strategy, Tom. (Works for me in poker like easily 8 percent of the time.) Hoping is always a really good strategy, Tom.

(Works for me in poker like easily 8 percent of the time.)

]]> By: Donkey Bomber http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146251 Donkey Bomber Fri, 02 May 2008 03:59:04 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146251 I'll be there. Hope I don't top a 9-iron again. I’ll be there. Hope I don’t top a 9-iron again.

]]> By: Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146248 Kevin Mathers Fri, 02 May 2008 02:36:22 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146248 BJ, I do appreciate the kind words, but I certainly wouldn't go that far about being one of the "most informed". I'm just some guy whose enthusiasm for the game far outweighs my ability in it. By the way Tom, World Series of Golf May 12-15, will you be in again this year? FTP's sponsoring the event, and this year coverage will be on CBS in June. BJ, I do appreciate the kind words, but I certainly wouldn’t go that far about being one of the “most informed”. I’m just some guy whose enthusiasm for the game far outweighs my ability in it.

By the way Tom, World Series of Golf May 12-15, will you be in again this year?

FTP’s sponsoring the event, and this year coverage will be on CBS in June.

]]> By: Donkey Bomber http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146246 Donkey Bomber Fri, 02 May 2008 01:30:12 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146246 Maybe Kevin is doing all of this from prison or some Texas cult compound...no worries, he still gets a free beer if he shows up. Maybe Kevin is doing all of this from prison or some Texas cult compound…no worries, he still gets a free beer if he shows up.

]]> By: BJ Nemeth http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146245 BJ Nemeth Fri, 02 May 2008 01:14:08 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146245 I'll second Tom's offer of a beer for Kevin Mathers. It'd be nice to put a face with the name, and you're one of the most informed people in the poker media -- and you're not even in the poker media. (A connection?) I’ll second Tom’s offer of a beer for Kevin Mathers. It’d be nice to put a face with the name, and you’re one of the most informed people in the poker media — and you’re not even in the poker media. (A connection?)

]]> By: DanM http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146222 DanM Thu, 01 May 2008 19:35:47 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146222 They had to change that rule because otherwise a player with Tourettes Syndrome would have an Americans with Disabilities Act claim against Harrah's. (JK, kinda) By the way, how great TV would that be ... a mic'ed-up tourettes guy sitting at just about any final table, but especially the $50k HORSE? They had to change that rule because otherwise a player with Tourettes Syndrome would have an Americans with Disabilities Act claim against Harrah’s. (JK, kinda)

By the way, how great TV would that be … a mic’ed-up tourettes guy sitting at just about any final table, but especially the $50k HORSE?

]]> By: Donkey Bomber http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146220 Donkey Bomber Thu, 01 May 2008 19:25:30 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146220 Kevin, Very intersting. I did not know that. See what you can learn by reading Pokerati? Harrah's does not make it clear that it has to be directed at someone. Now, I plan to let the F-bombs fly...of course not at anyone. Come up and introduce yourself at the WSOP. Maybe you will get a free beer and a couple of F-bombs thrown your way. Kevin,

Very intersting. I did not know that. See what you can learn by reading Pokerati? Harrah’s does not make it clear that it has to be directed at someone.

Now, I plan to let the F-bombs fly…of course not at anyone.

Come up and introduce yourself at the WSOP. Maybe you will get a free beer and a couple of F-bombs thrown your way.

]]> By: Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146216 Kevin Mathers Thu, 01 May 2008 19:06:52 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146216 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/5/new-wsop-rules-released.htm You were there Tom not me, so I'm not going to doubt you heard that, but this is from May of last year. http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/5/new-wsop-rules-released.htm

You were there Tom not me, so I’m not going to doubt you heard that, but this is from May of last year.

]]> By: Donkey Bomber http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146215 Donkey Bomber Thu, 01 May 2008 19:03:14 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146215 Kevin, If they changed the F-bomb rule, you might be the only one who knows. At the beginning of every tournament last year, they announced that you would receive a 20 minute penalty for using the F-bomb. I might be willing to put a little wager on this rule. Kevin,

If they changed the F-bomb rule, you might be the only one who knows. At the beginning of every tournament last year, they announced that you would receive a 20 minute penalty for using the F-bomb. I might be willing to put a little wager on this rule.

]]> By: Dan M http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146201 Dan M Thu, 01 May 2008 17:10:41 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146201 I think Tom doesn't want other people to complain because it cuts in on his market share. I think Tom doesn’t want other people to complain because it cuts in on his market share.

]]> By: Grunkzzz http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146200 Grunkzzz Thu, 01 May 2008 16:19:24 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146200 I'm with you on everything except the dealers. I had a guy last year that couldn't even count a full rack of chips. The floor came over and counted it for him and made him recount it 4 times. He got it wrong 4 times (differently wrong) eventually the floor guy just shrugged his shoulders and gave me my chips. (I had bought all the 25s at the table. With that said things can always be worse, or better. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. I’m with you on everything except the dealers. I had a guy last year that couldn’t even count a full rack of chips. The floor came over and counted it for him and made him recount it 4 times. He got it wrong 4 times (differently wrong) eventually the floor guy just shrugged his shoulders and gave me my chips. (I had bought all the 25s at the table.

With that said things can always be worse, or better. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

]]> By: California Jen http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146196 California Jen Thu, 01 May 2008 15:01:45 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146196 I promise not to follow you to the bathroom with my complaints. I promise not to follow you to the bathroom with my complaints.

]]> By: miskeein http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146195 miskeein Thu, 01 May 2008 15:01:27 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146195 But what will all the poker nerds blog about on their little nerd blogs? But what will all the poker nerds blog about on their little nerd blogs?

]]> By: Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/2008/05/01/stopstart-the-b-tching/comment-page-1/#comment-146189 Kevin Mathers Thu, 01 May 2008 12:52:00 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2928#comment-146189 They changed the F-bomb rule last year, as long as you didn't direct it at another player/dealer it was allowed. They changed the F-bomb rule last year, as long as you didn’t direct it at another player/dealer it was allowed.

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