Comments on: NY Times Magazine: The Art of the Bad Beat http://pokerati.com/2009/03/07/ny-times-magazine-the-art-of-the-bad-beat/ 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: BJ Nemeth http://pokerati.com/2009/03/07/ny-times-magazine-the-art-of-the-bad-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-165333 BJ Nemeth Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:17:11 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=5971#comment-165333 Mental note #2: Even Kevin Mathers is human. Mental note #2: Even Kevin Mathers is human.

]]> By: Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/2009/03/07/ny-times-magazine-the-art-of-the-bad-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-165332 Kevin Mathers Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:15:54 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=5971#comment-165332 When I skimmed thru the article the first time, I didn't notice that error. I also got a kick out of 2+2 being called a "funny site". Anyways, for those that want to see the thread mentioned, it can be found <a href="http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54/poker-beats-brags-variance/worst-beat-statistically-possible-405469/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. When I skimmed thru the article the first time, I didn’t notice that error. I also got a kick out of 2+2 being called a “funny site”. Anyways, for those that want to see the thread mentioned, it can be found here.

]]> By: BJ Nemeth http://pokerati.com/2009/03/07/ny-times-magazine-the-art-of-the-bad-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-165331 BJ Nemeth Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:15:37 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=5971#comment-165331 Wow, that one got by me too. I saw that it said "PartyPoker," but just assumed for the moment that Moneymaker won his entry through that site before signing with PokerStars. If I stopped to think about it for a moment, I'd have caught myself (I know he qualified through PokerStars), but I just kept on reading. Mental note: Don't apply to the New York Times as a fact checker. Continue diverting all those inquiries to KevMath. Wow, that one got by me too. I saw that it said “PartyPoker,” but just assumed for the moment that Moneymaker won his entry through that site before signing with PokerStars. If I stopped to think about it for a moment, I’d have caught myself (I know he qualified through PokerStars), but I just kept on reading.

Mental note: Don’t apply to the New York Times as a fact checker. Continue diverting all those inquiries to KevMath.

]]> By: DanM http://pokerati.com/2009/03/07/ny-times-magazine-the-art-of-the-bad-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-165328 DanM Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:09:14 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=5971#comment-165328 I guess fact-checkers were some of the first employees to go at the New York Times? You'd think they'd still have their own Kevin Mathers around to catch errors like PartyPoker instead of PokerStars. But in the scheme of things all good to have someone who doesn't know the difference finding bad beat stories enthralling. I guess fact-checkers were some of the first employees to go at the New York Times? You’d think they’d still have their own Kevin Mathers around to catch errors like PartyPoker instead of PokerStars.

But in the scheme of things all good to have someone who doesn’t know the difference finding bad beat stories enthralling.

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