Woke up this morning to two comments that gave me pause:
Scott Says:
June 28th, 2006 at 11:15 am eSo, “Pokerati had never been to Aces and never knew where they were,†yet Pokerati has no problem stating that ACES is in “a terrible part of townâ€Â? I’m still wondering what, precisely, qualifies the area as a “terrible part of town.â€Â
Calling me out on that sorta thing seems totally appropriate … it encourages quality discourse and holds me accountable to what comes out of my mouth/fingers. But this comment:
Name: sld007 | E-mail: sld007@airmail.net | IP: 216.109.168.14 | Date: June 28, 2006
THE COPS ARE MISSING THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN…[name deleted] PLACE AT THE CORNER OF [street deleted] AND [deleted] LANE IS HUGE!!! ALL 5-10, 2 TABLES RUNNING NONSTOP, $100,000 ON THE TABLES AT ALL TIMES!!! — USED TO BE CALLED [deleted] …SOUTHWEST CORNER IN THE BACK CORNER!!!
What\’s up with that, Sld? While I\’m sure the cops would be happy to have whatever information you may want to provide — or maybe unhappy because it would mean more work for them when they thought one bust would be enough — this is not really a forum for tattle-tales. (And thus comment #1 was accepted, and comment #2 was not.)
Sure, some of us may be giving Aces a hard time for some of their loose methods, but what we are doing here is post-hand analysis … hoping to improve future play. In retrospect, there are lots of things lots of us coulda done better or differently. Now, for future reference, we know. But trying to rat out another game (presumably so your game can make more money) … that\’s just not cool. It\’s dirty, greedy, possibly vindictive, and does nothing for the benefit of Pokerati readers or poker.
(Sld, I think we have played each other before … weren\’t you the guy who slow-rolled your aces when I moved all-in with queens at a Mario tourney … and you went into the tank for like two minutes before showing me the nuts?)
If you want to call out some questionable practices, go ahead … we\’ll listen and discuss. Dallas poker rooms should have been more careful with minors, alcohol, door security, email, slow-rolling, etc. But as far as I know, the game you mention actually runs itself really well … which probably has a lot to do with why it continues to thrive.