Chainsaw is a nit. Nits are cancer and always wrong. Easy game.
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Nah I’m 100% on Team Orleans here. Poker players, and particularly tournament players, think the rules don’t apply to them. He was warned. If their house rule is no food, then follow that rule or go play elsewhere. I have such little patience for people that feel like they can skirt the rules, even if the rule may be nit picky or dumb. Very high likelihood he treated the floor poorly in their previous exchanges too.
My Pro Chainsaw stance was based on the notion that he was simply chewing his last bites, that he didn’t have any food still on his person. My “even if he had a crust stub” was more an off-hand, “I don’t care” comment.
But yeah, Chainsaw seems like an annoying nit.
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Just because I like making fun of Complainsaw.
https://twitter.com/AllenKessler/status/1463046583579123721?s=20&t=Pzbw6z9cMSvk_Ewk2E9-Tg
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I’ve got over a dozen Kessler stories I like to cycle through to entertain tables. I rarely find someone who both knows and likes Allen and I’ve had people volunteer stories, like how Kessler invited one guy to play slots and part of that involved going through the casino picking up any abandoned tickets.
I did make a guy mad about talking too much about Allen because I pointed out that he wears a lot of free clothing from casinos and I speculated that he goes commando because I’ve never seen a casino give away underwear.
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Don’t take it the wrong way, but this is a bad mentality for someone who is a pro or wants to become one. A satellite is merely a tournament with 10k first prize. If you are underrolled for the main, you shouldn’t have played it anyhow (assuming, of course, you intend to play poker professionally. Perfectly fine as a yolo).
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Or he’s primarily a cash game player who is doing shot-taking in the form of tournaments rather than playing higher stakes.
I left Vegas last night. Would have bought some otherwise. I posted upthread that I wanted to buy action in the main. Good luck man.
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Changing my vote after reading this tweet
I think it’s a bad mentality if you do that all the time, I think once a year it’s fine, in particular for the Main with a great structure for someone who’s strength is deeper stacked play.
Thanks anyway, but yeah I didn’t want to sell given I’d have to sell so much I might as well just keep 100% of myself and play a few 1Ks. Would have been different if I was able to put up like $5-7K. But I’ve got a chat group that would have bought up at least $3K probably if I had asked, and maybe more. One of them is basically happy to buy me at reasonable MU in anything up to a $10K.
I’d def play the main with 30% of myself over 3 bullets in a 1k if thats an option for you
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It’s likely an option but I think the Little One for One Drop is significantly softer than the Main and the structure is pretty good (60 mins, 40K starting stacks at 100/100/100). The structure obviously isn’t as good as the Main, but I think the amount of punting that goes on makes up for it, as well as having three bullets instead of one.
It’s close, though.
Doesnt the littleone have increased rake due to the charity aspect?
I dont see how it even compares to the main. Plus a deep run in the main have considerable additional bonuses.
Would buy $500 - $1k if you play
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Yes, true. But have you played it? I’ve consistently had the softest tables I’ve ever had in WSOP events in the Little One on Day 1, and pretty close on Day 2. Maybe I’ve just run super good on table draws in the Little One and bad in the Main, but it’s been insanely soft - like poker boom era TPTK is the nuts level just about.
A final table in the Main probably does, but you’re talking about like a 1 in 100 at best outcome right?
I don’t know how to evaluate like significantly better structure vs significantly softer field to try to figure out where the line would be, so it’s hard to say. I’ve also never had a super soft table draw in the Main, and cashed 2/5, roughly -20% ROI so far. I’ve played the Little One three times, cashed 3/3 bullets, no deep runs, +140% ROI.
Obviously small sample sizes all around, so it’s really about trying to extrapolate and compare. I would estimate my odds of cashing both to be pretty similar, with a higher ROI in the Little One, but I’m not super confident in that.
I think that reentry tournaments, while increases your overall $ev if you are a winning player, should actually lower your ev per bullet and increase the level of play.
I also think tv exposure is beneficial for you in your home games which can happen in the main
In unrelated sad news shit twitter matt glantz just won the milly bounty :(
As in the actual million dollar bounty not the tournament
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Just play the main man.
Give us somebody to cheer for!
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