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Originally Posted by raidalot
I suspect the reality will be 30 seconds for everyone except those who repeatedly stall.
Great to see tournament organisers doing something to speed up the game. The slow pace is the most off-putting aspect of live poker.
Yes and no, only if it is blatantly abused in a premeditated overall game strat way, which is what Will Kassouf was clearly doing IMO after his initial premeditated strategy of table talking opponents into giving away information and/or tilting/losing focus was largely stamped on by the TDs.
I think the ability/allowability of being to now and again take a lot of time over a decision in live poker is extremely important, as it is not only vital for genuine situations of a hard decision, e.g. facing an all in on the river, but sometimes equally important to deliberately stall to trick an opponent into believing that their perceived timing tell of you means the opposite of what it is.
I watched your podcast with Joey Ingram and was mightily impressed with everything you said. One thing you described was how you got into poker, that it was initially you playing a little on line poker as a means of adding to some of the fundamental research you were doing into the correct valuation/forward valuations of companies such as Party Poker, in your role as a hedge fund manager, and then poker became a passion for you after that.
I came into the game differently in so far as I started purely as a live player and live is pretty much the only place I still play and the only place I can win, so with maximum respect to you I do feel that you may be overlooking, or perhaps haven't had a lot of exposure to, some of the nuances of being able to take a lot more time (not always, but selectively) on some decisions in live poker.
My view is that the WSOP's new rules in this regard are using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut, which is a common occurrence and reaction in many businesses and industries when something goes wrong or has become problematic. There are probably some better thought out and more sophisticated solutions to address the problem of habitual tactical stalling and tanking.
Last edited by SageDonkey; 05-09-2017 at 07:08 AM.