Jesus dude, do you hear yourself? HTK is an idiot (and yes, I think bringing Deeb's wife into the mix deserved a punch in the face) but poker needs characters. Every compelling story needs heroes and villains. Truth be told, I thought Cantu was a bigger knob (except there is no doubt that that is him and not a 'douchey' persona.)

Do you even play live poker, bro? A rec fish wants to gamble, have fun, possibly win money. Not be surrounded by abject misery and bs.

HTK has been good for conversation and not much else. A small percentage who actually play poker find him entertaining and that's fine, but anyone who didn't already have any real interest in the game isn't going to pick it up because of some drama queen. Reality tv already supplies these people with free trainwrecks to watch constantly day in, day out.

Is this legit confirmed? If so, the issue of Joey's neutrality just became a whole lot clearer.

I like that there's at least 10 people here from Toronto who've played with Sal before and the feedback seems to be the same...

Joey got paid $2K to have #HTK on his podcast!, wow.

GTOers gonna GTO. Well played Sir.

I thought, towards the end of the stream, when he came back again, he was escorted off by someone (IIRC) in a reddish jacket. There were murmurs from the players (hard to hear) along the lines of oh, don't mess with that security/floor guy.

It took far too long, yes, of course, but I thought floor/security did eventually keep him away/escort him elsewhere/whatever.

Shaun Deeb is absolutely a *****. Anyone who's saying he did the right thing etc is probably a weak spineless ***** too. I don't advocate violence in this situation but sitting there saying nada says it all about this guy. Hashtag would crumble if someone put the frighteners on him, and it's funny because i bet Deeb would have the minerals to put the frighteners on Cantu if it was him who was making the personal attacks

lol you've never been locked up have you?

Good job deeb mad respect

What an odd thing to say

There is no ethical or moral code that gamblers follow. There never will be. You want the police to get involved.. because some douchebag (that the game revolved around) was insulting and abrasive? The only thing that matters to gamblers in the gambling world is MONEY. There is no doubt in my mind that if HTK wasn't broke, and was proven to worth millions... none of this would have happened... all the pros including polk and deeb would keep their fkn mouths shut... but since theres no money left they get to say what they think.

Again, low stakes games are run very differently than higher stakes with smaller player pools. Some of the biggest fish at higher stakes are ****ing scumbags/ the nastiest people you could run into... it's always been that way... and will probably always remain... because it's their ****ing party man. They are donating, they get to make the rules. Pros know that.

I actually think it's disingenuous to portray poker, especially higher stakes in a very good light, with fake smiles, and phony small talk and the illusion that everyone is honest and has millions of dollars to gamble with etc. That episode, for all its cringworthy moments,, was probably the most accurate representation of a bigger game when the lights and cameras are off.

If you're looking for tuxedos, and class, and pompous *******s then just go watch the mainstream romanticized version of poker ala casino royal.

No it's not. If you think fighting someone over a verbal altercation at a poker table is worth doing time be my guest.

Reread what i originally wrote mr 'i've done time inside'

Olaff, I have a question for you. If the live one starts snorting coke at the table would you call the cops?

It's pretty obvious that when you engage someone like Hashtag King with anger when he makes childish insults, you're giving him exactly what he wants. He wanted Deeb to be angry, go on tilt, and get into a legitimate altercation with him. It says something about Deeb's mental fortitude that he was just able to brush off Hashtag King's nonsense and continue playing his A game. If he had stooped down to HTK's level, then he would've lost all the power in that situation. It probably helps that no one at the table had any respect for him anyway.

There might be something to this, only because Cantu is comparatively much less foolish and they have a history.

You can keep babbling, but someone who thinks the people of The Bicycle Club have ever worried about their position in the moral spectrum does not know anything about poker.

wow... I JUST remembered this reference...

..... , fyp

(You didn't start a new thread for this breaking story post ?)

no and that goes for anyone at the table

It's obvious hash has fallen on hard times after blowing through that 240k he won in Florida plus what ever he got back from the 30% withholding. Go fund me / hocking watches / clothes / selling merch isn't going to generate enough $$$$ to grind 1-2 NL and fire $300 mtts . !!!! He should be hitting up PERKY and working out some sort of Prop bet . Hash vs Jimmy gibbler weight loss!!!! .. Who will weigh less in 1 yr !!!

Dude just live streamed himself getting arrested... for not paying for his dinner...

https://twitter.com/hashtagkingca/st...67571058032640

"I'm waiting for a wire."

Oh boy.

OMG....the idiot is delusional!

Best part...

HASHTAG - "I came here with Julian Lane."
JULIANLANE - "No you didn't."
*car door slams*
*Julian bails*



ouch.

OMG this is getting worse . Can't even pay for a meal .. wtf is he thinking ? hendon mob says i'm number 2 so i don't need to pay?? .. And using the wire excuse! it's been a week and he's still "waiting" on the wire!!!! Mizzi / that lane dude and everyone else should stay far way from the hash .. Hash will be hitting up Feldman / Eldar / Israeli Ron for buy ins when he get's too LATB (i'm waiting on a wire guys !!!!.. I'm good for it !! I was hanging with Meisha Tate.. I'm Famous!!! #2!!!!!! )

So.... has the million been escrowed?

I'll take the over on 230. More like 320. Some is gambling right now. Why didn't he just pay. Must be mental illness. He is guest in this country. CBP may not let him in next time.