Ponte and Cantu were the worst. Deeb is borderline but he saved most of his *******ry for Cantu, who deserves it. Ponte is annoying and fake and busto soon but Cantu is a different level. He's a scumbag who can't even degen properly. Get a loan then berate they guy you're most likely going to let your voucher pay?

yes it is...I haven't watched much but it just happens that the few hands Ive watch, 4 of which she has been in and lost. The hand you mentioned was a tough beat plus she was in a tough spot (I assume because I suck) yesterday with top pair on 10 high flop holding K 10 and some guy check raised her on the flop with a gut shot and got there on the turn and stacked her.

I bet everyone is missing hashtag king if they are watching the stream at the moment.I cant imagine a poker game to be more boring than this.Maybe if robots are playing...

You can't spell Cantu without, well

tuna?

I'm still kind of surprised that they put together a lineup where Mike Dentale was one of the more reserved people at the table.

That they chose to, or that they were able to?

So are you saying that you're actually sincere in your neutrality? I find that very hard to believe. You're basically taking very diplomatic lines on everything but have you ever heard the same diplomats talk in private? Like their leaked diplomatic cables? Very very opinionated and blunt. Are you telling me that you don't have strong and blunt and direct opinions on the inside that you simply don't reveal on the outside? That inside you're also like: "I don't know, maybe, I don't know, I see both sides, I don't know, maybe"?

This thread seems dumb. ChicagoJoey is insanely likeable, Doug Polk is fine, Shaun Deeb seems good to me, what's everyone crying about? Why does everyone have to be negative about people who are just normal, regular people. Every thread doesn't have to revolve around taking a huge stance against someone.


p.s. This commentator Alex Keating is a boring PUA with a beard instead of a personality and it'd be funny if he was eaten by raccoons.

he got banned from the casino and is getting kicked out of the hotel on twitter via periscope now.

Only Olaff is even mentioning Joey (and obviously no one itt agrees with him), and there were only a couple of random posts that said anything negative about Doug and Shaun. This thread is basically about Hashtag King's ridiculous antics, and how unlikable him and Brandon are.

I think it's fair that most people are taking a negative stance against Hashtag King.

Wrong. Not that this is a popularity contest but reread the thread, a number of posters are also quite turned off by Joey's "neutrality on everything".

Actually, the only one who clearly was:

Because it's fairly obvious that this was essentially a joke:

My mistake, I should've said "essentially no one."

Hashtag King (human waste) getting waste disposaled from the casino.

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1PlKQARAbpMKE?t=14

I couldn't be more disappointed with PNIA stream. As a casual poker player it was essentially a nit fest and Shaun Deeb and Doug Polk were the only ones who played loose. I respect Deeb's game mightily and think he's the best poker player on PNIA. Didn't like Brandon Cantu, but from what I'm led to believe, he's a long-time poker pro.

Was nice to see Doug Polk get his KK's stacked by aces. Have no idea why he flips 10k after every cash game. Hashtag King is a complete joke and utter fool. Why can't PNIA get some recognizable faces. Wanna see Laak, Matusow, Tilly, Busquet, Bilzerian???

Thank you for posting

That video greatly exceeded my expectations.

I'm surprised the watches are only worth $1200/ea or whatever he claimed. The way he shows them off, I expected them to be a minimum of a low 5-figures. Obviously I know nothing about watches.

why?

Really? I'd imagine people who think this only know him from his youtube vids, him and his whole crew have been this way since forever.

At some point I realized that if I wanted to have consistent success at mid/high stakes PLO, I would need to stop worrying about anything/anyone else, get my emotions under control, and extremely focus in. One of my biggest pet peeves are people who act like they know everything about everything, no matter the level of knowledge they have about something. This tends to run wild among successful poker players.

The way I am in my podcast and in videos is how I am in real life but with a bit less high energy. Outside of myself, family, friends and clients, I don't get wrapped up caring much about what everyone else is doing/saying. The type of things I have strong opinions about basically center around the great game of pot limit omaha, work ethic, and playing poker in general. Most of the conversation in my life and in my podcasts centers around topics that aren't considered gossip but more topics that can be interpreted and seen in various different ways. If you want to have a PLO discussion with me, I will take some hard stances (depending on the spot)

Inside I am the same way, I see try to see all the sides. Embracing this concept was one of the qualities that improved my poker game the most.

For example, while I think you sound like a donk, I can see where you are coming from. You might not believe that someone could be neutral because you've clearly been around some people who've been the type of way you describe in your time. So because of that, I take what you say, think about if maybe I do have some strong/blunt/direct opinions that I'm holding back and if I do have stronger feelings that I might be suppressing because of some ultimate desire related to the type of content that I make and then make this post

I do feel strongly that my mother should quit complaining all the ****ing time.


I think PNIA showcasing other names in poker outside of the pros who got popular 10+ years ago and rarely play poker anymore is a good thing overall for the future. It might take months/years for certain players but at some point, those will become recognizable faces as well. If you continue to feature the same people over and over and over, which is what happened for many years, you end up with what it is now. I do think that including more of the top tier names a bit more often would be good to help build up some other players, but some of those names cost a good amount of money these days

Honestly i am quite disapointed that no one confronted King in a real way, just being there listening what was said would irritate a lot of people in a major way, Mike doesn't get any points either. I expected to be honest more maturity from Doug to bring more integrity into the game, but he did the complate opposite, laughing with the bullies, kind of bullying himself from the sidelines but also engaging in somewhat normal talk with the people he was laughing at a minute ago. This kind of behaviour is a sign of weakness and inner fear of being the subject of bullying themselves. Its often followed by a big disappointment when no respect is given to this person as obviously no respect is deserved. Kind of like Gordon Vayo in the main. Some of the things that were said were just terrible and obv King should have been kicked out long before from the casino.

"i took boxing for 10 years" -1 minutes later - "i took boxing for 5 years"

#Hetagsher

That was only near the beginning when he didn't know what kind of a s*itshow he was in for. He was being diplomatic, trying to defuse the tension and laugh things off before they escalate.
Later when he realised these mofos are just not interested in any kind of a civil poker game he wasn't having it. In particular he took multiple shots at Cantu when he kept getting out of line and he also stood up for Deeb when Cantu was whining and being a child and disrespecting Deeb.
Golden boy J2o Shaun of course later rewarded that by s*it talking his NL game (lol).
He was in the most awkward spot because he was by far the biggest "ambassador" at the table and he had to remain composed (not a live poker scumbag piece of s*it like almost everyone else there) and not let himself get walked over at the same time. It's very difficult to find the balance and I think he did a good job.

"But as we grow as men we learn to let sh*t go, but then again there's only so much bullsh*t we can really stand."