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Originally Posted by tsarast
This is an amazing post... did everyone just miss this post?
Disagree, way to soft on Doug. The human nature stuff is what it is, even if we don't know these guys there's enough info to look deeper. Doug has refused to acknowledge or dispute that Ben said he had to ask his partner before divulging PLO. Objectively, Doug should never divulge until the agreement is finalized yet he chose to for at least 5 reasons:
Ego: Doug wouldn't put himself in a situation where someone can control his decision making so why would Ben? Every wizard on my level is just like me!
Ego: Doug wanted to prove to Ben that he was the best and ejaculated prematurely.
3, 4, 5 and beyond are generally ego related
There was no agreed upon intent in the BERRI bet so it is in every way null and void.
From a moral standpoint I generally side with Doug and believe Ben dealt with things in a passive aggressive way, but in terms of business ethics there really aren't major issues here. Doug's incessant need for approval and willingness to blindly trust successful people are parts of why he's such a good poker player, but also parts of why he can be so annoying (Kid Poker version Millenial anyone).
Calling out Galfond was petty and stupid. Angle cheapshotting Mercier ditto. It's like saying you're outing a child abuser by having him rape a girl in public. The collateral damage is obviously worse than the intended good. Only a narcissist could fail to see that. These guys are more balanced people and more successful poker players as they have made more money than Doug, the only reason his HUNL game is better is because it needed to be for him to have success of any kind. Maybe Doug is jealous that "lesser players" have made more than him. At Galfond's peak he was as far or farther above the rim than his competition compared to Doug, as was Durrrrrr. Saying Jason is top 5-10% in only large fields is like saying Doug is a bad reg. The game has evolved, which game you learned to beat matters.
BTW Doug's Youtube channel is great and the reason I just stumbled onto this thread, but he has a lot to learn about people. Ben may have more to learn. Perhaps I the most... GL all