The worst part for the Bonyadi's, is that when he took down that last WSOP bracelet, when TV poker was still booming, only a few hands actually got shown, with all the attention getting thrown onto Johnny Chan. I'm sure someone like him could've got a lot of attention if ESPN had actually showed a skillful bluff and a brilliant laydown, instead of just showing 4bb coinflips.

To the best of my knowledge, I dont think either phil galfond or tom dwan are the least bit arrogant. Phil especially seems down to earth, quiet, and not the least bit superior of attitude.

Perhaps sir you should go take your set of Pings BS 1400 golf clubs and continue hacking it up at your local no name country club.

Found this thread trying to figure out who the hell raul oliveira is, why he's red, and why he's grinding it out every day at my tables.

Had to respond after reading, because the attitudes here from oliver/daniel/others I think are pretty dangerous for the game. Seem that the prevailing consensus is that north american people shouldnt even be considered for sponsorship unless they can somehow "bring in" a massive cult following which hasnt been interested in the game before.

The sites should instead be worried about keeping the enthusiasm of their core demographic as high as possible. Part of the allure of poker is that "anyone can make it". Right now it seems like you cant make it unless you were born outside the USA. We're all pretty well convinced that the game is past its peak, etc... instead of scrabbling for players from bum**** east india, why dont the sites put some money into developing the next generation of poker celebs here and convincing us that good players starting out can still break through and get deals.

Retire 10-15% of your worst performing pros every year, and give some slots to the best people on your site, and promote them as talent developed from play at your tables. Maybe they wont "bring in" any new players, but maybe they'll inspire us all to sit for a few more hours every week - thats worth a lot of money to you as well.

wow I had to double check to see if that was not my name writing that. word for word how I would have expressed my opinion on the matter
excellent post

it definately is one of the best questions to be asked. especially since phil won the PLO bracelet

didnt Galfond win a bracelet this year along with durrr FT's the $25k WPT event?

Mr Negrenanu you are amongst friends and can let the mask slip. We know and we don't mind.

My question for Daniel Negreanu is are there days where you wish you could just play poker and not say a word if you are being filmed but feel obligated to put on a performance? If they put you on a feature table it seems like you have think of something at all time to make it entertaining but sometimes there's just nothing to say. Do you play the guess what hand my opponent out loud for this reason or do you feel like you get a lot of reads from this? Sometimes it gets annoying but I understand if it's just something to fill up air time.

My 75 year old grandma knows daniel negreanu, and I quote "[likes] watching him play, and his feminine nature is hilarious."

No offense daniel, her words

Past tense now i'd imagine.

haven't you watched the news lately, m8?

uhm...there isnt stock in FT, its not a publicly traded company. its privately owned.

Be honest, if you were selling a show to NBC and said you have two shows to sell, either: A) the 6 best internet players rated by pocketfives, or B) Scotty Nguyen, Sammy Farha, Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Harman, Phil Laak, and Shawn Shiekhan... would it be remotely close who you chose in terms of ratings?[/QUOTE]



I would rather see 6 of the best internet players play, because alternetive B is we have seen a 100 times + 3-4 of them are really boring players to watch.

this is all obv but i have to say it anyway. Harman=may be boring. The rest=not. Known live players (with any personality) will blow internet players out of the water any day when it comes to ratings

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