hey 2p2!
imho
PokerStars replays are very undervalued. First of all, it's very entertaining and sometimes funny to watch them. Secondly you can share this replay with your friends if you managed to get to the final table. Thirdly they have a lot of educational potential: you can analyze hands, player strategies and so on, also you can make notes on the final tablers. The most valuable (imho) are replays of
badugi,
2-7 single draw,
razz and other not so popular games.
So, you can watch these replays directly from your PS client, but there are a lot of disadvantages:
- they're starting not from the starting
- you can't pause or rewind
- you have no information about payouts
- you have no information about bounties (in KO tournaments)
- they're available for a limited amount of time
but fortunately for us (poker players) there are good people who spend their time to record, edit and upload these replays on YouTube. There are couple of this type of channels on YouTube but i prefer and recommend this one:
Series Player (link -
http://youtube.com/seriesplayertv). the reason i prefer it: this is the only channel with player bounties (at least in recently added videos) and payouts, plus it has some additional info in the end (like top50 finishers and tournament lobby screenshot with tournament ID).
in this topic, it'll be nice to hear your thoughts about replays in general and let's discuss the most interesting hands from specific replays. hopefully, author of this YouTube channel will upload weekly replays (Sunday Million, Super Tuesday, Thursday Thrill) on a regular basis and we will have what to discuss
PS. here's a link to Thursday Thrill which
C. Darwin2 won (
https://youtu.be/JpGOX-zEYTk). hopefully warm-up which
C. Darwin2 also won will be available too sooner or later
looks like
C. Darwin2 is on a heater but anyway, congratulations!