Pokercast 353 - Ali Nejad and Joe Stapleton - Page 3 - Two Plus Two Pokercast

He's not really going to get a chance to talk about poker, if he's not asked about poker.

As someone who has met and interacted with Ali, I can assure you he's one of the nice guys.

03-06-2015 , 09:01 PM

#52

InternetPoints

enthusiast

Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 75

Quote:

Originally Posted by AdamSchwartz

He's not really going to get a chance to talk about poker, if he's not asked about poker.

As someone who has met and interacted with Ali, I can assure you he's one of the nice guys.

Ok, fair enough, in that case I'll sit corrected.

03-06-2015 , 10:09 PM

#53

hornsby15

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 383

Great show. +1 to all the positive comments, -1 to the douche.

03-07-2015 , 01:00 AM

#54

SaltRocks

newbie

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 34

Quote:

Originally Posted by leconnaisseur

So you are telling him to be a copy cat and your argument is because someone as unfunny as you dont like him.

Get your life man.

Umm, sorry man I think something was lost in translation. Im actually saying that his jokes are super old and tired. And yeah, **** was racist. Am I being sensitive? Im not sure but if you're a comedian it means you have jokes, and the one joke that Stapleton decided to be really proud of is that one? I think it means you are not good at doing the comedy. "Hey! Im so edgy because I told a 'black people love watermelon' joke, allow me to retell it to your audience!".

Oh wait, are you a white, xenophobe who calls immigrants "dirty dogs" in your native language? If, yes, please disregard this reply.

03-07-2015 , 02:19 PM

#55

Hammerhands

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 5,357

I've read how metal illness can rob you of your situational comprehension and therefore impair your sense of humour. Being a hypochondriac, I'm constantly laughing inappropriately. LOL.

I watched the Pittsburgh and Seattle episodes of Ali's show. It should be an hour, or two or three episodes per city, it's hard to relay sincerity when you're blowing through places so quickly. It did make me want to see Pittsburgh. Does it smell like Hamilton?

03-14-2015 , 09:17 PM

#56

cf410

temp-banned

Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 544

Quote:

Originally Posted by DougL

To provide a counter argument, exactly not this.

Each of these guys was 1000x as good as some hot young player incoherently talking about his latest MTT win, rise to cash game fame, or study habits. Those are all the same stories, again and again. It isn't the poker savant's fault that he's not media savvy -- there's basically zero money in it at this point, and it takes experience to appear relaxed and spontaneous on a long format show.

Given 5 years and a few dozen interviews, some of those wooden guys will be spinning yarns with the best of them. Take Phil Galfond as an example of someone who used to be a meh interview who is now just fun to hear hang out in the studio. Ali and Joe are media pros, they can tell stories, and you don't feel instantly bad that they're struggling.

Guests like this make the show way better. The occasional new phenom interview is fine, but we all know how hard it is to find someone who sounds good in your format.

The choices are not only an inexperienced interview with a young up and comer or a person who has moved on to projects outside of poker. There are people in the middle. This week's (ep 355) show has Chainsaw talking about food in Vegas during the world series. Lots of good, solid information for players from someone still playing poker but not a person I would say is a riveting speaker.

03-20-2015 , 05:15 PM

#57

JamPod

centurion

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 142

+1
Was great
Am behind on my playlist so just got to it earlier this week

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04-02-2015 , 02:19 PM

#58

that_pope

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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 33,230

My only criticism is Lee Jones being way off on the timeline of the Big Game. I believe he said something like it was a different environment when it was on back in '06 and '07 when comparing it to The Shark Cage. I'm going to go look it up now, but I know it was more recent. I would say '11 and '12.

Wikipedia says: Original run June 14, 2010 – July 22, 2011

Way off Lee. It's ok to be off, but by being off is making excuses as to why one product is more popular than another doesn't seem right.

04-02-2015 , 02:22 PM

#59

that_pope

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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 33,230

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wilbury Twist

By the way, there is yet another PokerRoad alum who has gone on to do well in the biz: Amanda Leatherman is now a morning air personality on Star 104.3 FM in Asheville, N.C..
http://www.star1043.com/onair/josh-a...morning-55739/

Speaking of somebody who just fell off the face of the poker earth after The Big Game and her dating of Daniel.