ahaha that ATC one was great

wins the internet

boom

OK usually I try to be nice to live players, I swear... but like every other supernova on stars I applied for team online, didn't get it, shrugged... and then I see this on the pokerstars blog:

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/team_p...ni-064177.html

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BEING A TEAM POKERSTARS ONLINE PRO

I have been a "live" cash game player throughout my entire five+ years of playing poker. I have dabbled in online play periodically, but never once considered it as a means to making money. It was always just for fun and love of the game. The thing I love most about poker and is (in my humble opinion) the best part of my game is being able to read my opponents and knowing what they have.

Visual clues are huge for my game... I pay attention to everything. This is why online play always seemed to be a little bit out of my comfort zone. Online seems to be more about the statistics and math side of poker (which is a big part of the game but something I usually consider without really having to think about it). And with online gamers it is "positive ev" this and "nit" that and "c bet" this and lmfao... it's like another whole world out there, even for someone like myself who has played poker for many years.

So to say that I was a "wee bit" nervous for my first month as part of Team PokerStars Online would be a drastic understatement (to say the least)! Numerous players posed the question: "If you are a live player, why are you now part of Team Online?" Every time someone asks me that I give the same reply: "I filled out the application in October and here I am!"

But when I truly think about it, it is quite a great question. Why me? I am pretty sure that my results at the 2009 WSOP Main Event played a big part in the decision. Especially since I sported the PokerStars logo in all its glory throughout my ESPN coverage. Also, I have not only played poker for a living for the last five years, but I have also hosted the 5-10 no limit hold'em game at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles for three of those five years. In actuality, being a part of Team Online and my hosting gig at the Bike were really quite similar... in both I am/was paid a salary to play at a specific establishment for a specific period of time.

So the question becomes: "How is it going?" All I really have to say to that is: "Aye-Ya." For all you live players out there, you know that expression well; it means things are not going so hot... very sad. The month started off innocent and normal enough, but ended with one of my worst weeks in poker. I couldn't get a hand to hold up to save my life. No matter what I did, it was wrong - no matter how far ahead I was when I went all in, I was always the one who ended up on the rail. It is weeks like this that make us wonder what the heck we are doing in this profession. And then tomorrow ... our hands hold up, we make all the right plays, we win all the money and the sun shines again! Here's to our tomorrows.

Until then, good luck at the tables. I'll see ya there!

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And I couldn't help but think of a certain duck...

I think there is a general consesus is that excudling a few great players the Online Team Pro selections are a joke.

I actually think it was considerate of stars. pick some people (with the exception of nano and a few others) that will lose some of that RB back into the community. their like the unwitting semi-******ed robin hoods of poker. or something like that...

haha yeah if i can't get the 100k, might as well go to some idiot who has a better chance of recycling it

i loled

you think stars was clever enough to realize this in their selections? seems unlikely but part of me thinks theyre secretly genius.

I mean that was a mostly sarcastic comment and I doubt they actually seriously took that into account. but I wouldn't say it was out of the realm of possibility that they realized signing losing or breakever players would save them money in the long run since those players are less likely to take money out of the poker economy and more likely to help keep mid-low stakes games going.

the real question is should I buy the domain name for www_unwittingsemi******edrobinhoodofpoker_com?

true story, happened to me last week @ my home casino

i needed to laugh so came to this thread. i am sad to see most of the funny images now outdated and not showing...some true classics

Just heard this one this morning, OMFG what is WRONG with live players?! I seriously can't stomach more of this:

also fackers is back on the scene:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/96...-river-725336/

WTF. All the pictures are gone. The best thread in the history of the internet is ****ing ruined, **** this ****.

Appropriate since live players are best adn online plyaers sux.

Live is obv rigged.

nothing lasts forever

boooo

bamp