Clearly yes, but he only brought 200bb with him, and he would have to play even tighter if he lost 100bb in one hand.

It works both way, though I do agree that if we have skills edge and several billets with us, deeper is better.

In this case, we don't.

Definitely start with the smaller BIs as I believe they don't actually air it until an hour into the session. It'd be tragic if he got coolered early and was down to 100bb to last throughout primetime.

I wasn't really comfortable carrying around that much cash in a strange area while staying in a motel across the street. Eek. I guess Im paranoid.

Also, if i was deeper i would have raised the turn and priced first to act out of calling. So whether or not i would have made more money would have depended on if the guy with two pair would have called another big river bet. I actually didn't lose too much value.

They try to seat everyone at 6:30, but the actual game usually doesn't start until 7. So I guess there's ~20 minutes of poker before the show starts.

TAO was playing a tight "scared money" style because he only had $1200 in cash on him. So, yeah, it is bad for people to assume that correctly from his transparent decision to buy in for the minimum.

It is usually better to nurture an image that is opposite of how we really play.

I don't really agree with that. If you were sitting on 80bb-100bb instead of 60bbs, I think you would have gotten paid off easily for a bigger payday.

Players Account and bank ATMs would have avoided the motel paranoia situation.

***Request for 'The Situation' & ILCD to consider***

I would like to propose an idea for all involved with any amount of $$$ in this stake to consider donating 5% to 10% of profits to a charity. ILCD, and all stakes can choose from their own personal fav, or pick one that's reputable from charitynavigatorDOTcom and put up a vote.

It would add an additional caveot to this whole thing and add a layer of purpose in an already fun venture. We could also be rooting for a cause from the rail while ILCD is draggin' HUGE pots and generally crushing.

Considering everyone is willing to lose for entertainment..and some are afraid ILCD is gon' punt stacks if he's not showing a profit at the end, this 'Run for charity' could balance things well, add some more fun to it all, and possibly even trigger some run good from karma.

Sorry for the tldr, thanks for considering.

Good idea.

Charity? ... meh... I think that is bordering on delusional of our whole purpose here. If you want to donate to charity, do it on your own dime - don't start making ILCD at LATB a whole mess of stuff it is not.

(bip donates a few thousand each year in real life... not interested in giving between $0 and $12.71 in honor of ILCD @ LATB)

Sounds good. Someone record this/mention it to bart to see if we could use the footage or something.

and for handshaker - I appreciate your intentions, I know you are proposing that for positive reasons. Sorry if my 1st post reads a little harsh - but I stand by that a small charity donation comes across self-serving regardless of true intention. I do encourage everyone with disposable income to donate in real life.

I actually lol'd at your other post...esp the part where you refer to yourself in the 3rd person and mention you donate a few thousand irl.

The one above, I lol'd a bit at the part where you encourage ppl w/only disposable income to share.

Meh, its w/e...thanks for appreciating the idea though, and for sharing your advice as well. I know it won't total much, but I know of a program where you can feed a child for a year for only $80. While that doesn't sound delusional to me, I can understand how it might to others.

Cheers

I apologize for not being more tactful in regards to your first post. But passive aggressively calling me a liar is pretty out of line on your part.

lol chill dude, I lol @ your mention of donating a few $k to charity, not bc I think you're lying, but simply bc you mentioned it, and used that brag to make your argument....so I'm not pointing fingers here brah.

@everyone sorry for arguing ITT.

@bip, I don't mean to be a jag man, peace.

The game does start a bit beforehand. For this staking arrangement I'd suggest having ILCD just wait until the show is officially on air (the crew always informs the table when cameras start to roll since that's when you have to start putting your cards on the sensors).

JCW plays almost every episode, I have never seen Robert before this Friday.

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I guarantee there will be absolutely zero issue with him actually getting a seat in the game.

Hopefully it's a day I can meet you sir!

The charity idea seems to be mostly about optics. This is not a bunch of money. I think some are maybe over value what LATB is and how big a deal it is.

I don't see what affect it could possibly have and I don't think it's worth my time to go through the process to donate $5-10 to a charity if ilcd has a big day.

I'm staking him because of the entertainment value and because I feel it's about the community of this forum and also for any lols. If I make some money, great.

Is LATB eligible for any of the Bike's jackpots? I watch almost every episode and I'm not sure.

Yes - if the feature game is jackpot eligible, then it goes. They had one on there a while ago (YouTube it)

To me, for settling in case of that, it is still cash out - cash in = net. We all get our 50% share of net.

It's eligible. There was an episode in Bart Hanson's twitter that the table hit the BBJ with quad Q's over quad 3's.

FWIW I have no desire to donate any money to charity. People can do that on their own time and dime.

i'll go with majority on charity. don't really care one way or another.

While I'm all for charity, I think it may be too much of a hassle in this instance.

Plus, I'm basically a charity case myself at this point. Borrowing from your roll to make rent= can't wait for graduation in a couple months.

Short stacking has some pretty big advantages: if everyone is 200bb deep they will likely be playing looser giving the short stack lots of dead money to win when he gets a hand and can three bet.

Skill advantage doesnt much because most of the short stacks decision will just be to choose a spot preflop and go with it.



The point is to watch ilcd play though... watching him sit at a table until he finds a good spot and gets all in is pretty boring.


Need to catch up on the thread and see if i want to stake. Cant us epaypal though

I'm on the side of not mixing this with charity. Basically what Bip said. Nice thought but leave it to the individual IMO.

Assuming cash out > cash in.