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Originally Posted by lildavefish
I don't get all the nutterrutter hate, there is absolutely nothing he does that 95% of ipoker regs do every single time they play. Only difference is he plays all the time so he does it all the time.
the bumhunting in PLO on iPoker is way, way worse than it is in NLHE imo, if you can stand up and dress yourself no-one will play 3handed with you.
I think the games are getting worse these days for loads of reasons and this is tilting so everyone throws blame at the most regular player. Which I can understand
How many people would ACTUALLY give him action if he sat to start a game?
Online poker is so tilting now because everyone is so scared of getting buttoned that they refuse to start games, would be great if the hole online poker world could just sort itself out and everyone happily play 2-3-4 handed (even if only for 15 minutes) and see how many more games would run. Lets say you play 15mins at $5/$10 with 3 regs you consider to be slightly better than yourself? How much you lose in EV you think, 1-1.5bbs? so$15? you pay $15 for the chance of starting a good game - have to be really nitty and short-sighted not to. Weaker players who put $5k onto gamble around don't go straight to the lobby and look for highest p/flop or Aggressive table, they just go wherever there is a seat.
It makes it really tilting for those people who start games, then as soon as the game gets good 7-9 regs join the waiting list to get in, not happy to lose that little EV or take a small dent in hourly (tiny money) to start the games. The results being, less people start games = less games = everyone loses.
I can't see it ever happening because it's gotten so scummy now but would be great if it somehow happened like that.
My point is from my experience on iPoker I see no reason why NutterRutter gets the brunt of the hatred
Dave, we have mutual friends and I think your cool etc, your blog is fkn awesome and I love reading it and respect your opinion. However I know you and Rutter are vgood mates. On the tables he is an absolute ****. There is no 2 ways about it. I am pretty much a bumhunter ffs and even I think he is way out of line, every single day. I know alot of ppl and he is apparently a nice bloke, I dont doubt it irl - but online is as scummy as they come and you sticking up for him, making a blog post about EXACTLY what your mate does, and not outing him, is pretty ridiculous.
The reason why people talk about him specifically is because he puts his name out there, goes on TV, pretends to be some sort of face of UK poker (with Sky or whatever) - the others are unknowns from China, he has voluntarily outed himself - much like Andrew Feldman did whilst being a total **** on Betfair years ago.
The main reason nobody starts games, is because everyone on ipoker is a **** and its a case of if you cant beat 'em join 'em.
However at least admit to what your are (a bumhunter, like I do) instead of pretending to be this poster boy for UK poker, when your just a scumbag. Also theres a difference between bumhunter and scumbag, a scumbag will block the last seat in a 4max game (as your mate does) so no game runs - a bumhunter is a modern glorified term for someone that game selects.