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Originally Posted by Phil Me Up
Not questioning your integrity in the least Wayne. I get the show's purpose in one sense is to showcase "real people who play in los angeles", but I think the show has evolved a bit more in recent years into showcasing "high level talent" as well. While your motivations may be different, and I respect that, most "talent" don't want to play in a game where they're likely to find themselves in a bunch of break-even spots for huge sums vs other strong players. I think that's pretty self-evident. I'm also saying that despite being frustrated w/ the line-ups LATB occasionally puts out for its NLH games, I appreciate/respect that it is a catch-22 and there is no pleasing everyone. If no fish played, it would not only be unrepresentative of what "real poker" looks like, it would also be rather hard to keep the game/players going indefinitely IMO.
Cheers.
Yes, it has evolved from LA pros to include the most competitive players who are not willing to play on camera, the most competitive players who are ok with playing on camera if the game is good and those competitive players who are always willing to play for camera and those players who are always willing to play for camera to show that they are part of the poker community.
In a way, it's not so much a catch 22 as in 2018, this is how the line-ups have evolved to on the show. At minimum, the people are real even if the range of the people viewed are more extreme than what is seen off camera.
Also, people evolve. People regularly on the show can't really lie about their hands and play, but when you are outside, everyone lies about their hands and the poker situations they are in.
Even during the instagram games, some people we retelling their hands inaccurately and those guys are likely the better cases. But after you play on an unedited streaming show like Live at the Bike, there's no turning back about what has really happened in the past and can't deny what happened unless the graphics are wrong, camera didn't see something, or a commentator is out of line.
-Wayne Chiang