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Originally Posted by Kroe_bar
Jesse's whole defense for calling him a cheater was that Brandon admitted to "shooting an angle 5 years ago" in a video he hadn't even seen yet. He was just talking out of his a**, butting into a pot because his friend was in the hand.
Except that what Jesse actually said was that Brandons dumb admission just confirmed for the public what he and high stakes players who played with Brandon already knew, Brandon is an angle shooter.
Low stakes players & tourney donks never understand the things that successful high stakes do and know. Never **** where you eat. Treat people honorably, protect all the players in your games, don't allow unethical acts or it will poison the small player pool your games depend on.
Always behave honorably and pay your debts,if you damage your reputation you will find it impossible to borrow, and never get called when the games run. Wealthy successful business people don't want to play with players who angle, cheat, or stiff them. One guy I used to play with was owed a large sum of money by a player, the player tried to negotiate the debt to a smaller amount. The businessman said **** you I won't miss it or you, and after that whenever that player attempted to sit in the rich guys game it would break.
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Originally Posted by GrindPokerAllDay
@3:19 Jesse Martin Claims to have been at the main event final table.
O RLY?
This nobody needs to know his roll and keep his mouth shut. He's obviously just trying to steal some of Brandon Cantu's shine. It's unfortunate that Brandon didn't just whoop his ass right then and there. That might have been exactly what Jesse Martin was looking for though. If this is the type of guy that Matt Szymaszek is best friends with, this makes Matt look really really bad.
Jesse is a winning high stakes player at the highest levels and a bracelet winner. I'm pretty sure he plays in Bobby's room, I've personally railed him in 300-600 games. And Jesses reputation is impeccable.
Brandon is a degen with terrible table behavior who apparently owes lots of money, but dumps money into events that he should be using to repay others.
Those things are far more important than whether Jesse misspoke slightly in the heat of the moment about his impressive tournament history. Jesse is going to be winning money in poker long after Cantu is gone.
Look at this thread. Cantu supporters are almost entirely unknown internet posters, while a coterie of the most respected 2p2 players/posters* have taken time to post their support for Jesse. And it's not just because of their personal experiences with Jesse, but also because most of these guys also have personal experience with Brandon.
* let's be clear that I'm not putting myself in that category, I'm a wingnut. But I know him and have felt he's a pro that good players should emulate in every respect.
Last edited by DesertCat; 06-20-2014 at 05:37 PM.