Mike Matusow = Mike Matusow
David Singer = David Singer
Hoss_TBF = Matt Hawrilenko
NO IT ALL = JC Tran

LoLiNa, Tim Phan?

Mike is 100% right to do this and do it the way he did.

Its bad etiquete (sp?) and Singer shouldnt be doing it.

WP Mike

I refuse to believe that your reading skills are that bad, so WTH?

Unfair tactics! Trying to trick your opponents!

If a player sits down at H.O.R.S.E and then plays only certain games instead of all five, everyone sees what he is doing. No tricking.

The example for 'angle' that you can find at the link I mentioned is clear, so stop the bs.

I don't understand why you are so strongly opposed to changing the rules to make this kind of exploitation impossible. Instead you want people to deliberately play games that they are bad at or to give up on a juicy game that they are good at. My verdict stands: ridiculous.

He is a Stud specialist who also often sits out LHE b/c he sucks at it, esp if it is HU.

It is called game selection.

No matter what the case is, Matusow definitely went about it the wrong way. If he is the face of the site then he should be more professional and contact Singer on the phone to discuss it. Anyone that disagrees with this logic is an idiot.

i didnt get past first sentence. Bad reality television annoys ppl? dont confuse you with ppl. Pretty sure there is a reason why reality shows dominate, most of which are awful.

No. "game selection" is the art of being conscious of the table you're choosing to sit at, based on the relative skill level of your opponents.

Sitting out certain games in a mixed game format because you feel you don't have an edge in them is a lame angle that only exists in online poker and probably should be dealt with.

The entire purpose of HORSE and all mixed games is to give action in your weaker games so you can get action in your stronger games.

Why would anyone play HORSE online if that wasn't the case? You can play all your stongest games on separate tables at the same time. The problem is you wouldn't be able to play a hold'em specialist in 3 stud games.

It's completely ******ed on Singers part because he is in danger of losing all his action from people like HOSS.

You're wrong, stop burying yourself.

In a live game you can have the guy "kicked off the table". You can't really do that online.

Simplest answer is to randomize the game.

Otherwise the rest of the table should go "on strike" once for the Stud games and Singer will get the point that they don't like what he's doing.

why is everyone using live poker as a basis for making an argument against an online poker situation, jeez

plus, it's not like david singer is the only one who ever does this, watch any game where hoss is in and see how many people sit out the holdem round

i think at 2k/4k it was gus, eli, hoss, opie, and la key u, everyone but gus and hoss sat out he, gus hurricaned off like 100k to hoss, everyone shows up for o8 zzz

this is just another useless argument about people exploiting the differences in online poker

lol... no.

WTH? You start saying "you are wrong", then go on saying three things that are exactly what I said before. Odd.

The easiest solution is to set up alternative horse tables that are played almost like a sit n go only without escalating blinds, and people finish with whatever they have after playing 10 hands of each game.

or just make you sit in in the same game you sat out, that was hard.

still abusable.

how so, you sit out in hand 1 of HE and can't sit in until the next HE rotation starts

could you point out where i said this? oh wait... you cant because i never said it. its amazing youre still posting in this thread after multiple posters have pointed out your flawed logic and idiotic responses. im done "arguing" (its not a real argument, its like talking to a dog who in response barks at you) with german ****** kid.

ps. i do think this problem should be solved.

wow ur a ****ing idiot

Yeah I had this entire point by point post written out complete with analogies to the history of basketball rules but deleted it because it would just go right over his head. I like your post much better.

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That's a lie. A lot of posters have criticised my posts, but none has explained where I am wrong. Just the usual one-liners from true poets like newhizzle and the like.

All I have been saying was this: if the rules allow some players to exploit a game, then you change the rules, not the players.

How can that be 'wrong, ******ed, idiotic'?

NOTHING in my post was typically German (mostly because there is no such thing as a typical German, and if there was, it sure ain't me).
And yet you mention it as if it had anything to do with this discussion.

You are done.

They could fix it by allowing the players to choose what kind of HORSE table they wanted to sit at.

HORSE Table X would require the players play all games- if they do choose to sit out a flop game, they will be mandated out of a stud round, or vice versa.

HORSE Table Y would allow players to pick and choose what games they played, like the current system.

This would allow the issue to resolve itself naturally, affording the players the ability to make that decision for themselves. So, if Singer or anyone else wants to sit at the $2K/$4K "game selection" HORSE table, anyone who plays with him at that table will know that he may sit the flop games. If they disagree with this, they don't have to sit at this table and can play their games at the tables that require a mix. If enough people disagree with the "sitting out" thing, his action will dry up and he will be forced to play his mixed games on the tables that mandate game variety, pr quit mixed games all together and just play Stud games.

An additional ante might do the trick, but a determined guy might still sit out.

I'm not sure what the casino would do about it, but you are absolutely right about everything else. I play the HORSE games on FT from 8-16 through 50-100 and no one ever does this. If someone were to sit out the same game just two cycles in a row, most would notice and everyone would get pissed (including me). Even if you are just taking a break to eat or whatever, you shouldn't be sitting out one game more than others. This is an obvious angle and very lame.