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02-04-2020 , 01:40 AM

#1451

chzbrglr

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,994

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Originally Posted by yasuo

They say HUPLO has huge swings but Phil is just getting straight up smashed jeez...

40.44 BB/100

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02-04-2020 , 03:01 AM

#1452

b1ochemical

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,377

over/under Gandalf drops 1.5m to VVV?

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02-04-2020 , 04:18 AM

#1453

sinner

veteran

Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2,929

is there a stoploss in the VV match?

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02-04-2020 , 04:32 AM

#1454

Relevant-Info-Only

banned

Join Date: Jan 2020 Posts: 403

HU4rollz

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02-04-2020 , 06:48 AM

#1455

Esa_Perse

banned

Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 1,850

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Originally Posted by BEANO52

The single win for Galfond was day 2 for . . . €2,615.26

"We've been running bad"

-Galfond

Starting to sound like your avg badreg complaining about runs when he should be down even more.

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02-04-2020 , 09:50 AM

#1456

Gerrard4

newbie

Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 31

Galfond will turn this around!!

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02-04-2020 , 09:53 AM

#1457

Dr.DownSwong

centurion

Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 144

Quote:

Originally Posted by sinner

is there a stoploss in the VV match?

No, but either player can choose to stop whenever and pay the other player the sidebet. So if he wanted to, Phil could choose to stop the first challenge now.

However, as you can read from his Twitter from a couple of days ago, he chooses to play on in the hopes that he can adapt and at least break even for the rest of the match (for a total loss of 400K + 200K at the time of writing his Twitter-post)

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02-04-2020 , 10:05 AM

#1458

thethethe

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 9,004

Tough spot for Phil. Pulling out is probably the best option, but looks bad, especially in his first challenge. Keep playing and losing a bunch more money, also not great. His only Hail Mary play is to keep playing and hope the deck hits him very hard.

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02-04-2020 , 10:10 AM

#1459

Jay Why

adept

Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,053

Galfond is obviously a nice guy, but also very stubborn and resistant to advice, as he is so independent minded and sure he is right and better informed than others. This mindset can be very expensive!

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02-04-2020 , 12:34 PM

#1460

GazzyB123

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 5,998

Stapes painful to listen to after having some excellent commentators on recently.

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02-04-2020 , 12:34 PM

#1461

Lilu7

Made 2+2 Great Again

Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 2,123

wow #prayforphil is trending on twitter

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02-04-2020 , 12:43 PM

#1462

Esa_Perse

banned

Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 1,850

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Originally Posted by GazzyB123

Stapes painful to listen to after having some excellent commentators on recently.

He should stay with the ept for sure. God knows why was he hired to do this. The man knows absolutely nothing about plo and there really is no need for the "flop is 954 two hearts".

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02-04-2020 , 12:45 PM

#1463

alberthofmann

grinder

Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 674

Any info on Rio poker traffic since the challenge started? Is there some increase?

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02-04-2020 , 12:51 PM

#1464

ezdonkey

veteran

Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,993

Quote:

Originally Posted by Esa_Perse

He should stay with the ept for sure. God knows why was he hired to do this. The man knows absolutely nothing about plo and there really is no need for the "flop is 954 two hearts".

Stapes is awesome. WPT didn't make poker for the masses successful back in the day by having 2 autists in the booth, providing content for like-minded autists.

Stapes + poker accomplished sidekick is a great combo.

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02-04-2020 , 12:59 PM

#1465

GazzyB123

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 5,998

I think Stapes is awesome when he has a script and/or his audience is of a recreational nature. He just keeps randomly blurting stuff out today over the top of the other dude.

I'm not a PLO guy but I'm officially throwing my hat into the ring to host the next challenge.

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02-04-2020 , 01:01 PM

#1466

Parsons Grinder

veteran

Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 2,371

Quote:

Originally Posted by GazzyB123

In b4 Americans can’t understand your accent.

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02-04-2020 , 01:06 PM

#1467

+rep_lol

banned

Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 14,374

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Originally Posted by Esa_Perse

He should stay with the ept for sure. God knows why was he hired to do this. The man knows absolutely nothing about plo and there really is no need for the "flop is 954 two hearts".

i mean i really dont have an opinion one way or the other on joe stapleton but he was trolling with the suit stuff, and it's mildly amusing to see your reaction here

it's probably best for the game and the general viewership tho to keep the nerdy pio strat discussions the **** out of the commentary booth

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02-04-2020 , 01:08 PM

#1468

thethethe

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 9,004

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Originally Posted by alberthofmann

Any info on Rio poker traffic since the challenge started? Is there some increase?

From a couple of days ago. He seems happy with it, or just putting on a brave face.

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02-04-2020 , 01:09 PM

#1469

Eponymous

Photoshop Comic Genius

Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,578

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Originally Posted by +rep_lol

Especially since the goal is to have recs start playing on RIO Poker. Don't want to make the game seem overwhelming to them.

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02-04-2020 , 01:24 PM

#1470

z0mgtiltz

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 10,948

It's hard for stapes to have anything relevant to say besides the random one liners when he can't see the hole cards, cause he can't even ask the pro anything for analysis

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02-04-2020 , 01:27 PM

#1471

heat555

grinder

Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 580

The biggest overall loser in this challenge is ActionFreak so far.

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02-04-2020 , 01:37 PM

#1472

KossuKukkula

veteran

Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,805

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Originally Posted by ezdonkey

You and other stapes fans honestly believe having stapes in the booth is bringing more recs to the games like it did when the boom happened? Stapes is a funny guy and does good job with epts but this just isn't place for him.

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