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10-02-2016 , 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by watevs
Sportify just means 'create an exciting new format that will excite a wider audience'
That's the issue though, is GPL doesn't actually do this. The big draw of poker for most people (at least for me, I don't know about the everyone else) is the money at stake... when you take out the buyin/payout structures of the game it removes what people find appealing about the game. It's supposed to be exciting and reach a wider audience, but I feel it does the exact opposite.
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10-02-2016 , 09:53 PM
There are two issues

I agree with you that the GPL is doing a poor job at 'sportifying poker'. That is 'issue 1"

But issue 2 is just meaningless semantic nittery by a bunch of insufferable nits that want to make a big deal out of the word 'sport'
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10-02-2016 , 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by watevs
There are two issues

I agree with you that the GPL is doing a poor job at 'sportifying poker'. That is 'issue 1"

But issue 2 is just meaningless semantic nittery by a bunch of insufferable nits that want to make a big deal out of the word 'sport'
Okay we're in 100% agreement then
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10-02-2016 , 10:11 PM
I wonder if this means dnegs will join the gpl next year?
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10-02-2016 , 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by watevs
There are two issues

I agree with you that the GPL is doing a poor job at 'sportifying poker'. That is 'issue 1"

But issue 2 is just meaningless semantic nittery by a bunch of insufferable nits that want to make a big deal out of the word 'sport'
lol semantic nittery. I know how to "sportify" poker. Get rid of the dealer button and have players roller skate around the table.
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10-02-2016 , 11:01 PM
I just wanna know if this will produce any type of side-saddling stories from some poker pros?
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10-02-2016 , 11:36 PM
tbh i dont see that big of a problem with the league beeing playmoney, i mean pretty much only recs care about a big first price in this league, allthough its true that you need recs to have high viewernumbers, but most regs care most about the strategic part of the game, for example if there is Jungleman playing vs Olivier Busquet i couldnt care less if the game is a playmoney match or if its a 50k buyin because we all know these 2 guys are so damn competitive and nobody wants to lose a single match even if its playmoney, basicly im just happy to follow their hu match while seeing every Hand they play
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10-03-2016 , 01:18 AM
Im not gonna bother reading the thread cause i dont care about the GPL enough but if the title is true what a joke.

Only bit of respect i HAD for that Dreyfus idiot is that he was not going to allow massive sponsorship to ruin or own the GPL.

Glad to see that lasted a while, maybe thats how he paid back Fedors loan ?
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10-03-2016 , 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by YoungKhalifa
tbh i dont see that big of a problem with the league beeing playmoney, i mean pretty much only recs care about a big first price in this league, allthough its true that you need recs to have high viewernumbers, but most regs care most about the strategic part of the game, for example if there is Jungleman playing vs Olivier Busquet i couldnt care less if the game is a playmoney match or if its a 50k buyin because we all know these 2 guys are so damn competitive and nobody wants to lose a single match even if its playmoney, basicly im just happy to follow their hu match while seeing every Hand they play
That idea is as good as a velvet painting of a whale and dolphin getting it on..

What you just explained is what their doing.. And what they are doing is not working lol Cmon bra

You must A- Have absolutely nothing to do with your time if you choose to watch a play money game of poker or B You're obsessed with poker and will literally watch any content made available to you.. even the garbage..

Live at the bike is much better then the gpl imo... This isn't good
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10-03-2016 , 02:11 AM
Have to think that Mr Dreyfus has very little ownership in GPL these days. With the money swap scandal details out, it seems he's depending on foreign cash to keep the thing going. What Stars intend to get out of it dunno, maybe they are just slapping their name on it at a discount price and see some marketing value in it. ReNegs might have to play in it now as a result.
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10-03-2016 , 05:54 AM
All I want is another series of the Big Game
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10-03-2016 , 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by PasswordGotHacked
Im not gonna bother reading the thread cause i dont care about the GPL enough but if the title is true what a joke.

Only bit of respect i HAD for that Dreyfus idiot is that he was not going to allow massive sponsorship to ruin or own the GPL.

Glad to see that lasted a while, maybe thats how he paid back Fedors loan ?
I hate to be a nit but it wasn't a loan. It was a swap that Dreyfus reneged on.
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10-03-2016 , 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Adjusted
I hate to be a nit.
But thats pretty much what you are

Spoiler:
You did however make me laugh
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10-03-2016 , 10:44 AM
pokerstars prolly put their names there for cheap, maybe just mutual aggreement to mutualy support each other in term of exposure without any money involved.

I'm very bearish with this business, i dont expect them to still exist the way they are in the near future (blue cube and everything).
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10-07-2016 , 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by PasswordGotHacked
Im not gonna bother reading the thread cause i dont care about the GPL enough but if the title is true what a joke.

Only bit of respect i HAD for that Dreyfus idiot is that he was not going to allow massive sponsorship to ruin or own the GPL.

Glad to see that lasted a while, maybe thats how he paid back Fedors loan ?
+1
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10-07-2016 , 10:24 PM
It appears that Amaya is using its sponsored pros who stream on Twitch, to promote the GPL. Jaime Staples did a GPL commentary on his Twitch stream Thursday night. It was so boring that he lost hundreds of viewers during his GPL commentary.

Nobody wants to watch play money poker on Twitch. I can't imagine Jaime is thrilled with losing so many viewers. People who complained in Jaime's Twitch chat were chat banned.
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10-13-2016 , 05:44 PM
If GPL wants to get popular then they need to get the proper big stars of poker involved. DNegs, Hellmuth, people like that. Those sort of guys playing against some of the popular Twitchers will get viewers. Nobody wants to watch Liv Boeree's boyfriend playing HU against Scott Ball. No offence.
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10-14-2016 , 12:46 AM
I watched Jonathan Little vs Phil Galfond today and enjoyed it. He is an awesome player, author and coach. I agree they need these types of players to get the viewers, otherwise it would be too boring.
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10-14-2016 , 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by fulltilt's#1 fan
I watched Jonathan Little vs Phil Galfond today and enjoyed it. He is an awesome player, author and coach. I agree they need these types of players to get the viewers, otherwise it would be too boring.
But it's play money. It's never going to take off.
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