PokerCast Episode 143 - Victoria Coren, Roland De Wolfe & Neil Channing - Page 5 - Two Plus Two Pokercast

girlfriend in a coma is a great smiths-tune too but if you ask me about my favourite it has to be there is a light that never goes out ainec, that song never gets old and pushes all the right buttons.

i really like your taste in music guys, you should include more british stuff.

10-15-2010 , 08:41 PM

#103

superkewli

grinder

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excellent PC as always, love these long shows, perfect for my working days!

tip for next time you have Bond18 on: ask him how, or when, he's been on a date with one (or more) of the Royal flush girls lol

10-16-2010 , 10:51 PM

#104

TiocfaidhArLa

grinder

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Dump Carlsberg, Maccas is the McWedding venue of choice http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking...ry_591537.html

10-17-2010 , 04:49 AM

#105

feint06

adept

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Johnson

When one of us makes an error(usually it's me) and someone wants to go to the extent of pointing it out in the forum, you'd think the least they could do is correctly identify the person who made said error

To be fair, it isn't like you guys often refer to each other by name on air. It probably took me a good 120 episodes for me to correctly identify which voice was which...

PS: Lol @ the "if you don't like hockey, tough" dig in the last couple minutes...

10-17-2010 , 10:15 AM

#106

andya

newbie

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I've always wanted to call someone a raconteur and I'm glad I saved it for Neil Channing.

I could listen to that guy for a long time. Great show, he's my favorite guest and I enjoyed Vicky and Roland too. They really know how to tell a story and their vocabulary is really entertaining.

Mike and Adam do what interviewers who get paid millions can't do... generally stay out of the way and put their egos on the shelf. They let the guest entertain and have the confidence necessary to not interject themselves when it takes away from the guest. Since the guest isn't worried about being constantly interrupted they get into a relaxed flow that I find enjoyable.

Great job to all.

10-17-2010 , 12:00 PM

#107

Mike Johnson

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Quote:

Originally Posted by andya

Mike and Adam do what interviewers who get paid millions can't do...

Hold the train! I was promised we WERE going to be paid millions. What do you know?

10-17-2010 , 05:05 PM

#108

Essex-Eagles

journeyman

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Best Podcast Ever!!!

England running the show.

10-18-2010 , 05:00 AM

#109

othermotte

centurion

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Re The Smiths, "How soon is now?" would be #1 for me. Next in line would "Panic" and "Girlfriend in a coma". And of course, "This Charming Man" - who can ever forget the shock of seeing Mozza on TOTP for the first time, chucking flowers around.

Will listen to Neil on my flight home today but really enjoyed the others. I was pleasantly surprised by RDW who came across as quite charming - not what I expected by reputation. He even mentioned the Gutshot, so I am going to have to revise my opinion.

10-18-2010 , 08:47 AM

#110

Palikari

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Thanks for a great show, guys!

Besides the pokercast I hardly follow any poker media that is not strictly strategy related. Very little WSOP on TV or HSP. But that's it. Often I dont know the guests before they come on to the show. Roldan DeWho? Alan Boston? Neil Channing? Never heard before. But wow! What great guests! I nearly fell in love with Vicky Coren's voice and whatever she said

(It's a good thing my wife doesnt follow my poker activities lol). So thank you for giving me the ammount of gossip I obviously need. Especially because most TV poker "celebrities" (HSP, WSOP) bore me to death.

10-19-2010 , 09:59 AM

#111

my2kids

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GhostFacedKiller

Just re-listened to the Channing interview - awesome from Willie Tann repaying John Duthie the $1k

I occasionally write "lol" even when I didn't. I literally LAUGHED at that!!!!

10-19-2010 , 01:54 PM

#112

that_pope

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Quote:

Originally Posted by _Steven Levitt_

Phil needs more ribbing for his poker album idea!

Yeah, that was pretty interesting to hear about.

10-19-2010 , 01:59 PM

#113

that_pope

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AdamSchwartz

Highlight for me was RDW's comback to my hobgoblin hand history

One of you two were laughing a bit too much during that.

And sorry I don't know you well enough to be able to tell which one it was. Don't get insulted if it wasn't you.

10-19-2010 , 02:05 PM

#114

Mike Johnson

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Quote:

Originally Posted by that_pope

One of you two were laughing a bit too much during that.

And sorry I don't know you well enough to be able to tell which one it was. Don't get insulted if it wasn't you.

Probably me. DeWolfe cracks me up.

10-19-2010 , 02:06 PM

#115

that_pope

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny Douglas

Anyone else pick up on the fact that the "last woman standing" was a total non-story this year? I would say the reasons are obvious when you look at previous years, but no one seems to want to call a spade a spade in that department.

Breeze Zuckerman came up short in the looks department, but I'm sure they could have come up with an interesting backstory for her.

I think it is a bit from column A and a bit from column B. They aren't going to start hyping that a woman might make the final table w/ 10+ tables left, that usually happens on the day they are playing down to 27. So yes, she busted far too early to be considered a threat. And I don't think the looks helped gain extra footage, but it wasn't that she was completely ignored, she got her 5 minutes of air time.

10-20-2010 , 03:11 AM

#116

SMUTTTT

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I think this might be the best episode yet.
Vicky Coren was insanely good.
Also ofc obviously UK>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>U.S when it comes to music.
Especially the grimescene.

10-21-2010 , 07:01 PM

#117

DiggertheDog

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still cant find that coren porn vid........................good show.

10-21-2010 , 07:30 PM

#118

Poker Clif

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Quote:

Originally Posted by domda

The problem with doing a 3+ hour show is that it takes listeners a long time to get through it and at the first comments are bound to be about the first part of the show. I've just made it though the Vicky Coren interview and was greatly impressed by her.

Her comment about the qualities required for being a good poker player matching typical feminine traits was very interesting but begs the follow up question- so why aren't more women sucessful at poker.

On the same topic her comment about Liv Borree having a degree in astro-physics made me realize that many of the top women players, herself ,Liv ,Vanessa Selbst, Vanessa Rousso are all exceptionally well educated wheras many of the top male players are very smart but are college dropouts.

Looking forward to the rest of the podcast.

Reminds me of a story I saw a day or two ago. For the first time ever, more women than men are now getting PhDs in the United States.

10-21-2010 , 07:43 PM

#119

Poker Clif

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Verstehen

That's interesting, I have always wondered about this. Also about the distribution, I would have thought more women would play MTT/SNG instead of cash (just because more people generally are interested in tournaments, cash is really a more niche thing). Do you know where this information came from?

Maybe we have a different definition of middle-limit (I am thinking like 3/6?) but given the rake and lack of traffic I don't think it's quite fair to say there is good money to be made. An extremely good reg playing 8+ tables on stars (there are only maybe 15 running anyway) with supernova rakeback might max out at $50/hour? I guess that's not bad but it would be within reach for people playing microstakes NL like 50NL. Or am I way out of touch with LHE? I thought it was all rakeback pros winning 0.12bb/100 from each other.

Not trying to turn this into a hate-fest on LHE, just wondering.

$50/hour is a very good income, even in the United States. A work-year is usually calculated at 2,000 work hours. Given time for study, admin work, etc., lets say that Pokerpro Joe actually spends 1,000 hours/year at the tables. At $50/hour, that's $50k/year.

The median household income in the United States in 2009 was $49, 777.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_household_income

10-26-2010 , 06:50 AM

#120

YouCheckRaise

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AdamSchwartz

Highlight for me was RDW's comback to my hobgoblin hand history

Prob a highlight for me aswell, but when he explained what ICM meant i burst out laughing on a busy train

10-28-2010 , 11:29 AM

#121

Sporkman

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I know I'm late listening to this but Rolands response to the cave troll question was amazing.

10-29-2010 , 10:51 AM

#122

rockforlight

adept

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should have played Discharge. now thats some british music. or napalm death

entertaining episode though, and my ears definitely perked up when vicky and porn were mentioned.

10-30-2010 , 05:59 AM

#123

poker edge

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Great show.

Anyone know the porno Coren directed?

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