Jerry Yang on Online Poker
 

from the new Edition of Sports Illustrated

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Yang, who learned to play poker two years ago from books and television, could be a fine ambassador for poker websites-if he ever used them. "I try to be there for my six kid," he says. " I hear horror stories about addiction and about playing four online games at once. ."

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LOL Wasn't he at the final table with RainKahn?

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Four tables, six kids, it all seems so unneccessary!

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The beginning of the blurb:

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Last year's World Series of Poker winner, Hollywood producer Jamie Gold, cheated during the tournament (he flashed one of his cards to an opponent) and later went to court in a squabble with a business partner over his winnings. This year's champion seems a less contentious sort. Jerry Yang, 39, is a church-going Christian who snuck into a Binion's Horseshoe bathroom to pray after nearly busting out of the WSOP on Day Three.

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rofl

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The beginning of the blurb:

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Last year's World Series of Poker winner, Hollywood producer Jamie Gold, cheated during the tournament (he flashed one of his cards to an opponent) and later went to court in a squabble with a business partner over his winnings. This year's champion seems a less contentious sort. Jerry Yang, 39, is a church-going Christian who snuck into a Binion's Horseshoe bathroom to pray after nearly busting out of the WSOP on Day Three.

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Binions...wow. Some great journalism going on here.

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Binions [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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This thread is awesome on so many levels

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jesus christ

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Playing more than one table at once is also a clear sign of worshipping the devil ldo.

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i guess this answers the question "is jerry yang goor or bad for poker?"

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binions

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i guess this answers the question "is poker a game of skill or not?"

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...that must have been some break he took to go from the Rio all the way downtown to Binions to pray in their bathroom.

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btw lol did any1 else C binions LOL?!

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i guess this answers the question "is donkament poker a game of skill or not?"

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FYP

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Wow that blurb was pretty ridiculous. A) Showing a card isn't cheating. B) WSOP wasn't at Binion's.

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Seeing this guy win the main event made me wanna puke!!!
I cant even understand how a gambler can pray 2 a holy god.

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Wow that blurb was pretty ridiculous. A) Showing a card isn't cheating. B) WSOP wasn't at Binion's.

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Showing a card, while allowed in cash games, is not permitted in tournament poker.

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Wow that blurb was pretty ridiculous. A) Showing a card isn't cheating. B) WSOP wasn't at Binion's.

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Showing a card, while allowed in cash games, is not permitted in tournament poker.

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is breaking a rule same as cheating?

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Wow that blurb was pretty ridiculous. A) Showing a card isn't cheating. B) WSOP wasn't at Binion's.

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Showing a card, while allowed in cash games, is not permitted in tournament poker.

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is breaking a rule same as cheating?

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It really depends, if you are using it as a tactic then yes it is. The same goes for something I see in every tournament that I play, name pros talking to their opponent either heads up or in a multi way pot. This is definitely not permitted in tournament poker and the bigger names use is as a tool of intimidation and as a way to control the pot size. It is clear that it is not permitted but it is selectively enforced. This is not breaking a rule, it is cheating and the same goes for showing cards.

For the record, I do believe that you should be able to do both things in heads up pots in either tournament or cash game poker.

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Talking to someone (speachplay) and flashing a card is NOT cheating.

If it were cheating, he would have been stripped of his title, or thrown out of the tourney at the time. Same goes for XYZ name pro who uses speachplay.

It clearly isnt cheating as it isnt being enforced. Plus, if it is enforced it involves a warning and then a time penalty.

That doesnt sound like someone caught cheating to me.

Also, Jerry Yang is an aweful thing for poker - miles worse than Gold was.

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someone verify, doesn't yang also get 10 mil from FTP?

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someone verify, doesn't yang also get 10 mil from FTP?

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No

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someone verify, doesn't yang also get 10 mil from FTP?

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No

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but didn't ftp have a promo paying out 10 mil if one of their guys won the main event?

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someone verify, doesn't yang also get 10 mil from FTP?

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No

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but didn't ftp have a promo paying out 10 mil if one of their guys won the main event?

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omg 4 games at once

He also failed to neglect the two porn windows going and the message board reading.

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someone verify, doesn't yang also get 10 mil from FTP?

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No

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but didn't ftp have a promo paying out 10 mil if one of their guys won the main event?

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ah

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I'm trying to imagine what horror stories can emerge from multitabling [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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omg 4 games at once

He also failed to neglect the two porn windows going and the message board reading.

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I got distracted and mis-click flat called the river with the nuts a few weeks ago. I was pretty horrified at the time.

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FTP should run a contest in BBV to make Jerry Yang a custom avatar.

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how can anyone 4 table at once?

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how can anyone 4 table at once?

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i sold my soul to the devil for the ability to four table. totally worth it. i should have asked for the ability to 40 table like rainkhan though.

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I once accidentally called an all-in raise with 4s2d when I wasn't paying attention close enough.

But I busted KK so it all worked out.

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i really hate jerry yang

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jesus christ

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from the new Edition of Sports Illustrated

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Yang, who learned to play poker two years ago from books and television, could be a fine ambassador for poker websites-if he ever used them. "I try to be there for my six kid," he says. " I hear horror stories about addiction and about playing four online games at once. ."

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LOL Wasn't he at the final table with RainKahn?

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Online poker is rigged, can get addicted, oh the horror! Guess I'll just play this $10k event...

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I'd love to see what the terms of his endorsement deal are. I'm trying to think of any other big-time endorser slamming his sponsor like this, and just can't do it.

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But is it cheating to make it all the way to Binion's during the break, pray in the bathroom, and then go all the way back to the Rio to continue playing?

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