HSP Season II Wrap Up

[LasVegasMichael]

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...we'd love to see some online guys tear up that game.

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Careful with the "we". Not all of us are online pro fanboys. I like seeing big money live players, as it is a true glimpse into the real world of live high stakes cash game poker, and not just a pedestal for live/online tournament players that most other televised poker seems to be.

I just hope they keep the aesthetic class in the show, by continuing to bar online poker site clothing.

[AggroFish]

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prahlad and i are both trying to get on season 3. it doesn't look good for either of us b/c apparently invites went out last friday --- i didn't get one and i think i would have heard if he got one. --ba

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The poker would be cool, but the fight would be better. I guess neither of you ended up "playing for rolls."

[SEABEAST]

Eli was down tons, there was a reason he was on tilt. I'm sure he was down at least 2-300K.

Zeidman was hilarious, and by hilarious I mean he was both a huge chump and shocking holdem player.

Grinder won a bit at the start playing nit styles, but seemed very scared.

Negreanu has NO self control.

Forrest looked like a paedophile in S2 but still played well obviously.

I would like to see them ditch some of the big-game hanger ons and get some less conservative players in. Most of the "mixing it up" in S2 was just Elezra and Negreanu playing terribly.

[Eponymous]

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It's funny how guys I thought were total douchebags like Antonio and Phil L. turned out to be not only way better poker players than I thought, but some of the cooler guys on poker tv.

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Yeah, their antics during tournaments really turned me off, and I used to think Antonio was a donk. But they seem to act different with a table full of pros. Antonio played really well and would have won big if he didn't get coolered a couple times. I have a different opinion of both of these guys after HSP.

[legend42]

I give Antonio credit especially for the way he played Doyle. He knew Doyle was likely unfamiliar with his game, and would probably mark him as timid-predictable, which could make Doyle bluffable. Then he followed through with a couple nicely timed moves against him.

Probably won't be able to do it again too often, but it was still good poker.

[jimpo]

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prahlad and i are both trying to get on season 3. it doesn't look good for either of us b/c apparently invites went out last friday --- i didn't get one and i think i would have heard if he got one. --ba

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That sucks, we'd love to see some online guys tear up that game.

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I would love to see Patrik Antonius in HS3!

[TuNeCedeMalis]

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It's funny how guys I thought were total douchebags like Antonio and Phil L. turned out to be not only way better poker players than I thought, but some of the cooler guys on poker tv.

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I was suprised too.

[Suigin406]

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It's funny how guys I thought were total douchebags like Antonio and Phil L. turned out to be not only way better poker players than I thought, but some of the cooler guys on poker tv.

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Yeah, their antics during tournaments really turned me off, and I used to think Antonio was a donk. But they seem to act different with a table full of pros. Antonio played really well and would have won big if he didn't get coolered a couple times. I have a different opinion of both of these guys after HSP.

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my thoughts exactly...

[NicksDad1970]

DN had some bad rolls and tilted. Eli is scared to be bluffed. But they're both a good part of the show. Look at all the threads and posts about those two out and you'll see that's what we seemed to focus on.

I was very impressed with Eric. Made some good bets and reads.

I think some more internet pro's would be great. But I wonder if the ratings would be as high (I'm assuming they're pretty good) if half the table was people that the general public has never heard of.

[sakki]

If it would've been someone less respected on BG's seat playing super-tight short-stack poker we would be hearing comments like "what's he doing there" etc.