Making HSP the ONLY Poker Show?

[JackTenOffSuit]

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You are assuming that the high-stakes "cash" games on High Stakes Poker were actually played with each player's OWN money.
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High Stakes Poker may have a cash game format, but it is still ultimately a TV show. The cash games on High Stakes Poker are not the same as the cash games played at Bobby's Room at the Bellagio each weekend.


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I don't really get why/how you think people being staked on HSP is relevant to the quality or strategy of the game being played...it's still real cash and losing it is not "acceptable" simply because it's not truly yours and it's still a ring game and not a tournament. That aside - I agree that HSP is a TV show and not necessarily "the same" as Bellagio cash games, but if you think that players in Bobby's Room aren't being staked then I have a great bridge in Brooklyn that perhaps you'd be interested in.