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#91
07-18-2007, 06:38 PM
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Re: Khan Acted like a retard and I am glad he is gone
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As for the argument that "poker is a battle ground" blah blah blah. Total bullsh*t in my mind. Everyone recognizes this--that the game is ruthless and about taking something from your opponent, even if your opponent is your best friend--but real professionals realize that, because it's that way for ALL of us in the competition, it's much simpler and more pleasant to act cordially, regardless of the subtext of war. [/ QUOTE ] Just QFT. That is all. So well put. Khan/Gold/Hellmuth et al. are all just better publicized versions of the loser table coach in your card room or your chat box. They're all just humiliating themselves and they don't even know it. 
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#92
07-18-2007, 06:53 PM
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Re: Khan Acted like a retard and I am glad he is gone
six,
"its just what he does." Except that it's sounding more and more like a calculated plan to get TV time, which is a lame reason to act that way.
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#93
07-18-2007, 07:47 PM
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Re: Khan Acted like a retard and I am glad he is gone
Everyone who knows the guy says he's a silly energetic guy. He's being himself - like him or not. I didn't find him annoying at all. I liked the silliness.
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#94
07-18-2007, 08:22 PM
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Re: Khan Acted like a retard and I am glad he is gone
So...to summarize the thread:
We don't all agree that it's inherently lame/wrong to act like a douchebag at the poker table as long as it's for the purposes of getting on tv or winning money, or a supposedly natural extension of someone's usual personality.
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#95
07-18-2007, 08:28 PM
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Re: Khan Acted like a retard and I am glad he is gone
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So...to summarize the thread: We don't all agree that it's inherently lame/wrong to act like a douchebag at the poker table as long as it's for the purposes of getting on tv or winning money, or a supposedly natural extension of someone's usual personality. [/ QUOTE ] We're well beyond poker now. Take out the phrase "at the poker table" above and you'll see what I mean. It's a gray area where everyone has to make their own decision on percent-D-Baggedness. I was a big critic of Khan's antics, but I'd rather hang out with him in real life than with JGold or Molina FWIW, and I'd try to get him to chill with his act at the poker table, but if he didn't, I guess I could shrug it off and still hang with him.
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#97
07-18-2007, 08:47 PM
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Re: Khan Acted like a retard and I am glad he is gone
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[ QUOTE ] So...to summarize the thread: There are still surprisingly plenty of grownups on the 2p2 boards [/ QUOTE ] FYP [/ QUOTE ]
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#98
07-18-2007, 08:56 PM
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Re: Khan Acted like a retard and I am glad he is gone
My summary would be pretty much the usual one. People who only watch these events on TV think it's funny. People who only play in these events don't. People who do both are in between.
Edit : That's probably unfair. I'm sure there are a lot of viewers who don't play in these events who still don't like the antics. But this is something I have noticed in related threads (eg Humberto). The vast majority of the posters who think it's "entertaining" or "good for poker" won't ever have to face someone doing it to them when they've busted out of a $10K event.
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#99
07-18-2007, 09:13 PM
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Re: Khan Acted like a retard and I am glad he is gone
There was no split in opinions about the guy among those watching the final tables in person. And there will be no split in opinions about the guy when the ESPN episodes are aired. The guy is a giant douchebag with no regard for his fellow players.
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