Just Got Patrik Antonius Answer To The Question I Asked Kenny Tran

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All their saying is the live pros are superior live, deepstacked,fullring at the moment. The live guys accept they can't compete shorthanded or on-line.

[Python49]

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ersonally, I think he has some stake in seeing the online twoplustwoers beating the publicly acclaimed live dino-sours. Any other opinions as to his motivation other than a form of trolling...



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Yep, agree with this.

I think David's motivations are that he gets some form of validation from the idea that he played a part behind online players being so good. I mean, from his perspective, if he wrote the books that helped all the top online players become good enough to beat out live players that have been grinding for decades, i'm sure that's something he gets gratification over.

I've seen him mention before in older threads that he likes seeing his theories proven correct... so i'm guessing to him, online poker is just proof that all his poker theories he's been writing about for years have been correct, and the reason why it's now evident is because online you can actually get in sample sizes large enough to prove it.

He used to get flamed on the old RGP boards by some other live pros like DN and Howard Lederer I believe... so for him to be able to say he was a catalyst in spawning some of the greatest poker players in the world probably feels good.

What probably went down is he got into a debate with some live player that insulted his methods/theories and instead of posting on 2+2 "Hey guys tell this guy I was arguing with why you guys are better than him and his 30 year nit live grinder friends" he just decided to play devil's advocate to invoke the same type of discussion that just debates his side for him.

[gumpzilla]

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So here is my version of calling David out: As the face of poker theory, what makes you think 2000 or so hands in a live poker environment for an online player is going to change anything? What are you hoping to get out of this?

It just seems so very dumb that this much attention has spawned over live poker. Once again I think Brandon Adams has everything just about spot on, and David Sklansky has only served to generate gossip and traffic.

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Of course. I'm sure that was his goal in the first place. I imagine Sklansky almost certainly does not think that the games actually happening will prove anything one way or the other; however, if they happened, people would probably talk about them a [censored] on here, and then that's more views.

[Torello]

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So here is my version of calling David out: ....... What are you hoping to get out of this?

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Easy answer imo.
David wants the online players to clean out/monkey tilt all the best players in the big live game so he can come in after and have the fish all to himself. Very +EV.

[Tranny Ken]

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Time to ask The Bear.

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I wonder if anyone would claim DS is just lookin' for attention if PA had said the opposite.

[spino1i]

I want to change this number to one (myself lol) but I have feeling I wont be considered an "internet" player by the time I get to that level of stakes.

[PLO8FaceKilla]

well it looks like this argument is finally over with.

Funny how so many people on here are defensive.

You guys cherish everything PA does and when he says this, you cry about David and say that it must be a joke.

my god, have some respect for yourselves.

[EL Burro Loco]

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well it looks like this argument is finally over with.

Funny how so many people on here are defensive.

You guys cherish everything PA does and when he says this, you cry about David and say that it must be a joke.

my god, have some respect for yourselves.

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QFT... i was fighting the urge to mention this the entire time because i knew it would just turn into more ironic vitriol.