Phil Laak on high stakes poker season 4

[Gene Fish]

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I'll ship over some of mine too but I'll need a SS# and credit card # as Id verification

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K, sent in PM.

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woah! the naked pic of yourself that you sent me was unnecessary

[Taso]

my bad.

[wstaffor]

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I'll ship over some of mine too but I'll need a SS# and credit card # as Id verification

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K, sent in PM.

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woah! the naked pic of yourself that you sent me was unnecessary

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though surely appreciated

[Scorcho]

I like how Brunson pulls the complete douchebag angle-shoot move and Phil Laak, merely wanting a ruling on whether that's allowable in case it happens again in the future, is branded as the a-hole.

[RichGangi]

Maybe it's because Phil Laak got a taste of his own medicine for once. What goes around comes around, as they say.

[NicksDad1970]

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I like how Brunson pulls the complete douchebag angle-shoot move and Phil Laak, merely wanting a ruling on whether that's allowable in case it happens again in the future, is branded as the a-hole.

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I asked a question earlier that noone really answered. If he does something that's totally within the rules how is that a bad thing? I'm not saying that as in anything goes. I'm really curious if it should be widely considered a douchey thing to do if it's within the rules.

Even if at that particular casino decides it is against the rules Gabe himself said that where Todd normally plays that move is allowed.

So if that's correct is it still douchey?

[Scorcho]

There's a lot of acts that are technically within the rules of many games and sports out there but that doesn't mean you should do them.

Stealing signs in baseball, for example.

[NicksDad1970]

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There's a lot of acts that are technically within the rules of many games and sports out there but that doesn't mean you should do them.

Stealing signs in baseball, for example.

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So in poker an angle shoot is defined as something within the rules that is frowned upon?

I remember one where a after a called bet on the river a guy would say "can you beat a straight?" hoping the other guy would fold when in fact the first guy never had a straight. He was just asking the other guy if he could beat one.

I guess if that's within the rules I totally agree with you.

But for me the bottom line is if it's legal where Todd normally plays (which really surprised me that any casino would allow that) then it was ok.

[ChrisCo]

About 6+ months ago it was reported Phil Laak did a somewhat similar angle shot in putting out huge denomination chips(5k i believe) and acted like they were 500s in a good size NL cash game on the river, only to have the guy call with two pair and Laak show the nuts.

Its not completely the same but both players are working around the rules to benefit themselves and decieve another player.

[bi11 frist]

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There's a lot of acts that are technically within the rules of many games and sports out there but that doesn't mean you should do them.

Stealing signs in baseball, for example.

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lol, stealing signs in baseball is 100% part of the game. what todd did was much more bush league.