High Stakes Poker thread (9/10)

[Devil Duq]

[ QUOTE ]
kaplan: "phil laak loves it when other people gamble"

[/ QUOTE ]

Now that some of Gabe Kaplan's quips from this episode are starting to be recognized in the thread, I'm mildly surprised no one has given any love to this one (so I will):

After Hellmuth's ludicrously boastful tirade about how much "power" he has in poker, Gabe remarked, "Phil Hellmuth is bigger than U.S. Steel."




Hyman Roth would be proud, Phil.

[Mandrik]

I personally enjoy Gabe and AJ going back and forth, but it would be great to see HSP on DVD with the option to only listen to the table talk.

BTW:

Gabe: In case you missed that, Bob Safari just said that Phil "relaxed himself" by looking at a picture of himself under a shower.
AJ: Must have been a laminated picture. Could have been his driver's liscense.

Priceless

[phydaux]

[ QUOTE ]
I personally enjoy Gabe and AJ going back and forth, but it would be great to see HSP on DVD with the option to only listen to the table talk.

[/ QUOTE ]

That's a great idea.

[plzbenice]

seriously who the f--- do phil hellmuth think he is?

its like todd brunson wrote in SS2.

somethign long the lines of "theres nothing i fidn more amusing than when a player of moderate means tells a guy worth millions that hes a sucker2.

i mean yeha u called out baxters hand phil but he owned u right back.
and who do u think u are berating him who actually made money contributing to society and made much more than youll ever do doing so phil, you play poker, you won money on poker, not the noble freakin prize u social donkey.


seriously the guy has big insecuirty issues.

oen thing that comes to mind is the wsop final table when he constantly took insurance from phil ivey.

its like he really wants to be a prt of the cool ganga nd thats why he did it so he could be pal with ivey.

one hellova narcissist he is.

but yeah youre a very good tournamentplayer though phil, ill give you that.

[plzbenice]

i think baxter mixed some good plays with some weird ones.

the AT hand where he raises on a A36rainbow board, i eman what was that? fold worse hands, uild huge pot against bigger ones?

and the riverchck with 2pair against matusow?




matusow also showed some flawed thinking, why did he raise flop with AQ and bet turn if he thought he was toast if he got called? not like theres much value in protecting your hand there, pretty dry flop.

[plzbenice]

talking about hand wher ehad had AQ against baxter sAk and rivered a Q for top 2pair

[plzbenice]

and really matusow what a jerk. he just behaves so bad.

anyway such unclassy behaviour towards baxter by hellmuth and mouth, bertaing him when he didnt even deserve it and they playe dlike donks htemselves.

[snagglepuss]

-some poor play

-the table talk/manner of many of the players is awful. really low class. incessant mid-hand chatter is inexcusable imo. also too much 'trying to be my entertaining poker persona cause im on tv!' going on.

-gabe kaplan often sounds foolish with his understanding of both the game in general and the players thought process. add in the fact that it is added in post-production and it is unbearable. akin to john madden recording in post and going "you know, the defense is probably going to blitz here, so brady should be on the lookout and go deep... but he better be wary of the jets fast cornerbacks....", blitz comes, brady is picked off.

this is obv the best poker tv show, but many aspects of it deserve to be spit on.

[shane88888]

Isn't the commentary done in real time, e.g. Negreanu jumping in the booth?

[Rottersod]

[ QUOTE ]
Isn't the commentary done in real time, e.g. Negreanu jumping in the booth?

[/ QUOTE ]

You're kidding, right?