Why is HSP3 a major disappointment? - Page 4

deaders · #31 04-03-2007, 02:26 AM

Gabe Kaplan annoys the [censored] out of me. His accents and running jokes are terrible and not very funny, and he really overestimates his own poker knowlege, some of his "the right play here would be..." comments are way off, in my opinion at least. The show is still good but there is too much talk and not enough hands being played.

KSOT · #32 04-03-2007, 03:18 AM

Everyone says how much they love Kaplan in season 1 so they boost his airtime and now by season 3 everyone hates him for drowning out the players.

ITS AN UNBREAKABLE CYCLE

Bubble Bully · #33 04-03-2007, 03:12 PM

1) Please make HSP a 5 handed game
2) Make the no-name players super agro internet stars
3) Lower the stakes so that more players can play, and so that there won't be any scared money
4) Get a better host that can be funny and provide good info.

stephenNUTS · #34 04-03-2007, 04:40 PM

Is anyone as tired as me of seeing Jen Harmens whining,nitty,uncreative,ABC play ?

She seems to be on more than anyone??

Maybe because she is the ONLY woman HSNL player available??

KSOT · #35 04-03-2007, 04:44 PM

1 - She was barely in any episodes this season.

2 - She tore it up during season 2. Tons of bluffs and other trickery. You have no right to complain if she decides to play ABC at other times. Everyone does it... except for Farha >_>

LDP!

stephenNUTS · #36 04-03-2007, 04:50 PM

KSOT,

If she tore it up last season(in which i didnt see the whole series),then she certainly has changed that style you speak of to being quite a whining nit now IMHO!

No??

Chimera · #37 04-03-2007, 06:09 PM

If I understand it correctly, Harman's whining is the result of mood swings caused by some sort of hormone therapy.

As for her being a "nit", Todd Brunson (who plays with her all the time) describes her style as "average to loose, and very aggressive". She's probably trying to take advantage of this image by changing gears and using an ABC style on HSP.

Whitewash · #38 04-03-2007, 06:44 PM

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As for her being a "nit", Todd Brunson (who plays with her all the time) describes her style as "average to loose, and very aggressive". She's probably trying to take advantage of this image by changing gears and using an ABC style on HSP.

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Or, it could be just that she is more aggressive in limit games (and when she's drunk).

grjr · #39 04-03-2007, 07:02 PM

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As for her being a "nit", Todd Brunson (who plays with her all the time) describes her style as "average to loose, and very aggressive". She's probably trying to take advantage of this image by changing gears and using an ABC style on HSP.

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Or, it could be just that she is more aggressive in limit games (and when she's drunk).

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Those beers won her a good chunk of money last season. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

csquard · #40 04-03-2007, 07:19 PM

HSP3 as a major disappointment speaks to who the audience of the show is. If you step back and think of it as a television series, then you have the cult fans (many of us) and the casual fans (the poker dreamers). No one accidentally watches this show as who in their right mind skims through GSN to see what's on. I agree that too-many-players has reduced the storylines as guys are coming and going. This makes the season more difficult for the casual fan, and even for the zealots it probably comes off as more of a throwing everything on the wall and seeing if something sticks.

IMO, the table we have now is the one we could sit back and watch a dozen hours of play. We're already seeing all of these subplots emerge almost instantly (Benyamine producing an extra $200k when all those monies show up, Negreanu's chat starting to look uncomfortable with all these big guns there, players very familiar with some at the table and unfamiliar with others, etc.).

The last episode makes this season great, just with the big change in dynamics with Booth's bundle and his immediate Ivey play. We basically have half of Bobby's Room now combined with their online equivalents, with Esfandiari and Negreanu thrown in for good measure. If you could go another eight hours with Booth, Benyamine, Ivey, Dags, Brian Townsend, and Antonius, what other two players would you add to complete a solid eight-handed table? I'd suggest Chip Reese and Jason Strasser to further broaden the game or Prahlad and Gus Hansen to LAG the table up some more.