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world Slot Gampang Menang tour final
Did you manage to catch the Slot Gampang Menang final on the Travel Channel today? I did, even if it was late night on Tivo after coming home from work.
I could watch poker if my hair was on fire, but this episode was a little anti-climactic. The play down to the final two players was really pedestrian compared to most TV poker I've watched. All of the earlier episodes of the WPT I've seen were better in terms of multi-way action.
When it got down to two, Alan Goehring and Kirill Gerasimov, Kirill switched up the heat and Alan became, in my opinion, overly tight, leading to Kirill snatching up a 2-1 chip advantage when Alan had been the chip leader all tournament.
One of my favorite hands was when Alan super-slow-played pocket Kings against Kirill's A4. The board went 77J-7-7, giving Kirill the win and Alan a serious lesson in the dangers of overly slow play.
Most questionable hand, in my opinion: Alan has K7o. Limps in for $25k. Kirill has 76o, calls. Flop comes AT8, two spades, giving Kirill an inside straight draw. Kirill checks. Alan bets $50k. Kirill smooth-calls. Turn is another 8. Kirill bets $150k. Alan calls. River is a 4s, making 3 spades on the board. Kirill moves all in and Alan folds. I just really don't understand Alan's call on the turn, after betting out on the flop. I'd expect to see a fold, or a big raise. Kirill had not been checking much, so Alan had to expect a big bet on the end. If he's looking for a K, he's getting terrible odds. If he really thinks Kirill is on a spade draw, he should either fold or move in on the turn. I can't think of any way to justify his call on the turn. I also think his bet on the flop is a little too small for what he's playing.
But these guys are clearly not great heads-up players. Kirill, while clearly a solid player, only learned the game less than two years ago! Playing heads-up, they continuously had terrible reads on each other and each made several plays that even in the krazy world of heads-up play seemed pretty dodgy. The final hand was interesting odds-wise, but not play-wise: Alan's two small pair vs Kirill's top pair (8's), they get it all in, next card makes Kirill's inside straight but the river brings Alan one of the 3 outs he had to win it with a full house.
But I'll reserve any further criticism for after I win my first major :)
What about PartyPoker.com's (and UltimateBet's) television commercials, which they've been pounding over the WPT season? Am I the only person astounded by the fact that these are playing on US TV? They are soliciting for what is an unequivocally illegal activity in 90% of the markets they are advertising to. I can't think of any commercial I've ever seen for something that is so clearly illegal.
It is a good sign for poker; it shows that there is enough acceptance of it that the ads haven't caused widespread objections. Imagine the reaction an ad for "prescription-free" mail-order prescription drugs from Mexico would trigger, for example.
Nonetheless, I'd say that the Travel Channel, PartyPoker.com and Mike Sexton are opening themselves up to a civil damages suit where some kid loses his mom's life savings on the poker site, and sues the bunch of them, saying the ads made an unregulated, risky, illegal activity looks like a legitimate way to make millions.
If you are considering playing online poker, I strongly recommend you do some research about the various rooms and experiences that others have had before deciding where to play. PartyPoker.com, for example, recently had some pretty atrocious customer service experiences, including mailing out checks and then e-mailing their customers to please not cash them for a few days due to "a minor delay on a bank transfer to the account in which we have issued your check"! The criticism got so hot on the newsgroup rec.gambling.poker that Mike Sexton -- host of the World Poker Tour, and an employee of PartyPoker.com -- sent a personal message to the group (here).
So if you want to play online, as with most things in life, do some research before you jump in. Know the risks. Personally, I've played online poker in the past but decided it wasn't for me. Collusion between players is way too easy, you have very limited abilities to read players (which I consider one of my strengths), and it just wasn't nearly as fun as playing live is for me. But some people really get into it, and some people are undoubtedly making real money at it. Oh, also it's probably illegal if you live in the US, but you already knew that :)
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