Recently it has come out that they are planning on making VIP games (5k+) invite only taking a path which many feared co
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Anyone who thinks this is good for the games because sleazeballs have made money doing it with live poker is a shill or backwards.
An open market where anyone can grind all the way to the top and play with the best has always been what made poker special. Turning in to a brown nosing contest behind closed doors is only something that appeals to the site or the select few regs who weasel their way in to the games.
alextrev1111I'm not really sure how this is natural evolution of the games.
It's a shame to see you have this opinion, I guess you don't play poker for a living any longer, and are more involved in making money through poker, with commentating and those gigs (Could also be bias with the GG commentary?)
The main thing that attracted me as a "recreational" back in the day and then turning myself into a poker player and playing millions and millions of hands over the last 15 years.
Were the highstakes cash games that used to run on full tilt, and being able to rail these.
I'd follow the guys that played there and had favourite's just as if I had a favourite sports team. Follow who was winning, who was coming through the stakes, and then I'd support them when they'd appear on shows like High Stakes Poker, or Poker after Dark. I guess I'd support them and even more so the new prodigy coming through, because I had the dream of one day being able to do that myself, with this newfound natural evolution you're suggesting.. you'd be killing off that dream.
IT's a suprising outlook from you Joey. You've always been one to look out for the players, and in my opinion more so on the aspiring reg looking to make a 'fair' living in the game.
I'm not sure how much of a good evolution this is either; You mention Vegas Casino games, and having to develop strategies to "network" to get into games. This situation is only good for a few regs, that have managed to lock others out from the games. I also don't see it as "networking" and a genuine act as doing anything necessary to get yourself on side with these guys to be able to play.
Anyways, Bring back the old Joey ♥
