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Posted on: 2009 May 2, 00:09 | |||
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We'll be playing 8 Game on the 3rd of May at 2100 ET on PokerStars, password 'donkeys' with the same buy-in of $5.50. . look under 'private tab' for PokerWorks Family. Everyone is welcome. 
Linda R. Geenenhttp://table-tango.pokerworks.com/ What game are you playing? |
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| rangaraj1987 | Posted on: 2009 May 6, 07:20 | |||
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Fifth Street Journal * Event 2, the $40,000-buyin 40th anniversary no-limit hold 'em event. This gets two hours. * Event 57, the Main Event. This gets 26 hours, plus a one-hour final table preview show. They'll also be airing two tournaments that will run in conjunction with the WSOP: * The WSOP Champions Invitational. All past Main Event champions are invited to this freeroll. * The Ante Up For Africa Celebrity-Charity Event. Each of the above gets two hours of airtime. The four-month break in the Main Event will continue, with play stopping on July 15 and resuming on November 7th. They'll play down to heads-up on the 7th, and the final heads-up battle will take place early on the 10th. It will air that evening. They're spreading the "November Nine" experience over one more day than last time this year, which will make it even harder to avoid the results. The TV schedule is getting generally bad reviews. People are disappointed that none of the mainstream bracelet events are being televised, and nothing but no-limit hold 'em is being televised, not even the $50,000 HORSE (see last year's schedule for comparison). I'd like to see other games as well, and will miss the star-packed final tables that they often produce. My primary concern is the quality of the broadcasts, however, and this schedule doesn't look good on that front. The vast majority of airtime is devoted to early and middle Main Event coverage, and ESPN hasn't done a good job of that in the past. They seem to focus on retaining bored channel surfers for a few more minutes rather than converting viewers into poker fans who'll return (example). The Aussie Millions suffered from the same problem in the past, but largely corrected it this year by only covering the final table. Alternatively, ESPN could cover one table at a time properly, as the Professional Poker Tour did. Or they could even try a model that hasn't been tried before, but deserves a shot: following one player's progress through the tournament. ============== edited |
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| TenMile | Posted on: 2009 Aug 11, 18:03 | |||
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And then they returned, Sunday, to the small game of - well, whatever it is called. Over in an hour and a half. Gone. To be repeated, I'm surmising, in two weeks. I'm sad. I usually fall asleep during the play and get a nap directly before going to bed. Those short games, for the observer, are murder. One goes to bed too early without the nap, wakes too early, and it is still two weeks to the next. Y'all really need to fix that. |
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| PokerHack | Posted on: 2009 Aug 12, 16:07 | |||
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Do you like the 8 game better? We are all open to suggestions. Maybe we could just rotate, a different game every week?? The HORSE is too fast I agree, but I think the 8 Game takes too long...any happy medium? |
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Posted on: 2009 Aug 13, 00:06 | |||
TenMile, methinks you are giving me heat about my nappish mode as of late. Wish I was taking one right now but instead I'm chitty-chatting. I will play whatever everyone else wants to play. I'm only there for the delight of the card fairy and to share a chat experience. 
Linda R. Geenenhttp://table-tango.pokerworks.com/ What game are you playing? |
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| TenMile | Posted on: 2009 Aug 16, 09:05 | |||
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No, Hack, all is good. I was giving Linda a raz-berry about her naps. She wasn't suppose to catch it though. |
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Posted on: 2009 Aug 22, 20:02 | |||
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We're playing Badugi, same time, same place, probably the same players (I love you guys), but Badugi just the same. Password 'donkeys' and we want you to join us. PokerStars, $5.00+$.50, the 23rd at 21:00ET. PokerWorks Family is the name of our tourney. C U There!
Linda R. Geenen http://table-tango.pokerworks.com/ What game are you playing? |
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| TenMile | Posted on: 2009 Aug 23, 18:39 | |||
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Lets see: Women cannot be President of the United States because of cruelty to animals (men). Badugi is played aces low, but . . . .? There are three lady players - by the way, the post mistress said, the other day, when I told her a big red Ford parked and I saw a lady dismount; well, she said: Thats no lady, thats my sister. So the ladies are ganging up on the guys. As an observer, I will enjoy watching the guys play Razz, but different. |
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