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@kwansfull Pretty sure Barak, fish2013, Linus, lukabrate, etc have done just fine in tournaments, Every top cash pro that has ventured to mtts has had nothing but success. Where is the reverse long list of tournament players that have done fine switching to cash? Don't worry ill wait

Tournament poker players do fine in cash Cash game players do not do fine in tournaments Content creators should be supported regardless for their role in growing the game

@Smackems818 @OwenMessere

just played this prodigy guy h u. what a douche. i begged him to play h u live and he was dodging but kept begging me to play bigger onilne just now rofl. poor kid prob only plays 25 percent of his action so me playing 25 50 hu is like him playing 100 200 lol.

@Smackems818 Dude is battling Linus and Davy at higher stakes daily, Imagine being so delusional that you think he is dodging your bum ass

@hungryhorsepokr lolz you ever heard of post flop my guy?

most players want to be on a whale's left. but the god seat is actually to their RIGHT. here's why: the table dynamics flip when a true whale sits down. players start limping from upfront, waiting for the whale to iso raise so they can limp raise. or, they limp with strong hands not wanting the pot to get too bloated so they can limp call. so if you're on the whale's left, let's say a few players limp and he raises, you 3bet the whale... now you get an EP limper who cold calls, or worse, limp 4bets, and you're in murky waters. if you're on the whale's RIGHT, you get to see what the entire table does after the whale raises/3bets before having to act. you just have so much more information and there's no longer anyone lying in the weeds. now, one GIANT caveat: don't be the asshole scrambling to seat change after the whale sits down. no EV gained from a seat change is worth upsetting a true VIP and making them leave, or not want to play hands with you. don't do this. but keep this in mind before they sit. could be helpful.

@RunItOnce @TomDwan Why do we care what this clown has to say? Get some actual elite pros on, not scammers that play live private games please.

From @TomDwan's recent Q&A - the story of how Phil Ivey got himself banned from one of the best private games in the world.

@DougPolkVids @Cryptophoric @mariomosboeck @CoinPoker_OFF @ZarKeoZ I would argue ring games are of the highest rake online on gold.... Sure its soft but not by 5x the next site with much lower rake and actual rewards. I only play mtts on gold because the rake in ring is abusrd.

@Cryptophoric @mariomosboeck @CoinPoker_OFF @ZarKeoZ Id argue we are maybe the best site for HU considering we both actually offer it, and rake caps at 3 chips even at 25/50. Also our entire player pool are US/Canadian players who ran up their balances.

This post is simply false and a weak attempt to push a misleading narrative from ACR associates. Bottom line: if you’re a high-stakes player (or any stakes for that matter), recreational or pro, you’ll be best taken care of @CoinPoker_OFF. @ZarKeoZ even spoke to the Coin team and had the VIP rewards model explained to him, but conveniently leaves that part out. @WPN_CEO, pretty weak jab from you and your team. I honestly thought you’d be above that but there we go. The match being referenced is vs another pro. In that case, both players receive ~90% back. Thats ~1,5bb/100 netrake (not 20bb) - might be worth mentioning next time. If it’s vs a recreational, the VIP gets a larger share to reduce loss rate and keep games running longer. This is reviewed weekly to ensure VIPs are properly supported. Together with the Highstakes community. Every high-stakes player also understands this. It’s the standard model across private and club games, where most of those games are running nowadays. There’s a reason public HS games rarely sustain themselves: VIPs get crushed too quickly. How long would you stick around as a recreational stick with a -25bb PROs win little slower. However they will stick around longer and games will stay alive. I have been a Pro my whole life, but also have to agree that keeping the VIPs happy is the most important part. @CoinPoker_OFF is really trying to build the best poker experience in the world & they have some of the sharpest minds working on this. If we want HS public games imo they are our only shot at this moment. GG shut them down entitely 2 years ago (for reasons above, making them private) & ACR is too focused on stop Coin instead of working on their own product.

@hungryhorsepokr Live is freestyle vs whales, Very boring to me. Much rather enjoy the battles and get more hands in online but to each their own.

there's one reason i love live poker more than online. if online poker was baseball, it would be about the fundamentals. hit a sac fly. move the runner over. don't make unforced errors. take the pitch on the outside corner to the opposite field for a base hit. if live poker was baseball? swing for the fences, baby. the homerun plays matter a lot more when super deep. 100bb poker (which online cash usually is) is science. 200bb+ poker (which live cash usually is) is art.

@VanjaPoker big difference between 100nl on American sites like wsop and ACR/eu.

Cash Game Stakes Ranked by Softness 1. $1/$2 live 2. $2/$5 live 3. $5/$10 live 4. NL50 online 5. $10/$20 live 6. NL100 online 7. NL200 online 8. NL500 online 9. NL1000 online 10. High stakes online What would you change?

@DanThomson22 @VanjaPoker lol no, Love all these live regs thinking live poker is so tough. The skill set is playing deep vs huge whales and multiway pots, pretty sure any decent online reg can adjust very quickly yet if its vice versa the live reg is going to get destroyed.

f you put a winning nl100 reg in a 10/20 live game he’s going to get destroyed. Live is a very different skill set and they are unlikely to adjust to the game well, unlikely to have the patience and focus required, and very unlikely to be able to handle the swings. They might beat a 10/20 reg in a gto wizard battle but that’s very different than winning in the game.

@KevinM_Ryan @VanjaPoker lol ill take any 200 grinder over any live 5/T reg

@VanjaPoker 5/T live is harder than 100 and 200 online

@Nick_Palma1010 @VanjaPoker lol calling anyone the "best ever" who has not held a 5knl lobby online. They are not even the top of their field aka chidwick let alone best ever

Top 10 Players Who Dominated Poker 1. Stu Ungar 2. Doyle Brunson 3. Phil Ivey 4. Tom Dwan 5. Chip Reese 6. Linus Loeliger 7. Patrik Antonius 8. Roberto Perez 9. Ben Sulsky 10. Stephen Chidwick Bonus for his peak performance in 2009: The legend Isildur1 Who would you add?

@Nick_Palma1010 @VanjaPoker lol having mtt heaters on this list

@VanjaPoker I’m ur forgetting foxen and fedor holz also bonono had a sick tear and u having anywhere near this list is actually insane he was decent for 6 months in 09

@vntagejunkie @VanjaPoker Linus been dominating way longer then dwan ever did

@VanjaPoker Someone who owes 10 million dollars is not someone I would say dominated poker.

@shaundeeb So the $500 colossus is where the tough events are? lol Come on man, Flying to Europe to play some shit 1ks wont prove anymore then a random circuit main.

The run is what you do when previous backers come by Luck is no one else cares about those events who is actually good at poker or else you’d be no where near the top Your biggest edge is being willing to win pots that you had a losing hand and knew and still taking the chips into your stack. Why don’t you use that $ and fly to Europe for some real accolades and competition.

@Table1Vegas Kevin Paque, Seallama, Prodigy, Any of the online end bosses really.

Who’s in Vegas this week and you want to see them on the pod?