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HollywoodDave wrote

Wait.... so the house is the victim here? lol... Casino buys bad cards, then doesn't bother checking them before they put them in play, smart player wins money, then is accused of cheating? GTFO people

This is precisely why dealers fan decks of cards to check fronts (to make sure all cards are present) and backs (to make sure there are no markings) BEFORE putting them in play. Its the house's responsibility to offer a proper game. If they put bad dealers on the floor who shuffle poorly, flash hole cards when dealing, and don't check for card defects, its not the player's fault for simply playing the game that's being offered using nothing but what the casino gives and shows them to play...

+1

jbmartinez wrote

He might have noticed after a few hands which cards were mis-cut and been able to exploit that flaw in subsequent play. Still, I blame the casino more than Ivey here. It seems it's their responsibility to make sure they're not using defective cards.

that was my point, aswell. i mean it's not iveys fault they were using an asymmetrical deck if they were, is he supposed to place bad bets on purpose?

Even if ivey used the method explained above, isn't it the casinos own fault if they have an asymmetrical deck of cards in play?
Could the casino rightfully hold back Iveys winnings even if their claims are true?

can't believe pokernews is supporting this scam

hellmuth vs matusow would be the dream final

Pokerguy21 wrote

honestly matusow over blom is not surprising. The stylee that mike plays is perfect against blom, but i do see greenstein vs ivey in the spades final

nice prediction

no live coverage?

how would you argue that dan cates, THE heads-up NLH specialist, shouldnt be invited???
and i think the the fact that huck seed won the event recently is enough reason for him being invited again. you might not have heard to much about him latly, but man he's a WSOP main event champion after all and always one of the classics.

his account is registered to his place in cabo, mexico.

i never got why online people take like an average 5 seconds for a decision and live they take 2 minutes to fold 9 high in a 4 way pot...

people where not just chosen by there looks, don.

wow, diagnosed with cancer for the 4th time??? kinda takes aways the edge of getting your aces cracked in 10nl...

great champion, he appears like the nicest guy ever, too bad basically no one outside the US really cared about this years FT

the world never cared less about a WSOP final table since 2003

lol dan smith made one hell of a deal there, getting more than the actual first place price xD

daaamn, that got me excited for the ftp opening, can't wait for some good old dwan vs blom action!

love to see fulltilt get big again, i miss the old 500$/1000$ HU battles where the pots quickly reach the 500k and higher, all i saw on stars were people shortstacking 50/100$...
i wonder how likely ivey will rejoin, chances gotta be pretty slim after he sued the company^^

so funny to hear mercier talking about how excited he was when winning the EPT in a way that makes you think he might fall asleep any secound

i don't get whats so suspicous about team ivey being interested in what people think of the whole sitaution, obviously they wanna know if these accusations hurt iveys reputation. would be interesting to know what exactly was going on with the "very reliable source"...

i don't think phil hellmuth acted very much like sportsmanship when he was continuously insulting baranov and other players during the final table and the entire tournament. he might be very well-behaved and all of the sudden nice to everyone when he's winning, but i don't think he'll ever get rid of his brat image.