Jungleman asked the age-old question and it seemed like the entire poker community had something to say. A poll would have been very helpful to gauge the consensus, but most seemed to agree that poker is either a game or a mind sport.
– It will never be a sport. I can’t think of one sport where you’re not actively moving in some capacity. It’s a game that is a skill set that allows better players to win over a long period of time over weaker players.
– "There are only 3 sports: Bullfighting, motor racing and mountaineering. The rest are children's games"-- loosely attributed to Hemingway.
– It’s not a sport in the traditional sense due to a lack of physical exertion. I’d personally call it a Mind Sport. And no, sitting down for 14 hours a day is not a form of physical exertion 😂
– I would say a game more than a sport. Skill game would be the most accurate description
Then, later on, Jungle replied to his tweet.
Emile Hirsch does not stop painting! Adding to his portfolio of poker players like Alan Keating and Ryan Feldman, Hirsch recently unveiled two more large paintings.
The first of the two is a tall and dark depiction of Jennifer Tilly:
The second was a landscape of Tom Dwan receiving a head massage:
One user urged Emile, "Turn this into a series with Phil Ivey next. "
Venividi celebrated wrapping up his $1,000,000 challenge with a 3-hour heads-up PLO stream on CoinPoker. Dirk and Samjazzykins played on one four-card table and a five-card table. The blinds were ₮25/₮50 on both.
"Apparently, Sam is being hit by a blue screen," Dirk said around the three-hour mark. "I think our heads-up session is over."
"Up around $60k, I think. Sickest hot run on the five-card table, that was super, super crazy."
Venividi completed the marathon in mid-October, but it was all but assured by the end of September.
Bencb recited some useful Hormozi wisdom for those in their 20s:
Alec Torreli – "It's hard to get this right. The problem with youth is that it's often wasted on the young :)"
Andreas Froehli – "Personally don't know anyone who hasn't made trade-offs and got it all."
David – "Reading this I realize how lucky I was that I got the balance quite right. Got enough skill to make a good living in my 30s and enough debauchery to not crave more in my 30s. Thinking long-term though? I only learned that last year :)"
Nick Vertucci's impersonator made an appearance at The Lodge during a livestream.
The outfit came complete with a Hustler sleeveless shirt, tribal tattoos, a "pervert" name sticker, and increased T-levels.
On Reddit, a user wrote, "I want someone to do this on HCL but I don't know if they will allow it"
A player in the US Poker Open event showed us a completely unexplored area of poker strategy: poker time bank chip management.
Facing an all-in from Shannon Shorr, with tournament life hanging in the balance and only top pair on a wet board – Jessi Lonis took a moment to think. Normally, this wouldn't be an issue, except that he didn't have any time bank chips.
"I forgot my time extensions, because I know I had at least 5 or 6," Jessi could be heard saying as the floor came over.
Jonathan Little played the clip and issued his YouTube ruling:
"Given this is a very abnormal poker tournament venue—the PokerGO studio—where there are only something like nine tables in the entire room. They know where you moved from because the room's really small. I think the tournament director should quickly go over to the table where he was to see if his time bank chips were left there, and it turns out they were. Jesse's not running some insane bluff; this is a spot where you can trust Jesse to not blatantly lie to you and say, "I have time banks," when he doesn't.
So given this very odd environment where everyone plays the tournaments all the time and everyone knows each other, I think he should be able to go get his time banks, or the tournament director should bring his time banks over."
Jessi's hand was not ruled dead, giving him the option to call or fold. Without too much delay, he moved the chips in and was eliminated, giving Shorr a large lead.
GGPoker poked fun at the classics with their tweet:
Dnegs took home a PGT Title (his third of the season) in a $10,100 Pot Limit Omaha event. On the final day, after bluffing chip leader Alex Foxen off a chop, Daniel took the lead and brought home $265,200.
In the last hand of the match, Daniel Negreanu and Foxen made full houses. Dnegs made Queens full of Aces on the turn, while Foxen was unfortunate enough to spike a 10 on the river for Tens full.
KKPoker wrapped up a schedule of October tournaments in their live poker location.
The final table is unlike any seen in America, but maybe it's not out of place in Shibuya, one of Japan's most colorful districts. It also matches their app design quite well.
