drunken scotty on espn

Yes, he should be ashamed of himself. But it's not bad for poker. Bad for what you (and I) want poker to be, maybe. And bad for him and his future sponsorships. But not bad for poker. Poker is what it is.

Poker has no image and it can't be made out to have one. IT IS A BUNCH OF DRUNK PEOPLE. Not you. And not me either. But..... it is what it is. And when the TV and glamor goes away. And it will. Poker will still be there. Moving that money around.

Poker isn't the NFL, NBA, MLB etc. Even though they will try to make it so, THEY CAN'T.

In other organized activities they can bar or fine a person based on their behavior. Basically control them. In poker they can penalize you on the spot for a violation, but they have no control over you. There is no contract. It's just poker and it will only occasionally be pretty on TV. When all the politically acceptable people make it to the final table, we get together around the coffee table. Ain't it pretty when all the people we like make it through. And when they act the way we want them to act. That's what brought the throngs to poker. Now they see it ain't so pretty.

"Well maybe if enough people get together and complain real loud, we can muscle this cigars and booze poker image out and push it towards the tuxedo set." ............... Ain't gonna happen.

That said. I wonder why they didn't slam Scotty for dropping the "F" bomb about three hundred million times. Geesh, a five minute break might have helped us all out.


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The issue here is not how drunk Scotty was. I Don't blame the kid for hating Scotty. He tried to stack the odds against the kid by teaming up with Eric. I'd be pissed too, if I was that kid.

Did anyone see the soft collusion Scotty was trying to instigate to get the kid out of the game?

Scotty folded KKxx in omaha to a dead rainbow flop, when Eric had an awful drawing hand and was check/ called the flop. When the turn came it gave Eric a small draw he bet (almost all in) and Scotty says "here's a gift, I had you but it's a gift" or something like that.

Later, he raised up a pot he thought Eric had a good chance of against the kid. After he folded and Eric still lost the pot, Scotty berated Lindgren for his play, saying he wasn't playing on his team or something similar.
Then he kept saying to Lindgren that he wouldn't be there if he hadn'r gifted him there. Finally, Lindgren had enough and said. "I don't care Scotty. I am not on Team Scotty and never will be. There is no Team Scotty." I am pretty sure that quote is accurate.

During this time the announcer keep commenting on his "questionable tactics."

Best quote of the night came on the last hand.

The kid - "I don't deserve this bracelet. I'm too young."

Scotty - "Your right, you don't."

BwaaaHaHaaaaaaaaa............ I love you Scotty.


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And to think I watched some of this live, just a tad pissed I missed the fun and games.