bodog result 25th march

joker wins another. good game all that cashed and jay for the good play with 3 left on the table.

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I enjoyed the game tonight. Higher level of play than usual on Bodog.

You guys are good.

joker wins another , I been hearing that in a lot of threads lately
congrats again joker , good game . congrats earl ,squarer and swoop on the cash , vgg good game everyone

Congrats to all who cashed.

Congrats on the win joker and to all who cashed,,,,, buck

Congrats on the win Joker and to all cashees - i still dont know why i called Swoop (he had AA - i didnt )

BIG NEWS ALERT

With just a few days left (remember 31st March games count as well), we have a new leader

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Must commit ritual sepuku now.

(If only I could have picked up some bullshit 1,000 pointers on Titan... oh well)

that attitude is ritual sepuku . I'd say concentrate on the last 6 games
you can still do it easily imo . only time will tell .

I think the titan people can't play alot of our late games so ... evens out imo

good job Ian sir , thanks for finally moving me up a little , the cake is in the mail as per our agreement

Yuk, it will be all squidgy if you send it to him by mail. Tell you what, I'll deliver it to him by hand on your behalf...

you are the man sir . now I'm thinking if I can get him cake that isn't squidgy and more often , I got a shot at first

Im liking the way this is going

You know what? Hats off to Joker - 6 wins is awesome! WTG! Pressure's on now, with the finish line in sight....whoever wins deserves it. I think it's a great side competition, and as time goes on will only encourage more and more players to take part.

Great job Ian to keep it all updated!

Now, if you prefer beer to squidgy cake, I'll be in London in 30 days.....

Isn't Ian up in the wilds of bonny Scotland somewhere?

Here's to kicking Azz on top of leaderbord...........CHEERRRS!

Bullshit 1000 points on Titan sound like sour grapes. Not our fault US players can't play. abit like me saying bullshit games on pokerstars and Ultimate and Tilt where they start at midnight or 1am where we don't get to play.

I suppose next time you are on Jokers table you will be shouting for the other guy when he goes all in like you do when I play.

Nice win Joker, you are on great form especially against me lately lol

There's a difference between "can't" and "not willing to"

Where sour grapes are concerned theres no difference

^^this.

The simple fact of the matter is, that joker is now ahead of the next three people because of those points. Since the point structure is weighted toward the top/winning, having access to a small field event allows you to gain those disproportionate points more easily. It's an unfair advantage, plain and simple.

Titan should be excluded from the next quarter.

Also, don't take it so personally, of course I am rooting against people near the top of the LB, what's the big deal about that?

I rate you as a good player probably one of the best players on the forum, but that doesn't give you the divine right to dictate the rules of what counts and what doesn't count. As I said earlier certain tournaments are suitable for some player but not for others.

In the Titan games you mention you can win 1000 in the others you can earn up to 4000. Some have advantages and some disadvantages as far as the leaderboard is concerned. I don't make the rules but accept them.

Secondly as for rooting for other people, there is a difference between rooting and being disrespectful.

If you were playing in a live game and 100 people entered. It got down to 11 players and top 10 got paid. If one of the shortstacks who happened to be around 250lbs and built like a brick outhouse went all in and someone else called, would you be shouting for the cards which would knock the shortstack out and put you in the money and give you points if it was a league event.

I don't think so unless you didnt mind being put through the nearest window.

I thought there was a discussion recently about sites that ban certain countries not being allowed (Titan-US, Bodog-Canada I think) in the leaderboards..

It is not the fault of Europeans generally or of anyone here that Americans can`t play at certain sites. Your own representatives (alleged) did it.

Whilst we have a good deal of sympathy, it does get a bit tiresome to hear about it constantly.

Realistically, you can`t expect the rest of the world to live their lives differently because your government is unrepresentative of your views.

Can't we just blame the French? Come on - it's only fair!!

Probably, we blame them for most things.

Yup they did burn our sheep

Ok, first I want to apologize to you for rooting for the card your opponent needed in the chat. It wasn't meant to be mean spirited, but rather along the lines of what you see typically from friends rooting for you in a rail.

Secondly, I'm not dictating rules to anyone, merely stating my opinion regarding the Titan games: since the points system is weighted disproportionately toward top finishes, having access to small field games that others do not is an unfair advantage. It's my opinion that they should be excluded in the future.

Also, no one is blaming you that US players can't have accounts at certain sites. But don't blame us either. The US government didn't tell us we couldn't play, and in fact, it is NOT illegal to do so. Sites withdrew or stayed in the US market on an individual basis by their own volition.

Good luck to everyone in the remaining games...

I must be honest and be a boring fence-sitter and say I can understand both viewpoints here. On one hand, it does seem rather inherently unfair that our US friends are exempted from a proportion of the games, however by that same token should we not also be removing Bodog games from the LB points earners as Canadians can't play there? Should we be punishing others because certain poker sites don't have balls?

Ian runs the LB (and a great job he does of it too), so I don't want to step on his toes, but perhaps some sort of 'compromise tweak' to Titan (and low participation game points in general) would be best?

Katy, I don't really see why calling cards is 'disrespectful'. A lot of the time when I'm railing a CC game I'll call for the card someone needs if they have only a few outs, not because I'd prefer one person to win the hand over another, but just because I think it would be funny if they hit. If this makes me a douche, so be it, I guess! Fact is, online poker and live poker are completely different beasts - you'd probably get thrown out of a casino for sitting naked at a table and masturbating, but not so online!

That said, I do suppose people who say stuff like "THANK GOD HE'S GONE WE'RE ITM NOW WOOO" after a long bubble tilt me to the extreme, even if I'm one of those ITM. There's a line between friendly rooting, messing about, and being a douche.

I have no problem with Chris` suggestion. Personally, I have no interest in the leaderboard. I don`t play in enough of the games for it to matter to me.

Therefore, I offer my opinion as a reasonably detached observer:

My impression, having played several times in both, is that the Titan game has a smaller but tougher field than (say) the Bodog game. Nearly all of the players in the Titan game are regulars and CC members of long standing, whereas the field in the Bodog game is more mixed.

I thought there was a poll, and people voted to still include Bodog?This strikes me as a little disingenuous. They didn't just decide for no reason at all to stop US players. There was some legislation introduced by the American government involving banks and "gambling" transactions, IIRC.

I have always felt that neither Titan nor Bodog should be included in the leaderboard. We should only include sites that allow all players - at least from major countries. (If Pokerstars were to exclude Tuvalu then we would probably have to ignore that.)

The strongest argument for including them in the past was that since it was averages it didn't matter. However we have been basing the leaderboard on points for quite some time and we should make a change because of that.

Time zones are a different matter. We try to be as fair as possible about spreading the games over different time zones and still trying to keep them at times that the most people can play. I am not going to complain when there are games I could play at if I stayed home or stayed up later - or adjusted my personal schedule for.

I think AG had a good point - but he wasn't very tactful in making it and while the rules are what they are we should be supportive of everyone who has rightfully earned their way to the top of the board. And for me to accept and support his point we would have to include Bodog in the same category as Titan.

So - great job joker!!

Ian does a fantastic job with the leaderboard by the way!!!

That discussion was when the leaderboard was based on averages not total points.

Also - most of us Americans who play poker had absolutely nothing to do with what has happened to poker for us. And there are plenty of sites that still offer poker to US players despite it all. There is nobody I ever voted for that passed that law.

Both parts of that post make a lot of sense.Fence sitter yes, but boring - no! You racist!

It was the only small country I could think of lol.