Isn't live-streaming a tournament on Twitch a bad thing?

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I notice there are a lot of big-name Twitch streamers who stream their poker tournaments every now and then, but since they're a pretty well-known Twitcher, wouldn't it be a bad idea to live-stream their tournament considering any other player at their table could watch the live-stream and look at the streamer's cards?
 
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they usually set a delay on the stream of about 5 mins so what you are watching on twitch is actually 5 minutes ago.
 
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Most are delayed and they don't tell viewers in advance which tournaments they are about to enter
 
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Twitchy to have the opportunity to put delay in streaming video up to 2 hours
 
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They stream on a delay so other players can't see their cards. If they're playing cash games it can be a shorter delay but usually for tournaments its 5-8 minutes or even longer for higher stakes.
 
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I notice there are a lot of big-name Twitch streamers who stream their poker tournaments every now and then, but since they're a pretty well-known Twitcher, wouldn't it be a bad idea to live-stream their tournament considering any other player at their table could watch the live-stream and look at the streamer's cards?

Only if they were stupid enough to stream in real time.

Daniel Negreanu was asked about this once. His answer was that he didn't care since he would know if his opponent(s) knew his strategy, and he would play them accordingly.

It's like that movie about pool where Fast Eddy told his protege: "I taught you everything you know, not everything I know".
 
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