Antonio Esfandiari is a commentator donkey

[jayfly]

so what the guy made a mistake, are u perfect, no u are a penis for even saying something about it. I will take him over you in a heads up match.

[eberetta1]

Being off by 2 percent off the top of your head is good enough for me.

[TheCentaur]

so what the guy made a mistake, are u perfect, no u are a penis for even saying something about it. I will take him over you in a heads up match.

[BeerDog99]

I kinda like him as a commentator. I imagine it is pretty hard and also boring so all in all, not too bad with not too much experience.

Cheers.

[TheCentaur]

BTW, no USA poker ryder cup team members are allowed to talk in this thread. Put all my points on you guys and don't want to hear it

[CanuckG]

kara scott yummy

[sinmiedo]

kara scott yummy

agree. she is and the one from poker after dark. super yummy

[playersonly69]

5 on the turn and 5 on the river would be a higher full house

[the10man]

this has actually happended at a home game i was at and the dude with the pp thought he won.

some people just shoudnt play cards

[thechaoz]

Lon is throwing him off

[CanuckG]

this last elimination is gonna take awhile

[nyed1010]

I would lay a trillion to one on Antonio in a heads up match between you and him. The guy makes one mistake and you feel the need to log onto SBR to make a thread about it

[TheCentaur]

I would lay a trillion to one on Antonio in a heads up match between you and him.

Definite -ev bet. You're as good with numbers as those fools at fannie mae and freddie mac were.

[nyed1010]

Definite -ev bet. You're as good with numbers as those fools at fannie mae and freddie mac were.

centaur, let's be real. Antonio would win 8 of 10 matches and the 2 he loses would be major suckouts by you. Regardless, that's besides the point, the point here is that it's comical that you felt the need to make a thread about something as trivial as this and to bash a highly regarded poker player. And laying a trillion to one was obviously a hyperbole to match the ridiculousness of this thread. Though, I still would lay a significant amount on Antonio.

[TheCentaur]

centaur, let's be real. Antonio would win 8 of 10 matches and the 2 he loses would be major suckouts by you. Regardless, that's besides the point, the point here is that it's comical that you felt the need to make a thread about something as trivial as this and to bash a highly regarded poker player. And laying a trillion to one was obviously a hyperbole to match the ridiculousness of this thread. Though, I still would lay a significant amount on Antonio.

He isnt that good of a player. Don't get me wrong, I like the guy. Watching him on high stakes poker though he was always one of the worst, nittiest players at the table.
The reason I brought his comment up is:
A)Nobody is perfect, but on national tv I wouldn't think he would make that kind of a mistake and
2)ESPN is trying to expand its coverage and there are a lot of less experienced people trying to figure out what is going on. Misrepresenting the number of outs has got to be confusing, and neither he nor Lon ever caught it and
Why are you so touchy about him, you got a mancrush?

[nyed1010]

He isnt that good of a player. Don't get me wrong, I like the guy. Watching him on high stakes poker though he was always one of the worst, nittiest players at the table.
The reason I brought his comment up is:
A)Nobody is perfect, but on national tv I wouldn't think he would make that kind of a mistake and
2)ESPN is trying to expand its coverage and there are a lot of less experienced people trying to figure out what is going on. Misrepresenting the number of outs has got to be confusing, and neither he nor Lon ever caught it and
Why are you so touchy about him, you got a mancrush?

Guys make mistakes all the time. There are commentators in other sports that get basic rules of the game wrong all the time. Getting the number of outs in a poker hand wrong is really not that big of a deal, especially when it happens once. It's pretty ridiculous for you to create a thread about it and also bash the guy like he's some nobody. It's not about Antonio, you could of made this thread about any commentator in any sport and I would have responded the same way.

[TheCentaur]

Well I was bored too. Agreed it isn't a that big of a deal.

[brucethebear]

if another 4 comes out he has quads with a better kicker

Happened at my home game.
Chips go in post flop - 10,10,2
QQ vs AQ
Turn - 10
River - 10

Sick hand.

[stevenash]

Lon is definitely the weak link

I like Lon.

[DeluxeLiner]

i liked the commentary. thought it was pretty decent. this new live action stuff was pretty great. i liked watching every hand.

[k13]

I would lay a trillion to one on Antonio in a heads up match between you and him. The guy makes one mistake and you feel the need to log onto SBR to make a thread about it

You are over estimating skill in poker.

[jjgold]

THere is very little skill in poker

it is a game of chance

always new people winning tourneys

[nyed1010]

You are over estimating skill in poker.

and you obviously have no idea the skill it takes to become a consistent winning poker player. Of course there is luck in poker, but you can go play any pro poker player and over an adequate sample size of hands, I guarantee you they will take your entire bankroll.

[Scooter]

Esfandiari and the live coverage itself was as good as it gets, at least to date.
Excellent commentary beginning to end by Esfandiari.

[thetrinity]

ya i caught the minor mistake by antonio. ive seen way worse in commentating. lon and norm are about as clueless as they come when it comes to poker. id much rather see it be lon as the play by play guy and any pro instead of norman chad. i think lamb has a great chance to win this. id pick him or odea if i had to choose 1.

[brooks85]

too bad antonio would take every dollar you have

[Dutch]

I watched till 3am, still don't know who went out 10th.

[Dutch]

Looks like Hewitt. Both those small stacks hung on.

[CanuckG]

i fell asleep o well

[rm18]

Hewitt made a bad call at like 5:00 am est and was out soon after

[thetrinity]

Hewitt made a bad call at like 5:00 am est and was out soon after

just seeing it now makes it 1.1 mil bounahra moves in for 9.3 mil (kk) and he calls with k high (kqo). do you know what position they were in on the hand?

[CanuckG]

bounahra was the nittiest player too.....why the fukk did he call with KQ

[thetrinity]

bounahra was the nittiest player too.....why the fukk did he call with KQ

unless it was blind v blind or somethin of that nature pretty bad IMO. was around 18 bbs or so when bounahra moved in. like u said bounahra was a nit, a nit at a pretty aggro table nonetheless.

[rm18]

just seeing it now makes it 1.1 mil bounahra moves in for 9.3 mil (kk) and he calls with k high (kqo). do you know what position they were in on the hand?

Bounahra was the BB, I dont know exactly where Hewitt was somewhere in middle position I think. I guess you could probably look up where they were sitting relative to each other somewhere.

[k13]

and you obviously have no idea the skill it takes to become a consistent winning poker player. Of course there is luck in poker, but you can go play any pro poker player and over an adequate sample size of hands, I guarantee you they will take your entire bankroll.

You said "heads up match"

They would need a HUGE sample size to overcome variance.

I'll take on any "pro", they can't do anything different than I can't do.

Only difference is they have backers.