Saturday, May 31, 2014
What I'm Youtubing (Game 5 1988 NBA Finals)
1. You had to really kill someone to get a tech.
2. Adrian Dantley was a beast
3. The Pistons started out the game down 12 - 0 and won
Friday, May 30, 2014
All time Glass Ceiling teams: These teams came close for many years but never could win the title.
1. 1980 - 1987 Milwaukee Bucks - Won 6 straight division titles, got to the Conference semi’s or finals for 7 straight years and lost to either Celtics or Sixers
2. 1998 - 2001 Indiana Pacers - Got to 3 conference finals and one NBA finals but could not win it all.
3.1992 - 1994 Knicks - Great team that challenged the MJ Bulls and then beat them while Jordan was retired. Pat Ewing and led one of the scariest most talented supporting cast of all time.
Friday, May 23, 2014
5 Reasons why Ultimate Poker will Ultimately fail
I recently had a conversation with a dealer friend of mine that works for stations casinos. The first thing that came up was Ultimate Poker and it’s lack of success. Initially he gave me the company line about Nevada being a small state and not having enough traffic. However after a little pressing we got down to the root of some of the problems and at the end of the day despite several different excuses, the fact is the site has made some major mistakes that have lead to it’s decline.
1. No all in Chat Disabled - Why do they not have this? IMO this is the most egregious mistake that they could have made simply because it opens them up to questions of cheating. Poker players will put up with a lot, but one thing that they do not want to put up with is issues of cheating. So many times at the final table of these tournaments I have had my money all - in while someone else was tanking. Meanwhile some Jerk off is busy chatting about what he just folded. This wouldn’t be allowed in a card room, so why should it be allowed online?
2. Tournament Structure - This is the part that I don’t understand, does it cost more money to make a good tournament? In my way of thinking if I had a online poker site I would like to run the best structured tournaments that I could. In fact I would have gone to 20 min levels instead of the standard 15 min that many online tournaments used. I mean why wouldn’t I it’s not like the players can play only one tournament at a time. Wouldn’t the site benefit more by having people playing longer in deeper structured tournaments?
3. More Tournaments - While we are on the subject of tournaments, why are there so few. Typically on Ultimate Poker the guarantee tournaments start at about 4:30 and then are spaced out throughout the night. Why don’t they just run consistent small guarantee tournaments throughout the day just to keep the action going, like they do on Sunday’s?
4. Heads Up Cash Games - You would think that a site that only has a little traffic could really benefit from having heads up cash tables, especially considering that it is a local site. Think of how many Who’s a Better Player arguments could be solved simply by logging onto the site and playing heads up for rolls.
5. Cage Sign ups - This one I still don’t understand, so your going to operate the first ever online site, and you need poker players to play on that site, but your not going to use the live poker rooms on you property? This makes absolutely no sense to me. What they should have done from the start is make the online sign ups available right in the poker room. Every player that wanted to make a deposit or cash out should have had to walk through that poker room. This would have been a perfect way to kill two birds. However they made it indistinguishable by lumping the online poker transaction in with every other transaction that the casino makes. I’m no expert, but I would think that more people visiting the poker room is a good thing.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
My thought after the Conference Semi’s
2. The Donald Sterling issue caught up to the Clippers - It had to fatigue these guys, I felt like the collapses in gave 5 and game 6 was more a result of mental than physical fatigue.
3. Both Conference Finals series are going 7 - As a bettor I’m looking to play the ziz-zag and the dog heavy in this round. The four elite teams in the League are left and while all have questions each has a complete resume explaining why they can win the title.
(a) Pacers - Lost in 7 last year to the Heat. Lost last two year to the Heat. Have survived the 1st two rounds despite not playing their best.
(b) Thunder - Lost in the Finals in 2012. Have the reigning League MVP. Have survived the 1st two rounds despite not playing their best.
( c) Spurs - Are the Spurs
(d) Heat - See spurs answer
Not only are the resume’s compelling but each team is extremely familiar with their opponent. I’m looking forward to two 1980 type series were Home court is vital but either team is capable of winning in a must win situation.
4. Pacers Heat feels like Lakers Kings 2002 - I remember that year, we all got seduced by the Kings fancy passing and rocking arena. It felt like the Lakers run would end at two because they would have to play a game 7 on the road. In the end the best player in the world was on the Lakers at the time and the Kings just weren’t ready, I feel as we are going to be saying the same thing at the end of this series.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Club Fortune Casino Review
Monday, May 5, 2014
Four Thoughts After Round 1 of the Playoffs
1. Anyone can win the West - I can easily make a case for all four teams left to win the West.
(A) Spurs - Tony Parker needs to play better, and they need scoring from Kawai Leonard
(B) Blazers - Need their Bench to give them anything and have their stars play keep playing like stars.
(C) Thunder - Less shots from Westbrook,need someone from their Bench to be consistent
(D) Clippers - Need to play hard at all times, and get consistent Low Post Scoring from Blake
2. The Rockets need a new coach -I thought Mchale blew the series, it was a terrible idea to start Terrence Jones and it took him 2 full games to make the adjustment, and then you lose the series because you can't defend for 0.9 seconds? I know fans who saw Damian Lillard's shot think it was great, and it was, but real Hoop Heads know that you are supposed to switch all screens in that situation. What the hell is Chandler Parsons doing?
3. Pacers might be out of Jail - I thought it was tough Match -up for the Pacers in Round 1. Their not really that deep and they weren’t able to play their best lineup together because Hibbert couldn’t stay on the floor. In the next round against Washington I think they have a much better match up and should play a lot more free.
4. The Champs are vulnerable. - I don’t think Miami is nearly as good as they have been the last 3 years. They have no real depth, no Point guard and no Big Men, this is going to be the King’s biggest challenge this year. If he can do it the chase for MJ’s greatest ever spot officially begins.
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