State Of Origin - Have your say

[Nauv]

Minh nguyen's recent live nlhe tourney results are as good as anyone's from qld. He isnt well known and is pretty quiet and keeps to himself. Wasnt mentioned so far but should be there in my opinion.

[grunter]

Originally Posted by Nauv

Minh nguyen's recent live nlhe tourney results are as good as anyone's from qld. He isnt well known and is pretty quiet and keeps to himself. Wasnt mentioned so far but should be there in my opinion.

yes agree. Minh is the best NLHE MTTer from QLD that I have played with

note: haven't played with Vos or Harris

[Londolozi]

How about the Captains get scrapped and a panel select the best of all states. Seems to be a decent way to get rid of all the fairly poor selections that are made each year.
Probably get the panel made up of those who wouldn't be playing. Jonno, Danny, Australian Poker Room Managers etc.

[random_chu]

how about get rid of the clueless livetards

[SEABEAST]

people on this board way over-rate online players for the purpose of this event, though of course people originally chosen to pick teams under-rated them.

i say this every year but no-one notices or cares when you win a $109 freezeout online, just the same as no-one notices or cares when you win a live $550 side event.

the teams should be picked objectively based on a combination of long-term success, recent form, and respect among peers.

ultimately it should aim to represent the 8 "most relevant" players from each state, so just as someone who used to win a lot but has now struggles to beat the game shouldn't make the cut anymore, someone who quietly wins money online without meeting anyone or bothering to seek the spotlight shouldn't be playing the event either as they are not really relevant to australian poker.

[Diplomatic Immunity]

Originally Posted by grunter

There are people who should clearly be in teams regardless of whether or not they have had a 'recent result' or not. For instance, I think Joe Hachem could not cash in another tournament for the rest of his life and still have the right to be selected in the Victorian team, similarly a guy like Billy the Croc, a hall of famer, has more claims to selection than a player who might snare a win in an obscure leg of an ANZPT a week before the State of Origin and has no other results to his/her name.

100% Agree with Grunter on this ..... and this won't happen often

[Diplomatic Immunity]

Originally Posted by SEABEAST

people on this board way over-rate online players for the purpose of this event, though of course people originally chosen to pick teams under-rated them.

i say this every year but no-one notices or cares when you win a $109 freezeout online, just the same as no-one notices or cares when you win a live $550 side event.

the teams should be picked objectively based on a combination of long-term success, recent form, and respect among peers.

ultimately it should aim to represent the 8 "most relevant" players from each state, so just as someone who used to win a lot but has now struggles to beat the game shouldn't make the cut anymore, someone who quietly wins money online without meeting anyone or bothering to seek the spotlight shouldn't be playing the event either as they are not really relevant to australian poker.

And this 105%

[pokerhontas]

should just take half the team from hendon mob live earnings and the other half from pocketfives for online. surely cant be too hard.

[bazooka87]

Originally Posted by SEABEAST

ultimately it should aim to represent the 8 "most relevant" players from each state, so just as someone who used to win a lot but has now struggles to beat the game shouldn't make the cut anymore, someone who quietly wins money online without meeting anyone or bothering to seek the spotlight shouldn't be playing the event either as they are not really relevant to australian poker.

Is this because I didn't introduce myself when I sat next to you at APPT Syd? I was GOING to at the first break but Jarred knocked me out, WHY ALL THE HATE OMG?!?!

[dave798111]

Originally Posted by bazooka87

Is this because I didn't introduce myself when I sat next to you at APPT Syd? I was GOING to at the first break but Jarred knocked me out, WHY ALL THE HATE OMG?!?!

mate you might have won a 20 cubed or 2 in 2008 - the game has moved on now. Sorry.