Izzy and Bri
Well, everybody has waded into the Isildur1 and Brian Hastings brew-ha-ha. I guess it is past time for me to do a mention. Although, it feels a bit like I'm designing one of the PBS pledge week bonanzas they put on with self-help gurus and crystal wearers.
There is a big enough tin-foil hat crowd involved in the poker scene already. This seems a bit like another version of a random number discussion. Terms Of Service are ignored everywhere. That is the basis for all this chest pounding<>hair shirt print. Every business has one. Look on the back of a parking ticket or store receipt and you'll find yourself the second class participant.
The gist of the discussion so far is:
It is all about TOS rules. We may or may not be bound by such writing. The courts proceed to interpret just how much of that boilerplate crap is binding in a transaction. I don't shop in a Walmart because of their TOS. I found out after it cost me $600. Typical. (Buy a big ticket item there and in 14 days you are on your own, sucker!)
TOS is a form of angle shooting. It is a two way street where the house starts off with stacking the deck and the suckers then read the fine print and suckout on the next guy down the food chain. TOS is like the joke about asking the guy why he's playing in a dishonest game with the response that it the only game in town.
So, did Isildure or Brian get screwed? Folks we all get screwed every day. It is built into the game of life. Even when you download freeware you click on a TOS agreement to install it. From there on up the deck's even more stacked.
With small exceptions, I'll go with Rini's analysis of liability in the mess. I'll disagree with the stake part. Few pros, if any, are using reasonable money management at these stakes. You don't stake a ring player that won't use it. I know. I did. (I got damn lucky but that's what it was – damn luck.)
I've got a copy of Poker Tracker Stud. It is presumed legit under the TOS. It even tries to analyse the data. Good Luck! It sucks. If you want to turn it into reasonable information, plan on doing a lot of grunt work. Yes, people do that. Is it wrong? Lazy asses like myself may cry foul to cover up our inadequacies. Tough, my fellow lazy asses.
Brian Hastings did the same thing every one of us does. He ignored the fine print. But he wasn't the lazy ass in the mess. Although, he joined a host of others at playing over their heads and bankrolls. That everyone's personal option. Just don't whine about it after. Nuff sed.
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