33 replies to this topic

[pokerkid2005]

Complete bullshit. The guy is a cocky bastard. He knows what he did is wrong, and hes trying to send out public apologies for it. What I would like to see is for him to admit that he was an *******, plain and simple. You just dont belittle people, plain and simple, no matter what your playing for. Everyone saying " well now that I read your apology, I feel different " are just kissing his ass.

[JustinHEMI04]

And I would like for you to publically apologize for me having to read that and waste 2 minutes of my life. Plus another minute and a half wasted typing this pointless response except to point out that you are now on the level he portrayed.Justin

[Cygnus]

Quote

You just dont belittle people

:roll: When does your appology come?

[foodbanker]

I definitely do not condone what Josh said to David after being knocked out. The only thing that I found unappropriate was calling Raymer an A-hole. He could have just said.."Take him Down David". And that would have been fine. But it seems to me, at least he knows that he made a mistake. And he'll have to live with it for quite a while. I believe that is punishment enough. We all have had bad beats in poker. We all experienced the anger that accompanys it. But to get to the point of calling someone an A-hole is uncalled for. The Seahawks just beat the Cardinals in Football. Are the Cardinals going to goto the Jet's and say "Take down them MotherFathers!!"ok ok..he did something wrong. He knows it. We all made mistakes in our lives. Lets get over it and move on.

[rxq]

WAA WAA WAA. Your not a nice person I don't like you. WAAAA You said nasty things about people.You act like he tied his wife up and threw her in the bay. I guess most of you guys who are complaining about Josh(we are on a first name bases now) don't play at B&M's because there are so REAL a-s-s holes out there that play poker.

[JL]

First, although I don not agree with Josh's comments he made to Harry Demetriou, David Williams, or any of the other televised incidents on ESPN, put yourself in his shoes for a second. He was playing for 5 MILLION DOLLARS!Let me repeat that so it sinks in, 5 MILLION DOLLARS!He has a wife and kids, that is a life changing amount of money. I'm not saying he should be excused, but money and greed are very powerful things and can easily make people act or behave in a different manner than they normally do.And it's not just Josh Arieh that were affected by the money this year. Look at how Scott Fischman acted when he won his first bracelet, he acted like a child. But think about it, he's 20 something years old and won a WSOP bracelet. I'd have a hard time controlling my emotions and actions as well. He showed more composure with the second bracelet.Mattias Anderson, another 20 something and he made the final table at the Main Event. Sure his ever annoying DAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! was a bit extreme, but again, put yourself in his shoes. Coming to Vegas and making the final table is a dream come true for every single internet player out there.Josh did apologize and you have to give him props for that. No way does it change the way he acted but it at least shows he knows he was wrong and hey, we're all just human. Have you never made a mistake and had to apologize for it? Emotional self control is just another one of those things professional players have to learn to manage just like thier bankroll. Josh definitely needs some work, but he at least made the first step with his apology.

[rkard]

Sure he was, but so was the guy on the other end of his abuse. Did he behave like that? I guess some people are able to keep their competitive hate for others on a subdued level better than others. I mean, Mattias Andersson the swedish guy, also had a lot of competitive energy (it was JAAA, not DAA). Instead of directing it towards insults he directed it towards celebration. Maybe someone should work on directing their competitive spirit towardss celebration, because surely, he'd not want his Children to see him behaving like that.THINK OF THE CHILDREN DAMNIT! THE CHILDREN! (if he has any, or once he gets some) THE CHILREN!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wilderness]

I love how so many people like to get on the two sides of this and argue about it. Sure, it was edited to show only his bad side and sure he acted like a jerk enough to give them material to edit. But in the big scheme of things, who really cares?It doesn't affect most of us so there's no real reason to get bent out of shape one way or another. And it was only one tournament, so it doesn't really say that much about him except he wasn't that in control of himself for that tournament.Seriously though, it all just comes down to thinking about the children. Always the children.

[pokertvstar]

Holy Cow!!! You people CAN NOT POSSIBLY BE THAT STUPID!!! ESPN can NOT edit something to make someone look bad. Josh acted that way on his own--ESPN's crime was they RAN IT IN THE COVERAGE!!! Stop blaming the betwork for it.On the other hand, Josh has apologized (on more than one occassion), he and Harry D have moved on from it. Perhaps the rest of you should as well. While I hated his behavior at the WSOP, I refuse to crucify him for it anymore. The man has made amends. Let it lie.Happy New year all!

[gkunit20]

Where have all these posters gone?

[Demonde]

Where have all these posters gone?

poster-hell

[Golden]

Where have all these posters gone?

Wow. What a bump of a completely obscure thread. Where did you find this?

[powerpoker]

hes been doing it all day...lol

although this one i didnt read the dates of the old posters and i was wondering what the hell he was talkin about....

[Azreous]

Well, since the thread got revived anyway...

The Seahawks just beat the Cardinals in Football. Are the Cardinals going to goto the Jet's and say "Take down them MotherFathers!!"

No, the Cardinals are too fucking used to losing by now. They're going to go to the Jets and have the J-E-T-S help them gain another high first round draft pick they can waste on another WR.

The end.

[whale_hunter]

God I hate all the newbs on here.

[rsmbox]

love how this was the op's only post ever

[ajs510]

I was looking through the post...thinking to myself "Who's Josh?" "Who's David?" "Is this about Redpill?" "What the hell did I miss???" "WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE???"

Then, of course, I saw the dates.

[KDawgCometh]

Where have all these posters gone?

I miss rkard, he was awesome. Wilderness though was one of those jerkoffs who always told you where to put a thread. The majority of his posts were like, this post belongs in teh online forum, this post belongs in teh book forum, etc etc

[DrawingDeadInDM]

Where have all these posters gone?

I miss rkard, he was awesome. Wilderness though was one of those jerkoffs who always told you where to put a thread. The majority of his posts were like, this post belongs in teh online forum, this post belongs in teh book forum, etc etc

I'm gonna start being that guy.

A thread encouraging people to join the forums gets moved to Off Topic--where LURKERS CAN'T READ IT.

But threads like. "Dan," where the OP simply says, "Who is Dan?" go on for days.

Dumb.

I know you guys do a lot of work around here for literally no pay, but, I'm a bit annoyed.

[DrawingDeadInDM]

Anyone notice Rkard's title, by the way?

Poker Forum Maniac, eh?