Roger de Coverly wrote:Jon Mahony wrote:The commentators would then have something to analyse, but a lot of GM games, seem to have long thinks around the move 6 mark.
A more commentator friendly time limit would be to give players ten to twenty minutes at the start and then get an extra two or two and a half minutes every move. Unless adjournments were reinstated, the increments would have to be speeded up beyond move 40 or 60.
Definitely Roger, problem is though you would never get any serious games played at that time control (championships etc) and so I’d always have the feeling I was watching a live skittles game for TV.
Stewart Reuben wrote:I played poker against both the late Devilfish and Phil Hellmuth (The poker brat). I think I won money against both of them overall, but I retired in 2010 as I was no longer winning.
Chess, poker, bridge are all best pre-recorded and then edited. Jim Plaskett told ne that ''Do you want to be a millionaire?' was considerably edited. It was made to look as if his decisions were practically instantaneous when he won £250,000. In reality he took a considerable time.
Jon Mahony, I wonder whether you would enjoy going to Vegas and kibbitzing the World Series in the playing hall?
I would certainly love that Stuart - I plan to play a satellite tournament over the weekend that gets you a free seat in the UK championship in Feb, see if I can do a Chris Moneymaker on a smaller scale
I would of course jump at the chance to go to the Word series in Vegas - sadly I can’t afford the £7.000 entry fee let alone all the expenses on top.
I hope you took Hellmuth all-in, is he as irritating as he appears to be on TV? There is a great clip on Youtube where Devilfish is late and holding a tournament up, Hellmuth is of course very vocal when Dave finally arrives, the Fish looks him up and down and says “Well now I’m going for a pee, so f*** you” He later takes a huge pot off him with a pair of K's and higher kicker, Classic
And yes if you feel you aren’t winning it’s a very good idea to call it a day, Chess you loose a few rating points, have a bad run at poker and the bankroll goes down (something I find infinitely more distressing).