Hustler Casino Live reg Andy Stacks has tweeted an apology for his behaviour on Thursday’s live stream saying politics in poker sometimes feel like poison. After burning through $600,00 in a matter of hours, Stacks vented his frustrations at the players leaving mid-show, one-by-one.
Last Thursday on HCL, I watched myself light $600k on fire in a few hours. The players who were up bailed one by one mid stream. I panicked as the game quickly vanished into thin air.
I regrettably vented my frustration on stream and to anyone I wanted to hold responsible. Not…
— Andy Stacks (@andystackspoker) December 3, 2023
The main source of his anger? Politics!
“Politics in poker is the reality of this game- no real alliances, just everyone out for themselves.”
Of course, that’s always been the case. Why else would it be different?
The answer for anyone frustrated with how the politics of cash games run is simple — consider switching to tournaments.
I understand why so many of my previous cash game opponents have all turned to tournaments.
— Andy Stacks (@andystackspoker) December 3, 2023
And Andy Stacks said this is exactly what most of his pervious cash game opponents have done.
Is Andy Stacks Right?
As for Stacks having any right to complain about players leaving early, maybe he actually does. One X/Twitter poster said that the players leaving were off to a juicy private game.
Should they not have some commitment to Hustler Casino Live to respect their invites in the first place?
I completely disagree with this only because from my understanding they went to a private game, players are allowed to leave whenever they want for personal reasons but to take hundreds of thousands of dollars off the table just to go to a different game that is completely…
— Jory Moisan (@Disposition96) December 4, 2023
This is also a TV game they were leaving, one that is supposed to be something special for entertainment, too.
Maybe there should be some kind of protocol for this kind of behaviour if players want to be invited back.
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