what a maroon.

[nomofoshobro]

any of you know matt maroon? i read a few of his blog postings and found him to be a real whiner. he goes on and on about the money he makes and even talks about how he doesn't really like playing poker. it is just a job....... he is that annoying guy that just rails on people all the time. classic self-esteem problem.

oh, and he totally dumps on FTR here:

http://www.thepokerchronicles.com/archives/000485.html

what a jerk.

[Miffed22001]

who the !*&^ is matt maroon (what a sh%^y name)
nice things he wrote
I hope he's a good pro otherwise hes just a sucker
(actually if he's a pro then he sucks coz i aint heard of him)

[Les_Worm]

(actually if he's a pro then he sucks coz i aint heard of him)

Thats a pretty stupid thing to say. There are tons of pros that you have never heard of. Sure he dissed the site but who cares? We are growing and the opinions of a few won't stop that.

[realgenius]

interesting

[nomofoshobro]

les, you are absolutely right, but it just makes me laugh when i see someone like that who thinks they know everything about everything. actually, now that i think about it, that is how most of the people in the forum act. but dammit, they aren't dissing FTR!

from what i read on that maroon's site, he is a LIMIT player, and his disrespect is toward whoever did a writeup about LIMIT. i would be curious to know if he can effectively play NO LIMIT as well, but if he is a pro, i would think he can.

what really got me is how he came across as only in it for the money, and then disses a board that is full of people that love the game......period.

i am rambling......i just thought i would post it for comment.

[a500lbgorilla]

Yah, this has been brought up.

-'rilla

[Les_Worm]

what really got me is how he came across as only in it for the money, and then disses a board that is full of people that love the game......period.

I love the game but I love the money too and that is what I play for. If poker was only played for play money, I wouldn't play.

[nomofoshobro]

what has been brought up? that all the people on this board think they know everything?

or something about this maroon? i did a search before i posted and didn't see anything.

Yeah we saw this a few months ago now. Just let the little fishy post in his little bloggy and add him to your buddy lists where you can.

[vqc]

Thanks for the FTR defense guys

Good job!

(I saw real genius' post)
(and bens?)

[bencathers]

That'd be me. Had to defend the site that has helped my game dramatically

[a500lbgorilla]

I like mine da best. It has no point, I just wanted to make a funny

-'rilla

[Bailey]

I find it funny how unprofessional he acts when hes trying to sell a book, not to mention he spends his time writing a 2000 word blog entry insulting poker communitys and their skill level. Then he advertises his book as a book for players of all skill levels... which is pretty funny since he goes around and makes fun of beginners.

[Hogimacaca]

http://www.thepokerchronicles.com/

hes at it again

[a500lbgorilla]

I tried to go to babelfish and convert that to English but apparently they don't translate to or from idiotese.

Haha, he's pretty funny.

I wanted to post this but my it wouldn't work

"you tell em mang i wouldnt be caught DEAD posting there like 4000 times"

LIVEBOON OR DIE TRYING

-'rilla

[arkana]

Well considering the stakes he is playing his skill level should be a lot higher than your average poster on this forum, therefore its logical that he will find 'bad advice' on this site. How many of our members are trying to make 250k this year? Why he feels the need to diss the site on his blog I dont know, maybe it is an ego boost for him. I think for your average player there is a lot of useful information on here.

Hehehe, this guy is funny.

[journey075]

I tried to go to babelfish and convert that to English but apparently they don't translate to or from idiotese.

Haha, he's pretty funny.

I wanted to post this but my it wouldn't work

"you tell em mang i wouldnt be caught DEAD posting there like 4000 times"

LIVEBOON OR DIE TRYING

-'rilla

actually you were so talented you posted it twice .

[a500lbgorilla]

Skillz, baby. Skillz.

-'rilla

[realgenius]

I wonder why he bothered to post something about us again, since we are obviously a bunch of nobodys to him. I guarantee we got some new hits because of him, so we should probably thank him for the pub.

[realgenius]

Ok, this is the last breath I'm going to waste on this guy. His book that he is writing sells for $10 on amazon. Must be some valuable information in there. Why would anyone buy that book vs one from the big names. I did an internet search for his name, and all that comes up is his little blog. He's a wanna be. Obviously no one reads his blog, he's gotten at most 9 comments to one post. Time for us all to wish him well and move on.

[koolmoe]

I'll probably buy his book thanks to this thread.

FWIW, I think he is correct about the specific items he mentioned in his blog in the 6-max guide.

Though I disagree with him that you have to see 30% or more flops to be good, I don't think that a VP$IP above 30 is all that bad since a good portion of your VP$IP will be devoted to defending against blind steals, depending on the game. I used to see about 23% VP$IP, but it's up considerbaly now thanks to defending and stealing more often.

[RuffRidr]

I hope when his book is released on Amazon that he doesn't get a bunch of bad reviews. That would suck for him...

--RuffRidr

[a500lbgorilla]

Im much funnier then him

Must. Validate. The size. Of my e-penis.

-'rilla

[UncleBuddy]

http://www.thepokerchronicles.com/

hes at it again

How silly. Big shot who makes 200K per year playing poker taking shots at little ol us. I'm sure his 28 loyal readers are impressed.

[Gatlin Dan]

Why he feels the need to diss the site on his blog I dont know.

He's probably just pissed 'cause fishstick got him banned.

[Xianti]

Why he feels the need to diss the site on his blog I dont know...

Because you guys keep going over there. I imagine he's getting a lot of our traffic... and likely profiting from it... at least, to some extent.

[Xianti]

I guarantee we got some new hits because of him, so we should probably thank him for the pub.

True that.

roffle.. it's almost like we're both promoting each other.

[nomofoshobro]

......i just thought i would post it for comment.

i was successful.

xianti, you are right, there is no such thing as bad PR.

i guess even if we rail on him, and he rails on us, FTR gets more traffic and he gets more hits and possibly more people buying his book. let's drop it and stop giving him free publicity..........i am sorry i started this now.

it just got me going when i first saw it, and i posted just to find out if anyone else had seen it.

oh, hi there matt.......thanks for stopping by.

[nomofoshobro]

Im much funnier then him

but you still need a 6th grade english refresher course.

[Greedo017]

Im much funnier then him

but you still need a 6th grade english refresher course.

i think this is a terrible idea, its going to totally mess up his Advanced Engineering English class "Write like a 9 year old".

[a500lbgorilla]

I write good. I know english.

-'rilla

[Miffed22001]

I write good. I know english.

-'rilla

This is debatable on several levels.
Primarily you are a 500lbgorilla
Secondly you are from the wrong side of the pond to know goot english you spell it wrong (but we'll not pick now eh )

[jmontis]

funny, but i could really care less about what anyone says about FTR's or my own playing ability, I'll just count the profits at the end of the year.