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Edd Giddins in terrible
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flicked on the sky repeat the other day and there was Mr Giddins analyzing poker hands, he is ok with very basic stuff that your grandmother should know but other than that generally pretty terrible,
this isn't an attack on the man as I'm sure he is a very nice fellow and does his best with the limited knowledge he has
there are some very good players on sky and some of them contribute to the forums, i would like to see these guys given an opportunity to contribute to the TV shows either in person or on skype i feel this would be far more beneficial to the viewers and to Mr Giddins
this isn't an attack on the man as I'm sure he is a very nice fellow and does his best with the limited knowledge he has
there are some very good players on sky and some of them contribute to the forums, i would like to see these guys given an opportunity to contribute to the TV shows either in person or on skype i feel this would be far more beneficial to the viewers and to Mr Giddins
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regards Acad148
Oh, and I really rate Giddins personally- I love his analysis and personally think he's got good game. Look at Howard Lederer for the opposite end of the spectrum- probably one of the most knowledgable players in the entire game, I doubt many know more about it than him- but he's a terrible player and his handreading is appalling whilst he plays. Giddins has a lot more instinct about him, I feel, and in general is well in place as an analyst.
I am a huge fan of Ed's. I think his analysis is spot on 99% of the time. At the end of the day, the lower buy-in MTTs (incl. the Open) are tournaments where the decisions you face aren't actually that difficult and you can make a tidy profit playing pretty solid.
As for being Ok on the basics and his actual ability otherwise; 1) the tv program is necessarily pretty basic at times as it's largely aimed at beginning players; 2) as far as I know he's a professional STT/MTT player so he must be doing something right and I certainly wouldn't turn my nose up at his advice.
JC
great idea with the hand from 1 persons perspective, should do a half hour slot with 1 person on any table or even follow one player for 10 minutes then another would be very good
I assume that they have time limits that they can spend on each hand. Also he has to do his analysis on the spot on a live TV show which doesn't make things easier. And he is probably constrained by the 'deepness' of his commentry by the shows main audience, which is new/casual poker players who want basic hints and tips to aid in their game. He is also one of the more 'honest' of the analysts and does actually say when a particular play is bad, where some other presenters will just gloss over it as being 'unconvential'.
And you have to remember that the TV channel is also about entertainment. Ed is good at having some balance and is at ease talking about non poker subjects off the cuff.
The one thing I will say is that he brings out the same stories/anecdotes about certain players EVERY show, if their hand is being featured.
Once you have done that and been successful in your analysis 100% of the time over a long period, then and only then you can say Ed is terrible imo.
Why are you so quick to critizise, when you have no idea how hard it is? Ed has his own opinions about poker and his own playing style and i have found some of his views very helpful and interesting.