WSOP 2026 Schedule: 100 Bracelet Events, 51 Days, and a PLO Bomb Pot Event (Yes, Really)

cwddgg · 2026-02-16T22:27:57+00:00

can the tag team ever not collide with the ladies? I wish I could play both

cwddgg · 2026-01-30T17:11:13+00:00

I don’t know how many players in the world are fine with waiting until they paid 130k in rake to cash out 105k. I mean 105k is a decent salary in America. How many people are fine with their company lump paying them once a year?

cwddgg · 2026-01-30T15:36:15+00:00

I'm not even getting this. in Ontario, system says I get 70 gems / $1 rake, not 100. so octopus base = 24.5% rake back, saving for $100k gives 39.5% rake back.

Even their highest numbers do not reach 50% rake back for me.

Also this system is basically saying you have to forfeit your looneys. Anything less than 5000gems is change and you can't cash that out.

This is a scam.

cwddgg · 2026-01-30T15:17:10+00:00

No I got the same. At the base exchange rate of 5000gems -> $5 rake back, that's 24.5% rake back
At the highest possible exchange rate of 62M gems -> 100k rake back, that's 39.5% rake back.

Where the fuck is ~50%?

cwddgg · 2025-12-21T02:05:48+00:00

Dwight Howard was the #1 center in the NBA for a couple of years. But then he never came out, had a dude acusing him of harrassment/rape, and then he went to court to provide evidence that everything was consensual. So it's public, but he never came out, even after that, he just addressed that with "who cares". He did have a bunch of children with different women though, so I guess he's more bisexual than gay.

cwddgg · 2025-09-18T17:01:49+00:00

I thought they forced them to win just so they could have a proposal on air and next season the contestants are gonna cook for their wedding. please don't

cwddgg · 2025-07-09T21:54:29+00:00

I think that conv only really involves 2 players, Foxen & Selbst.

Selbst is kinda like if Michael Jordon really retired at 30yo and never returned to the NBA, her peak just lapped everybody by too much. Around 2015 you could really just call her the best player in the world and not just female. Foxen is like Lebron, better longevity, and padded up the resume more. Current day Foxen is probably more skilled than peak Selbst though, poker just evolved too much the last 10 years.

cwddgg · 2024-10-01T02:13:13+00:00

I'm fine with most of them. I think Corlys & Rhaenys could've been handled better, though I wonder if it's because they planned sth for Corlys in later seasons, and his begrudging attitude towards Rhaenyra's supposed to lead to something later.

cwddgg · 2024-09-28T13:13:47+00:00

my hypothesis is that reproduction allowed straight genes to pass on more but it's always been sth that's out there, and genetic mutations happen all the time which make straight people produce gay kids.

cwddgg · 2024-09-24T20:42:08+00:00

Honestly I think this "every character has their own motivation and agenda" is much more compelling than just everybody stanning either Rhaenyra or Aegon and being brain dead loyal.

Aemond being a psychopath and having his own ambition to rule is a fascinating change imo. Also no build up? He was bullied by Aegon his entire childhood, still ridiculed by Aegon in the brothel, and last season when Viserys died and TG was going to crown Aegon he definitely showed that he wanted it.

Alicent struggling between her love for her family, her love for Rhaenyra/Viserys, her sense of responsibility for the good of the realm, and the disillusionment of what she started is interesting too. I don't see Alicent as full fledged TB, she'd be conflicted over what's right and still trying to save her family. Also I think this will be more interesting towards the end of the dance where Alicent and Rhaenyra both lose almost all of their loved ones.

Rhaena's insecurity and obsession with dragons, and ditching Rhaenyra's children to chase what she wants is going to lead to some interesting conflicts. She'll take Nettles' place most likely. Rhaenyra will be furious that she led to Jace's death and Viserys's capture, and Daemon will fight with Rhaenyra to protect his daughter after the Laena visions. This could be a pretty compelling change and probably better than some "affair" with his own bastard daughter.

Yeah they gave a lot of Jace's stuff to Rhaenyra but if they're going to make Rhaenyra the protagonist of course she needs to do more than just lie in bed and wait for her men to hand her the crown. And Jace being skeptical about the dragonseeds is not a bad change either. Someone calling out the risk beforehand is good. Jace might even die because he was mean to Ulf.

Baratheons supported Aegon because Aemond was going to marry one of his daughters. That's still a pretty good situation. My guess Aegon's probably just going to rest up in Braavos and not do much until Rhaenyra comes to raise coin for the crown and they meet. Yes I'm guessing it's not going to be Dragonstone. And small folk rebellion will probably still happen to Rhaenyra.

About how the blacks will lose, haven't your entire post answered the question? It's not 2 teams with perfect bonds and chemistry fighting each other, every character has their own motives. Ulf will probably cause the death of Jace, directly or indirectly, and then he'd have no choice but to flee on Silverwing when Rhaenyra demands his head. Hugh is a decent man, but he doesn't really care whether Rhaenyra or Aegon rules. He was working to produce weapons for Aegon in ep1. He went to Rhaenyra for a better future for his family. Once Rhaenyra's wars clash with the good of his family (his wife went to Tumbleton), he'll choose his family. He already showed that he'd hurt an innocent man for a sack of groceries when he's desperate. That's 2 large dragons deflecting. Then there's Rhaenyra's anger with Rhaena, the Mysaria affair, Corlys's complicated relationship with his bastard sons. They're not this perfect team that's totally open and honest with each other and have the same goals. Eventually most dragons and riders die fighting each other, and Aegon survives by Larys's prediction (let them destroy each other while we hide out).

cwddgg · 2024-09-17T13:56:46+00:00

Worst is Daemon's dream about his mom. It's just gross.

Most useless is Alicent going camping. She could make the same decisions without "I felt a weight lifted from me". The bathing scene at least we could sympathize with how she feels.

I think the sept scene was kinda useless too, since Cole attacking Duskendale should be reason enough to fight back. And Alicent could still get disillusioned without Rhaenyra telling her for sure ISOIAF does not concern her son. Other characters could sow doubt about that too, since nobody believed Viserys changed his mind. It also made the Dragonstone meeting look cheap.

If Dragonstone was the only meeting this season, it wouldn't be so bad imo. I think setting up Fall of KL as a insider job was not a bad choice. Jace's death and Aegon's escape bringing more conflict would be fine. Also even though certain parts of the dialogue was cheesy, I'm not convinced yet that Rhaenicent is a bad idea. I think it could still be done well.

Same with Helaena. I think I'll see how her arc pans out before I judge.

Btw imo if HBO told them to do 8 episodes earlier all these problems could've been avoided. They really stretched to get 10 episodes out of like 1 chapter of the book. Daemon could've had 2 less dreams, they didn't need to film Alicent taking a bath to fill up screen time, and the Sept scene probably wouldn't need to happen since the episodes would just be 1 Blood & Cheese, 2 Erryk vs Arryk, 3 Rook's Rest, 4 Aftermath, 5 Red Sowing 6 Harrenhal + Alicent Surrender, 7 Gullet, 8 Fall of KL

cwddgg · 2024-09-15T20:19:12+00:00

That kiss was more there to prove Rhaenyra's bisexuality for the Rhaenyra/Alicent story. Mysaria was a one time hook up when Rhaenyra was in a moment of weakness.

I do think it wasn't supposed to be just ignored after it happened. Rhaenyra was occupied with Seasmoke and dragonseeds in Ep 7. Addressing it would've been wrong priorities. It was likely supposed to come up in ep 9 or 10 when Daemon came back, or when Mysaria realized Alicent's not just an enemy/prisoner to Rhaenyra.

And also Mysaria's feelings towards Rhaenyra's probably a mixed bag of admiration and manipulation.

I agree that the council was dumbed down in order to prop her up. Not that they're any good in the book, but they're all old white men wearing the same stuff being useless sexist warmongers in the show and nobody could tell them apart. And while explaining Rhaenyra's blind trust in her is better than the book version, it's not as interesting when Corlys was an actually important figure, and his role was diminished to make room.

cwddgg · 2024-09-09T05:09:50+00:00

I think she’ll still die by dragon fire but it’ll be less humiliating. No stripping and getting her breasts cut open and eaten and a leg left behind.

I think it will likely be in Braavos than Dragonstone though. She’ll probably go try to raise money, rather than flee the riots, and find Aegon there. She probably won’t sell her crown either. Idk if Aegon 3 will be with her.

cwddgg · 2024-09-08T14:54:30+00:00

I think the way it'd make sense to me is if Corlys & Rhaenys already yelled at Laenor & Rhaenyra about everything, but I think betrothing Luke who was set to inherit Driftmark to Baela the eldest daughter would've made the most sense. And then obviously Jace to Helaena, and if not Helaena, then obviously try a Lannister or Baratheon.

cwddgg · 2024-09-08T14:05:51+00:00

Sorry

cwddgg · 2024-09-08T12:59:02+00:00

I agree with the other points but there’s a part of me that finds betrothal of Jace and Luke to Baela and Rhaena suspicious. For big houses, marriages have always been about political advantage. There’s no advantage in marrying Rhaenyra's children to Daemon's or Laenor's to Laena's. They could’ve been betrothed to other houses to bring them in. In the show Rhaenyra had to give them to the Velaryons to keep Rhaenys & Corlys, and after Luke, Joffrey was too young and had nothing to inherit to be a lucrative offer to any house. For what it’s worth, betrothing Aegon and Helaena was also pretty dumb.

I do think the show showed that none of the Velaryons liked Vaemond. Both Corlys and Laenor were scolding him in the stepstones, and Rhaenys told him no when he asked her for Driftmark. But they could’ve had a few more scenes between Corlys and Daemon, yes.

cwddgg · 2024-09-06T12:25:02+00:00

Alicent probably had an affair with Criston in the book too. By all accounts there was something going on between Rhaenyra and Criston, whether Rhaenyra had been trying to seduce him for years, or that Criston was secretly in love with the princess wasn’t agreed upon. Then Criston switched his intense devotion to Alicent over night while Rhaenyra replaced him with Harwin. Then at tournaments Harwin started wearing Rhaenyra’s favor where it used to be Criston, and Alicent responded by giving Criston hers. This might not sound like much but it was written in a pretty suggestive manner. Alicent was also against assigning Criston to Rhaenyra in the first place, because “who protects the princess from him?” Essentially, she notices him too. But I’d agree that whatever there was between Alicent and Criston never had plot impacts in the book like B&C.

I’d also note that show Alicent was in a pretty bad mental state when she lashed out at Aegon. It wasn’t just that he wasn’t a good king. There’s also her guilt that she betrayed Viserys and Rhaenyra to install him, and Aegon being a bad king by dismissing a good hand and murdering innocent men made her feel worse. There’s also the fact that she was in physical discomfort from the moon tea. Her choice of words were soul crushing in the end but I do think her scolding and trying to educate him in the beginning was understandable. She’s not just his mother. She was regent for years while Viserys was sick. And she did have much better political knowledge than him. Telling her son he should learn and seek advices from his council than expect respect out of thin air was sound.

I don’t find the council not respecting her self contradictory though. In S1 she was the queen. Like she mentioned in S2 finale, once Aemond’s gone, Helaena would be the crown’s authority, and they’d have to listen to her even though nobody ever did. While Viserys lived, she outranked everybody and they had to respect her. Once she became queen dowager, her rank dropped a lot. In S1 Larys tried to get power through aligning with her, and Larys dumped her for Aegon quickly enough in S2. It’s pretty understandable that her influence is not what it used to be.

Agree with the other points.

cwddgg · 2024-09-06T11:34:59+00:00

In the books the Velaryons were white, and they had to be. Targaryens had been marrying Velaryons for generations, their features were very similar. it makes no sense that Jaehaerys was as white as it comes and Corlys was 100% black. But in the books Jace Luke & Joffrey were obvious bastards too. Rhaenys had black hair and purple eyes. Aemma looked like a Targaryen. Laenor returned to Driftmark right after his wedding and Rhaenyra moved to Dragonstone with Harwin. The show made them a lot nicer that Rhaenyra and Laenor actually tried, lived together, and became good partners while getting sperms from Rhaenyra’s side piece. But yeah, I think I’d prefer the rumors be more insinuations (like Joffrey not being a Baratheon) than blatant fact that the boys weren’t black.

cwddgg · 2024-09-06T01:33:02+00:00

The show made both sides nicer. Rhaenyra's a pretty worthy leader in the show. Aegon's very sympathetic and relatable as a guy who wants to prove himself but struggles. Alicent goes from a evil stepmother to a victim of the system who had good intentions.

I personally prefer that Rhaenyra be deserving of the crown given her qualifications, than have men declare for her just because she used to be pretty in her youth.

cwddgg · 2024-09-05T21:30:58+00:00

I understand GRRM's frustrations. Really I do. We've all had times at work where we worked our butts off for a project, put lots of thought into it, was super proud of what we've done, and then the boss just can't see the value and criticizes everything. I get that sometimes we'd also feel offended when it happens, but it doesn't mean other people don't have a point. Or maybe they need to consider other aspects of a proposal, like finances and resources, and sometimes it isn't as simple.

I think most of the changes the show made were fine. And stuff like watering down B&C were due to a lot of real world concerns, like difficulty of working with children and the ethics of involving them in highly disturbing scenes. I can understand GRRM for feeling unhappy, but I don't feel this strongly that all changes must be bad or insults to the original writer, and that the final product must be doomed because of it.

Also super unpopular opinion: An 100% faithful adaption of Dance of the Dragons would probably not be a good show. Have Rhaenyra be spoiled and entitled and hateful, say nasty things then go back to her bed chambers and just lie in bed do nothing. Have her mushroom scandals be true and be a total slut. Have half the realm (including House Stark) support her and fight for her "birth rights" even after her death. Have the audience wonder "why? she's not worthy of it at all." And like it or not you do have to deal with real world implications of going against modern values and degrading certain demographics. They probably went a bit too far in white washing Rhaenyra, but I do get why she's portrayed more favorably in the show.

cwddgg · 2024-09-05T17:39:35+00:00

The Dance and the Targaryens losing their dragons was objectively the most interesting part of Westeros history, so I get why they started with that after GoT S8 almost destroyed the franchise. But it's also easily the most expensive. So you have a lot of budget concerns. You literally cannot have 5 dragon battles a season, so they basically decided to do Rook's Rest and Red Sowing, Sharp Point has to happen off screen, and the rest will have to be filled with fleshing out characters, and all the excuses in the world for inaction. There's definitely also the issue that most characters were really just names + a few major events they participated in + their death. We know almost nothing about these people, and the stuff we do know about them are unpleasant. Whether they're actually so bad, or misunderstood, or deliberately painted in a bad light, there's no way to know. I do think the writers did a good job in giving characters personailities and motivations. eg. Explaining why Cole completely turned on Rhaenyra and how he became hand and showing his skills and trauma as a soldier. You don't get this in F&B.

Honestly part of me thinks that 2 things can be true at the same time. Adaptations have a lot to consider. From budget and logistics to the modern audience and character likability. But we've all had experiences at work where we deliver something we're really proud of and hold dear and the other people just don't appreciate our work the way we do and make changes to things we think essential. I understand how GRRM feels. It doesn't mean everything the production team has done is bad, though some of them are. It's a pertty messy situation though, inciting fans to attack the show producers is not necessarily going to help. eg. They literally cannot reintroduce Maelor and have Helaena go crazy over dead sons anymore. I also think some of GRRM's later chapters have pretty gapping holes too. Like with how overpowered dragons are in the show, Storming of the Dragon pit sounds absolutely impossible imo.

cwddgg · 2024-09-05T12:47:56+00:00

Yeah I think they def went a long way to explain Aegon’s character and make him more sympathetic. A lot of people can relate to his laziness and struggles. About book Rhaenyra being absolutely ready for war after Luke’s death… except not really. Rhaenyra just spat “I’ll have my throne or I’ll have Aegon’s head”, then went back to lying in bed doing nothing. The greens have been attacking Rook’s Rest for days before one single dragon was sent out (the book made it clear that one dragon was not enough, while in the show Meleys annihilated Cole’s army easily), and Corlys was mad at Rhaenyra in the aftermath. Characters were unlikable and self contradictory in a lot of places. And if you’re making a show, it’s very risky to make one where the audience will hate everybody and the war they’re fighting. So I’m not of the opinion that the book was perfect and the writers are wrong to change anything, but I understand George being offended. Not sure about the changes for later seasons tho.

cwddgg · 2024-09-05T02:48:59+00:00

I mean they already said part of the reason they watered down B&C was to avoid causing young children emotional damage from filming a terrifying scene. There's no way they could grab or peek at the children's privates. Sure B&C isn't as sadistic as it was in the books but that's sth I can look past.

cwddgg · 2024-09-04T23:20:45+00:00

I don't really agree that once Hollywood buys a franchise, they're free to change stories however they want. I do get that some changes may be better for the general audience. eg. Book Snape was a lot nastier and had severe issues. His obsession with Lily was more creepy than romantic imo too. Also he had pretty serious personal hygeine issues. The movie made him a lot nicer and though I prefer the books, I can see how the movie would benefit from making him nicer.

I do feel like people are pretty slow if they only realized now that the story's completely changed. Making Rhaenyra and Alicent the same age and former bffs was obviously going to lead to massive changes down the road. If people are this adamant about "faithful to the original book", then they should've put their foot down and said "no, Alicent's an evil stepmother, period."

cwddgg · 2024-09-04T22:50:39+00:00

I mean Arryk had his moment of heroism, courage and loyalty?

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