Tiffany Michelle defends her WSOP actions
November 21st, 2008
Matt Waldron interviews Tiffany Michelle regarding her actions at this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event. Particularly what she was thinking when the clock was called on an opponent during a hand she was not involved in.
Questions provided by the Poker Road Forum members.
TM has taken a lot of flak for her actions but I admire her. It takes a lot of balls to do what she did and it was a smart move. I think now that there has been some context provided…. ease up.
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November 21st, 2008 at 4:10 am
What most impressed me was her unflappable nature and willingness to openly defend herself.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:13 am
sorry RuntCake, defending yourself when you are wrong and a douchebag on top of it isn’t called “unflappable”, it’s called moronic.
November 21st, 2008 at 12:23 pm
gobbo… where was she wrong?
November 21st, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Frank, she’s wrong in describing her behavior as “sassy” and that she was just playing like one of “the boys”. “The boys” were quite clear that she was extremely disrespectful and rude at the table.
This “sassy chick” has had 4 months to understand that she was completely out of line and she still doesn’t get it.
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:00 am
Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I’m sure Gobomom above many others knows what is up with the poker world…and that there are many worse d-bads out there. I’ma just reporting and answering questions raised by readers here and PokerRoad. The Unflappable label, to me, applies to people that make their decision and stick with it.
November 24th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Will all due respect to the players at her table… we didn’t sit with them for 10 hours. If I had someone at my table constantly standing up, going to the rail, excessive celebrating, etc… I would have called the clock after a few minutes… and my attitude would get nasty. she gave him 15. Regardless of what anyone says.. it is a good strategy. Why should she miss 15 mins of action?
Now on the other side of that is she opened herself up for everyone to gun for her. It isn’t really a great strategy to piss off your table.
But the guy at her table who spoke up and said it was out of line… Who the hell is he anyway? Isn’t he just as out of line speaking on a situation he had no part of? TM was clearly exercising a right while he was invoking some hidden poker principle.
This so called respect/honor amongst poker players is way overblown and overrated. People hear Gabe Kaplan taking about honor and handshakes and they think it applies across the board to all players. The truth is a large portion of poker players are angle shooters and look for any edge they can get. The idea that TM should have adhered to some BS principles at the risk of her winning is crazy.
I also agree with the idea that if this were a man… it wouldn’t be an issue.
So TM is now catching heat because she called the clock, ate some french fries at the table, and “rooted” for women to be eliminated.
She had every right to call the clock and after her explanation it is a no brainer. Everyone eats at the table… if she wants to touch chips that have been in the hands of a guy who just fiddled with his junk, and then her fries… that is her prerogative. And her answer as to why she wanted other woman to fail… suits me. How is that not a reasonable goal for her to have and accomplish? It obviously meant alot to her. Well done on goal reached.
I don’t know TM very well. But I met her once or twice at a charity event and she was very nice. People who know her , like her. She has a lot of friends and does a lot for the poker community. She participates and gives her time to charity events more than most. (that I know of) She isn’t a fluke player and is better than 99 percent of those criticizing her. She may not have millions of wins behind her (yet) but she has been a constant force in tournaments recently and only can go up. Her records don’t show her final table appearances OR charity poker wins.
Women NEVER come across looking cool when they are aggressive. The word bitch is thrown around quite a lot when referring to female players. It is in our nature as men to feel put off by a strong opinionated “sassy” women. It isn’t attractive. Psychology has more to do with this hate than anything else… in my opinion.
Now that said… if I asked the average internet poker mouth who was the sweetest nicest female player… overwhelmingly the response would be Jennifer Harman. Not that I disagree at all because I know her and she has always been nice to me…. BUT… if you have played with her in the big game or in other various cash games your opinion would be totally different. A dealer from the Bellegio told me once that she was the biggest bitch this dealer ever dealt to. TV has a funny way to skew opinion. TM’s appearance on ESPN couldn’t have been put more out of context. They put the idea in the heads of the masses.