February 4, 2012

Joe Sebok Has Over 1 Million Twitter Followers

  Joe “The Seebs” Sebok has over a million followers on Twitter and a 5k chipstack in today’s $1500 NLHE.  Here’s a picture of Sebok smiling, however, this is not a real Joe Sebok smile. Listen to Sebok’s Poker Road Radio show here.  Get live updates here.  Follow on Twitter here.

Wrongful Hating On Sebok Give Haters Bad Rap

  Joe Sebok posting he signed with UltimateBet on Monday is so Monday’s news.  Joe Sebok having haters because of his Ub deal is… crazy news.  But people love crazy. Hating on Sebok is so ridiculous, it’s like hating on Deepak Chopra.  And because of this wrongful act of hating… Haters will now be viewed negatively worldwide.  Why do a couple of Haters have to go out and ruin the reputations of [...]

WSOP Main Event: Player Survival = Media Survival

In May, poker media friends were tweeting excitedly that they were headed to Las Vegas.  Those days are gone.  Forever.  Now, days before the final nine players complete the Main Event, I’m reading the same things I read every year “Get me out of here, only 4 more days” and “I can’t take Vegas anymore.” Trust me, they’re grateful for [...]

World Series of Poker Day 1A Underway

World Series of Poker Day 1A just opened with Wayne Newton as I reported yesterday.  Scotty Nguyen was given an introduction as the 2008 HORSE Event by WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack (see photo).  And the Rio is sold out during the World Series of Poker Main Event.  Who knew?  Looks like I’m “roughin’ it” across [...]

An Interview with Mr. Joe Sebok

Last week at the WSOP, Joe Sebok and I agreed to meet for an class=”hl”>interview next to the WSOP ESPN stage. After retrieving my recorder, it took 20 minutes to walk back to the other side of the room. It was my fault it took so long, I wanted to take pictures of Amanda Leatherman raking in [...]