40-year anniversary

Date: Fri, Apr 4, 2008 Professional Internet Tournament

In 1968, in his last Sunday sermon at Washington National Cathedral, Dr. King retold the parable of the rich man, Dives, and the poor man, Lazarus, and reminded us that, "a man went to hell because he didn't see the poor."

"And this could happen to America, the richest nation in the world," he warned.

"There is nothing new about poverty," he said. "What is new is that we now have the means and the know-how to lift every child out of poverty. The real question is whether we have the will!"

So as we mark another anniversary of Dr. King's death, we should also remember how fortunate each and everyone of us is.

2008 marks the 40th anniversary of his Poor People's Campaign.

The Poor People's Campaign challenged our nation to end the poverty afflicting millions of Americans of all races and confront the entrenched triple evils of racism, excessive materialism (poverty) and militarism that threaten our nation and world.

In this rich nation of ours, in 2008, there are 36.5 million Americans still living in poverty, including nearly 13 million children. There are 47 million people in America who have no health coverage, and 9.4 million of those are children.

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The Good News & The Bad News!!!

Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2008 Professional Internet Tournament

Last night I went back to the Hustler Casino to give the $340.00 NL Holdem event a shot. I thought about going to Hollywood Park and playing there $340.00 event but I decided the Hustler would have more players and when you compare the two venues,Hustler wins hands down.

There were 180 entrants last night at the Hustler and I am sure Hollywood Park had about half that much. The guarantee at the Hustler was $45,000.

I do not want to knock Hollywood Park, because a good friend of mine, Jay is the tournament director at Hollywood Park. On a scale from 1-10 the Hustler is a 10 and the room we play in at Hollywood Park is a 1...

The GOOD news is I didn't get any bad beats last night..The BAD news is...I didn't have any cards to get bad beat with.

I had 88 the first hand and lost only 75 chips..I had 44 a few hands later and lost 100 chips I then had AA with 6 limpers when the blinds were 150-75 so I just moved all in as I was the button. One guy at the table told me not to do that again so I showed him the Aces before mucking.. The table had a good laugh at him and this hand allowed me to steal some small pots later. After this I had pocket 7's in level 4 and I did not have a pocket pair the rest of the night as I busted 45th with my last 3900 chips with K-9 spades against AQ off. I hit a 9 on the flop but my opponent also hit his Ace.

I was so very patient last night. I played to level 9 with garbage. Picking up the small pots just to stay alive. I was becoming frustrated, but I took a deep breath and closed my eyes to get back focusing on winning. When you keep getting 2-7 2-4 3-7 all night it begins to wear on you. I did the best with what I had last night and in Poker there are nights like this. I am just waiting for the night I have a mad rush early and late to get me that win I have been so close too lately.

There are no big events until May here in Southern california, The Bike has a small buy in event starting April 10th, Stars and Stripes. However heavenly Holdem starts in May at the Commerce and I am going to save up and play those events. In the mean time I will be getting my spring chores done around the house and I promised my girls to take them to the River to go boating.

Thanks for reading and please be SAFE..Take care.

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ACES ACES ACES and more ACES

Date: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 Professional Internet Tournament

As I told you a few weeks ago when I made the final table at the Winning of the Green Event I was beat by the small blind who was holding pocket ACES when I pushed with pocket Kings from the cutoff and I finished sixth out of 277 people.

Last Wednesday while playing in the $345.00 NL event at the Hustlers Spring Fever Tournament my pocket ACES were cracked by a straight on the turn after a flop of A-10-7. I had hit my set but my opponent who had gone all in pre-flop with KJ turned a Queen and after playing very solid I was sent home around 50th in a field of 300.

Sunday Night I played at Hollywood Park casino in the $125.00 NL unlimited re-buy event. I did not re-buy and when we were down to 54 players I only had 7,000 in chips. We started with only a 1000 but it was a tough evening and every time I had a hand it was in a small pot. I pushed with KK again when 3 limpers came in when the blinds were 600-300. The guy to my left thought for about 3 minutes and finally called me with AQ and of course an ACE on the flop and ACE on the turn. Oh that drive to Fontana of 65 miles was longer!!!

Last night I played in the Larry Flynt's Spring Fever $255.00 NL tournament with 283 entrants. As I said last week I really enjoy playing in this card room. The staff is SUPER friendly, the food is good and the decor is outstanding. It's by far the nicest place top play here in Southern California for Tournaments.

We were getting close to the money and the blinds jumped from 3000-1500-500 to 5000-2500-1000. A very steep jump. I had just one a hand with my KK against AJ in an all in against this women who had miss played her big stack the hand before with QQ. I even spiked a third King on the river and I now had 32k in chips. I was still one of the short stacks though. I started out strong again in this tournament and had several levels of being card dead but I never got the rush I needed to build a stack where I could raise people of their blinds.

There were mostly all in calls at my table and as we hit 28 instead of going hand for hand everyone agreed to pay the 28th spot. I had only 17,000 chips and I look down at QQ and push it all in. AGAIN!!!!!! the Big Blind has ACES!!!!!! and the board was all low and I along with another player busted at the same time. So after 61/2 hours of play I was paid $375.00 for a 120.00 profit. However I played very good again,won one race caught a hand 2 times to keep me alive and I truly see things starting to change for me at the tables. It seems to always be just one hand near the end that gets me. But with QQ and short stacked I had no choice but to put them all in the middle and hope no one had KK or AA. Soon it will be my turn to have the best hand near the end of one of these events and I will be able to say FINALLY instead of driving the 65 miles home and wondering why this constantly happens to me in almost every event I go deep. But I am "Keeping things in their proper Perspective"

I am going to rest and do some Honey DO's around the House this week. So I hope all of you have a great week and take care and be safe!!

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Verity Charity - Back Bay Mission

Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 Professional Internet Tournament

I was fortunate enough to make a trip with the Image Masters crew to Biloxi, MS to document how this amazing community outreach program has made such an impact in post-Katrina Mississippi.

They help low-income and homeless families with ANYTHING they need, often employees were using their personal monies. I saw a woman come by to see if they could help her pay her $34 electic bill because she didn't have the means to pay it, a deaf man that stops by to pick up newly donated clothes because people keep breaking in to his FEMA trailer and stealing things at night since they know he's deaf, a woman so grateful to have her own dishes again in an apartment that they found for her.

So if you have a roof over your head, peel a few off the bankroll and donate to this worthy cause.

Even better, if you find yourself playing one of the Biloxi Casino's events, call and ask if they need a volunteer for a day - very humbling to see what these people do every day.

www.backbaymission.com
Email: backbay@datasync.com

Back Bay Mission is located at
1012 Division St
Biloxi, MS 39530

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Devo- Cash Game- Free Roll Tourney Last Night

Date: Fri, Mar 28, 2008 Professional Internet Tournament

Everyone is wondering now another blog about Devo..aka Bryan Devonshire, doesn't he write for pokerpages.com. Why all the fuss??

Well for me I started reading Bryan's blogs when I got interested in Poker 2 years ago.I would send some comments back to him and he would reply very quickly. Bryan probably gets 15-20,000 hits a day on his blog and alot of e-mails,so for him to respond like he did I appreciated it very much.

Bryan and I finally met at last years LAPC at Commerce Casino. Although I am old enough to be his father we hit it off and enjoyed each others company.

Bryan was instrumental in helping me get my first writing job at Pokerpages during the LAPC and if not for him I may not be blogging here today. So again, I thank you Bryan.

I went to the WSOP last year and sweated Bryan in his Omaha event for two days and was there at his final table when he had the Russian by his _ _ _ _ _!! Kravachenko made a historical comeback on Bryan and won the bracelet. I even ran to a store for Bryan with my bad leg and all to get Bryan some chew while he was at the final table. It was like a three mile walk,but I am sure he would of done the same for me. After all a FINAL Table at the WSOP. I walked with Bryan to the cashier after his loss and tried to be a big brother,but he was upset and righteously so. I said my goodbye's and headed home.

Bryan and I have kept in touch via phone the past year. He has been close by several times but we just can't seem to be able to go to dinner due to his busy schedule when he gets in town.

It's a pleasure to be one of Bryan's many friends and I wish him nothing but the best today at the WPT final Table in Reno. Win or lose,Bryan is still a winner in my book because of the person he is and that will carry him further in life than he can imagine. GO GET EM DEVO!!!!!

Last Night I went to Commerce casino to play in a free roll Poker Tourney sponsored by a local radio station, 97.1 FM. They had a great spread of food and it was worth the drive to Commerce just for the free dinner. You had to sign up on line to get in and if you received an e mail back you were in. Well about 12 of us from the Exterminators Poker Crew made it into to the event and it was an all in fest at the beginning. Over 600 people and you started with 1000 chips with 20 minute blinds. I had a bunch of fun and was knocked out early in level 4. No cards and no luck. I mean there were people playing any two cards because as the one person told me "They Look Pretty Together" That pretty much tells you the majority of players there last night.

Great evening and if they have it again as they say they are,I will be there.

Ok one very sick hand I have to tell you about and then I will never complain about luck again...

Forty dollar cash game with a couple of the guys before we headed home. I have 2-4 diamonds on the button and there are 7 players in for $15.00 so I say what the heck I am going to make the call. I had won a few pots in the 20 minutes I was seated there and had $160.00 in front of me. My buddy Paul was standing behind me and I said, "this is a sick call"

Well this guy who had just came to the table with his buddy bragging about how they were playing downstairs in the big cash game all night. I thought to my self,if they were playing in the big cash game they must have gone broke to be in the $40.00 game. The first two hands one of them went all in both times and lost one and rivered the other with a KQ lost...and won with an A-10. All of you know from reading my blogs I do not like cocky arrogant rude individuals at the Poker table.

I understand the frustration in defeat and some times we say "Hellmuths" but these two were really annoying..

So the older of the two "Rude Brothers" raises it to $60.00 pre flop and everyone folds. I begin to laugh and tell Paul, "it's my birthday and this is a very sick call" but I push $60.00 into the pot.

The flop is 10d 8d- Kc. I go all in with my 2-4 of diamonds for another $100.00 and he calls and flips over AA..... oops!!!! So I turn over my 2-4 and he looks amazed and starts talking in Armenian. I told him it was a sick call but I am out the door and I am only in it for $40.00 and Theres always a chance with any two cards.

I have a diamond draw and he is not happy as he is holding the As-Ac.. The turn is a 4h and the river is a 2c to give me two pair and win the $430.00 pot. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me...sick huh..

Take care and be safe.....

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Devo Doin' Big Thangs

Date: Thu, Mar 27, 2008 Professional Internet Tournament

And for this week's installment of "Joy Miller's Friends Are Great Poker Players And She Can't Figure Out Why She Is Not"....
Good Luck to DEVO a.k.a Bryan Devonshire a.k.a our Fantasy Football League Winner that I owe $250 to still a.k.a The Chip Leader at the World Poker Challenge in Reno right now.

He's an astonishingly great player whose MySpace mathematical percentage fights with Rick Fuller make for great reading material when I want to fall asleep.

I'm hopin' for heads-up against Ivey so we can all fly out and be the loud, proud friends again! GOOD LUCK, DEVO!

(secretly excited that my friend's Michael and P.I. are doing well, too!)

But GOOOOOooooo Deeevoooooooo!

Wonder if he'll tip? Guess I'll have to read some forums to find out ;-) Ouch, that wasn't nice of me.

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Where has all the LUCK gone

Date: Thu, Mar 27, 2008 Professional Internet Tournament

I played two tournaments this week. They were at the Hustler casino owned my the infamous Larry Flynt in Gardena California.

I had never been to the Hustler and my buddy Jim Pittman has his office close by and after visiting him Monday night we went to play the Deep Stack $255.00 NL event.

There were 341 people who got into the event and another 71 alternates who didn't get a shot.I tried playing position poker and it seemed to work until I called a guys all in with pocket Queens and he had pocket 9's. He turned a 9 and he put a dent in my stack. I then lost with a set of fours to a flush on the river the player chased. I even bet the pot on the turn because I knew he was chasing and lost another 2,500 chips there instead of winning 6,200.

The finale was my pocket aces against pocket Kings when a king hit on the river and I was on my way home at the level 4 break.

They play 30 minute levels with 5,000 staring chips and the blinds are 50-25 to start. The poker room is the nicest here in Southern California. The tables are a little larger then normal and the chairs are very comfortable. The food is very good and there is plenty of parking.

Tuesday night I played the $340.00 NL event and there were about 135 people entered. I was on fire the first 6 levels and was probably the chip leader when I was moved to another table with about 70 people left to go.

I played a little to tight at this table. there were 3 very aggressive players at this table and one guy who hated to lose his blinds or any hand he was in. He had built a decent size stack up by intimidation and made some huge over bets to pick up pots. Another player no matter what kind of ace he had and where he was position wise made big bets. he also had built a stack up at another table before being moved to this table so I did not see how he built his chips up. The reason I now he was calling with ace rag was because he had 3 showdowns with a small kicker and he beat AQ with A-3 twice to win big pots.

I beat the first aggressor on a flop with two clubs when I had AK clubs in my hand and he led out with a 2k bet when the blinds were 800-400 into a 2k pot. I went all in and he seemed disturbed. Later I had pocket 10's against him,again in his blind and we saw a flop of 2-5-2. he made a 3500 chip bet into 2200 chip pot. I folded and he tells me "Good Lay Down" and starts telling the guy next to him he had a huge pocket pair. He didn't even raise pre flop....

I stayed away from him after that hand and began to pick on some of the players with shorter stacks. But my luck turned sour when I called an all in with my pocket Aces against KJ off and the flop came ..A-10-7 and the turn was a Q giving him a straight and half of my stack. I lost the rest in level 12 with 29 players left when I had KK on a flop of 7-6-10 and moved all in. The second aggressor called me and turned over A-9 and hit his ace on the river and sent me home. I still cannot understand his call but if he doesn't hit an ace I am going to make the final table with the way I had been playing. He made a huge raise pre flop under the gun and it was his pattern with any ace. I just called the 3500 chip bet and when there was no ace on the board, I pushed it trying to represent a set or a big pair, which I had.

So tomorrow Friday there is an event for my poker crew at Paul's house. I have to work this weekend and his event doesn't start till 7:00pm and it is also my birthday so I may pass this up. I am still trying to decide if I am going to continue with the Poker Crew. I hope you all have a great weekend.

Joy!!!!! tell Brandon not to worry about what is being said in the forums regarding his not tipping after winning the Wynn last week. All these events now take their percentages out before hand and if Brandon said he thought the Wynn had continued this new tradition, I believe him. As for Brandi Hawbaker, they are confusing Brandon with Mark Newhouse, so it just goes to show the intelligence level of the ones bashing Brandon. The good posters have respect for other players as well as the game.

Take Care..Be safe

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Bubblemania

Date: Thu, Mar 27, 2008 Professional Internet Tournament

The good news is that the people the run tourneys in the Green Bay area have started one in my hometown. Even better news is everyone that plays there except my friends are absolutely terrible. Now for the bad news, I have bubbled both times I have played in it.

They have a point system and I’m doing OK in that since I’ve been deep both times. If I do well enough in the points I get an entry into a tournament for some free trips like money to buy in to a WSOP event. However, this weekend is probably going to be my last week playing in it before that time, so I need to win. The winners each week are invited to the special tourney also. We’ll see how it goes; after bubbling twice I feel kind of sick about it.

The nice thing is I’ve easily made those buy-ins back online in the last few days. I discovered heads-up cash games and it has been ultra juicy for me. One session I was down over two buy-ins and managed to come back and be a small winner. It has been a little crazy at times. In that particular game my opponent was holding over me for the first 80 or so hands and it was just sick. I knew I was the better player though so I stuck in and grinded my way back. The really strange thing is that everyone comes in firing at me, but after 80 hands they are playing really passive. Maybe I just make them change their style.

I hope all of you running bad can find your niche to help get you off the slide. GL everyone.

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Wise Hand Poker - 2008-03-26

Date: Wed, Mar 26, 2008 Professional Internet Tournament

So....my article on forums here on Wise Hand from last month seems to apply to my friend Brandon Cantu right now. (Why Forums are my Arch-Enemy)

Not only did a writer incorrectly put in an article that Cantu dated Brandi Hawbaker (he's never even MET her), but now the 2+2 forums have had a 36 page field day on a subject that probably 97% of them will never encounter - correct tipping after winning a major tournament.

It's a shame that after playing so well, being so gracious in his win, and having fun with his family and friends that came out to see him...the thing everyone will remember is that someone made a public deal about something that wasn't anyone's business.

And we wonder why people think poker doesn't take "skill"

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Garry Gates is No Longer With WiseHandPoker.com

Date: Wed, Mar 26, 2008 Professional Internet Tournament

Garry Gates is no longer a contributing writer/blogger for WiseHandPoker.com.

He is currently writing for PokerNews.com.

We left Garry Gates' bio page on our website as a courtesy for the work he has done while writing for WiseHandPoker.com,

Wise Hand Poker Staff

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The Lord Giveth and The Lord Taketh.....

Date: Sat, Mar 22, 2008 Professional Internet Tournament

No..... my headline is not related to poker in anyway today. Although it could be used in the life of a poker player, it is not my intention to do that today!

I played in 3 tournaments since making the final table last week at the Bike. Two of them I was completely card dead. The third, well I got knocked out early and there is no reason to go into details as of why.

If you have read my article "Keeping things in There Proper Perspective" on the front page of this site,I hope you have enjoyed it. I often go back and read it myself to remind me about the day I wrote it and why.

I took three really awful beats the past two days,the last one being in a $280.00 satellite when I was heads up to win a seat in the "Winning of The Green" Main Event at the Bike today.

A $2,600.00 NL Tournament that started at 4:15 today with 105 entries. This would have been my biggest buy in event I had ever played. Except my QQ ended up losing to J4 when a 4 hit the turn to give my opponent 2 pair and send me home wondering HOW I am going to stop getting beat.

I am sure there are hundreds of thousands of Poker players that wonder the same thing. It was told to me today,when you leave that casino and you head to your car to go home,the beats stay behind you in those doors that just shut as you left. When you come back the next time to play,it's a new day and those bad beats are a thing of the past and no longer exist.

Some very good advice. If you do not leave those behind and you bring them home or to work,they will send you to an early grave or divorce court.

So before leaving for work this morning, I again read my own words. It is always good for me or I would think anyone else to be reminded of certain life changing events and how blessed we truly are.

I spent the evening with my wife and daughters,Monique,Jennifer,Jasmine,Mia and Bianca. It was nice to have Monique over. Since she got married last September she has being staying with her In-Laws as her Husband is still in Iraq and she works full time. When I came home from work my wife, Lupe and Monique went to El Pollo Loco and brought some dinner home and we sat and watched one of the most touching movies I have ever seen.

As the movie started in black and white, there was this old sign at a movie theatre. The ones where they put the movies which are showing at the theatre. The Sign read.

"The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh'

The Movie,"We Are Marshall" A true story of the tragic loss of a College football team,Family members Teachers and Coaches on November 14th 1970 in a tragic Airplane crash in a thunderstorm and how the program and the Town rebuilt itself.

If you have not seen this movie I highly recommend it!!!!!!!! Its amazing how certain events that happen in your day lead you to something that becomes so profound in your life.

I am going to leave you with a quote that was sent to me by a good friend after he witnessed my demise at the Poker table last night. I am not sure of the Author,but it almost sounds like something Benjamin Franklin had written.

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience,but where he stands at the times of challenge and controversy".

Take care Be safe.........

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PokerRoad Freeroll!! Win cash and prizes

Date: Fri, Mar 21, 2008 Professional Internet Tournament

POKERROAD FREEROLL!! $100 and Free Prizes
2008 March, 20

In order to show our appreciation for our users, we are hosting a Freeroll event on FullTilt! You will have a chance to show off your skills to members of the PokerRoad team including Joe Sebok, Gavin Smith, Scott Huff, and Joe Stapleton, who will all be playing in the event. As well as giving you the chance to win some free cash, we will be giving away five PokerRoad T-shirts to the top five finishers.

All you have to do to qualify is Sign Up for the PokerRoad Newsletter. The password to the freeroll will be sent out in the newsletter prior to March 29th.

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Wednesday Night Poker

Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2008 Professional Internet Tournament

I just played probably my worst tournament ever last night at the Bicycle Casinos Winning of the Green $545.00 NL event,

I was seated with a couple of very good players when I finally arrived. The traffic yesterday here in LA for some reason was bumper to bumper on every freeway because of accidents. It took me almost 2 hours to get to the Bike from my house and when I arrived at 4:23pm,the tournament had already been running 8 minutes. I was frustrated and I was not the only one late but I hate feeling rushed and last night I walked in frustrated. Allen Le,Jim Pittman, Paramjit Gil and a very aggressive player in seat 8 were at my table. Eventually 126 players showed up for a chance at the 23,000 first place prize.

I wasn't getting any cards again. This was the third tournament I have been absolutely card dead. I tried to generate some pots but ended up losing on the river to a bigger full house and a flush another time. I was down to 1400 chips after starting with 2500 and I had back to back pocket 9s and moved all in both times pre-flop with them. I only picked up the blinds both times and after being blinded back down to 1500 chips, I again have 99 and raise to 300 chips when the blinds were still only 200-100. I got called from the aggressive guy in seat 8 who just had busted Allen out with a hand he should not have gone up against Allen with. He turned a flush against Allens KQ when King high was on the board. Seat 8 played 3-5 diamonds for a 300 raise.

Seat 8 calls me and the flop is a J-4-2 rainbow. I go all in and he calls me. Now if he would have had a Jack I do not think he would of checked in front of me. I was right he had 7-4 spades and he turned a 4 to give him trips and I was done for the evening in the tournament.

I went over to the 200 NL cash game and sat down at a full table. I ordered some dinner and about 30 minutes into the game I went on a mini rush. QQ and hit a set for 125.00 profit,AA for another 85.00 profit and finally AA again against this older guy who plays all the time there and loves to bully. I raised 35.00 pre flop and he bumped it to 100.00 I just called his raise. I was not quite sure what he had but I wanted to see a flop with AA against him. The flop came out 4H-AS-2S. I checked he bet 150.00 so I called and he looked at his cards then he looked at me with a fake look of puzzlement on his face.

The turn was the 10H and he again led out with 150.00 as he asked me how much I had left.I told him 185.00 so he didn't put me all in, I still had 40.00 left. The river was the KS putting a flush out there and now I am thinking this is what he might have chased. He announced all in and as I put my last 40.00 in the pot I asked him if he had hit his flush. He said "NO" he had an ace with a baby kicker sarcastically and he turned over AK. I turned over my AA and he went into a rage telling me I am the worst player in the Casino. How could I slow roll AA and some other things for at least 2 minutes. For the next 20 minutes he told anyone and everyone about how I slowed rolled him.

So with a nice profit again this week from a cash game, I went back into the tournament area where the satellites were going strong and bought into a $120.00 satellite.
It came down to three of us after I went on a mad rush and was now the chip leader. We agreed to save the buy in of 120.00 each making the prize pool $960.00. I went heads up with this guy who I always see there and I apologize for not remembering his name because he is a very nice guy.We chopped it at $480.00 a piece and I watched some of the final table of my donk event before heading home.

There are super satellites today at $260.00 buy in for the Main Event this Saturday. I am not sure if I am going to play or not. The main event is a 2 day ordeal and I work this weekend. I do not see that many players entering because the $1500.00 buy in this week only had 37 players. I expect about 110-120 people.

There is one amazing hand I have to tell you about that happened at my table last night. My good friend Jim Pittman was down to about 1000 chips when 4 people in front of him went all in at the table. Jim said "I feel Lucky tonite with this hand" and called. Jim 88 seat 6 AA seat 7 AK seat 9 JJ and seat 3 10-9 Diamonds. The flop 8-8-3...Jim flops quads and rakes in a pot of over 4k. It was a very exciting hand,several people playing came over to check the table out when everyone stood up pre=flop. Kenna James who was at another table even came over to see what was going on.

It gave Jim momentum and he went to the final 2 tables after taking a tough beat with about 20 people left. He had AQ on a flop of AA-4-turn was 10 and river was a 7. His opponent had A-10 for a full house and Jim at the time had 80k in chips. He then busted out with 10-10 vs KQ. Another fine showing by Jim who won an earlier event this month at the Bike.

Jan Fisher wrote a great article in Poker Player Newspaper about the Charity Event and I would like to thank her. Jan and Linda are TWO of the nicest people on the face of the earth and it's an absolute honor to know them!!!!!

The tournament scene here in LA dies down a bit until April 10th when the Stars and Stripes series begins at the Bike. These are small buy in events and no POY (player of the year points) are given out during this series. however I look for big fields because of the buy ins.

I hope everyone the best in the coming days and weeks and please be safe out here. take care.....

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Back to Back with Brandon and Flack

Date: Tue, Mar 18, 2008 Professional Internet Tournament

Hey y'all,

just a quick note to let you know about tomorrow night's show. I know i always say its going to be a good one, but considering current events and the importance of a guest's ability to converse, I'm convinced this is going to be one of our best.

First we'll be having Brandon Cantu on the show. if you're living under a rock, Brandon just won the bay 101 Shooting Star in dominating fashion, collecting a (confirmed) record six bounties en route to a seven figure win. Brandon's going to be talking with us about the tournament, the reasons he took time away from poker just before it and how his life, which includes living next door to Jeff Madsen, has been affected by the turns of wealth and stardom it's withstood.

After Cantu, we'll be bringing on a more experienced warrior of the felt. Layne Flack is one of hte most charismatic characters in the poker industry and he'll be joining us tomorrow to talk about the art of table captaincy, the rigors of withstanding an extended dry spell and some of the misconceptions about his career. i haven't had many chances to get to know Layne, so I'm looking forward to the convo.

So that's the deal. The show starts at 8PM EST over at roundersradio.com tomorrow (Wednesday) night. I hope you'll come and listen in; I think you'll be missing out if you don't. See you there,

Gary Wise
gary@wisehandpoker.com

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