I pondered whether I would blog about the closure of our little alcove of the poker world here, Poker News Daily. I disputed because we (and by “we” I suggest my buddy and associate Dan Katz) were notified recently that the ownership of the website was “stopping briefly” publishing on the website and whether a goodbye was essential. Dan was the one who introduced my goodbye to you here on Poker News Daily, however not goodbye regarding my work.
Rock You Like a Hurricane
My operate in the poker market started by mishap in 2004, when I taught myself HTML and developed a simple site that talked about poker. Back in those days, I got interviews with the late Mike Sexton, Linda Johnson, and even Barry Shulman spent some time to talk with me. Later on that year, a popular poker news website was searching for authors, I sent a few of my work, and they employed me on what has actually been a long, unusual journey.
Back in those days, you merely shot exercise as much as possible– there was not “research study” done since, to be extremely truthful, there wasn’t much details out there TO research study. 4 years after these advantageous starts, I was to come to the area that would be the longest-tenured position of my profession, here at Poker News Daily (PND), after ending up being a newlywed in 2008. And there have actually been both great and bad along the method.
In addition to Dan, PND has actually attempted to bring you the current worldwide of poker. Often that would need recreating a competition for readers where the individuals were not the “huge stars” of the video game, however there have actually been times that those gamers and their households have actually connected and stated, “Thank you,” for providing the very same pixel area that gamers like Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, or Fedor Holz would have gotten. There have actually been the stories that brought oppressions to light, such as the Houston poker club robs a couple of years back, which shining light on oppressions needs a media to discover.
There have been records that have been broken, historical minutes on the World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour phases, and numerous a minute that I, and ideally you, have taken pleasure in; I will constantly keep in mind standing next to Johnny Chan at the last table where he won his tenth bracelet and asking him “Do you desire me to inform you what the river card is?” With his back to the felt, Johnny merely stated, “No, the crowd will inform me.” And they did …
There has actually likewise been the drawback. Lots of good friends have actually died that I do be sorry for not seeing more or being more “in touch” with throughout the years. Lou Krieger’s death was tough, as was Tony Holden’s current departure from this mortal coil. There have actually likewise been scandals, which are never ever enjoyable to keep in mind. Which marital relationship has actually likewise been a casualty, of a partner who liked the task I was doing when we satisfied to a specter I did not acknowledge any longer who typically grumbled about getting a “genuine task.”
I had a genuine task. I had it for sixteen years, and I do not regret it at all.
The Future’s So Bright …
So, where do we go from here? I am more detailed today to retirement age than I am to the legal age, and as such the deals are not precisely going to be rolling in. I am going to be moving my functional base to a brand-new area, Casinos.com, with more of a concentrate on the general gambling establishment video gaming world instead of a spec on simply poker alone. I definitely wish to round off my working days there, however I likewise have some other composing outlets that I operate at, my music composing with Rock during the night and my radio reveals with Real Rock Radio. I will be hectic, still doing what I like doing and having the ability to make a little something for it.What I do
wish to make the effort to state is that both Dan and I have actually been the workhorses of PND given that post-Black Friday. I was launched for 3 months because black time of 2011 and, as things started to settle, the then-owners brought me back for responsibility, and I would stand my watch … up until June 13. I make certain I promote Dan when I state I hope we captivated you, I hope in some cases we informed you, and I hope that often you got a laugh off among our jokes or had the ability to rail a good friend. It has actually been a long, unusual journey for Dan and me at Poker News Daily, and as we turned off the lights– who understands … there might be a renewal one day– I am advised of the old line that Mike Sexton utilized to sign off the WPT telecasts. It may sound hokey, however …
“May all your cards be live, and your pots be beasts.”
Signing off … End of Watch, Poker News Daily … 6/12/2024
Mahalo …
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