GENE D A POKER MACHINE

CONGRATS TO GENED: The co-owner of the site, and not the guy writing this so don’t think he’s patting himself on the back, has been on a bit of a Texas Hold’em poker heater. Gene has been assaulting the Harrahs Bayou Poker Classic Tournament Challenge MidWinter World Series of Poker Satellite Whatever The Name of It In New Orleans poker tournaments Tournament Challenge fields. Gene won one of three Main Event seats in the opening Mega-Satellite and then cashed in his very next tournament in Event one. GeneD just missed the final table coming in 12th and Southpaw Rounder also enjoyed a deep run.

Like all of us Gene has endured some heartache on a lot of bubbles so it’s nice to see the cards hold up for once, the bluffs prevail, and the better hands get paid off. Continued good luck to Gene. By the way, in that mega the Honest Player, J. Parfait took a break from dodging the minefields in online poker, also bagged a seat by being Johnny on the Spot and getting a more than 50% discount on the seat. Lots of ways to win in and around poker. We’ll have more coverage of the Harrahs events as the information comes to us in the coming days

ALSO CONGRATS TO SOFA KING WE TODD DID: He enjoyed a chop at the nightly. Go to his blog to read the details. Apparently, the Baton Rouge native is makng a habit of winning the nightlies. A habit of winning, no matter the event, is a good thing.

ISILDUR1 SIGNED BY POKERSTARS: The masked (by the Internet) man, who made his name battling Durrrr in high-stakes action is going to Pokerstars. It’s almost consensus that Isildur1 is Viktor Blom, a young Swede, but Pokerstars is going to make a show of announcing his true identity. Which is smart because they basically get to do two rounds of PR for one guy. Question is will people flock to Stars to play high stakes cash games or tangle with Durrrr on our favorite American online poker room Full Tilt.

WILL SOUTHER GETS A SMALL STEP CLOSER TO WSOP CIRCUIT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FREEROLL WITH AC CASH: Monkey finished 19th and in the money to gain some more WSOP satellite points in his quest to join blogger Shannon Shorr in the National Championship. Considering the field was 1250 players it’s another monumental accomplishment for the Biloxi, native. Think he’d have a shot in the swollen WSOP Main Event? We do too. Hopefully, we’ll see him there this year.

JONATHAN LITTLE 12th IN CHIPS AT WPT 5 DIAMOND CLASSIC: After Day three at the WPT No Limit Hold’em Championship at the Bellagio, the ;eaderboard is a Who’s Who of tournament poker with Antonio Esfandiari the chipleader, 2+2’s favorite toolbox (their name for him, not ours) Doug Lee in second, Vanessa Rousso third, and Freddy Deeb fourth. Little is just ahead of Doyle Brunson, Sorel Mizzi, Andrew Lichtenberger, and Kirk Morrision. John Racener and Allen Kessler are on the short side of things with 54 players left. Friend of GCP, Dwyte Pilgrim, regional “locals” Keith Lehr, Hoyt Corkins and Jason Mercier finished in the money but are out of the tournament.

THANKSGIVING POKER MURDER IN FLORIDA: Two brothers were killed playing poker on the front porch of their friend’s house. A man who identified himself as a police officer and was wearing a sheriff’s T-shirt told everybody to lie on the ground. Then he started shooting. Read here for more.

IF YOU NAME YOUR BOOK “DON’T LISTEN TO PHIL HELLMUTH” CAN YOU SELL IT FOR $50? Apparently if you are Dusty “Leatherass” Schmidt you can. Well at least you can list it on your website for $50, not sure how many copies he’s actually peddled. Does sound interesting though. Go here for more.