^ To David:

yes, and i always wear the latest in poker fashion.

sometimes you will see me with an unlit ciggarette.

you may even see me with a green visor.

i usually have a card protector, which is a $1 chip from some casino ive never been to.

i have many gold chains.

i even wear a replica world series of poker braclet so people will think i actually won an event, when in fact the only event ive ever won was a $1.50 turbo sng on stars.

[Edited on July 21, 2006 at 1:20 PM. Reason : `]

7/21/2006 1:19:39 PM

this thread has taken an interesting turn.

the other night, i realized i was sitting at a table, playing 20/40 at borgata, ipod in one ear, and an unlit cigarette in my mouth.

i was standing up to go smoke, but got a hand and ended up not getting up for a few hours.

i realized i probably looked like a tool.

i realized i didnt give a shit either.

7/21/2006 1:24:22 PM

Quote :

"the other night, i realized i was sitting at a table"

I think you need to play shorter session ps.

7/21/2006 1:40:47 PM

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"Seven poker players sue WPT over use of likeness, name By RYAN NAKASHIMA ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS (AP) - Seven professional poker players filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against the operator of the World Poker Tour over the use of their likeness and their access to play in televised tournaments. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, came as the world's largest poker tournament, the World Series of Poker, was under way at the Rio casino-hotel in Las Vegas. The players include famous pros Howard "The Professor" Lederer, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, and World Series champs Joseph Hachem and Greg Raymer, argued that WPT Enterprises Inc. made them waive lucrative rights to use their images and names to promote products and video games before they could enter WPT tournaments. Lederer told The Associated Press that video clips of him playing in a WPT tournament were used in a WPT video game that competed directly with one he and his sister Annie Duke appear in, "World Championship Poker 2." "All I'm asking is that they not compete against me, with me, without even offering to pay me or asking my permission," Lederer said. "People are being paid seven-figure endorsement contracts. These are rights that should not be demanded of us for nothing." Jeffrey Kessler, lead lawyer for the players, said the suit accuses WPT Enterprises of "price fixing" and "group boycotts" by colluding with 12 member casinos to prevent players from entering tournaments unless they forfeit their rights. The casinos were not named as defendants in the lawsuit. The suit seeks damages and to void contracts the players signed for entering previous WPT tournaments, he said. Kessler said he has tried similar suits that have changed the way major sports businesses run, including the NBA and NFL. "Imagine if they were to have to said to John Elway in the NFL, 'Well we should just be able to use your image for any product or service that we want,'" Kessler said. "No professional sport has been able to get away with that and the same will be true with respect to the World Poker Tour." WPT Enterprises lawyer Adam Pliska said he couldn't comment before seeing the suit. But he added that most players were content to sign the agreements allowing use of their likeness for the chance to play. "We've been able to expand the sport for everyone's benefit," Pliska said. "Aside from some occasional complaints, we've had great success and this has worked out for all parties involved." Crave Entertainment Inc., the publisher of the game featuring Lederer and Duke, filed a suit in January in Orange County, Calif. against WPT Enterprises and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. alleging infringement of its right to use poker players' likenesses. The case is pending. Other players involved in Wednesday's suit include Duke, Phil Gordon and Andy Bloch. Poker pro Barry Greenstein, who is not part of either suit, said the action amounted to a dog biting the hand that fed it, although he sympathized with both sides. "All of us as poker players were degenerates until the World Poker Tour started the whole ball rolling," the 51-year-old said, adding he had parlayed fame on the tour into a sponsorship deal with a major online poker site and is selling a poker advice book. "I've been involved in DVDs and video games and all these types of things, even though I've gotten no money out of it," he said. "I know that I get a lot of perks from being a celebrity." --- On the Net: World Poker Tour, http://www.worldpokertour.com Poker Players vs. The World Poker Tour, http://www.wptlawsuit.com -- "

7/21/2006 2:16:52 PM

I hope the players win.

7/21/2006 2:44:29 PM

I'll root for wpt to win out of pure spite.

7/21/2006 3:08:53 PM

they should play a tournament to decide the winner.

7/21/2006 3:17:16 PM

What's the over/under on the settlement?

7/21/2006 3:21:15 PM

i was always under the impression that raymer didnt want to be involved with and would not play in tournaments of wpt in the first place due to the payout structure and the fact they didnt allow final table deals.

wonder how he got tangled up in this. guess he played some anyways.

[Edited on July 21, 2006 at 3:25 PM. Reason : e]

7/21/2006 3:25:12 PM

due to the payout structure and the fact they didnt allow final table deals.?

7/21/2006 3:27:17 PM

ehh

he wrote a long thread on 2+2 a long time about about how due to the steepness of the tournament payouts and the fact that the wpt as an organization does not allow final table deals to be made (unlike the wsop), he wouldnt play in the wpt tournaments.

take a look at the normal (non championship) wpt even pay scale.

its sickly skewed to the top 3 even more so than a normal tournament. the highups at wpt board apparently thought that the higher the cash got for the winner, the higher their tv ratings would go, etc. etc.

7/21/2006 3:33:28 PM

Wow, I knew the structure sucked balls, but didn't realize you couldn't make deal. So shitty.

7/21/2006 3:38:18 PM

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"How many do we have for tomorrow? What is the buy in for the cash game? Do you have change or do I need to get some smaller bills for tomorrow?"

9 for the tourney, plus a few maybes. A few more will be coming late for the $ game.

Buy in, if we play .50/1 can be like up to $100 or something. Well play it by ear.

7/21/2006 3:47:34 PM

9 sounds good, I always hated it when we would get 1 over a full table and had to play shorthanded for an hour. Still starting at 730 sharp?

7/21/2006 3:48:28 PM

I dont thik we've ever started a game "sharp"

730 usually means 8 PM to most people

7/21/2006 3:51:32 PM

Ok, so should I show up at 8?

7/21/2006 3:52:10 PM

try to get here and 730, I hope we can start on time. We'll try to set the blinds so that we start the cash game around the time others show

7/21/2006 3:53:16 PM

anyone know anything about keeping a box at a casino?

like, if there are minimum requirements or something

7/21/2006 3:55:22 PM

A box?

So, others are showing up later for the cash game?

7/21/2006 3:56:52 PM

like, a safe deposit box at the front desk.

id like to be able to take the trains back and forth, but standing around in 30th street station with 6gs in my pocket always kinda bugs me out.

7/21/2006 3:58:24 PM

Well, don't keep it in your wallet in case you are mugged.

7/21/2006 3:59:44 PM

last friday when i cashed out, i got 3 100s with blood stains on them

that was a first

7/21/2006 4:00:31 PM

Awesome. You should bring them tomorrow.

7/21/2006 4:01:59 PM

^*5

My neighbor (former couch monster) and his random crew will be coming after 11. Sadly the girls from Thee Doll House will be working. But his crew is usually good for a nice donation to the table.

[Edited on July 21, 2006 at 4:03 PM. Reason : 5]

7/21/2006 4:03:03 PM

too far of a drive, but id love to play in this game yall got going.

ahaha i got an idea

ill do it by webcam

ahahah


but for real, im leaving work now, and then im going to go to sullivans for a drink and a steak, then going to sleep. then wake up about 11, drive to borgata.

hit up the limit tables about midnight, and well see where take takes me.

7/21/2006 4:04:01 PM

Sweet. Care to mention any names so I can be on the lookout tomorrow?

7/21/2006 4:04:33 PM

I actually have webcam capablities now...

You can IM your actions

and watch out for this "Hish" guy. He scares me

[Edited on July 21, 2006 at 4:06 PM. Reason : aaaa]

7/21/2006 4:04:56 PM

You can IM your actions?

7/21/2006 4:11:16 PM

I meant like fold/raise/whatever.

7/21/2006 4:12:35 PM

haha

7/21/2006 4:17:34 PM

that would be hottt.

me playin online, with you jokers stealing my chips one by one

7/21/2006 4:26:23 PM

Watching you go off by IM after a bad beat would be funny

7/21/2006 4:28:59 PM

haha

7/21/2006 4:29:43 PM

that Karim (boobsr_gr8 dude) sucks

you should always call him, he never has anything good

[Edited on July 21, 2006 at 5:50 PM. Reason : ]

7/21/2006 5:50:19 PM

Genesis Rules!!!

7/21/2006 5:53:12 PM

aha you should post a poker blog of the tourney like they do on the poker sites

7/22/2006 2:28:10 PM

I am still drunk from last night

This is gonna be interesting

7/22/2006 3:02:59 PM

What's the count for the tourney?

7/22/2006 3:09:09 PM

10

Anyone have folding chairs?

[Edited on July 22, 2006 at 3:16 PM. Reason : d]

7/22/2006 3:14:42 PM

10 at one table?

[Edited on July 22, 2006 at 3:35 PM. Reason : #]

7/22/2006 3:34:45 PM

Better be one table.

7/22/2006 3:37:58 PM

well, had 2 fall out, so it's 8

and its 1 table

7/22/2006 3:53:36 PM

And it begins...

7/22/2006 3:53:55 PM

1 would rather write a paper, and the other got called into work

7/22/2006 3:57:55 PM

haha i would not rather write a paper but since i got dicked on the midterm, have to make up the points somewhere... and waiting until the day of to write it doesnt seem like the best idea...

7/22/2006 4:04:56 PM

Does the guy that called into work post here?

7/22/2006 4:05:59 PM

no, he's got a life

I probably could've recruited more if I went to he BC game last night. Oh well

7/22/2006 4:21:03 PM

looks like its gotta be top 2

100 and 300

7/22/2006 5:19:17 PM

sean you better call these people to confirm

7/22/2006 5:21:30 PM

Yeah, can't count the # of times I've showed up just to find out half the people fell through. Not planning on playing six handed...

7/22/2006 5:31:56 PM