Negreanu can't lose, Corey Eyring can't win, & Sarah in a Kitty fight?
Corey Eyring did what in his pants? Is Sarah Herring about to fight Kitty Kuo? And who knew Slow Poker was so country?
It’s hard to imagine a day poker players hate more than this one. It almost feels like we should just put a big black box over the entire newsletter and sleep though the entire day. If you’re an American poker player, this is Tax Day. We know how much poker players love taxes.
And if you’re any sort of poker player, you know what happened 14 years ago today. As you might be aware, PokerOrg is made up of poker players, and we’re feeling it with you. But enough dwelling on the elephant in the room. Elbows on the rail, everyone. It’s time to get weird.
You’re ready to get it into it? Chill. Take a breath. Keep your shoes on. No seriously. Keep your shoes on, says resident umpire Matt Savage. We don’t even know why it has to be said, but it does: don’t take off your shoes while playing poker in public. That's what online poker is for.
Vegas in the 1990s? The end of the poker boom? Saying ‘more rake is better?’ Turning 50? Nothing can kill Daniel Negreanu. To wit: he’s inked a new deal with GGPoker.
So, imagine the conversations that might take place if Negreanu runs into David Lappin who memorialized this Black Friday anniversary by expanding on his Ask the Org suggestion that it’s time for another Black Friday with a very in-depth look back at the first one (and cheekily setting himself up for the title role in the biopic Nostradamus while predicting another Black Friday is closer than some might think).
Speaking of the Irish (it is Irish Open season, after all), Dara O’Kearney and Lappin are speaking a little above a whisper with some interesting predictions about the WSOP…specifically that the WSOP shouldn’t expect as many non-Americans in the field. O’Kearney said it might be the “most American WSOP in years”…and we don’t think he meant that as a good thing.
Remember when the WSOP wasn’t on television? If you’re not of a certain (advanced) age, you might think televised poker began in the early 2000s during the poker boom. Our Matt Hansen has been digging deep in the archives and uncovering some fun stuff about the history of poker and the WSOP. This week he dug up the original paperwork on the ESPN’s first poker broadcast, and it’s fascinating.
Dan Lowery, WSOP Circuit bad ass, doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who worries very much, but here we are. With the WSOP approaching, Lowery is dealing with some existential dread regarding the level of security at the WSOP.
Hell, you never know what is gonna pop off. Just look at these five short videos we produced out on the road that now have more than 11 million views. Sometimes it’s the blow-ups, and sometimes it’s just a dude who wants an old-school chair. But, yeah, 11 million views.
Listen, what happens in the New Jersey poker scene is the New Jersey poker scene’s business, especially when the headlines include the Lucchese Family and names like “Big Joe” and “Little Joe.” So, that’s all we have to say about that.
Knives out! PokerOrg asked what poker comment you could make that would lead to finding yourself in a very prickly situation …and Max Silver went hard, essentially blaming PokerGo for blocking the next poker boom. Awkward…
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GPI Awards? Slow Poker doesn’t need them this year. He’s on his way to a CMA award with poker’s newest country song. It’s about all the important things in life…pocket aces, having an emergency bathroom situation, and dairy products.
We didn’t intend to segue into an extended bathroom-related section, but what David Tuchman said regarding Corey Eyring’s stupid-big Max Pain Monday hand flows perfectly here. And, dammit, Corey just can’t win. If he loses, everybody loves it. If he wins a freaking monster, everyone calls him an American Nit. What is a kid supposed to do out here?
Just like the underground New Jersey poker scene, what you do in the bathroom is your business. But when you’re doing it at the WSOP, it requires some strategy you can’t find on GTO Wizard. Everyone has a plan until they have an “emergency” situation in the cut-off. We’re discussing our best and worst WSOP bathroom plans over on Ask the Org.
And if you don’t feel like typing your answers, find us at a live event and give us your Ask the Org answers live, just like these folks did to the question of: What notes would you put on your monitor when playing online?
Someone tell Kitty Kuo to stand down if she thought she heard Sarah Herring say Frankie C.was her “boyfriend.” It was all just a big misunderstanding. You can watch The Showdown from this week to decide for yourself. Also, Sarah is wondering if she can assign all of us at PokerOrg to follow Martin Kabrhel around the Horseshoe all summer long. Because if you know Sarah, you know a woman who loves chaos. And that’s why we love her.
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