Announcements from Friends on the Felt

   

     Several weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet and play with some really nice people from within the world wide poker community. Some were there to compete, some were there to entertain and some were there to entertain the thought of competing while working!

    One of the first gentlemen I had the privilege to meet was Mark Hoke from Short Stacked Radio. Mark was setting up camp in the main hall in order to broadcast live throughout the weekend of events. Fortunately, I was seated at a table next to his set-up and was able to listen in on all the broadcasting throughout the weekend. I had tuned in to several broadcasts of the show before but never had a face to go with the voice.. now i do! Mark is pictured above (on the right) with Cris Belkewitch (Bustout Poker Pro). 

   Anyway, Short Stacked Radio has taken the poker world by storm since it's debut July 5th, 2011. The show features guests from all walks of life within the poker community. You will hear weekly  from top representatives of the Poker Players Alliance and PokerNews.com, and just recently Phil Helmuth joined the show to discuss his upcoming charity event scheduled. There have been many, many noteable names that have joined in on the broadcast. If you would like to know more about Mark, the show and their past and future guests follw this link      http://shortstackedradio.com/about-us/ . And if you would like to join Mark and his guests during the broadcast of a show just follow this link via Ustream http://www.ustream.tv/user/ShortStackedRadio .
    Now let's get to the big announcement, one of many that have already been made and certainly just a few of many more to come! Here is a post from Mark that will fill you in on the latest big announcement...

 "Very excited to have been personally selected and authorized by the Epic Poker League to cover the EPL Main Event #3 at the Palms next week! It's a great honor for Short Stacked Radio and we hope you'll all be a part of it. We'll be right on the floor at the players lounge with poker's elite of the game, EPL executives plus some of the great friends we've made along the way! Broadcasts will start on Wednesday, Dec 14th at approximately Noon PST and we'll be there all week until the end of the event on Sunday. Tune in at www.shortstackedradio.com all week long!"

    Please follow us on our Short Stacked Radio Facebook page, Twitter @shortstackradio and my personal twitter - @HokesHouse.

    Another gentleman I had the privilege to meet was Chris Torina (CEO and President) from Deep Stacks Live. Chris is pictured at the left (on the right) with Mark Hoke.



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 DeepStacks Live is poker's premier live training organization that promotes & conducts quality educational courses throughout the world. Their training programs are dedicated to the success of you, the poker player. DeepStacks Live Team is represented by quite a few well known poker players.... Mike "theMouth" Matusow... Michael "theGrinder"Mizrachi... Tristan "Cre8ive" Wade... Justin "Boosted J" Smith... Jason Lee... and Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh just to name a few!

   

 DeepStacks Live's announcement....

A new poker tour is set to hit North America in 2012. DeepStacks announced  it will launch the DeepStacks Poker Tour, a multistop televised tour that will deliver the DeepStacks pros and great tournament structures and guarantees to casinos across North America beginning in February 2012.

The first stop on the tour will be at Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, New York, from Feb. 15 to 19, 2012. The $1,500 DeepStacks Poker Tour Western New York Poker Championships will offer a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool and will be televised with award-winning commentator Joe Stapleton alongside analyst and Team DeepStacks Pro Tristan “Cre8ive” Wade.

    Season 1 of the North America DeepStacks Poker Tour will also include stops in California, Nevada, Oregon and Quebec.
    “DeepStacks has established itself as a leading brand in the poker industry. Now we’re giving players a chance to play against some of the best pros in the world on TV, without having to go broke,” said DeepStacks CEO Chris Torina. “The DeepStacks Poker Tour is tournament poker how it should be — great value, top pros and exciting television programming.”



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    Team DeepStacks Pros are expected to play in every DeepStacks Poker Tour event.

DeepStacks also named PokerNews as its official media partner for the DeepStacks Poker Tour. PokerNews will provide live updates for every event, including chip counts, photos. hand-by-hand updates, and recaps of every event each day. Here is a link to DeepStacks Live Poker Tour official site http://deepstackspokertour.com/our-team#


“PokerNews is the industry leader in tournament coverage and live updates," said Elaine Chaivarlis, PokerNews editor in chief. "We are thrilled to be the official media partner of DeepStacks Poker Tour and will deliver top-notch coverage of its events. DeepStacks' ability to bring champion poker pros to play in affordable buy-in events is a big win for poker.”

Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/news/2011/12/deepstacks-poker-tour-north-america-2012-pokernews-media-11585.htm

    Next is a couple I have known for several years but finally had the opportunity to meet in person. This couple would be Jeff and Nikki Griffith from Bustout Poker! I met Jeff a few years back during a Mastadon Weekend with a group of poker bloggers. It wasn't until here recently that I had the pleasure to see him again and meet his wife. If you've been on my blog or my Facebook, at all, you already know that I am a big fan of Bustout Poker!! These are some great people who have a passion that most of us share.. poker. But they have taken that passion to another level with Bustout Poker!

    "Bustout Poker is the brain child of semi-professional poker player, Jeff Griffith. In June 2009, the Columbia, SC native realized that there was no premium apparel line that the poker community could identify with. After sharing his vision with lifelong friend and successful entrepreneur, Jimmy Hancock, Bustout Poker, LLC was born. In addition to offering high quality poker inspired apparel, including hoodies, fashion T-shirts, and hats, we have also begun to introduce our own line of innovative poker related accessories. To date we have sold products in over twenty-two countries around the world."

    "At Bustout Poker our primary mission is not to be just another poker t-shirt company, but to build a complete poker brand that represents everything great the poker world has to offer and more importantly, one that poker players everywhere can be passionate about!"

    Here is a direct link to the site  http://www.bustoutpoker.com/index.htm  or you can just click on one of the many banners that are available here on my blog.

    So, what's the big announcement with Bustout Poker!?! Well, I'm still not sure of an exact date yet, but Bustout has a new line (brand) of gear coming out soon! Grinder Gear Clothing Co. You can check out the Facebook info and pics here https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bustout-Poker/158397707872?ref=ts#!/grindergearclothing  AND you can go to http://www.grindergearclothing.com/ and register at Grinder Gear Clothing Co. for some upcoming promotions to kick things off!

Last, but definitely not least, is my buddy from Canada, Jeff Burnett aka the AceTenBomber. Jeff is a professional poker player that I met online a couple of years ago during a competition with Victory Poker. Since our online meeting I have had the opportunity to travel to Canada and meet him, his wife Cindy and several members of his Team... The Bomb Squad.  In recent weeks I have had the opportunity to make posts from my blog onto the home page of the official AceTenBomber site. Here is a link that will provide more information about Jeff, his passion for poker and his team... The BombSquad! http://www.acetenbomber.com/

    I featured Jeff in one of my earlier posts on my blog if you would like to visit it as well. So, on to the announcement! There are actually two announcements coming from the AceTenBomber camp, but I am only able to give you info about one of them at this point in time. The other, well... I'm still in waiting for it myself, but I've been teased with the upcoming notification.

    Anyway, the most recent announcement...... In a time when good news in the poker world is sometimes as rare as getting delt a Royal Flush……today Orillia native Jeff Burnett known in the poker world as THE ACETENBOMBER signs a sponsorship deal with Canada’s premium poker club establishment, PlayGround Poker Club of Kahnawake, Quebec. While the undisclosed financial terms are kept under-wrap, the PlayGround deal is now Jeff’s second major sponsor supporting Canada’s ACETENBOMBER. The other major sponsor on Jeff’s jersey is RMS, »Refund Management Services. RMS is Canada’s premium tax refund experts for winning Canadian gamblers who play in the USA and want the US tax returned from their winnings across the boarder. PlayGround Poker Club of Kahnawake Quebec is without a doubt the TOP professional poker room for players and professionals in Canada. The luxurious surroundings, excellent dealers, and spectacular food at The Rail, and the clubs stated purpose of creating such a unique poker club >For the players – By the players< is the real deal.  Here's a link to go check out the Playground http://www.playgroundpoker.ca/ . Hosting multiple poker tournaments featuring celebrities, sports superstars, and international poker pros is what makes the trip across the Mercier Bridge so worth it, you just never know who you might be sitting down beside at a poker table.

  Canada’s ACETENBOMBER has spawned a grass roots following of poker players and fans from all over Ontario, Quebec and internationally. Burnett has appeared on major television broadcasts as well as many TV tables along side the likes of pros Gavin Smith, Huck Seed, Greg Mueller, Andy Bloch, and ,many others. The Bombers unique and energetic table play antics combined with his all Canadian red jersey has created a poker following phenomena, with thousands of Bomber Nation fans, and his own group of networking poker players who make up his very own Team Bomb Squad the brand just keeps getting bigger each and every year. A CEO of his own formed company acetenbomber.com a website that allows players and fans to interact with the Bomber and all the Nation, post blogs, create profiles, blog, and chat, are just some of the things this site offers as well a very successful poker clothing line. The site gets over 3000 hits on average per day and over 140,000 on average per month with last March breaking a all-time record of 240,000 in just one month!!!

    Well, I think I'm gonna call it it night on this one. I'm sure that there will be plenty more announcements from all my friends across the felt, and when they are out... I'll let you know!
    Thanks Mark! for the invite and the opportunity to be on the show! and Chris... wow! good luck with all your upcoming adventures!! and Jeff & Nikki... good luck to you guys as well, good (great)things are happening!! and to my bud Jeff Burnett... dude, hurry up with the new announcement, now I have to do an adendum to the post!! just kidding!! Good luck to you as well my friend.... hope to see all of you again real soon!!! chapelout
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Top Five...No Buys! with Alternative Suggestions!

    Whether it's for a birthday, anniversary or for the upcoming Christmas present... here is a quick "No Buy" reference list to use while you are out shopping for that special poker player in your life. Actually, don't waste your time or money for anyone with theses items!

    1. Automatic Card Shuffler- These shufflers are actually more trouble than their worth. ... unless of course you can find one of these on a great deal---------------------------------->>>>>

Otherwise you will find the actual machine in a future yard sale or donated to a local recycling bin. So, save your money and consider getting them some really nice playing cards from Copag. Go to 

http://www.copagcards.com/ and order them now!

    2. Poker for Dummies Book- Unless it is a gag gift, this book is also a waste of time and money. It's  obvious that if your buying for a poker player they probably already have the basic knowledge of the game. There are plenty of good books available for the poker player in your life, and most of them are not going to be insulting as this one would. My suggestion.... go to http://anteupstore.com/ChrisBelkewitch.html and order "The Poker Journey" by Cris Belkewitch. I had the opportunity to meet and play with Cris in a recent charity event, he's a great guy and has a lot to share in his book!

   3. Cheap Poker Saying T-Shirts- These shirts may seem funny to you, but most poker players want to be taken seriously. These shirts may be worn around the house, while doing yard work or maybe even in the bedroom, but if they make it off the hanger on the day of a tournament or big event it's probably gonna be the undershirt to the one that is intended to be worn! Again, save your time and money... have a good laugh when you see them, but leave them on the rack! If you really want to impress the poker player in your life, get them some Bustout Poker Gear!! Go to http://www.bustoutpoker.com/ and check out the best poker apparel and accessories on the market!  Whether it's for him or her Bustout has what you are looking for! Just click on one of the banners on the sidebars here on my blog and see for yourself!

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    4. Fold Up Table Tops- Here is another item that will soon be seen in the next garage sale on the block! Do yourself a favor and don't crowd the kitchen or dining room table with these cheap table toppers. Convenient and portable, yes. But don't waste your time or money... unless of course you just want to keep the game from coming to his or your house next week ( and any other week for that matter!). If you really want to impress this player/host and his guests go to http://www.offtiltpokertables.com/ and check out the best poker tables made on the planet! Choose from their stock of inventory or have it custom made for the player in your life! There is a link at the top right of the sidebar of my blog. It will be the best investment ever made in your poker journey for a table, not just any table... the best on the planet! from OffTilt Poker Tables!

    5. Silly Costume Sunglasses- I know, I know... Greg Raymer. Well, it worked for him, but don't expect the same results for them! Again, most poker players want to be taken seriously! They want to look good, feel comfortable and be taken seriously. You want them to be able to say that about the glasses they are wearing!?! Then get them some Blue Shark Optics! Follow this link http://www.bustoutpoker.com/accessories   or any Bustout banner on my blog and check out the glasses made specifically for poker players! These are not shades you want to wear to eliminate the sun, they are glasses made to hide your eyes and enhance your image and clarity of the cards! I've seen them and I've worn them... check out the different styles!


http://www.acetenbomber.com/2011/12/top-five-no-buys-with-alternate-suggestions/  you can also check out the poker apparel and accessories here on the AceTenBomber's site...

well, that's it for now...chapelout   GetSome.GIVEBACK.GetHome.