The Best In The Business

[pleno1]

haha, i didnt mean it in an ott way. should just not post stuff like that!

pretty sure cleaners stole 200e from my room yesterday when i was out. not exactly what i need before the 10k, but if i took few days to report it its probably gg.

[DaveShoelace]

I was kinda joking about the clique. Pokernews usually know everybody. Like some random qualifier raises and then will find his name. There was a huge hand yesterday which I forgot to report where I folded QQ pre flop and they called me "a player" I don't mind at all just find it funny that I don't get any recognition for the last 1 year of online poker where I've played as much as any other european player online. I'd actually like to be a an ambassador for poker. I really love this game and want it to prosper just things like not winning anything at British Poker Awards, not being invited to these European ones, pokernews not knowing who I am and lots of other really small things piss me off even though they really shouldn't. This obviously sounds really arrogant not meaning it to be but just as usual I prefer to say what I'm actually thinking.

It's refreshing that you are honest about these things, most people feel ashamed to admit they want stuff like this. I personally would love to win a European Poker Award (The staff/media/industry ones), not because I think I've done anything to deserve one, but simply because it would look really great on my CV.

The odds are against you in these things because poker awards are biased towards live poker. All the partners in these things and the voting panel are primarily in the live industry side of things. I previously have been on these panels and in most cases I had to explain a surprising amount about the simplest of things related to online play. PokerNews are a very live centric site, especially since Black Friday, they are also a heavily US-centric site. Makes perfect sense not many of them know you.

Someone asked me if I felt hard done by not being nominated for the media award given that PokerStrategy is the biggest european poker site, but I don't. We are much more towards the online side of things, so I/we simply are not top of mind/tip of tongue when the people who influence these things make nominations.

None of the above is good or bad in my opinion, it's just the way things are. I've always liked the awards as a harmless bit of fun, taking them too seriously doesnt really help. The saving grace for you as a player is to remember some of the players who win are broke. So would you rather look good, or be good?

[pleno1]

I was kinda joking about the clique. Pokernews usually know everybody. Like some random qualifier raises and then will find his name. There was a huge hand yesterday which I forgot to report where I folded QQ pre flop and they called me "a player" I don't mind at all just find it funny that I don't get any recognition for the last 1 year of online poker where I've played as much as any other european player online. I'd actually like to be a an ambassador for poker. I really love this game and want it to prosper just things like not winning anything at British Poker Awards, not being invited to these European ones, pokernews not knowing who I am and lots of other really small things piss me off even though they really shouldn't. This obviously sounds really arrogant not meaning it to be but just as usual I prefer to say what I'm actually thinking.

It's refreshing that you are honest about these things, most people feel ashamed to admit they want stuff like this. I personally would love to win a European Poker Award (The staff/media/industry ones), not because I think I've done anything to deserve one, but simply because it would look really great on my CV.

The odds are against you in these things because poker awards are biased towards live poker. All the partners in these things and the voting panel are primarily in the live industry side of things. I previously have been on these panels and in most cases I had to explain a surprising amount about the simplest of things related to online play. PokerNews are a very live centric site, especially since Black Friday, they are also a heavily US-centric site. Makes perfect sense not many of them know you.

Someone asked me if I felt hard done by not being nominated for the media award given that PokerStrategy is the biggest european poker site, but I don't. We are much more towards the online side of things, so I/we simply are not top of mind/tip of tongue when the people who influence these things make nominations.

None of the above is good or bad in my opinion, it's just the way things are. I've always liked the awards as a harmless bit of fun, taking them too seriously doesnt really help. The saving grace for you as a player is to remember some of the players who win are broke. So would you rather look good, or be good?

Yeah I agree, sounded stupid obviously and regretted posting that but thats just the way I am. Find it really cringey that people can win player of the year when they actually lost money on the year. It's partly my fault too, I could do a lot more if I really wanted to. I usually go and grind online or sociliase in groups of 3-5 rather than trying to be in big groups or staying around at player parties etc. Just the way I am, I'm way more introvert than most people would actually imagine. On breaks when everybody gathers together, I just want to go chill by myself and not think about poker or listen to bad beat stories.

If I was on a judging panel you would definitely be the media person of the year and don't think its even close really. I was actually surprised Stapes didn't win that. Not that I thought he should or anything, just seemed how it would be.

[DaveShoelace]

I was kinda joking about the clique. Pokernews usually know everybody. Like some random qualifier raises and then will find his name. There was a huge hand yesterday which I forgot to report where I folded QQ pre flop and they called me "a player" I don't mind at all just find it funny that I don't get any recognition for the last 1 year of online poker where I've played as much as any other european player online. I'd actually like to be a an ambassador for poker. I really love this game and want it to prosper just things like not winning anything at British Poker Awards, not being invited to these European ones, pokernews not knowing who I am and lots of other really small things piss me off even though they really shouldn't. This obviously sounds really arrogant not meaning it to be but just as usual I prefer to say what I'm actually thinking.

It's refreshing that you are honest about these things, most people feel ashamed to admit they want stuff like this. I personally would love to win a European Poker Award (The staff/media/industry ones), not because I think I've done anything to deserve one, but simply because it would look really great on my CV.

The odds are against you in these things because poker awards are biased towards live poker. All the partners in these things and the voting panel are primarily in the live industry side of things. I previously have been on these panels and in most cases I had to explain a surprising amount about the simplest of things related to online play. PokerNews are a very live centric site, especially since Black Friday, they are also a heavily US-centric site. Makes perfect sense not many of them know you.

Someone asked me if I felt hard done by not being nominated for the media award given that PokerStrategy is the biggest european poker site, but I don't. We are much more towards the online side of things, so I/we simply are not top of mind/tip of tongue when the people who influence these things make nominations.

None of the above is good or bad in my opinion, it's just the way things are. I've always liked the awards as a harmless bit of fun, taking them too seriously doesnt really help. The saving grace for you as a player is to remember some of the players who win are broke. So would you rather look good, or be good?

Yeah I agree, sounded stupid obviously and regretted posting that but thats just the way I am. Find it really cringey that people can win player of the year when they actually lost money on the year. It's partly my fault too, I could do a lot more if I really wanted to. I usually go and grind online or sociliase in groups of 3-5 rather than trying to be in big groups or staying around at player parties etc. Just the way I am, I'm way more introvert than most people would actually imagine. On breaks when everybody gathers together, I just want to go chill by myself and not think about poker or listen to bad beat stories.

If I was on a judging panel you would definitely be the media person of the year and don't think its even close really. I was actually surprised Stapes didn't win that. Not that I thought he should or anything, just seemed how it would be.

I'm guessing its because he is a yank. Having said that, Jesse May has (rightfully) won a Euro award before.

[DaveShoelace]

I was kinda joking about the clique. Pokernews usually know everybody. Like some random qualifier raises and then will find his name. There was a huge hand yesterday which I forgot to report where I folded QQ pre flop and they called me "a player" I don't mind at all just find it funny that I don't get any recognition for the last 1 year of online poker where I've played as much as any other european player online. I'd actually like to be a an ambassador for poker. I really love this game and want it to prosper just things like not winning anything at British Poker Awards, not being invited to these European ones, pokernews not knowing who I am and lots of other really small things piss me off even though they really shouldn't. This obviously sounds really arrogant not meaning it to be but just as usual I prefer to say what I'm actually thinking.

It's refreshing that you are honest about these things, most people feel ashamed to admit they want stuff like this. I personally would love to win a European Poker Award (The staff/media/industry ones), not because I think I've done anything to deserve one, but simply because it would look really great on my CV.

The odds are against you in these things because poker awards are biased towards live poker. All the partners in these things and the voting panel are primarily in the live industry side of things. I previously have been on these panels and in most cases I had to explain a surprising amount about the simplest of things related to online play. PokerNews are a very live centric site, especially since Black Friday, they are also a heavily US-centric site. Makes perfect sense not many of them know you.

Someone asked me if I felt hard done by not being nominated for the media award given that PokerStrategy is the biggest european poker site, but I don't. We are much more towards the online side of things, so I/we simply are not top of mind/tip of tongue when the people who influence these things make nominations.

None of the above is good or bad in my opinion, it's just the way things are. I've always liked the awards as a harmless bit of fun, taking them too seriously doesnt really help. The saving grace for you as a player is to remember some of the players who win are broke. So would you rather look good, or be good?

Yeah I agree, sounded stupid obviously and regretted posting that but thats just the way I am. Find it really cringey that people can win player of the year when they actually lost money on the year. It's partly my fault too, I could do a lot more if I really wanted to. I usually go and grind online or sociliase in groups of 3-5 rather than trying to be in big groups or staying around at player parties etc. Just the way I am, I'm way more introvert than most people would actually imagine. On breaks when everybody gathers together, I just want to go chill by myself and not think about poker or listen to bad beat stories.

If I was on a judging panel you would definitely be the media person of the year and don't think its even close really. I was actually surprised Stapes didn't win that. Not that I thought he should or anything, just seemed how it would be.

I'm guessing its because he is a yank. Having said that, Jesse May has (rightfully) won a Euro award before.

Reminds me of a funny conversation I had with a respected American member of the poker media:

"Why didnt Eric Seidel win player of the year?"

"Because he is American, this are the European Poker Awards"

"I know, but he had such a good year"

"That's right, but its the European Poker Awards"

"Can you honestly tell me the panel made the right decision, and that [whoever won it that year] was a better player than Erik Seidel last year?"

"Erm, it's the European Poker Awards"

And the conversation carried on in that manner for a long time.

[tikay]

I was kinda joking about the clique. Pokernews usually know everybody. Like some random qualifier raises and then will find his name. There was a huge hand yesterday which I forgot to report where I folded QQ pre flop and they called me "a player" I don't mind at all just find it funny that I don't get any recognition for the last 1 year of online poker where I've played as much as any other european player online. I'd actually like to be a an ambassador for poker. I really love this game and want it to prosper just things like not winning anything at British Poker Awards, not being invited to these European ones, pokernews not knowing who I am and lots of other really small things piss me off even though they really shouldn't. This obviously sounds really arrogant not meaning it to be but just as usual I prefer to say what I'm actually thinking.

It's refreshing that you are honest about these things, most people feel ashamed to admit they want stuff like this. I personally would love to win a European Poker Award (The staff/media/industry ones), not because I think I've done anything to deserve one, but simply because it would look really great on my CV.

The odds are against you in these things because poker awards are biased towards live poker. All the partners in these things and the voting panel are primarily in the live industry side of things. I previously have been on these panels and in most cases I had to explain a surprising amount about the simplest of things related to online play. PokerNews are a very live centric site, especially since Black Friday, they are also a heavily US-centric site. Makes perfect sense not many of them know you.

Someone asked me if I felt hard done by not being nominated for the media award given that PokerStrategy is the biggest european poker site, but I don't. We are much more towards the online side of things, so I/we simply are not top of mind/tip of tongue when the people who influence these things make nominations.

None of the above is good or bad in my opinion, it's just the way things are. I've always liked the awards as a harmless bit of fun, taking them too seriously doesnt really help. The saving grace for you as a player is to remember some of the players who win are broke. So would you rather look good, or be good?

Yeah I agree, sounded stupid obviously and regretted posting that but thats just the way I am. Find it really cringey that people can win player of the year when they actually lost money on the year. It's partly my fault too, I could do a lot more if I really wanted to. I usually go and grind online or sociliase in groups of 3-5 rather than trying to be in big groups or staying around at player parties etc. Just the way I am, I'm way more introvert than most people would actually imagine. On breaks when everybody gathers together, I just want to go chill by myself and not think about poker or listen to bad beat stories.

If I was on a judging panel you would definitely be the media person of the year and don't think its even close really. I was actually surprised Stapes didn't win that. Not that I thought he should or anything, just seemed how it would be.

I'm guessing its because he is a yank. Having said that, Jesse May has (rightfully) won a Euro award before.

As would-be "Media Person of the Year" (pfft) you probably know that Jesse May was born in Des Moines, Ohio.  

What other famous person once wrote?....


I was born in Des Moines, somebody had to be

PS - No goggling.

[DaveShoelace]

I was kinda joking about the clique. Pokernews usually know everybody. Like some random qualifier raises and then will find his name. There was a huge hand yesterday which I forgot to report where I folded QQ pre flop and they called me "a player" I don't mind at all just find it funny that I don't get any recognition for the last 1 year of online poker where I've played as much as any other european player online. I'd actually like to be a an ambassador for poker. I really love this game and want it to prosper just things like not winning anything at British Poker Awards, not being invited to these European ones, pokernews not knowing who I am and lots of other really small things piss me off even though they really shouldn't. This obviously sounds really arrogant not meaning it to be but just as usual I prefer to say what I'm actually thinking.

It's refreshing that you are honest about these things, most people feel ashamed to admit they want stuff like this. I personally would love to win a European Poker Award (The staff/media/industry ones), not because I think I've done anything to deserve one, but simply because it would look really great on my CV.

The odds are against you in these things because poker awards are biased towards live poker. All the partners in these things and the voting panel are primarily in the live industry side of things. I previously have been on these panels and in most cases I had to explain a surprising amount about the simplest of things related to online play. PokerNews are a very live centric site, especially since Black Friday, they are also a heavily US-centric site. Makes perfect sense not many of them know you.

Someone asked me if I felt hard done by not being nominated for the media award given that PokerStrategy is the biggest european poker site, but I don't. We are much more towards the online side of things, so I/we simply are not top of mind/tip of tongue when the people who influence these things make nominations.

None of the above is good or bad in my opinion, it's just the way things are. I've always liked the awards as a harmless bit of fun, taking them too seriously doesnt really help. The saving grace for you as a player is to remember some of the players who win are broke. So would you rather look good, or be good?

Yeah I agree, sounded stupid obviously and regretted posting that but thats just the way I am. Find it really cringey that people can win player of the year when they actually lost money on the year. It's partly my fault too, I could do a lot more if I really wanted to. I usually go and grind online or sociliase in groups of 3-5 rather than trying to be in big groups or staying around at player parties etc. Just the way I am, I'm way more introvert than most people would actually imagine. On breaks when everybody gathers together, I just want to go chill by myself and not think about poker or listen to bad beat stories.

If I was on a judging panel you would definitely be the media person of the year and don't think its even close really. I was actually surprised Stapes didn't win that. Not that I thought he should or anything, just seemed how it would be.

I'm guessing its because he is a yank. Having said that, Jesse May has (rightfully) won a Euro award before.

As would-be "Media Person of the Year" (pfft) you probably know that Jesse May was born in Des Moines, Ohio.  

What other famous person once wrote?....


I was born in Des Moines, somebody had to be

PS - No goggling.

I actually do know the answer to that one, and considering your the only person I have ever seen talk about him, I wonder if I must have heard it from you? I've just started reading his science book.

[tikay]

I was kinda joking about the clique. Pokernews usually know everybody. Like some random qualifier raises and then will find his name. There was a huge hand yesterday which I forgot to report where I folded QQ pre flop and they called me "a player" I don't mind at all just find it funny that I don't get any recognition for the last 1 year of online poker where I've played as much as any other european player online. I'd actually like to be a an ambassador for poker. I really love this game and want it to prosper just things like not winning anything at British Poker Awards, not being invited to these European ones, pokernews not knowing who I am and lots of other really small things piss me off even though they really shouldn't. This obviously sounds really arrogant not meaning it to be but just as usual I prefer to say what I'm actually thinking.

It's refreshing that you are honest about these things, most people feel ashamed to admit they want stuff like this. I personally would love to win a European Poker Award (The staff/media/industry ones), not because I think I've done anything to deserve one, but simply because it would look really great on my CV.

The odds are against you in these things because poker awards are biased towards live poker. All the partners in these things and the voting panel are primarily in the live industry side of things. I previously have been on these panels and in most cases I had to explain a surprising amount about the simplest of things related to online play. PokerNews are a very live centric site, especially since Black Friday, they are also a heavily US-centric site. Makes perfect sense not many of them know you.

Someone asked me if I felt hard done by not being nominated for the media award given that PokerStrategy is the biggest european poker site, but I don't. We are much more towards the online side of things, so I/we simply are not top of mind/tip of tongue when the people who influence these things make nominations.

None of the above is good or bad in my opinion, it's just the way things are. I've always liked the awards as a harmless bit of fun, taking them too seriously doesnt really help. The saving grace for you as a player is to remember some of the players who win are broke. So would you rather look good, or be good?

Yeah I agree, sounded stupid obviously and regretted posting that but thats just the way I am. Find it really cringey that people can win player of the year when they actually lost money on the year. It's partly my fault too, I could do a lot more if I really wanted to. I usually go and grind online or sociliase in groups of 3-5 rather than trying to be in big groups or staying around at player parties etc. Just the way I am, I'm way more introvert than most people would actually imagine. On breaks when everybody gathers together, I just want to go chill by myself and not think about poker or listen to bad beat stories.

If I was on a judging panel you would definitely be the media person of the year and don't think its even close really. I was actually surprised Stapes didn't win that. Not that I thought he should or anything, just seemed how it would be.

I'm guessing its because he is a yank. Having said that, Jesse May has (rightfully) won a Euro award before.

As would-be "Media Person of the Year" (pfft) you probably know that Jesse May was born in Des Moines, Ohio.  

What other famous person once wrote?....


I was born in Des Moines, somebody had to be

PS - No goggling.

I actually do know the answer to that one, and considering your the only person I have ever seen talk about him, I wonder if I must have heard it from you? I've just started reading his science book.

Let me know what you think after you have finished it.

My "Top Ten most enjoyable Books ever" list changes constantly, but ASHONE features in every one.

If I ever had to face solitude, on a desert island, in an old peoples home, or whatever, & I could take one book, that's the one.

[The Camel]

Tweet I just posted (@plenopads)

@plenopads: Didn't get invited to the European poker awards. Studied turbos for 3 hours then won the 215t for 10kish #notintheclique #justice #fuckem


Had a pretty great day. Woke up late. Went for dinner and coronas with some friends and then played table tennis before getting a massage. Came back and studied with the guys I stake and the other coaches and had lots of really interesting spots. I think we approach turbos differently to most regs. Have been doing pretty well recently in turbos. Started the grind and final tabled 5 tournaments including a win in the 215t for a nice score.

Tomorrow is the 10k which should be good. Have one swap % left in the main event (fedor) so hoping he takes it down. He's probably the best player left and maybe the best player who started!

I was kinda joking about the clique. Pokernews usually know everybody. Like some random qualifier raises and then will find his name. There was a huge hand yesterday which I forgot to report where I folded QQ pre flop and they called me "a player" I don't mind at all just find it funny that I don't get any recognition for the last 1 year of online poker where I've played as much as any other european player online. I'd actually like to be a an ambassador for poker. I really love this game and want it to prosper just things like not winning anything at British Poker Awards, not being invited to these European ones, pokernews not knowing who I am and lots of other really small things piss me off even though they really shouldn't. This obviously sounds really arrogant not meaning it to be but just as usual I prefer to say what I'm actually thinking.

Funny story about this actually this week whenever I've played everybody has randonly assumed that I'm Felix Stephenson (2nd in main event this year) some italian guy was texting my friend saying "just moved to table with Felix Stephenson remember him from the final table he was awful. maybe 6-7 others said the same thing too. Not sure if that's who people thought I was in the 25k. I mean maybe it's better to be undercover and unknown after all!

I know I've said this this once or twice before but poker awards are utterly pointless and have no bearing on how good the winners are at poker.

Would you rather be a skint live lol pro who has won European player of the year for 2014 or be sitting in your Eastern European (forgotten if you live in Hungary or Romania tbh) home counting the wedge of Euros you've won in the same in calendar year?

Poker awards are popularity contests, you shouldn't care if you never win one.

You've got the lot, that's all the matters in poker.

[arbboy]

I think they mattered a lot more in 2005-8 when sponsorship deals were being handed out for fun to anyone who won an award or a gukpt side event. 

[AlunB]

I was kinda joking about the clique. Pokernews usually know everybody. Like some random qualifier raises and then will find his name. There was a huge hand yesterday which I forgot to report where I folded QQ pre flop and they called me "a player" I don't mind at all just find it funny that I don't get any recognition for the last 1 year of online poker where I've played as much as any other european player online. I'd actually like to be a an ambassador for poker. I really love this game and want it to prosper just things like not winning anything at British Poker Awards, not being invited to these European ones, pokernews not knowing who I am and lots of other really small things piss me off even though they really shouldn't. This obviously sounds really arrogant not meaning it to be but just as usual I prefer to say what I'm actually thinking.

It's refreshing that you are honest about these things, most people feel ashamed to admit they want stuff like this. I personally would love to win a European Poker Award (The staff/media/industry ones), not because I think I've done anything to deserve one, but simply because it would look really great on my CV.

The odds are against you in these things because poker awards are biased towards live poker. All the partners in these things and the voting panel are primarily in the live industry side of things. I previously have been on these panels and in most cases I had to explain a surprising amount about the simplest of things related to online play. PokerNews are a very live centric site, especially since Black Friday, they are also a heavily US-centric site. Makes perfect sense not many of them know you.

Someone asked me if I felt hard done by not being nominated for the media award given that PokerStrategy is the biggest european poker site, but I don't. We are much more towards the online side of things, so I/we simply are not top of mind/tip of tongue when the people who influence these things make nominations.

None of the above is good or bad in my opinion, it's just the way things are. I've always liked the awards as a harmless bit of fun, taking them too seriously doesnt really help. The saving grace for you as a player is to remember some of the players who win are broke. So would you rather look good, or be good?

Call

[AlunB]

Tweet I just posted (@plenopads)

@plenopads: Didn't get invited to the European poker awards. Studied turbos for 3 hours then won the 215t for 10kish #notintheclique #justice #fuckem


Had a pretty great day. Woke up late. Went for dinner and coronas with some friends and then played table tennis before getting a massage. Came back and studied with the guys I stake and the other coaches and had lots of really interesting spots. I think we approach turbos differently to most regs. Have been doing pretty well recently in turbos. Started the grind and final tabled 5 tournaments including a win in the 215t for a nice score.

Tomorrow is the 10k which should be good. Have one swap % left in the main event (fedor) so hoping he takes it down. He's probably the best player left and maybe the best player who started!

I was kinda joking about the clique. Pokernews usually know everybody. Like some random qualifier raises and then will find his name. There was a huge hand yesterday which I forgot to report where I folded QQ pre flop and they called me "a player" I don't mind at all just find it funny that I don't get any recognition for the last 1 year of online poker where I've played as much as any other european player online. I'd actually like to be a an ambassador for poker. I really love this game and want it to prosper just things like not winning anything at British Poker Awards, not being invited to these European ones, pokernews not knowing who I am and lots of other really small things piss me off even though they really shouldn't. This obviously sounds really arrogant not meaning it to be but just as usual I prefer to say what I'm actually thinking.

Funny story about this actually this week whenever I've played everybody has randonly assumed that I'm Felix Stephenson (2nd in main event this year) some italian guy was texting my friend saying "just moved to table with Felix Stephenson remember him from the final table he was awful. maybe 6-7 others said the same thing too. Not sure if that's who people thought I was in the 25k. I mean maybe it's better to be undercover and unknown after all!

I know I've said this this once or twice before but poker awards are utterly pointless and have no bearing on how good the winners are at poker.

Would you rather be a skint live lol pro who has won European player of the year for 2014 or be sitting in your Eastern European (forgotten if you live in Hungary or Romania tbh) home counting the wedge of Euros you've won in the same in calendar year?

Poker awards are popularity contests, you shouldn't care if you never win one.

You've got the lot, that's all the matters in poker.

Yeah but poker isn't life. In life it's nice, some would even say important, to be liked, appreciated and even admired. At least for the right reasons. If you think awards are popularity contests for the wrong reasons (as I sort of do) that's a different matter.

[DaveShoelace]

I was kinda joking about the clique. Pokernews usually know everybody. Like some random qualifier raises and then will find his name. There was a huge hand yesterday which I forgot to report where I folded QQ pre flop and they called me "a player" I don't mind at all just find it funny that I don't get any recognition for the last 1 year of online poker where I've played as much as any other european player online. I'd actually like to be a an ambassador for poker. I really love this game and want it to prosper just things like not winning anything at British Poker Awards, not being invited to these European ones, pokernews not knowing who I am and lots of other really small things piss me off even though they really shouldn't. This obviously sounds really arrogant not meaning it to be but just as usual I prefer to say what I'm actually thinking.

It's refreshing that you are honest about these things, most people feel ashamed to admit they want stuff like this. I personally would love to win a European Poker Award (The staff/media/industry ones), not because I think I've done anything to deserve one, but simply because it would look really great on my CV.

The odds are against you in these things because poker awards are biased towards live poker. All the partners in these things and the voting panel are primarily in the live industry side of things. I previously have been on these panels and in most cases I had to explain a surprising amount about the simplest of things related to online play. PokerNews are a very live centric site, especially since Black Friday, they are also a heavily US-centric site. Makes perfect sense not many of them know you.

Someone asked me if I felt hard done by not being nominated for the media award given that PokerStrategy is the biggest european poker site, but I don't. We are much more towards the online side of things, so I/we simply are not top of mind/tip of tongue when the people who influence these things make nominations.

None of the above is good or bad in my opinion, it's just the way things are. I've always liked the awards as a harmless bit of fun, taking them too seriously doesnt really help. The saving grace for you as a player is to remember some of the players who win are broke. So would you rather look good, or be good?

Call

Genuinely. I'd been on for previous European Poker Awards panels and knew exactly who the panels consisted of, what their experience and biases were, how much they knew about online poker and pokerstrategy etc. I knew I had no chance, nor did PokerStrategy.

Just like when I single handedly won the 2013 APAT Best Poker Media Provider as an individual up against three companies, I knew I was in with a good shot because I was quite well known amongst the poker communities who voted and plus I had an underdog vs the big corporations advantages. Of course that's when poker awards really meant something:

[tikay]

Incred photo.

[AlunB]

I was kinda joking about the clique. Pokernews usually know everybody. Like some random qualifier raises and then will find his name. There was a huge hand yesterday which I forgot to report where I folded QQ pre flop and they called me "a player" I don't mind at all just find it funny that I don't get any recognition for the last 1 year of online poker where I've played as much as any other european player online. I'd actually like to be a an ambassador for poker. I really love this game and want it to prosper just things like not winning anything at British Poker Awards, not being invited to these European ones, pokernews not knowing who I am and lots of other really small things piss me off even though they really shouldn't. This obviously sounds really arrogant not meaning it to be but just as usual I prefer to say what I'm actually thinking.

It's refreshing that you are honest about these things, most people feel ashamed to admit they want stuff like this. I personally would love to win a European Poker Award (The staff/media/industry ones), not because I think I've done anything to deserve one, but simply because it would look really great on my CV.

The odds are against you in these things because poker awards are biased towards live poker. All the partners in these things and the voting panel are primarily in the live industry side of things. I previously have been on these panels and in most cases I had to explain a surprising amount about the simplest of things related to online play. PokerNews are a very live centric site, especially since Black Friday, they are also a heavily US-centric site. Makes perfect sense not many of them know you.

Someone asked me if I felt hard done by not being nominated for the media award given that PokerStrategy is the biggest european poker site, but I don't. We are much more towards the online side of things, so I/we simply are not top of mind/tip of tongue when the people who influence these things make nominations.

None of the above is good or bad in my opinion, it's just the way things are. I've always liked the awards as a harmless bit of fun, taking them too seriously doesnt really help. The saving grace for you as a player is to remember some of the players who win are broke. So would you rather look good, or be good?

Call

Genuinely. I'd been on for previous European Poker Awards panels and knew exactly who the panels consisted of, what their experience and biases were, how much they knew about online poker and pokerstrategy etc. I knew I had no chance, nor did PokerStrategy.

Just like when I single handedly won the 2013 APAT Best Poker Media Provider as an individual up against three companies, I knew I was in with a good shot because I was quite well known amongst the poker communities who voted and plus I had an underdog vs the big corporations advantages. Of course that's when poker awards really meant something:

Amazing photo. Perfect.