Comments on: Nick Geber on WSOP Live Stream: Funny or Inappropriate?

By: DanM

DanM — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:53:48 +0000

like i said, lame, LOL.

By: Eric Morris

Eric Morris — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:35:30 +0000

No, that would be the Man at ESPN

By: DanM

DanM — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:36:33 +0000

lame. would that be a man without testicles or one without a sense of humor?

By: Eric Morris

Eric Morris — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:51:38 +0000

Was not really our choice! Talk to the man!

By: DanM

DanM — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:52:44 +0000

Booo Nick and Eric! I thought you guys were cool You took it down off YouTube? Pardon the sexism, but … pussies!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:51:47 +0000

I still love this clip of Nick Geber interviewing the winner of the WSOPE H.O.R.S.E.last year. Pure comedy…and Nick remained the utmost professional.

http://promo.betfair.com/movie-manager/popup.php?idm=333

By: DanM

DanM — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:55:17 +0000

Bluff and I have talked about it … still trying to persuade them on the added value in my premiums for full-frontal exposure.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:32:49 +0000

(Dan, this is where you give them a mailing address for a nice sized check.)

By: Eric Morris

Eric Morris — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:43:15 +0000

Nice Dan! So I take it during our next test run we will see you streaking across the stage? I am sure Nick would love to comment and better yet…..I will make you a star

By: DanM

DanM — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:28:18 +0000

Just my re-chime to Eric’s chime … I think the audience has spoken, and indeed, more positive responses than negative. We are definitely not so friggin’ PC here at Pokerati that we’d be offended by talk of bosoms, especially when coming from a hirsute, man-bosomy Brit.

Or at least I’m not offended, and always invite friends, readers, and colleagues to school me if I’m not seeing things in proper light. Likewise, kudos to Jen for putting it out there to fuel semi-intelligent convo about it, as opposed to corporate paranoia, thin-skinned screaming, and perverse wankage.

In the end, though unintentional, I think this has been a great commercial for Bluff’s coverage. I know I have watched much more since.

By: Eric Morris

Eric Morris — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:51:31 +0000

Just my chime; as one of the main owners of Bluff Media this was not meant to go out on the air and believe this has been blown way of proportion. We are not the slightest bit upset at Nick and any repercussions would be the result of ESPNs doing.

Surprisingly, I have had zero emails complaining of this broadcast and several from people being supportive. Trust me if someone wants to complain, I will get the email many times over.

I guess when Disney is involved little things become GRANDE!

By: Poker Shrink

Poker Shrink — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:05:39 +0000

Much Ado About Nothing. Except that ESPN is so “PC” rated I am surprised they actually can cover professional sports.

By: DanM

DanM — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:51:09 +0000

***It was just never meant for outside ears,***

That’s what made it kinda entertaining.

By: BJ Nemeth

BJ Nemeth — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:29:44 +0000

I was sitting next to Joy and a lot of the crew when they watched the clip on YouTube. There was mostly laughing, and the only cringing was to potential reactions from corporate partners without a sense of humor.

I back up everything that Nick said. This was all in good fun, for everyone involved. It was just never meant for outside ears, and it has no deeper meaning. It’s pure joking around.

By: gadzooks64

gadzooks64 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:38:59 +0000

It seems to me that you should have more latitude for the internet streams. Anybody rabid enough to watch a final table streaming on the internet WANTS to hear the “horseshoe up his ass” type of commentary.

I became a fan with that comment and am now a HUGE fan as a result of this stream.

Kudos!

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:55:03 +0000

wish i had a bosom then i would not bother the wife so much.

By: Nick Geber

Nick Geber — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:22:53 +0000

By the way… I AM so overfed to have a bosom……

By: Nick Geber

Nick Geber — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:13:13 +0000

Jeez – Get a sense of humor!

First off – I would never dream of insulting Joy. She’s the greatest and has the same warped sense of humor as the entire crew whether its Joy or Matt “Schabenfist” Schaben. The poster that said

“Nothing wrong there. Testing the mic and gotta fill something in besides â€œtestees testees 1â€¦2â€¦3?â€

got it right. If you’ve ever seen how one of these productions work you will know what he means.

This was just some comm and gfx testing we did on the day prior to our first event. It was not a “broadcast” or even recorded by anyone other than the person sniffing our stream so they could record copyright material to put on some web site at a later time.

Joy was not offended, neither was erin.Both were on comm. Believe me, if Joy is mad at me she will “rip me a new one!”

If you know my sense of humour then theâ€œunderwashed, overfed poker players â€¦ completely devoid of social skillsâ€ shouldn’t come as a complete surprise. By the way, I was scolded by ESPN for the “Horshoe up his ass comment”…. As for comparing this to the poorly thought out comments of my friend and co-host on many shows, Steven Cohen, I would remind you that my comments were not made in the context of a broadcast.

Mad Love

Nick

By: Cluemeister

Cluemeister — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:33:02 +0000

As an overfed, underwashed poker player, I think this is hilarious. Hopefully this will not be overblown and taken too seriously, as so many ultimately harmless things are these days.

Unfortunately, I am not so over-fed as to have a bosom, so I can’t tell you if I feel harassed or not. But, I’m sure that as a woman, she has to have a thick skin working with event crews day in & day out – part of the job, I would suppose. My wife works with a bunch of “car guys”, and holds her own just fine.

By: California Jen

California Jen — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:31:50 +0000

As far as I can tell, any ramifications from the audio/video will likely come from ESPN and Bluff. Partnerships and whatnot. That’s my understanding of it.