Comments on: Rumorati: Poker Media Shake-ups, Shuffles

By: Bluff Magazine

Bluff Magazine — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:02:47 +0000

Dan is correct. Nick has been dismissed from his job at Bluff Media. I cannot get into the reason, but safe to say this was a long time coming.

Randy Ward has taken on the Nicks role with Bluff Media and will head up or radio and TV division.

By: DanM

DanM — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:27:16 +0000

BJ, aren’t you supposed to be driving right now. I’ve got the dirt for you if you want it, but it’s too serious (even for me) to publish willy-nilly.

By: BJ Nemeth

BJ Nemeth — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:19:39 +0000

You guys are such teases …

By: California Jen

California Jen — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:15:19 +0000

Funny that when I posted the video in the summer of Geber making “inappropriate statements” about his employees, everyone was pretty quick to defend him. It seems that may have been the least inappropriate thing he was doing… Will wait for something official before commenting further.

By: DanM

DanM — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:12:23 +0000

i’ll claim semi-know.

you know, i am hearing some stuff about Geber’s firing — and yes, it was a firing — involving criminal allegations. but i don’t have it solid enough yet to spread what i am hearing about why he is gone.

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:42:57 +0000

Looks like you know your stuff Dan:

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/hintze-departs-parvis-in-as-pokernews-eic-7001.htm

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/08/letter-from-the-editor-the-new-pokernews-com-7009.htm

By: DanM

DanM — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:03:31 +0000

now now BI, no need to get nasty and kick a guy while he may or may not be down …

By: Bluff-Insider

Bluff-Insider — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:55:30 +0000

Nick WAS fired from Bluff. The only thing that I can say is that he had it coming more than anybody can possibly imagine.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:24:05 +0000

Kev/Dan — The ESPN360 thing was completely separate…from what I know. If I had more info, I’d share, but unfortunately do not.

By: Johnny Hughes

Johnny Hughes — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:16:28 +0000

Matthew Parvis is a great guy, and his contribution to the premeir poker magazine was tremendous. Bluff was number one, and will continue to be.

By: BJ Nemeth

BJ Nemeth — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:54:41 +0000

I am definitely interested in this news, especially since I didn’t see it coming. I’m curious to see where Parvis ends up, because he’s a really good guy and I respect his work. I think Lance will continue to do a great job at Bluff in his new role.

By: DanM

DanM — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:12:40 +0000

and don’t forget pkr! (lol.)

BJ, you were one of the dozen pokeratizens whom i figured would be interested in it.

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:02:05 +0000

Nick was supposed to do broadcasts that would air on either Bluff’s site or on ESPN360.

By: BJ Nemeth

BJ Nemeth — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:54:00 +0000

Why would it explain his disappearance from ESPN360, when he was still appearing on the Bluff broadcasts? And wasn’t his absence from ESPN360 only temporary, after the behind-the-scenes YouTube video hit the internet?

I’m legitimately asking these questions, because I never watched any of the webcasts, and didn’t always know who was in the booth for what episodes — nor did I know what was a Bluff webcast and what was an ESPN360 webcast. The crew in the final table area was the same for both.

And Dan, list me as someone who definitely did *not* know this sort of thing was coming. I had no idea. (Though I didn’t spend much time in media row this year.)

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:05:22 +0000

It would explain Nick’s disappearance from the ESPN360 broadcasts this year, forced to listen to Dan Goldman.