Comments on: Bernard Lee to Become Official Face of Foxwoods Casino Ambassadorial deal with non-online, brick-and-mortar site

By: REAPER

REAPER — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:37:29 +0000

BL is a very good teacher and a very personable poker pro.

By: photo man

photo man — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:38:30 +0000

Dont you think he would have opened his eyes for the picture?

By: Matthew Parvis

Matthew Parvis — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:38:38 +0000

Having spent a lot of time in Sydney and Melbourne recently, it seems as if casinos here are following the Aussie lead. Crown Casino works with Joe Hachem as it’s official representative, and has for a few years now and Star City in Sydney, has both Grant Levy and Eric Assadourian representing their poker room.

It’ll be interesting of the trend continues.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:20:52 +0000

I really hate how Foxwoods uses a time charge rather than rake in their small NL games. The dealers also chop their tips. The end result is terrible dealers who don’t care how bad or slow they deal.

Hopefully Bernard can convince them to change this soon.

By: peopleofthecasinos

peopleofthecasinos — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:30 +0000

we need some pics

By: donkey bomber

donkey bomber — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:31:03 +0000

Congrats to Bernard.

Don’t think I’ve ever played poker with him. He has done a great job marketing himself.

Foxwoods would do well letting him fix their poker room. It has the well deserved reputation of being the least friendly and least accomodating room in the U.S.. So many pros have sworn off going to Foxwoods.

Good luck to Bernard and here’s one vote to Foxwoods to let Bernard influence the atmosphere in the poker room.

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:22:39 +0000

Maybe Tom should talk with one of the casinos in Arizona (if he hasn’t already) and see what happens.

By: PokaPaloma

PokaPaloma — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:14:08 +0000

I agree, wording is a bit harsh in some sentences. Bernard Lee’s accomplishments are well publicized. If you are not impressed – well,okay. I think the criticism should be directed to Foxwoods… Why’d they make the choice they did.

As for me… the choice makes sense. Glad to have a Northeasterner chosen.. Congrats to Bernard Lee.

By: DanM

DanM — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:11:31 +0000

I agree that I think Bernard Lee is great on ESPN (I don’t always agree with his analysis, but he makes me think one way or the other) and a fine “accomplished” poker player overall. Poor word-choice, I am learning here.

I was just busting his chops a bit because, hey, he just scored a sweet deal, and I run into too many poker players who think they should be sponsored just because they’ve had some wins. (Our own Tom Schneider, who has results similar to Lee’s, comes to mind.)

And remember that convo between Daniel Negreanu and Kathy Liebert?

By: Josh H

Josh H — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:03:49 +0000

What great news for Bernard Lee. I think the work he does on ESPN Inside Deal and his radio show is fantastic. I however question the comments saying he’s “semi-accomplished” figuring you seem to hear from him everywhere and the cashes he usually makes are big ones. Poker is such an up and down sport that everyone goes on bad runs. Bill Edler anyone?

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:55:12 +0000

From what I recall, he was there to help draw traffic to the Wynn’s poker room with his six-figure challenges back in 2005.

By: DanM

DanM — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:50:44 +0000

Ooh, that’s a good question. Without knowing much about that deal done back in a different poker time … I’d think Negreanu’s is closer to Lee’s deal than Nguyen’s.

But I have seen pictures of Scotty with Cherokee branding all over him. I don’t ever recall seeing that with Negreanu and the Wynn. But maybe that’s just because they didn’t have patches back then.

ALT Head: Nguyen-Wynn? lol

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:46:48 +0000

Would Daniel Negreanu’s deal with the Wynn back in the day be more similar to Nguyen than Lee?

By: DanM

DanM — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:45:06 +0000

scotty nguyen cherokee deal was very different than bernard’s … Cherokee is no Foxwoods, and Lee’s relationship with Cherokee is more than just name attachment.

Agreed a little harsh on “semi-accomplished” — no disrespect BL — but just making the point that there’s obviously more to this deal than just his results on the table.

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:33:00 +0000

Seems a little harsh to say Bernard’s “semi-accomplished”, especially when he accomplished enough to get himself a deal. Also, Scotty Nguyen at one point was sponsored by one of those Oklahoma casinos (Cherokee Casino?).