BTT: Aces in the Bowl

A new-special episode of Beyond the Table is up. Click here to listen in a pop-up. And here to download in a less fancy but fast-forward-friendly way.

On this episode, Tom, Karridy, and I break our \”we don\’t do no non-fake interviews\” premise to talk with John Nightingale and Layne Flack about the forthcoming U.S. Poker Bowl. (Yikes, it\’s right around the corner.)

Lots of tough North Texas players (Gregg Merkow and Tex Barch, for example) will be competing in this controversial televised team poker collusion fest, along with some big-name pros … including Phil Hellmuth, Todd Brunson, Vanessa Rousso, Scott Fischman, ZeeJustin Bonomo, Mike Matusow, Victor Ramdin, Clonie Gowen, Chris Ferguson, and many others. Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, and some (influential) old-dog purists, however, aren\’t too happy about the whole team concept, contending it promotes cheating.

Oh, and don\’t laugh … but while Karridy will be managing at least one team, Tom Schneider and I will be the TV commentators for this inaugural event meaning I\’ve got about a week-and-a-half to figure out how to do TV what I\’m going to wear. Fortunately Lacey Jones will be there to make up for Tom\’s lack of professionalism/qualifications. Sit\’n\’Go Steve may or may not be there to serve as fluffer.