It\’s a tough event filled with mostly pros … a combination of known names, touring circuit junkies, and recognizable big-cashers at just about every table, competing in the $15,000 \”Doyle Brunson North American Poker Classic.\” Follow the chip-by-chip action. After Day 1A, Clonie Gowen is the chip leader … and here\’s what she had to say:
And check out this kinda cool video that shows most of the entire day in about a minute. Nice riff:
While there are lots of well-known poker entities in solid chip position, one player of particular note is ZeeJustin Bonomo — the disgraced PartyPoker self-colluder. He has been around the Bellagio all week — and doing well having made a final table. In an earlier tournament, the CardPlayer video children crew stopped him for an interview, and asked him all the standard questions about how his event was going. But they failed to ask, essentially, \”so what\’s it like to be back on the poker scene after your self-imposed hiatus upon being \’busted\’ for online cheating?\”
Is it that hard, CP? It\’s a legitimate question — one we all want to know the answer to. And what benefit is it to you by not asking such questions?
When the hot little CP video chicky (derisive, sexist undertones intentional) was asked why she didn\’t inquire about ZeeJustin\’s public return to poker, she allegedly replied, \”Because we\’re not allowed to. We can only ask non-controversial questions.\” Ahh, we see. And that, CardPlayer, is why, even though you do plenty of good stuff on your confusing, selfish, non-linky website, we will continue to see you as journalistic pussies deserving our respect scorn and contempt.
It\’s also why we will always opt to send our readers to PokerWire whenever possible for the same coverage you try to provide. Just an FYI in case you care, which presumably you don\’t.
UPDATE: ZeeJustin is doing really well at the 5-Diamond … having made three final tables in the past week-and-a-half. CardPlayer has the stats — something they actually do a good job with. Now if only his bio page linked out to various hedlines giving real scoop on punk-bitch methods and related (important) discussion about real threats to poker fairness that exist online …
