Your uncle is a sucker for not pursuing legal action. His company thanks him.

But I had pocket kings one time and the other guy pushed all in over the top of me. I just mucked my hand pre-flop. I mean, he has to have aces. What else can he have? That’s just my style.

To respond to quesiton #4. I have played with him in more than a "few" times. I remember the first time he played in Clarysville Fire Hall about three years ago, and I was there when he won the satellite in Wheeling. I am not making statements for him. He did call the place we play together (Clarysville), and give updates during the tournment. So everything I have heard so far is second hand, but it is accurate.

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Look, if the guy doesn't want to be forced to play a certain number of hours online in order to make some extra sponsorship money, who cares? it's his life.

I definitely agree that he needs to find a really good accountant/financial adviser, probably as soon as he walks in his door.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out, though.

You know in contrast what a whore is?

To get the sponsorship money, he probably has to do things he does not want. And, in addition, he probably won't need the money any more. So, why should he - beside of whoring. Keeping his integrity for himself is pretty decent. I mean, he is the guy, who will have to look every morning into his own mirror face and he should like it.

"why take a chance with pocket kings"

what do you think that a company like pokerstars is gonna make him do???? I mean please tell me what he would have to do that would make him a "whore"? Again I think there a very few misinformed people of what a person who signs a deal with a poker site will have to do.People that play with him have said in this thread that he plays poker 3-5 times a week so it's not like would have to play more than he wants to.It's not like they are gonna ask him to pose nude or some thing.
I feel very sorry for Darvin if he takes any advice from you.
I think the best wayt o put it is:
If Darvin doesn't take any deals thats cool and his choice but for people to come here and act like he is a better person than someone who does or acting like he is saving himself integrigty is LOL and a pretty dumb/clueless statement.

Such morons on here! All of a sudden signing a deal with a company or working for a company is being a whore.

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I didn't know poker companies make someone perform the art of fallacio after signing the contract.

Things they want. He probably has to show up in public as pokerstars rep, open tournaments, making good press, dress their cloths and so on. Maybe, it's nothing he intends to do. Doing stuff you won't like for your own, for someone else just there are words for. Freedom ain't.

Maybe he just wants to play poker, but not be forced.

I really feel like you think, money is in any way important or whatever, but ain't money in best is a tool to achieve what we intend. However, just because someone chooses to decline some money (he probably does not need either), just to do what he wants/think is correct, doesn't make him dumb/clueless.

You guys are funny. If I were an unknown poker player who had the chip lead going into the final table of the biggest poker tournament of the year I couldn't be happier if everyone thought I were simple and dumb.

I would love that people would be arguing over my decision to not immediately take sponsorship.

Whether or not this current image of him being a 'down home, simple everyman' is accurate, if he is smart this can only help him. If it were me, other than carefully crafted appearances designed to make me look more dumb, I would hide until November and let the speculation build.

Wow I probably have played with this guy at the Clarysville Fire Hall also and probably don't even remember.

GL to him seems like a genuine guy.

Have made my mind up whether him winning would be a good or bad thing for poker.

I didn't say he was dumb/cluless for not taking a deal. I said people acting like he would be better than someone or have a higher moral for not doing it is dumb/clueless.
In other words there are people in here trying to act like it would make him a better person than others for not taking a deal or as you so nicely put it "whoring" and it doesn't it only makes him a person with a little less money and responsibility's than someone who would take a deal thats it thats all.
I would also like to point out that last year this time Dennis Philips claimed he wasn't gonna change.

This is probably what he was thinking but then every guy he has ever played a 20$ weekly tourney with came outta the wood work and is putting every thing they know about him on 2+2 where everyone he will be playing will surely read.

I would hope that he was atleast smart enough to make a settlement with them to cover any future medicle bill's

Seems like a nice guy.

Why knock him because he isn't greedy and is happy with the money he has won.

Some of you guys sound like Gordon Gekko in here.

He actually is from Grantsville, Maryland area, and frequently plays in a couple home games/tournaments around that area. It is a very small town about 10 minutes away from where I live. Believe he owns a saw mill or something like that up there from what I remember when we last played against each other

he plays at clarysville and westernport

So funny to think it somehow noble to not take a sponsorship deal. What difference does it make one way or another.

There is nothing wrong with making the most financially of your 15 minutes of fame. His time in the limelight may be longer lasting but I agree with Jack Frost. Give him some time to explore all that is offered to him and not think better or worse of him if he takes a deal or does not.

We should all be so lucky to have those decisions to make. His most important decision will be the advisors he surrounds himself with....hopefully those with his best interests at heart.

Of course Moon is good for poker. He show once again that poker is a game for everyone. It can not be better.

He seems to reflect what is the best of USA for me as a non-American: independence, freedom and self-respect.

If he after all accept endorsement or not is his business. I will root for him even if I think, like most players, that Ivey deserves to win it.

LOL you have the word "Gothic" in your username

Here is a picture of Darvin leaving the poker room. Notice his shades:

We are firm believers that what goes around comes around and that good things happen to good people!
Darv Moon is an excellent example of these statements!
Our family had the priviledge of meeting Darv, when our son played "minor league" baseball with his nephew. Darv was always there to cheer the team on and would often tell stories of when he was young player himself.
Over the years it has become apparent that Darv is a genuine guy. He loves his family and would go out of his way to help someone!
During the 2 or 3 years that we played on the same team, Darv would purchase tickets to a Pittsburgh Pirate game for every child on the team and one parent per child. He would also rent a bus so that everyone would have a way to Pittsburgh (which is about 2 hrs away)
He mentioned one time that when he was a young boy, he went to a major league game and how much that trip meant to him. So he wanted to share the same memory. Without Darv's generosity, many of these children would never have gotten to see a major league game or the city of Pittsburgh.
I know nothing about the Poker circuit or how to play the game, but if you ask me, "Lady Luck" couldn't have landed on a more deserving guy!
Alot of things have been said on this forum over the last few days from people that have know idea what integrity truly means. Our hope is that the fame, money, and goodfortune continues to fall on Darv and his family, because way back when, he shared his good fortune with the youth of our community and you can't put a price on that.
Thanks for the memories! Good Luck and Go Get 'em Darv

........TTTIIIMMMMBBEERRR!

Jarett & Bev, Swanton, MD

I doubt his winning would do anything relevant for poker.

I'm just happy he seems to have a decent grasp on reality. Yang thinking his run-hot was due to some sort of divine intervention was just life tilting.

dear Darvin Moon,

We are all happy for you and hope you do well in November. Could you ask all your friends form western Maryland to please stop comming in here and making thier first post telling us how we have no integrity and don't even know what it means. Most of the people here are also middle class or lower middle class and also from small towns all over the world. W e share your love for the game but are really getting sick of your friends comming here and acting like they are better than us and have more morals and interigty than than we do because they are from a small town and lower middle class.
As well I suspect that some of the people comming here and acting like they support you but saying you shouldnt take any kind of endorsment are actually a little jelous. When you decide if you will take any endorsments or not is your choice but I will suggest you NOT make a decision based on what people in your town will think of you because you are now a wealthy man and can afford to take care of not only yourself but your friends and family as well.

Obv you don't either considering you make your first post and manage to insult people that do know the poker industry and are trying to explain to Darvin's friends and family why not taking any kind of deal is foolish.
We aren't greedy people we are people that relize this is a once in a life time deal that not many people will get to have and we hate to see someone not capitalize on it because of foolish pride.

The Generals are so due.

Don't goes n' bringin' 'bout no hootenanny on NVG, sir! You can almost hear people blowing into a jug during a ho'down with this post.