I'm disappointed with this answer, Mike. I don't think there was anything in the post that warranted a "LOL".

I suggested that you have her on the show because, despite the fact that your show is sponsored by PokerStars, I believe that you guys have the journalistic integrity to ask some tough questions here (in a fair and balanced manner). And the "some MTTers" are a large chunk of the online MTT community. There are a lot of things that don't add up here. I hope I'm not disappointed with the broadcast.

I wasn't replying to your post, it was a different post that suggested we continue to press a guest for information they may not be comfortable giving. We fully plan to discuss the topic on tonight's show, but if someone doesn't want to answer a question, we can't force them to and it seems pretty clear at this point, that there are some questions she just won't answer. My point is, what makes you think that if she won't answer certain questions that have been asked in her 'well' that she would all of a sudden come on our program and tell the world everything she previously wanted to keep to herself? We have the integrity to ask the questions, but we also have the common sense to realize that if she is unwilling to answer them, it doesn't make sense to badger someone. That is what I was LOL'ing about.

Obviously she's not going to answer questions about her real name. But that creates other questions about the seeming inconsistency between seeking publicity through a deal and multiple wells (this apparently is her third), being fairly active on forums and certainly in the chat box, while insisting on more privacy than has ever been accorded to anyone in the poker world. I don't think there are any other Stars pros who were signed under an alias.

There are certainly many interesting issues/inconsistencies in the answers she has given that could be probed further -- at various times she's given different answers to why she doesn't play live, and many of those are at odds with the jetsetting life she claims to lead. And getting her to talk about NLHE tournaments in more depth would also probably help shed some light on the issue, it's not like she's going to refuse to do that.

The PokerNews interview was a total puff piece, I hope you guys do a lot better.

The whole wanting publicity and privacy at the same time does seem very unusual but it certainly doesn't mean she isn't who she says she is. There are reasons why someone would be interested in being 'internet known' and not necessarily 'in person known' which I think is what we are dealing with here.

I know your concerns go beyond a fascination with why a person who wants privacy would do so many public things, and is more about moitoring the fairness of online games.

I suppose this is asking too much. LOL

I love the pokercast but the show is very biased towards it major sponsor Poker stars and and does tend to follow current 2p2 group think often, which is fine. This is not hardball journalism or else they would really try to get more of the UB folks on and grill them versus taking the stand not to invite them. I do understand the point of not bringing attention to UB, sort of an out of site out of mind philosophy, which is fine for a sponsored show, but not for journalistic programming in general.

Jose Canseco might also be a good guest, he may even offer to tidy up the 2+2 restrooms in exchange for letting him on the show.

Yeah, guests only take that hard-liner tone seriously when it's on a show w/ regular investigative pieces, like 60 Minutes. And 60 Minutes only gets those sources to talk usually because of some kind of leverage (i.e. not commenting will make them look like even more of an assbag, especially after 4 other sources have the opposite viewpoint).

Pokercast has a format w/ relatively light editing, doesn't seem like there's a ton of cuts. The show would lose its format if they went with the hard line of questioning. The reason why so many of those TV interviews w/ tough questions are heavily cut is because there's a lotta awkward, boring moments.

Example: Last week's interview w/ Cates was a real sleeper despite the best efforts of the hosts. Could you imagine how quickly an interview like that would tank if they really needled him? (Got mad respect for Cates, dude's just not a great interview.)

Also, people tend to open up and be more interesting when they don't feel defensive. Not only does that make for a better interview in most cases, it also happens to be a lot more interesting to me, who listen for entertainment.

Lastly, if I wanted to listen to something serious like 60 Minutes, well, I'll just hit "back" on my MP3 player, and scroll over to that podcast instead.

I guess they could go for the BillO Reilly format too, but BillO has a rule about sexually harassing his producers, and I'm not sure Bunner's down for that. Then again, he could use the settlement money to reach SNE.

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"WE'LL DO IT LIVE. F*** IT!"

Jake Cody, Praz Banzi and Jesse May

Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen?
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need to get the new "black and yellow" from Spirit Rock on the cast.

song is awsum

+1

How about Norm McDonald?

need to get the new "black and yellow" from Spirit Rock on the cast.

song is awsum

How about Olivier Busquet, would love to hear about his rise through the HUSNG's and what did he think of Phil Laak on Poker After Dark

Draw games have really been taking off since Full Tilt introduced them and the nose bleed regulars got this new playground. There is some serious money changing hands at the highest triple draw games, more than in many big bet games; HighStakesDB is even starting to track Triple Draw results regularily.

Maybe you could do a segment or an interview specifically about Triple Draw Nosebleeds. Someone like Enon, who is also a 2+2 reg (and who also has a very interesting well in the Draw&Other Poker Forum), might have some interesting insights into the games. Maybe you could even get Gus Hanson on to talk about his success at Triple Draw, see

http://www.highstakesdb.com/results....eType=0&top=50

Scott 'urnotindanger' Palmer , MANIAC

love to hear an interview with stox

lol, doubt he would agree to do an interview

god's gift to poker AEJONES!!!

Andrew "Azntracker" Li:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...ker-li-989647/

It would be interest to hear his comments on his results last year, which included both winning and losing DAYS of $1,000,000.

this!!!

This might be somewhat cliche..... but Gus Hansen would make a great interview

Being an Aussie, I am not sure if I recall hearing Joe Hachem for a while

Nothing like setting an easy task for Bunner

Go Australia in the World Cup (Cricket)

José "Girah" Macedo

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