Announced on the WSOP website:  Voting for the 2010 inductees into the Poker Hall of Fame is now available online @ 2010 Poker Hall of Fame Nominations.

In my IE 7.0 browser, the first portion of the content is cut off.  Here’s what it is suppose to say:

Nominations are now open for determining the 2010 Poker Hall of Fame inductees.

The paragraph continues…

Nominations will be accepted online and fans are encouraged to participate by submitting their nominee along with a brief explanation. All submissions will be tabulated and the top 10 nominations will be reviewed by the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council. The existing Poker Hall of Fame members and a blue ribbon media panel will then cast votes of the final list of nominees to determine the class of 2010. The enshrinement ceremony is held in concert with the Final Table of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker, held each November in Las Vegas.

Review a list of the 1979 – 2009  Poker Hall of Fame winners.

Learn more about the criteria the nominated need to meet in order to be considered and Cast your vote today: http://www.wsop.com/PHOF/010.
 

Yesterday, I was researching poker pros who have twitter accounts and adding to the list I posted here a year ago (see Poker Pros on Twitter). Before adding poker pros to the list, especially a poker pro whose name I only vaguely recognize, I check out their twitter account, review their tweets, then review their website and blog posts.

One name that I came across was Adam Junglen. In reviewing his blog, I found an amusing – and inspirational – post called Fun Times at Borgata about his April 2010 experience at the Borgata. Evidently, table mate Igor Borukhov got very angry with Adam when Adam asked Igor to stop folding out of turn. Here’s a snippet from Adam’s blog…

…  Basically, Igor kept folding out of turn on Day 2. I politely asked him to stop folding out of turn and he responded by arguing. He made it very clear he had no idea who I was, so I made sure he would never forget. He suggested we go fight outside after the tournament and I jokingly accepted and stood up. I don’t know what he was thinking threatening a five foot nothing asian kid who weighs a buck-ten (dollar and a nickle w/o leg, lol)… After I stood up, he stood up, then I took off my prosthetic leg, set it on the table and said “Let’s go!”

BAM!

Another Kodak moment. Igor was incredibly embarrassed/red in the face/perplexed/owned, “so sorry bro, sorry man” etc etc. “No worries” .

Come on! You gotta laugh. Imagine sitting at the table with these two guys. I loved Adam’s power play and found his ability to make fun of his situation inspirational. He certainly diffused Igor’s anger at the poker table.

How about you? What tactics do you use to diffuse anger at the poker table?

Trying to find your favorite Poker Pros on Twitter? Here links to their Twitter profiles.

1. Matt Affleck – @mcmattopoker
2. Jon Aguiar – @JonAguiar
3. Patrik Antonius – @Patrik_Antonius
4. David Baker – @audavidb
5. Ronnie Bardah – @RonnieBardah
6. Steve Begleiter – @begspoker
7. Andy Bloch – @Andy_Bloch
8. Liv Boeree– @liv_boeree
9. Justin Bonomo – @JustinBonomo
10. Brad Booth – @YukonBrad
11. Dutch Boyd – @DutchBoyd
12. Nick Brancato -@NickyNumbers
13. Doyle Brunson – @TexDolly
14. Pamela Brunson – @Pamela_Brunson
15. Todd Brunson – @ToddBrunson
16. Brandon Cantu – @brandoncantu
17. Mike “Mad Genius of Poker” Caro – @MikeCaro
18. Joe Cheong – @subiime
19. Lee Childs – @leechilds
20. David “The Maven” Chicotsky – @TheMavenVT
21. Scott Clements – @BigRiskky
22. James L. Crockett  – @JamesDaBear
23. Allen Cunningham – @Fowlervshoff
24. Shaun Deeb – @shaundeeb
25. Bryan Devonshire – @devopoker
26. Thuy Doan – @RealThuyDoan
27. Annie Duke – @RealAnnieDuke
28. Tom Dwan – @TomdurrrrDwan
29. Peter Eastgate – @teameastgate
30. William Edler – @Bedler
31. Shannon Elizabeth – @ShannonElizab
32. Antonio Esfandiari – @magicAntonio101
33. Layne Flack – @back2backflack
34. Rafe Furst – @RafeFurst
35. Kristy Gazes – @kristygazes
36. Matthew Glantz – @MattGlantz
37. Michael (Maciek) Gracz – @Michaelgracz
38. Barry Greenstein – @barrygreenstein
39. Clonie Gowen – @cgowen
40. Christian Harder – @realcharder30
41. Jennifer Harman – @REALJenHarman
42. Gus Hansen – @GustavHansen
43. Phil Hellmuth – @phil_hellmuth
44. Maria Ho – @MariaHo
45. Kenna James – @Kenna_James
46. Cliff Josephy – @JohnnyBaxPoker
47. Adam Junglen – @adamjunglen
48. Phil Ivey – @philivey (Team Ivey does updates)
49. Allen Kessler – @allenkessler
50. Phil Laak – @RealPhilLaak
51. Howard Lederer – @howardhlederer
52. Jennifer Leigh – @Jennicide
53. Adam Levy – @Roothlus
54. Kathy Liebert – @pokerkat
55. Liz Lieu – @LizLieu
56. Erick Lindgren – @edogpoker
57. Jonathan Little – @JonathanLittle
58. Johnny Lodden – @johnnylodden
59. Marcel Luske – @MarcelLuske
60. Eric “Rizen” Lynch – @Rizen1020
61. Jeff Madsen – @JeffMadsenobv
62. Mike Matusow – @TheMouthMatusow
63. Maria Mayrinck – @Maridu
64. Nenad Medic – @_serb_
65. Isabelle Mercier – @IsabelleNoMercy
66. Tiffany Michelle – @TiffnyMichelle
67. Bryan Micon – @bryanmicon
68. Dag Martin Mikkelsen – @dmmikkel
69. Michael Mizrachi – @TheGrinder44
70. Chris Moneymaker – @CMONEYMAKER
71. Daniel Negreanu – @RealKidPoker
72. Evelyn Ng – @evybabee
73. Scotty Nguyen - @TheScottyNguyen (Wife Julie does updates)
74. Annette Obrestad – @Annette_15
75. Dennis Phillips – @Dennis_Phillips
76. David Plastik – @davidplastik
77. Jason Potter – @JPOSU
78. Devin Porter – @devinporter
79. Vivek Rajkumar – @psyduckpokah
80. Andrew Robl – @Andrew_Robl
81. Vanessa Rousso – @VanessaRousso
82. Tom Schneider – @DonkeyBomber
83. Erica Schoenberg – @thehitwoman
84. Adam Schoenfeld – @adamschoenfeld
85. Joe Sebok – @joesebok
86. Erik Seidel – @Erik_Seidel
87. Mark Seif – @marcseif
88. Jason Senti – @PBJaxx
89. Mike Sexton – @MikeSexton_WPT
90. Shannon Shorr – @ShannonShorr
91. Gavin Smith – @oleGSmith
92. Steve Sung – @ssung41585
93. Kenny Tran – @Kenny_Tran
94. Mimi Tran – @realmimitran
95. Marco Traniello – @marcopoker
96. Vince Van Patten – @VinceVanP_WPT
97. Cyndy Violette – @CyndyViolette
98. Marsha Waggoner – @marshawaggoner
99. Paul Wasicka – @Kwickfish
100. David Williams – @dwpoker
101. Jeff Williams – @yellowsub86
102. Robert Williamson III – @RWilliamsonIII

Wanted –> There are Twitter accounts for some of these names, but, I did not add them. If they are following 0 (zero) or following or being followed by only non-poker pros, I did not include them.

• David Benyamine
• Johnny Chan
• Bertrand “ElkY” Grospelier – @elkypoker (abandoned? account)
• Sammy Farha
• Chris Ferguson
• Scott Fischman
• David Oppenheim
• John Phan
• Huck Seed
• JC Tran
• Jerry Yang

Use Comments to let me know if you find or can validate any and I’ll add them to the list.

OMG – It’s Over! Just looked over at the live stream video to see Phil Laak with Jennifer Tilly heading out the door!

He manages a whopping 115 hours of continuous play for a single session!

Approx. 7:35 a.m. Las Vegas time - Phil Laak and Jennifer Tilly stop for one more photo as they head out of the poker area at the Bellagio (I added some unnatural light to the photo so you can see them more clearly)

Congrats Phil!  Let us know how the recovery goes.

Last Tweet from Phil at about 8:11 a.m. Vegas time

“115 hours later… Bedtime…ahhhh!” included this link: http://twitpic.com/1usc4j

How’d he do it?  Here’s links to my posts over the weekend. In reverse chronological order…

1. Monday, June 7, 2010 – Phil Laak Returns to Live Play
2. Monday, June 7 2010 – Phil Laak Over 112 Hours
3. Sunday, June 6 2010 – Phil Laak Breaks Longest Single-Session Record
4. Saturday, June 5 2010 – Phil Laak Record Breaking Session – Updates
5. Saturday June 5, 2010 – Phil Laak Record Breaking Poker Endurance

AND he’s baaaaaccckkkk… Approx. 6:09 a.m. Las Vegas time

Phil sits down. Changes the hours to 114, and takes a swig from his water bottle.

So, I logged in this morning to write my final post about Phil Laak and his record breaking single-session play. I had written the penultimate post yesterday, and was away the rest of the day and could not follow the story to its end - which should have been sometime mid-day (on the East coast).

A few minutes ago, I started checking my sources and all the poker news websites reported that he had broken the record, but, none were giving the final tally of hours. Wanting the answer sooner than later, I decided to return to the live feed to watch the last hours on video. My jaw dropped in AWE…Holy SH*!T, Phil is STILL playing!

Phil Laak has reached 112 hours of continuous play and is on break. The arrow points to his empty seat. Jennifer Tilly, his long-time girlfriend is seated (to the left of the arrow) with friends adjacent to the table.

Turns out that Phil gets a 5-minute break each hour – and – he can accumulate break minutes. I guess that is how he has been able to shower and change, and some say that he actually went for a run! If the conversation on the live stream site is to be believed, Phil has been on break for a awhile and will continue on break for a while. Viewers are speculating that he is napping.

Okay, so what motivates you to continue when you have blown away both the official and unofficial records by over 40 hours? 
I want to know where Phil’s head is at, how long he intends to continue playing, how he is feeling. So, I checked out his tweets…His last tweet from about 4 hours ago.

His friend? trainer @AllAmericanDave has been delivering meals to Phil since last Wednesday, and tweeting about Phil’s progress. One tweet from about 12 hours ago, says that the doctor checked out Phil and is AMAZED at the condition that he is in! WOO HOO!

Missed all the action? Replays here–> http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rounder%27s-radio–ace-jones

Last night Phil Laak broke both the official and unofficial single-session records. This morning I logged in at 6:45 a.m. EST, and he was still playing and the hours were displaying 87.

Now the camera feed is blocked out – but – based on last night’s actions, I know that he has hit 88 hours…presuming he is still at the table. @RealThuyDoan has joined him at the table… She’s been tweeting about it, inviting people to follow along. SHOUT OUT to Thuy…Glad to see you out and about. 

Okay camera feed is back.

About 3:45 a.m. Las Vegas time. Thuy Doan has joined Phil Laak at the table (sometime while I was sleeping).

Woot! Woot! At about 6:45pm Vegas time, Phil broke Paul Zimbler’s record of 78 hours 45 minutes!

Phil changes time to OVERTIME...Antonio Esfandiari came over and congratulated Phil as did Jennifer Tilly on Phil's right.

 Okay. Phil’s going to go for another 11 hours or so. I’m going for 8 hours of sleep and will check in in the a.m.

How is Phil Laak keeping up his strength? @RealPhilLaak tweets…

Phil Laak Ups the Ante…In this tweet by @RealPhilLaak at approx. 5:50pm Vegas time, Phil proclaims that he has changed the plan and is going for 90 hours!

Phil logs 77 hours with 3 to go. Jennifer Tilly arrives. Antonio Esfandiari still at table.

WOOT! WOOT! Phil tags another hour down and 4 to go!

What’s Phil doing? Phil Laak’s record breaking poker endurance test .

How about you? What’s the longest session you ever did?

You gotta love Phil Laak.  He brings exictement and fun to the game of poker. His antics at the table are well known, and this week’s antics are stunning and impressive. Phil’s doing some news-worthy self-promotion (unabomberpoker.com) and charitable work (Camp Sunshine) at the same time.

This week, Phil Laak is at the Bellagio trying to break the record for continuous play of Poker – the most hours playing poker in one session. I guess there’s two records – one official held by Larry Olmsted of 72 hours 2 minutes, and another held by Paul Zimbler of 78 hours 45 minutes. According to poker news sources, Laak is attempting to reach an even 80 hours.

Phil started on Wednesday and it is now Saturday (3:00 pm Vegas time). You can watch Phil’s progress here: http://acejones.com/unabomber-poker.htm. I saw Antonio Esfandiari there at one point. Seems to come and go from the table supporting his buddy Laak.

Phil Laak at the Bellagio trying to make a new record for continuous play. He points to 75 hours completed and 5 more to go to reach his goal. Buddy Antonio Esfandiari has joined the table.

When I was writing this, he had already broken Larry Olmsed’s record and was at 75 hours with 5 more to go.

Phil has been tweeting throughout his challenge; follow him on Twitter: @RealPhilLaak

Kudos to Phil Laak’s marketing team. Very well put together and priceless timing.

Old news…but…very funny involving poker pros Scotty Nguyen, Gavin Smith and Mike Matusow.

I just found this video interview of Scotty Nguyen on Wicked Chops Poker. Footage from July 7, 2009 during the 2009 WSOP.  Standing with Gavin Smith, Scotty Nguyen tells the story of how his car was hit when he was driving home after his first day playing the 2009 WSOP 10K event. 

Poker pro Mike Matusow received a text and a phone call at the same time. Distracted, his foot came off the brake, and hit another car. Yep, Scotty Nguyen’s ($150K) Jaguar! 

I was thinking that Mike could be the new poster child for Oprah’s No Phone Zone campaign since he so candidly proved Oprah’s point about distracted driving.  On second thought, Mike wouldn’t measure up…Oprah is focusing on tragedies to prove her point, and in the Matusow-Nguyen case, no one was hurt and both Mike and Scotty seem cool about it.

Watch Gavin, Scotty and Mike each tell their perspective on what happened. Learn how easy going these guys are, and how paying your insurance bill – even just 2 days late – can bite you in the ass later on!

Watch Mike Matusow Crashes into Scotty Nguyens Jaguar on RawVegas.tv