In the May 28, 2011 edition of Bluff Magazine’s The Week That Was Kevin Mathers reports that:

Keep up with the key players of the Federated Sports and Gaming Committee on Twitter…

Jeffrey Pollack = @JeffreyPollack

Annie Duke = @AnnieDuke

Matt Savage = @SavagePoker

Eric Baldwin = @basebaldy

Andy Bloch = @Andy_Bloch

Joe Hachem = @JosephHachem

Chad Brown = @Downtownchad

Author Kevin Mathers = @Kevmath

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. Chad Brown – @Downtownchad
14. Doyle Brunson – @TexDolly
15. Pamela Brunson – @Pamela_Brunson
16. Todd Brunson – @ToddBrunson
17. Brandon Cantu – @brandoncantu
18. Mike “Mad Genius of Poker” Caro – @MikeCaro
19. Joe Cheong – @subiime
20. Lee Childs – @leechilds
21. David “The Maven” Chicotsky – @TheMavenVT
22. Scott Clements – @BigRiskky
23. James L. Crockett  – @JamesDaBear
24. Allen Cunningham – @Fowlervshoff
25. Shaun Deeb – @shaundeeb
26. Bryan Devonshire – @devopoker
27. ** Annie Duke – @RealAnnieDuke @AnnieDuke
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. Joe Hachem – @JosephHachem
41. Christian Harder – @realcharder30
42. Jennifer Harman – @REALJenHarman
43. Gus Hansen – @GustavHansen
44. Phil Hellmuth – @phil_hellmuth
45. Maria Ho – @MariaHo
46. Kenna James – @Kenna_James
47. Cliff Josephy – @JohnnyBaxPoker
48. Adam Junglen – @adamjunglen
49. Phil Ivey – @philivey (Team Ivey does updates)
50. Allen Kessler – @allenkessler
51. Phil Laak – @RealPhilLaak
52. Ben Lamb – @BenbaLamb
53. Howard Lederer – @howardhlederer
54. Jennifer Leigh – @Jennicide
55. Adam Levy – @Roothlus
56. Kathy Liebert – @pokerkat
57. Liz Lieu – @LizLieu
58. Erick Lindgren – @edogpoker
59. Jonathan Little – @JonathanLittle
60. Johnny Lodden – @johnnylodden
61. Marcel Luske – @MarcelLuske
62. Eric “Rizen” Lynch – @Rizen1020
63. Jeff Madsen – @JeffMadsenobv
64. Mike Matusow – @TheMouthMatusow
65. Maria Mayrinck – @Maridu
66. Nenad Medic – @_serb_
67. Isabelle Mercier – @IsabelleNoMercy
68. Tiffany Michelle – @TiffnyMichelle
69. Bryan Micon – @bryanmicon
70. Dag Martin Mikkelsen – @dmmikkel
71. Michael Mizrachi – @TheGrinder44
72. Chris Moneymaker – @CMONEYMAKER
73. Daniel Negreanu – @RealKidPoker
74. Evelyn Ng – @evybabee
75. Scotty Nguyen - @TheScottyNguyen (Wife Julie does updates)
76. Annette Obrestad – @Annette_15
77. Dennis Phillips – @Dennis_Phillips
78. David Plastik – @davidplastik
79. Jason Potter – @JPOSU
80. Devin Porter – @devinporter
81. Vivek Rajkumar – @psyduckpokah
82. Andrew Robl – @Andrew_Robl
83. Vanessa Rousso – @VanessaRousso
84. Tom Schneider – @DonkeyBomber
85. Erica Schoenberg – @thehitwoman
86. Adam Schoenfeld – @adamschoenfeld
87. Joe Sebok – @joesebok
88. Erik Seidel – @Erik_Seidel
89. Mark Seif – @marcseif
90. Jason Senti – @PBJaxx
91. Mike Sexton – @MikeSexton_WPT
92. Shannon Shorr – @ShannonShorr
93. Gavin Smith – @oleGSmith
94. Steve Sung – @ssung41585
95. Kenny Tran – @Kenny_Tran
96. Mimi Tran – @realmimitran
97. Marco Traniello – @marcopoker
98. Vince Van Patten – @VinceVanP_WPT
99. Cyndy Violette – @CyndyViolette
100. Marsha Waggoner – @marshawaggoner
101. Paul Wasicka – @Kwickfish
102. David Williams – @dwpoker
103. Jeff Williams – @yellowsub86
104. 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).