Here’s the list of poker pros I chose; some because they clearly deserve it from a career standpoint, some because I like the way they play and how they conduct themselves at the table, and some for nostalgic reasons.

After voting, I saw the Top 50 Poker Pros who had been voted for thus far. I was pleased to see that 16 of the 20 I had chosen were on the list. The list is a dynamic list that changes each time a vote is cast… so that will change.

Annie Duke, Mike Sexton, Joe Cada, Mike Matusow, and Barry Shulman are already in, so, are not included in the list of poker pros to vote for. 

It’s a really simple process.

1. You go to the tournament voting website and register to vote (valid e-mail address is required). 
2. WSOP sends an e-mail with a confirmation code.
3. You click the link in the confirmation e-mail and the list of poker pros displays in the center window.
4. Pros are listed in alphabetic order and you can select the letter of the alphabet by clicking below the list window.  Some letters have 2 and 3 pages, so, look for that. (I missed it the first time through.)

Let your poker voice be heard! WSOP Tournament of Champions voting

Who’d I miss? Who’d you vote for and why? Use comments to let us know.

I’ll also be attending Pubcon, and I added a couple of days for r&r and playing at the tables.

YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS???

I’ve been racking my brain for a reason. Let me see…

1. I have promoted the live stream on my blog
2. I’ve promoted the live stream via multiple tweets
3. I used the chat to post messages of Thanks and Kudos for the producers (veeRob, Kevinmath, and Matt)
4. I also posted either Thank You’s or questions like “Is there a clock for tonight” and “Did he say 42 or 22″ or answers to other people’s simple questions (that they had answered 5 times already) “Like who’s at this table?”
5. Last week I was supportive and promoted their live stream of the LA Poker Classic via multiple tweets and my blog

Hummm.  Afraid of success maybe?

Compared to the embarrassing crap that I saw “people” – and I use that term lightly – exchanging like their racial prejudices, use of the “N” word, ridiculing overweight and “plain” looking dealers, discussing the dealers’ and female players “racks”, making fun of Maria Ho’s last name, debating just how cute Jen Harman is… and so on.

And then there were the jokers masquerading as Marc Seif, Mike Matusow,  DaveWilliams, etc.

And then there were the unappreciative SOBs who complained about a blurry image, the sound disappearing for a few minutes, a “wrong” angle at a table… and so on and so on.

And PokaPaloma gets banned?

P-L-E-E-Z

veeRob, Kevinmath and Matt…You re-Tweeted my tweets promoting the live stream and now you ban me?

YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS???

Bounties and end-of-day highest stack pay outs.

How’d they get to the finals? 

Clubs/Spades Bracket

Erik Seidel beat Peter Eastgate
Scotty Nguyen beat Jason Mercier

Hearts/Diamonds Bracket

Dennis Phillips beat Doyle Brunson
Annie Duke beat Jerry Yang

Semifinals

Erik Seidel beat Scotty Nguyen
Annike Duke beat Dennis Phillips

Winding up for today, but, expect that they will run Noon – 8:30 again tomorrow.

1. Eric Baldwin – “ERIC_BALDWIN“ on Ultimate Bet
2. Michael Binger – “MICHAELBINGER“ on Ultimate Bet
3. Liv Boeree -
4. Brandon Cantu – “BRANDONCANTU“ on Ultimate Bet
5. Gary Debernardi - “DEBO34“ on Ultimate Bet
6. Bryan Devonshire – “BRYAN_DEVO” on Ultimate Bet
7. Annie Duke – “AnnieDuke” on Ultimate Bet
8. Matt Graham – “MattGraham” and “mattg1983” on Ultimate Bet
9. Phil Hellmuth – “PHILHELLMUTH” on Ultimate Bet
10. Scott Ian -
11. Billy Kopp – “Ace10Clubz” on Ultimate Bet
12. Mark Kroon – “P0ker H0” on Ultimate Bet
13. Adam Levy – “Roothlus” on Ultimate Bet
14. Tiffany Michelle – “TIFFANY M” on Ultimate Bet
15. Shawn Rice – “Shawn Rice” on Ultimate Bet
16. Joe Sebok -
17. Dave Stann (Hollywood Dave) – “HollywoodDave“ on Ultimate Bet

Bernard Lee will wear the Foxwoods logo at all official poker events and his radio show, The Bernard Lee Poker Show, which has been running since 2007 will now  be “Presented by Foxwoods Resort Casino”.  Mr. Lee’s radio show is aired on 1120am in the Boston area and at 7:00 pm on Tuesdays at www.roundersradio.com.

Lee and Foxwoods have history. Bernard started playing at Foxwoods way back in 1992 when it first opened. He played in his first poker tournament at Foxwoods, and during 2006 – 2008 won 3 tournament titles there.

From the press release…

A Wayland, Massachusetts resident, Lee has won more than $1.35 million and three titles on the tournament
circuit since becoming a professional poker player three years ago. The Harvard University and Babson College graduate worked as a senior marketing/new business development manager at a Fortune 500 company before finishing 13th — New England’s top finisher — in the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

…

Bernard Lee is co-host of ESPN.com’s weekly online poker show, “ESPN Inside Deal,” and is a poker columnist for the Boston Herald, ESPN.com, PokerNewsDaily.com, and other media outlets. He has released two books, The Final Table, Volume I and Volume II, which are compilations of his Sunday Herald poker columns. He is also an instructor for the WSOP Academy and a poker commentator for the WSOP and New England’s Eastern Poker Tour.

Foxwoods is the first major casino to sponsor a poker pro. More about Foxwoods Resort Casino

More about Bernard Lee

So far, I have been to Oahu, Lanai, and Maui. Hawaii is as beautiful as I had heard (my first time here) and I have enjoyed each island. Next island is the Big Island. Flying home on Thursday.

When you are visiting Hawaii, you MUST:

1. Stay in ocean front room at the Royal Hawaiin in Waikiki
2. Eat at Alan Wong’s on South King Street in Honolulu (Call weeks ahead for a reservation)
   

   “My friends thought I was nuts opening a restaurant in Hawaii on the 3rd floor of an office building with no parking and no ocean view.” (AW) Yet nearly 15 years later, the unique location of Alan Wong’s Restaurant Honolulu continues to be the heart of where it all started and where it all happens.

   Google Map to Alan Wong’s in Honolulu

3. Stay at Four Seasons Manele Bay, Lana’i City, for 3+ nights. Watch dolphins and whales playing right in front of your ocean front room. Take the shuttle to the Four Seasons Lodge to do non-water sports activities like skeet shooting and horseback riding.
   Google Map to Four Seasons Manele Bay

Ooops, time to go… I’ll continue later. Aloha…

The Pros’ names (on the left) link to their bio pages on Full Tilt Poker. Their screen names are listed on the right. I will continue to research those that are missing.

1. Brandon Adams – “Brandon Adams” on Full Tilt Poker
2. James Akenhead – “James Akenhead” on Full Tilt Poker
3. Patrik Antonius – “Patrik Antonius” on Full Tilt Poker
4. Billy Argyros -
5. Josh Arieh – “Josh Arieh” on Full Tilt Poker
6. Richard Ashby -
7. Amanda Baker – “Mandy B” on Full Tilt Poker
8. Praz Bansi -
9. Joao Barbosa – “Joao Barbosa” on Full Tilt Poker
10. Aaron Bartley – “Aaron Bartley” on Full Tilt Poker
11. Steven Begleiter -
12. David Benyamine -
13. Thomas Bihl – “Thomas Bihl” on Full Tilt Poker
14. Sascha Biorac -
15. Andy Black – “Andrew Black” on Full Tilt Poker
16. Andy Bloch – “Andy Bloch” on Full Tilt Poker
17. Farzad Bonyadi -
18. Brad Booth – “Brad Booth” on Full Tilt Poker
19. Alan Boston – “Alan Boston” on Full Tilt Poker
20. David Bradley -
21. Steve Brecher – “Steve Brecher” on Full Tilt Poker
22. Richard Brodie – “Quiet Lion” on Full Tilt Poker
23. Erik Cajelais -
24. John Cernuto -
25. Lynette Chan – “Lynette Chan” on Full Tilt Poker
26. David Chiu – “David Chiu” on Full Tilt Poker
27. Scott Clements – “Scott Clements” on Full Tilt Poker
28. Artie Cobb – “Artie Cobb” on Full Tilt Poker
29. David Colclough – “Dave Colclough” on Full Tilt Poker
30. Diego Cordovez – “Diego Codovez” on Full Tilt Poker
31. Allen Cunningham – “AllenCunningham” on Full Tilt Poker (no space btwn. names)
32. John D’Agostino – “John DAgostino” on Full Tilt Poker
33. Roland de Wolfe – “Roland de Wolfe” on Full Tilt Poker
34. Ryan Dreyer -
35. Tom Dwan – “durrrr” on Full Tilt Poker
36. Bill Edler – “Bill Edler” on Full Tilt Poker
37. Trond Eidsvig -
38. Eli Elezra -
39. Nikolay Evdakov -
40. Andrew Feldman – “Andrew Feldman” on Full Tilt Poker
41. Peter Feldman – “Nordberg” on Full Tilt Poker
42. Chris Ferguson – “Chris Ferguson” on Full Tilt Poker
43. Scott Fischman – “Scott Fischman” on Full Tilt Poker
44. Perry Friedman – “Perry Friedman” on Full Tilt Poker
45. Eric Froehlich – “Eric Froehlich” on Full Tilt Poker
46. Rafe Furst – “Rafe Furst” on Full Tilt Poker
47. Julian Gardner -
48. Bill Gazes – “Bill Gazes” on Full Tilt Poker
49. Kristy Gazes – “Kristy Gazes” on Full Tilt Poker
50. Markus Golser – “Markus Golser” on Full Tilt Poker
51. Phil Gordon – “Phil Gordon” on Full Tilt Poker
52. Michael Gracz -
53. David Grey – “David Grey” on Full Tilt Poker
54. Jared Hamby – “TheWacoKidd” on Full Tilt Poker
55. Gus Hansen – “Gus Hansen” on Full Tilt Poker
56. Jennifer Harman – “Jennifer Harman” on Full Tilt Poker
57. Matt Hawrilenko – “Matt Hawrilenko” on Full Tilt Poker
58. Rob Hollink – “rob hollink” on Full Tilt Poker (all small letters)
59. Soraya Homam – “Soraya Homam” on Full Tilt Poker
60. Alessio Isaia -
61. Phil Ivey – “Phil Ivey” on Full Tilt Poker
62. Niki Jedlicka – “Niki Jedlicka” on Full Tilt Poker
63. Chip Jett – “Chip Jett” on Full Tilt Poker
64. Karina Jett – “Karina Jett” on Full Tilt Poker
65. Berry Johnston -
66. John Juanda – “John Juanda” on Full Tilt Poker
67. Kelly Kim -
68. Martin Kläser – “Martin Klaeser” on Full Tilt Poker
69. Christiane Klecz – “Chris Klecz” on Full Tilt Poker
70. Erich Kollman – “Erich Kollman” on Full Tilt Poker
71. Søren Kongsgaard – “SorenKongsgaard” on Full Tilt Poker
72. Christian Kruel – “Christian Kruel” on Full Tilt Poker
73. Howard Lederer – “Howard Lederer” on Full Tilt Poker
74. Markus Lehman -
75. Alfredo Leonidas -
76. Marco Liesy – “Marco Liesy” on Full Tilt Poker
77. Erick Lindgren – “Erick Lindgren” on Full Tilt Poker
78. Hal Lubarsky -
79. Vitaly Lunkin – “Vitaly Lunkin” on Full Tilt Poker
80. Jeff Madsen – “Jeff Madsen” on Full Tilt Poker
81. Lee Markholt -
82. Craig Marquis – “Craig Marquis” on Full Tilt Poker
83. Greg Mascio -
84. Mike Matusow – “Mike Matusow” on Full Tilt Poker
85. Danielle Mazzia – “Danielle Mazzia” on Full Tilt Poker
86. Dag Mikkelsen – “dmmikkel” on Full Tilt Poker
87. Scott Montgomery – “ScottMontgomery” on Full Tilt Poker
88. Jordan Morgan – “Jordan Morgan” on Full Tilt Poker
89. Greg Mueller – “GregFBTMueller” on Full Tilt Poker
90. Adam Noone – “Adam Noone” on Full Tilt Poker
91. Raul Oliveira -
92. David Oppenheim – “David Oppenheim” on Full Tilt Poker
93. Raul Paez -
94. Stuart Paterson – “Stuart Paterson” on Full Tilt Poker
95. David Pham – “David Pham” on Full Tilt Poker
96. John Phan -
97. Leandro Pimentel -
98. Vivek Rajkumar -
99. Stefan Rapp -
100. Claudio Rinaldi – “Claudio Rinaldi” on Full Tilt Poker
101. Ben Roberts – “Ben Roberts” on Full Tilt Poker
102. Roberto Romanello – “R Romanello” on Full Tilt Poker
103. Esther Rossi – “Esther Rossi” on Full Tilt Poker
104. Damian Salas -
105. Ali Sarkeshik -
106. Eddy Scharf – “Eddy Scharf” on Full Tilt Poker
107. Erica Schoenberg – “EricaSchoenberg” on Full Tilt Poker
108. Adam Schoenfeld – “Adam Schoenfeld” on Full Tilt Poker
109. Nick Schulman – “Nick Schulman” on Full Tilt Poker
110. Alexander Schwab -
111. Huckleberry Seed – “HuckleberrySeed” on Full Tilt Poker
112. Erik Seidel – “Erik Seidel” on Full Tilt Poker
113. Keith Sexton – “Keith Sexton” on Full Tilt Poker
114. Matt Sexton -
115. Paul Sexton – “Paul Sexton” on Full Tilt Poker
116. Beth Shak -
117. Bruno Stefanelli – “BrunoStefanelli” on Full Tilt Poker
118. Johan Storakers – “Johan Storakers” on Full Tilt Poker
119. David Singer – “David Singer” on Full Tilt Poker
120. Gavin Smith – “Gavin Smith” on Full Tilt Poker
121. Justin Smith -
122. Roland Specht -
123. Sigi Stockinger – “Sigi Stockinger” on Full Tilt Poker
124. Frank Thompson -
125. Kenny Tran -
126. Marco Traniello – “Marco Traniello” on Full Tilt Poker
127. Michael Tureniec – “MichaelTureniec” on Full Tilt Poker
128. Jon Turner – “PearlJammed” on Full Tilt Poker
129. Jose Luis Velador -
130. Jani Vilmunen -
131. Cyndy Violette -
132. Jens Voertmann -
133. Hans Martin Vogl – “Hans Vogl” on Full Tilt Poker
134. Mark Vos – “Mark Vos” on Full Tilt Poker
135. Lee Watkinson – “Lee Watkinson” on Full Tilt Poker
136. Robert Williamson III – “R WilliamsonIII” on Full Tilt Poker
137. Roy Winston – “Roy Winston” on Full Tilt Poker
138. Paul Wolfe – “Paul Wolfe” on Full Tilt Poker
139. Christoph Wolters -
140. Steve Wong – “Steve Wong” on Full Tilt Poker
141. Steve Yea -
142. Steve Zolotow – “Steve Zolotow” on Full Tilt Poker