This past weekend in online poker was one of the juiciest or bloodiest in recent memory and with PokerStars’ SCOOP coming to a close, one thing was certain: there was no shortage of tantalizing prize pools.
Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu agreed on Sunday afternoon, Tweeting, “Leaving golf course now and going to play all three SCOOP events today; beautiful day out but not going to miss a 5 mill guarantee.” Fast forward a couple hours, however, and Negreanu was singing a different tune: “Gross. Came 506th it paid 495 in the $1K. Had KK vs. AQ. The board ran 10-2-2-Q-3 with four clubs. He had the Ace. SCOOP’s annoying!”
DoylesRoom pro Amit “amak316” Makhija echoed the likely sentiments of the masses when he Tweeted, “Thank god SCOOP is over. It was the worst nightmare imaginable. Stone bubbled the 10k AK<JJ for a huge stack, min cash was 21k.”
At the very least, you have to feel sorry for Victory Poker’s Jonathan “Fiery Justice” Little, who posted this downer: “Awful day online. Bought in for $17000. Cashed for $50. Actually, I still have one left where I can win 10k. Great way to get ready for WSOP.”
With perhaps the best SCOOP quote of the day, Allie Prescott kept it simple by stating, “Bye Bye SCOOPS… so many chances… so little to show for it.” Sadly, this is probably far too true for most of us.
On a lighter note, Phil Laak apparently wasn’t aware that SCOOP was running, so he enthusiastically proclaimed about a win on Unabomber Poker, “Weeeee…just won a $109 tourney on unabombpoker.com – not a huge chunk of dough but every bit counts. We’re in a recession after all, right?”
Meanwhile, UB.com pro Phil Hellmuth was spotted doing what he does best – gloating. “Home with my wife and sons, nice! My Celtics bet [$5,000 at 20:1 to MAKE the finals] was worth $36,000 this morning, but now worth more $$$$!!” Nobody will blame you if you root for Magic.
After some down time, Negreanu was back at it, this time Tweeting about the NHL playoffs. Unlike many fans, the Canadian believes in Joe Thornton and the San Jose Sharks: “I jumped back on the Sharks bandwagon and bet them to win series +1.77 after being down 1-0. They looked good. Also bet Flyers again.”
UB.com pro Joe Sebok also joined the NHL discussion, lobbing a snide remark in the direction of Sharks fan Matt Savage in lieu of San Jose’s Game 1 loss: “So weird. I hear nothing but silence from @savagepoker. Hawk got your tongue?” Savage took it in stride, responding, “OK, I eat Crow or Hawk…Niemi is NOT that good but was today and Sharks blew too many chances. Must win game 2.”
In other sports news, Scott Huff started a funny string of Tweets by pointing out Michael Jordan’s “interesting” facial hair in a recent commercial: “In the latest Hanes commercial Michael Jordan has a Hitler mustache. Am I supposed to buy that it’s okay because he has a soul patch too?” Sebok joined the fray, asking, “What is up with Michael Jordan’s “Hitler Mustache” in the Hanes commercial?! Does anyone think this is ok,” to which “JoeUgly” replied “‘bombshell’ McGee.”
In response, Gene Bromberg put it best by saying what everybody was undoubtedly thinking: “Re: Hitler, I don’t think it’s the mustache people had a problem with…”