UB Pro Jon Friedberg returns in Episode 3 of The Showdown and welcomes CardRunners Pro John Kim. One of their biggest topics of discussion will be why some tournament players are so bad at cash games. Also, Friedberg will talk about the ethics behind the Jay Rosenkrantz multi-accounting admission dating back to 2007. Finally, Friedberg addresses Daniel Negreanu’s comments about UB.com and Prahlad Friedman.
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Friedberg opens the show by reminding players that UBOC 6 is now running on UB.com, so be sure to get in on the action between that and the Mini UBOC events, which are for players of bankrolls big and small. Friedberg will be hosting UBOC 6 Event #23, which is a $215 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha 8 event on Wednesday, January 26th. If you don’t have a UB.com account yet, be sure to sign up using the UB Bonus Code “UBPND”.
Last week we asked viewers about the now-dead Reid bill. Many of Friedberg’s sponsored pro friends all stated they were happy the Reid bill wasn’t passed because it would probably mean the loss of sponsorship for years during what would have been the blackout period. Industry people wanted to see the bill get passed to hopefully re-kindle the poker boom in the United States.
Friedberg then talked about the Rosenkrantz situation, who admitted that he multi-accounted for a very brief period a few years ago. Friedberg explains that although he feels that there are a lot of different unethical acts in online poker and should never be done, what Krantz did was the least harmful way of being unethical. Should he be punished? Probably. Exiled from the online poker world? No, because he’s been up front and honest about the situation.
Addressing Twitter, Friedberg talks about Daniel Negreanu and his scathing comments regarding Prahlad Friedman and UB.com. Regarding Negreanu’s attack on people like Annie Duke and Friedman the last year, Friedberg states, “… Those kinds of things not only make Daniel look bad in my opinion, but make the whole industry look bad.”
The guest this week on The Showdown is CardRunners instructor and professional poker player John “Nicolak” Kim. Friedberg explains to the audience that Kim was his mentor to transition from online tournaments to online cash games. Kim recently signed with CardRunners and has produced six videos, five of which were for “High Stakes” releases.
“I had a lot of trepidation on signing for a few years … mostly the main reasons [why he didn’t sign before] was to give away tells or how I play. But, after thinking about it, I felt like it was a good time now for a few years. First I felt like poker has been good to me for the last decade and why not give something back… plus it might open up some opportunities for me. For those reasons I signed with CardRunners and I feel the relationship has gone pretty well so far,” stated Kim.
