Justin Hammer
@TheJustinHammer
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Tour Director @PokerAtlasTour , Thunder Buddy @TVPokerRoom , 2021 Gulf Coast Poker’s Industry Person of the Year, and 2022 @GPI TD of the Year Finalist
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Peace out ✌️ Tri-Cities and
@bluffspoker
. This project has been a blast to be a part of and I’m really enjoying helping to build a room from the ground up. I’m headed back to Dallas for the next stop of the
@PokerAtlasTour
at the fabulous
@TCHSocialClub
and
@texascardhouse1
.
Peace out ✌️
@TVPokerRoom
. Happy for
@tjreidpoker
and his big win to end the Destination
@RGPokerSeries
Main. I took the midnight flight home to spend some time with the fam before heading back to
@VenetianPoker
for their first multi-flight on
@PokerAtlas
. Next series for me will
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My mom listened to the
@PokerNews
podcast I did with
@RealKidPoker
and thought we were saying “big blind Annie.” I still don’t have the heart to correct her.
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If there was a satellite available on
@ACR_POKER
for flight, hotel, and $5300 seat into the Texas Poker Championship
@PrimeSocialTX
, would you play it?
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I spend half the year on the road running poker tournaments, so what does my son want to do for his 12th birthday? Get his friends together and have me run a poker tournament, of course! We’ve got a 22 pieces of candy guarantee prizepool with a Mickey Mouse paint set added to 1st
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The kids are getting older and more suspicious about our
#ElfOnTheShelf
being real, so we had to up our game...and catch him in the act.
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Winner of the longest one day event I’ll ever run again (sorry
@AllenKessler
),
@CyndyViolette
! She won $8,940 in the
@MGMGrandPoker
#GrandSeries
Event
#19
$400 OE. She accomplished this feat in a brisk 18 hours.
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I don’t understand any of the suggestions to have Postle play a live stream with different conditions. Why? What would we gain? If you suspected someone of murder, would you put them in a room of innocent people to see if one of them got murdered?
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Just got off the phone with
@PrimeSocialTX
ownership, and got approval for what promises to be the biggest series ever in the state of Texas. At least 9 mix game events on the schedule and millions in Guarantees. Please clear Mar 10th-29th from your calendars. Details coming soon
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Interesting fact:
@Mike_Postle
told
@themouthmatusow
that he was, “100,000% innocent!”
That’s actually the exact percentage he ran above the standard deviation!
#mathjoke
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@CrownUpGuy
@RealKidPoker
As a fanboy in 2004 I saw him playing a tournament at Bellagio. He walked by and saw me staring, and came over to talk to me for a solid 2 minutes. Even missed a hand for it. He’s done things like that so many times in his career that people feel entitled to it. We’re not.
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I present to y’all
The Texas Poker Championship
@PrimeSocialTX
.
More than $4 Million in Guarantees, the most Mixed Events Texas has ever seen, and a $5300 Main with $2 Million Guaranteed.
If you’ve been looking for an excuse to check out Texas poker, well
here y’all go.
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Was allowed a day off from
@MGMGrandPoker
to play the $1100
@msptpoker
event (I won the seat on
@ClubGG_Poker
). Made the most of it by finding a bag and snagging another day off in the process. Will come back tomorrow at 11a with 80 bigs and a dream!
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Reading through this
@mac_verstandig
complaint and I had a vision...
Mac: Your Honor, I’d like to submit exhibit A.
-In a room full of suits and legal council, Mac walks up to a TV and presses play.
We see
@Joeingram1
look into the camera and yell “HE’S A FUCKING GOD!!!”
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A short list of jokes that are never funny:
1. Yelling “FLOOR” when you don’t need one
2. Yelling “FIRE” when there isn’t one
3. Going all in, but like, for pretend.
Here is video of the worst angle I've ever seen last night on
@LiveAtTheBike
Ryan checks, Mike bets 10k on river, gets SNAP CALLED and says it is a JOKE. Floor rules that Ryan gets to decide what to do and Mike cries for 10 mins.
I'll be uploading a YT video on it later.
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I’ve been avoiding carbs and sugar for all of
@LAPC
, but today is my boy’s 7th birthday and he insisted I go for it, so 🤷♂️
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Yo peeps, I did a thing. I put chips in a bag from this side of the felt for the first time in my life. Let’s
#runitup
tomorrow.
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Postle, in an attempt to clear his name from a cheating scandal, goes on
@themouthmatusow
’s and brags about being the biggest winner ever on UltimateBet. Just let that sink in for a bit.
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LA players:
It was a privilege serving you over the years, but my time at Commerce Casino has come to a close. Thank you for all of the support, encouragement, and kind words.
#ontothenextone
#timesup
#NGNF
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One of my favorite parts of the job is getting to be there for so many great wins. I got to see
@Angelajordison
win her first
@WSOPC
ring
@TVPokerRoom
against a stacked final table yesterday, while also sending her career earnings over $1 million. Congratulations, Angela!
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Ok, not really. But now that I have your attention, I have 50 seats guaranteed to the
@PrimeSocialTX
$5300 Main Event on Wed, and a $2 million guarantee main starting Thu.
(2/2)
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Playing a trivia game with my 11 year old son and he got the question “what is the best possible poker hand” and he snap answered “the nuts.”
#ProudDad
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Was asked by my buddy
@CMONEYMAKER
to come check out his room and help run this $50k guarantee event leading up to the game on Sunday. First time in Kentucky but having a blast so far and this room is nice. Will give some updates here as it goes for anyone interested.
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With reg closed in the
@PrimeSocialTX
Send Off, some final numbers:
$3,135,145 in total prize pools
6684 entries
217 satellite winners
0 missed guarantees
100% gratitude from the bottom of my ❤️ for those that came out.
This was by far the most successful series ever held in TX
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Advice for up and coming TDs:
At least 4 of the players reaching out to wish me well last 2 days started their relationship with me by screaming, cursing,name calling, and/or otherwise explaining how bad I was at my job or how wrong the decision I made was.
Don’t. Hold. Grudges.
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I’m such a poker nerd that even when
@RealKidPoker
is saying I don’t know what I’m talking about, I still call my mom to tell her that I made his podcast.
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Someone very close to me is currently incarcerated, and I told him to stay positive. So he sent me this list of positives for living in prison.
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Playing some PLO
@WynnPoker
, and our dealer Robert (pictured below with permission) just dealt an incredibly difficult pot about as well as I’ve ever seen. 5 players all in with 3 side pots. 1st pot 50/50, 2nd 3/4, 3rd different 3/4, and main was half +1/3s. He had lots of
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Fully believed that a $1 million tournament was possible in TX even though it had never been done before. Very proud of the team
@PrimeSocialTX
for pulling this off. The tournament was a huge success, and I can’t wait to see who wins it.
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Visiting with my 87 year old grandma and she showed me this picture of my wife and me from 20 years ago that I didn’t even know existed. This was the morning after I took her to prom (and why her hair looks so amazing). We stayed at her house and she snapped it while we slept.
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They are trying to get regular mix game tournaments going
@MGMGrandPoker
on the heels of the amazing series. Starting today with a $400 HORSE and $5k Guarantee at 2p. If you enjoy Mix games and would like to see more tournaments, consider coming out to support.
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Most likely place to get Legionaries Disease at the Rio is from the showers, so poker players should generally be pretty safe.
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Watching
@SavagePoker
spend Valentines Day responding to every single person with an opinion on Fallsview, while running a tournament at Commerce, is why he’s my pick for Industry Person of the Year. It’s crazy how much he does at once.
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While waiting to start day 2 of the main (which he bagged Day 1B),
@brettmurray555
played the $1,100 Bounty Turbo and decided to ship it for $10,240. Nice job, and good luck tomorrow in the Main Event!
#BearHuntingSeason
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Took my son to his first baseball game, said I’d give him $5 if he guessed a player that hit a home run. Was going to teach him about batting avg, but before I could he said “Trout.” Asked how he knew that was a good pick, he says, “Everyone is wearing his jersey. Must be good.”
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Alright you degens. My boys are heads up for the family poker night. They’re about to battle it out for the title and 6 gummy bears (1 GB entry, no rake). Who you got? My 9 yo on the left, my 8 yo on the right.
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Ladies,if he:
-Shows up late
-Arrives in Jan then leaves in Mar
-Brings tons of chips without any dip
-Has a HUGE slate of Mixed games
-Is 69 Events in 50 days, including a $1 Million 100 seat GTD satty DAY...
That’s not your man. That’s the
@LAPC
schedule
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Just caught my 8 year old playing online poker in the middle of his classroom Zoom meeting. Trying to establish where my upset/proud line should start and stop....🤔
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We bagged the
@LAPC
$1 million. I wish you all would have told me how much fun it is on the other side of the felt. I would have been doing this years ago.
#OneMoreTime
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Decided to jump back in on the other side of the felt for the weekend, and I bagged what I believe y’all refer to as “heaps.” Looks like they’ll get close to doubling the $1 million GTD, so would be an excellent use of my one time.
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Watching my son in the school spelling bee. Super exciting because I have no idea if he’s right until the teacher announces it.
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For millions of poker fans, he wished for live cards and monster pots. If you were ever lucky enough to get to know him, you’d know that it was more than a sign off, he truly meant it. Tonight, I wish you a peaceful rest my friend.
#ThankYouMike
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I would like to give another shout out to
@Joeingram1
who understands that GTO podcasting means getting high right AFTER the interview.
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After all this talk about how to get poker players to show up on time for tournaments,
@BellagioPoker
comes in and solves it with four words.
“There will be alternates”
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They both would benefit greatly by getting in some practice reps at the
@PokerAtlasTour
series happening
@PokerRoomRWLV
March 7-18. (2/2)
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When you’re excited to see your name trending in poker twitter again, but then you see why...
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Back to running mixed events in Las Vegas. Good turnout today for the Omaha 8 Tournament
@MGMGrandPoker
. Seeing lots of familiar faces that I haven’t seen in far too long. Guarantees on most of these mixed events, so come get some practice before the wsop and say hi
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The left is what TDs think players mean when they want more chips, and the right is what players think TDs mean when they say less. I think the ideal amount is somewhere in the middle and that we can find some common ground. Also that neither are what most people are asking for.
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This is 41! Spending my birthday doing what I love and running tournaments at the beautiful
@bestbet_jax
St Augustine for the
@PokerAtlasTour
. Appreciate all the well wishes and I’m having a great day! ♥️
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The
#25daysoflapc
fun fact of the day: “I know just about everything there is to know about the LAPC.”
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Update:
Savage still in with 11 left. I’m colouring him up to a nub so he can see what it feels like!
Love to support
@VegasJDub
and
@TheJustinHammer
whenever possible. Today these traveling vagabonds are
@MGMPoker
for a $600 Omaha 8/Stud 8 which is my favorite tournament format. Top 5 stack with 54 of 151 remaining
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Phil’s embroiderer when he asks to have his pile of 15s changed to 16. Congrats
@phil_hellmuth
!
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Was watching a movie with the family and as it was coming back from a flashback, the screen said, “present day.” My 8 year old asks, “what does that mean,” and my 9 year old, with all the confidence in the world tells him, “it means Christmas.”
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If you’re playing 17, you’re playing 22.
Be part of history... who will be the guy to fire a record 22 bullets into the same tournament? 🤦🏻♂️
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I can’t wait for the moment when Postle realizes just how grossly he underestimated the poker community. I imagine him curled up in the fetal position wondering when that blonde became so bad ass and asking himself over and over again “wtf is a Papi?”
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Here is a video of my son taking it to the house in his flag football game. He does a jump cut that is so good, it feels like it should be illegal. I’ve probably watched this 100 times so far, so figured I would share with the world.
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I spend so much time
@CommerceCasino
during the
@LAPC
that even when I sneak out to have dinner with the family, it feels like I’m bringing my work with me.
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It’s freezing outside, but somehow my wife is still smokin hot!
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Congratulations to our friend from the Commerce Casino
@TheJustinHammer
on chopping our Bounty Event last night for $4,600, claiming 12 bounties along the way.
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Two players wanted to do a $100 high card in between hands
@MGMGrandPoker
, but I wouldn’t let them us a deck. So we compromised and they used the seat cards.
#ThePeoplesTD
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Taking a break from the grind to celebrate this kid turning 11 today. Will be back
@PrimeSocialTX
tomorrow for the $400k Game Changer Main, but tonight we feast on Pizza and play video games!
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Thank you 🙏
Congratulations to our very own
@TheJustinHammer
for winning the Industry Professional of the Year at the Gulf Coast Poker Awards. You’ve worked hard for it, and you deserve it, Hammer!
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So glad to see
@SavagePoker
win Industry Person of the Year. He cares so much about this industry, and I couldn’t ask for a better mentor. Shout out to
@TDTonyB
,
@ThePokerBoss
, and
@pliska007
. Great dudes who also deserve recognition.
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73% was enough for me to go for it. My first blog post for
@PrimeSocialTX
. If it’s well received I’ll do more. If not, well I still might. Enjoy
If I did a blog post on what it was like being a TD who missed over $200k in guarantees in one series, would you read it?
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Plenty of drama in the poker world today, so I thought I’d share a rather positive story from the TD streets during my recent stint at
@TVPokerRoom
. A thread:
During the $1700 Main Event we were in level 4 (300/500) and needed to open a new table.
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So far my favorite part about shaving my head for $1,000 is explaining it to people who do this every day for free.
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For the first day in nearly 2 months, there are no players to prepare for. No one is bagging, and there’s no one to register. It feels strange. I think I might try this sleep thing everyone’s been talking about.
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I present to you, the Prime Summer Series
@PrimeSocialTX
. Over $1.8 million in guarantees including a 4 flight, $1,100 buy in, $1 million GTE Main Event (6/2-6/6). Live-steamed FTs and a $25k added Player of the Series. If y’all were waiting to check out Houston poker, it’s time.
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I have no affiliation with The Lodge, but love that they’re giving players a heads up on Texas poker and their room before the series starts. I’m going to do this for our next series now, so they deserve a RT. Check it out.
If you’re coming to Round Rock in May for the $5 Million Lodge Championship Series (LCS), you’re gonna want to read on.
The following 7 tips will save you time and help you have the most comfortable, enjoyable trip possible.
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My son turned 13 today. An actual teenager! I still remember him as the 3 year old obsessed with Cars, so I made a picture of that 3 year old hanging out with the decade older version of himself. Love this kid. Happy birthday, son.
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I asked permission to use her Twitter handle (
@BigGirlPoker
) because I would never say that, but she told me it’s because of her height so it’s ok. 10th place in her first ever live 🐎 tournament
@TVPokerRoom
👏👏👏
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Just witnessed
@LAPC
Main Event: Player getting a massage gets eliminated. While he’s paying for the massage, the one who knocked him out, while stacking his chips asks the massuse, “are you available now?”
@DreaRenee_N
creates action players
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Some of my favorite people in the biz are here
@TVPokerRoom
. Much love
@BenErwinPoker
@VegasJDub
@MMTonyB
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The structure for
#TheSocialExperiment
is up and ready to go. Come enjoy poker in its purest form.This structure is
#HammerApproved
@Kevmath
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#Spirit
canceled my flight, but they let me sleep on the floor for a $30 upcharge, so I basically had the same experience.
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We busted 5th place. Shoved 10 BBs with A10 and got snapped off by KQ with the ugliest looking Q on the river I’ve ever seen. Thanks for the virtual sweat everyone.
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Find someone who looks at you the way Rick Salomon looks at Rick Salomon.
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#Netflix
conveniently gives every viewer their own category, but even though I took the liberty of labeling “wife” and “kids,” they still insist on using mine. Now all of my recommendations start with something like, “since you enjoyed Goosebumps and Gilmore Girls...”
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I was a fan before, but hearing
@lonmceachern
and
@NormanChad
reminisce tonight was really cool. Lots of poker stories and history between these two, and I hope they continue to commentate the wsop for years to come.
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I asked my son if he’ll still want to trick or treat with dad next year or will he be too cool for me like his brother. In his sweetest little 10 year old voice he said “I didn’t even want you here this year, fam”
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About to miss this Guarantee by a bunch
@PrimeSocialTX
, so I’m using my higher power one time.
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We’ve been taking electronics away before putting my kids to bed, but I suspected one had a stash they dipped into when I left.
So I snuck back in and saw a light beaming out and walked up for my big “AHA!”
It was a flashlight and a book. For reading. I’ve been outplayed again.
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Revamped the schedule a bit after receiving some feedback. Mix game tournaments begin today
@MGMGrandPoker
. Expecting a slow start but will build with a little momentum.
Let's try this again: 4pm start, $240 buy-in (The guarantee in the mix game is to get the tournament started on time...) Always open to suggestions. Thank you!
@thejustinhammer
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Update: we are at the final table with 7 players left and super short.
#LFG
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Cards officially in the air for the
#GrandSummer
@MGMGrandPoker
Event
#1
. The beginning of a hopefully very busy summer. I’ve missed you Vegas.
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When one door closes, another opens. 2 years ago I ran my final event at Commerce. It started a string of events that landed me in Texas, which has welcomed me better than I could have ever expected, and feels like where I’m meant to be. Don’t ever keep your head down for long.
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Nice little series for the lower buy in players
@PrimeSocialTX
at the end of August. Going to release the next major series schedule during this event, and I think y’all are really going to like what we got cooking….
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You all wanted structures?!? Why didn’t you just say so?
@SavagePoker
and I have finished working on the One Day One Million Satellite Event. More will be popping up daily as we near the best series in LA, so check back, or @ me with the one you want to see.
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Running a HORSE Event
@PrimeSocialTX
today and see many familiar faces from my time in Vegas and L.A. Grateful that my mentor
@SavagePoker
encouraged me to keep them alive as NLH was taking over everything. Players WILL travel for these Events, and they’re a blast to be around.
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Wow. Things have really gone downhill since I left.
TEMPORARY CASINO CLOSURE
The Commerce is temporarily closing effective Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 12:00 PM for two weeks, with a plan to reopen on March 29th.
For your convenience, the Casino Cage Cashiers will be open from 10am – 4pm daily.
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Just did the 3 table redraw for this Main Event
@PrimeSocialTX
, and blinds are currently at a 74bb average. Not only did Prime add $153k to honor the Guarantee, but they also gave an absurdly deep structure. Best club in TX
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@TRZpoker
I wanted to do one that kinda combined these two. It was a $0 envelope but it was written as “$00,000” so when people were squeezing they got an ultimate slowroll. They told me it was too mean 😔
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I have officially arrived
@TVPokerRoom
with the
#CelebrityStatus
. Going to be an awesome week. Thanks
@BenErwinPoker
and
@SavagePoker
for making this happen.
#ThunderBuddies
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.
@SavagePoker
and I are concocting a new tournament idea and struggling to come up with a name. It needs to express something deeper than “deep.” First person to give us a name that we use will get an entry ($360 value), and a sneak peek explanation of what exactly we’re doing.
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