Appreciate the Complements & Some Pics

Posted by icemonkey9 on Jul 21, 2010 in wsop | 0 comments

There have been a few people lately that have either come up to me in person or through their blogs (FP) that have been very complementary towards my work on-camera for PND. I just want to really thank them all because the feedback means a ton to me. When you work "virtually" and your product is online, more often than not you either hear absolutely nothing (good job!) or you get flamed (usually bad job). The fact that I've received some complements is awesome and considering the circumstance that I was in with the November Niners recently, I think it all came out beautifully. For those of you that didn't know, play started at noon with 27 players and ended the next day at 6am with the final 9. Marathon session for players, dealers, WSOP officials and media.

Moving into the future things at PND look really bright. Traffic is up and the response to the traffic has been phenomenal. People like the content and it has people coming back, which means we've become more popular with sponsors, which means, well ... budget to keep my job!

I really love the work with PokerNewsDaily and I do not see myself moving on from that situation. My boss is a great guy and working with him and Nat Arem is a treat because I really get to learn about this industry from two top notch and intelligent guys. What I could see happening (I hope!) is doing some on-air work in complement to PND which I think would help us at PND get more exposure. I could hopefully take my talents for on-air TV interviews for any of the various poker TV shows that are on now. I could even see doing play-by-play for a poker show as well. Obviously those shows tape like once a month at the most so it could definitely work out. But clearly, you're beginning to see we're building something very special at PND and I am very honored that I get to be a big part of that.

So, after a very successful 2010 WSOP I've managed to survive, which is a win on its own. I'm incredibly tired and of course ... caught a little cold which I am fighting off. In the meantime, again, thanks to all of you out there that have been tuning in and watching - it really means the world to me!

Some pics (click to enlarge):