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Two www.tigergaming.com players in the money
Published: 2005-04-27
 Two www.tigergaming.com players in the money
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VANCOUVER, April 27 /CNW/ - Las Vegas From Home.com Entertainment Inc.
(the "Company") or ("LVFH") is pleased to announce that two of the five
players that won an entry in the WPT World Championship Season Tournament
("WPT") through the Action Poker Network, finished in the money.
Both players earned their qualification through the Company's flagship
site, www.tigergaming.com . Brad "Enforcer 55" Wyatt, of Mississauga, Ontario,
placed 38th overall and won US $47,180 and Bernie "Bernie 2004" Collins, of
Brampton, Ontario, placed 44th and won US $37,740.
The WPT ran from April 18th to the 24th in Las Vegas, Nevada, with 452
entries and a total prize pool of US $10,961,000. All players finishing in the
top 100 earned a pay-out.
President and CEO, Jake Kalpakian, stated, "This was a terrific outcome
for our first event of this kind. We hope to add to these results when we send
at least ten players to the upcoming World Series of Poker ("WSOP") in what is
anticipated to be a record prize pool. More importantly, our players like our
games and tournament structures, and have responded very favorably. As a
result, we expect to increase our tournament promotions in the future, as they
have proven to be a success for the Company in every aspect.
Presently, players can enjoy hours of entertainment at minimal cost on
the site while trying to qualify for World Series of Poker prize packages.
Through the Action Poker network, the Company's tournaments offer the best
entertainment value on the web today. For more information on how to qualify,
please visit www.tigergaming.com .
About Las Vegas From Home.Com Entertainment Inc.
LVFH is an "E-Gaming" Software Developer and provider, and through its
wholly owned Antiguan Subsidiary, Action Poker Gaming Inc., licenses its
software to third parties.
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Nicknames and poker go hand-in-hand
Published: 2005-05-01
 Nicknames and poker go hand-in-hand
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Anthony Nardi / Poker Player Newspaper / Special to FOXSports.com
Posted: 3 days ago
I'm about to make an admission here, so prepare yourself ...
That guy in his late 20s/early 30s at the tables in the ball cap, wraparound shades, and iPod? Yeah, that's me. I'm one of those latter day Moneymaker disciples, fresh to the game from the moment cable TV discovered poker was captivating drama.
I've read the books by Phil Hellmuth, David Sklansky, and Mike Caro. I know the names of every winner from every episode of Celebrity Poker Showdown. I'm a winner on PartyPoker. I use official WPT branded playing cards in my weekly home game tournaments. I've mastered the poker face behind my Oakleys. I could pick Mike Matusow out of a lineup (although I was not asked to do so), and can even tell you how many hairs Men Nguyen has growing out of that mole on his neck (the answer: too many).
I've got almost everything I need to turn pro. Almost ...
I just need an awesome nickname to seal the deal.
The way I see it, poker nicknames fall into a few different categories:
Geographic
When you hear the names "Amarillo Slim," "Oklahoma Johnny Hale," or the great "Texas Dolly," you get the mental imagery of an Old West ten-gallon hat gambler cleaning out quasi-legal games in the back rooms of saloons from Austin to Albuquerque. Now that's my kind of poker player. You don't have to be from the dusty plains of the panhandle to sound cool, though. "Miami" John Cernuto comes from a place more famous for sandy beaches than rambling gamblers, but nothing says "tough guy" more than a dude with a nickname whose last name ends in a vowel. So I guess you either need to be from somewhere rugged, or sound like there's a possibility you're "connected" to make this geographic thing work. Me? I'm from a little summer resort town with a frou-frou name in Michigan, and without that third syllable my Italian last name doesn't really sound all that bad-ass. I'd love to be called "Detroit Tony" or something, but crossing 8 Mile Road actually kind of frightens me a little bit, so I'm going to have to pass on geography as a possibility.
Intimidating
Who's not going to be scared of a well-dressed Englishman called David "Devilfish" Ulliott? How about a guy dubbed after a whacked out serial murderer glossed "The Unabomber"? (Phil Laak) If these guys raise, I'm getting the hell out of the pot. Can Chris "Jesus" Ferguson really change three unsuited gappers into nut straights? Is Men "the Master" Nguyen going to impose his will on his pupils? If you're going to have a nickname, this is absolutely the way to go. The problem here is that I don't think you can just give yourself one of these monikers, it has to come naturally. You can give yourself a geographic nickname, but I can't just tell everyone I want to be called Anthony "Scary Deadly Pit Viper" Nardi and expect it to stick. On a related note, if I ever hear a TV announcer call me "Tony The Tiger" you might as well start calling me Anthony "Killed Vince Van Patten With His Bare Hands" Nardi instead.
Descriptive
Obviously, there are hundreds of other directions in which one can take a nickname. Phil "The Tiger Woods of Poker" Ivey happens to look a bit like the famous golfer, and has the young buck credentials to back it up. Me? If someone went this direction it would probably end up as Anthony "Anthony Edwards Plus Thirty Pounds" Nardi. Not what I'm looking for. There are also guys for whom their handle is descriptive of their personality, such as Mike "The Mouth" Matusow and Phil "The Brat" Hellmuth. Since there really isn't a whole lot of exciting going on in my neck of the woods, I'd probably have to eschew this angle too, lest I get stuck being called "Generic" or "Vanilla" Nardi. No thanks. The last option here would be something physically descriptive, such as "Titanic" Thompson, "Treetop" Strauss, or — a personal favorite — "Eskimo" Clark. That being said, for a guy who's slightly overweight and otherwise non-descript, I'm going to have to pass on being dubbed "Quarter Barrel" Nardi, thank you very much.
So where does that leave me? Without a decent nickname to set me apart from the other Internet jockeys turning pro by the hour, I'm left as just another click-and-run buffoon.
There is, I guess, one little difference between me and Internet pro JoeBlow1969 from PartyPoker ... I write for Poker Player Newspaper and FOXSports.com, and I don't see a JoeBlow byline anywhere in sight. So, for now, I've settled on a temporary new nickname. I'll test-drive this one around to see if it fits.
Sincerely yours,
Anthony "The Columnist" Nardi
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