Melbourne, Aussie Millions, and my new deal
I'm in Melbourne, having completed the last leg of my four continents in six days journey. I'm here for the Aussie Millions, which might seem somewhat surprising since I've said here as recently as September that I planned to eschew poker travel in favour of training. However, I was asked to come here a while ago as part of Team Hero Poker. Yes, at long last I have signed a sponsorship deal with an online site. Hero Poker is a new boutique site on the Merge Poker network, and they've asked me to be one of their pros. Hero Poker's CEO is a guy named David Jung, whom I first met as a big PokerStars exec in the Asia market. He did big things there but wanted to branch out on his own, and he contacted me to be with him on this project, and it sounded fun. Hell, the last time I started on the ground floor of a poker startup, it worked out okay for me. :) Our official launch was the welcome party at the Aussie Millions last night, and many people asked me, David and the other pros about the site, so hopefully the word will continue to spread.
As for me, I'll be playing Day 1A of the $10,000 AUD (which is damn near $10,000 USD these days) buy-in of the Aussie Millions tomorrow. I've played countless hands of live poker over the years and hundreds (really, hundreds?) of poker tournaments, but this will be a first for me as a real, contracted, long-term representative with a sponsorship deal. The Hero Poker cameras will be following us around, so hopefully I don't do anything too stupid. :)
As for me, I'll be playing Day 1A of the $10,000 AUD (which is damn near $10,000 USD these days) buy-in of the Aussie Millions tomorrow. I've played countless hands of live poker over the years and hundreds (really, hundreds?) of poker tournaments, but this will be a first for me as a real, contracted, long-term representative with a sponsorship deal. The Hero Poker cameras will be following us around, so hopefully I don't do anything too stupid. :)