Poker World, WTF???
Yeah, I never post, but this one has brought me out of the woodwork. When you type all day for a living, the last thing you want to do is type recreationally.
The last couple days have been particularly disturbing to me in the poker world surrounding a couple young and maybe not all that stable players.
Dutch Boyd, and Brandi Hawbaker have been ‘holding court’ on the deck outside the Fontana room, and on various chat forums.
Brandi has posted some really wild stuff on 2+2, and caused the one of the bigger insta-stirs on that forum in recent memory. WARNING - This is a ridiculously long thread, even though its only a day old.
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She accuses Captain Tom of trying to take advantage of her physically, taking her bankroll, and a lot of other stuff. She has been on camera on various poker media sites a lot over the last couple months, and since she is attractive she gets the coverage. It’s really difficult to tell if she is a naïve woman learning the hard way, or a young woman trying to use her charms to their fullest extent. Either way, she is clearly going through a tough time in her life, and doing so very publicly.
It goes without saying that if the Capt Tom stuff is true (Tom has not responded – there could be – and likely is – an entirely different perspective out there), he is out of line, and the woman has a big time point.
Dutch Boyd has been very publicly showing off his ‘flaws’ in the tournament and on the deck outside the Fontana room over the last couple days. He has a bracelet, and got a lot of play from ESPN in 2003 because of his ‘crew’, but watching his conduct is really hard to take.
We at PokerNews.com won’t cover any of this stuff, and I hope the rest of the poker media will follow suit. Part of the reason these folks act out is because they get the coverage. In the old days, stuff like this was handled away from the bright lights, mostly because there were no bright lights. But in the new, hyper-competitive world of the poker media, every flaw comes to light…and its often not very pretty.
Let’s let these folks work out their stuff on their own, and figure out who they are. Both are still very young, and giving them the spotlight doesn’t do Poker or them any good.
The last couple days have been particularly disturbing to me in the poker world surrounding a couple young and maybe not all that stable players.
Dutch Boyd, and Brandi Hawbaker have been ‘holding court’ on the deck outside the Fontana room, and on various chat forums.
Brandi has posted some really wild stuff on 2+2, and caused the one of the bigger insta-stirs on that forum in recent memory. WARNING - This is a ridiculously long thread, even though its only a day old.
The post
She accuses Captain Tom of trying to take advantage of her physically, taking her bankroll, and a lot of other stuff. She has been on camera on various poker media sites a lot over the last couple months, and since she is attractive she gets the coverage. It’s really difficult to tell if she is a naïve woman learning the hard way, or a young woman trying to use her charms to their fullest extent. Either way, she is clearly going through a tough time in her life, and doing so very publicly.
It goes without saying that if the Capt Tom stuff is true (Tom has not responded – there could be – and likely is – an entirely different perspective out there), he is out of line, and the woman has a big time point.
Dutch Boyd has been very publicly showing off his ‘flaws’ in the tournament and on the deck outside the Fontana room over the last couple days. He has a bracelet, and got a lot of play from ESPN in 2003 because of his ‘crew’, but watching his conduct is really hard to take.
We at PokerNews.com won’t cover any of this stuff, and I hope the rest of the poker media will follow suit. Part of the reason these folks act out is because they get the coverage. In the old days, stuff like this was handled away from the bright lights, mostly because there were no bright lights. But in the new, hyper-competitive world of the poker media, every flaw comes to light…and its often not very pretty.
Let’s let these folks work out their stuff on their own, and figure out who they are. Both are still very young, and giving them the spotlight doesn’t do Poker or them any good.
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