News and Views

Pokerpages has gone bye-bye! Or at least it will shortly. The venerable poker tournament site is closing its doors at the end of October. Can't say I hadn't heard of such a rumor but now the cat is out of the bag so to speak.

Also, out of the bag is Cardplayer's first family the Shulmans can play some poker themselves. Editing all those strategy articles every month must have helped out as Barry and Jeff are on the precipe of accomplishing something no other poker family has done. That's win two main events.

Yes, Jeff Shulman is a November Niner and has a great chance to take down the WSOP Main Event title. His father, Barry, just won the World Series of Poker-Europe Main Event. He's a main event bracelet winner (even if you have put the European equivalent of an asterisk after it--which may be an asterisk, or it may be a short man from Gaul who beats up Romans). Doyle Brunson has done that but his son hasn't. Barry Greenstein hasn't done it and neither has his son Joe Seebok.

Also, of note was the fact that two November Niners, the french guy and the English guy, made the final table in London as well. That's crazy. The two old hobbyists already accomplished a final table this year as well. When you run good you run great.

There is some chatter that the operators of Pitbull poker tried to flee Costa Rica in the middle of the night.

Did we mention Seebok? He just signed with Ultimate Bet. At one point, there was a fear they'd be fleeing in the middle of the night too. Seebok seems to think they'll soon be on the up and up too. Hmmm. Didn't he and Greenstein say they thought Russ Hamilton was telling the truth when he spoke to them. Hmmm.

Alright, speaking of rigged, Rigged in Riga is going on still. That's a great promotion offering a chance to see Latvia.