(Editor’s Note: this post was submitted by the newly formed 2/5/10 Truthers)
According to the Borgata Winter Poker Open website (view here), Jeff Madsen won their Main Event yesterday, February 5th, 2010.
Or did he?
Consider the evidence:
:: There is no actual video tape footage of Madsen soaring to victory…only this after-the-fact interview that plays at just a frame a per second and could’ve been easily staged.
:: Why were there no Jews at the final table? Did the Borgata give them advance warning of a Madsen conspiracy?
:: If he really did win the event, then how come PokerPages hasn’t updated their database with the information (yet)?
:: He won the event on February 5th, 2010. Did you know if you fold a five dollar bill in half, then diagonally, then in half again, it spells: “Madsen Borgata”? For real. Try it.
:: Madsen’s performance on 2/5/10 was described by “some” as a “controlled demolition” of the final table. Sound familiar?
Plus, we’re hearing rumors that Sirous Jamshidi will be releasing an audio tape sometime this weekend claiming responsibility for the victory. How though, can we be 100% sure that it’s really Jamshidi on the audiotape? Or that the Borgata, or the U.S. American Government itself, didn’t splice audio from other known Jamshidi tapes together to make this confession? How can we be sure?
Here’s the truth: at the end of the day, we may simply never know who really won the Borgata Winter Poker Open. Was it Madsen, Jamshidi…the Government???
With that in mind, we demand an investigation. We demand the truth. And we demand it now.
Nozomi Sasaki is a gravure idol which is like the Japanese version of a Page 3 girl, or put another way, a Keeley Hazell that can't drive.
This week’s Friday Night Parting Shot Girl is 21-year-old Nozomi Sasaki, who like Mikie Hara and Kana Tsugihara is one of those sexy cute Japanese gravure idols known for posing for countless photo shoots in next-to-nothing, otherwise known as the greatest thing ever. Coincidentally, Nozomi also looks pretty much identical to Mike Hara and Kana Tsugihara. Not that we’re saying all Asian girls look alike, but let’s just say if we were dating one though we’d probably have to pull a Michael Scott.
In important biographical news, Sasaki has had a few film and TV roles in the Asia countries and is also a ring girl for Dream MMA fights.
Check out the photos of Nozomi below before it gets bumped by a post about Jeff Madsen winning the Borgata Winter Open. Video of Nozomi making faces here.
Sloooooooow poker news week in general. But a decent final table at the Borgata Winter Poker Open deserves a mention.
Among the final table-ists is 9/11 conspiracist/rapper Jeff Madsen, who is fourth in chips stacked at 3,185,000. In related news, we caught a great special on the National Geographic channel debunking 9/11 conspiracy theories the other day. Above is one clip from said special. In related related news, here’s a video of a white guy who can rap.
Leading the final table is the awesomely named (and Pokerati fave) Sirous Jamshidi with 4,750,000. Also still alive is Matt Matros with 1,195,000.
Joe Cada is one person on the Power 20 who is ranked way higher than he should be...
Bluff Magazine just released their annual Power 20 list (go grab a copy at newstands today!). It’s a bit of a different format now than previous years as they are only ranking individuals instead of companies.
Except for the first two places, in which case they ranked companies.
While we won’t debate the merits of ranking just individuals (except for 1st and 2nd), we will say that for the most part, it’s a good list. However, we do think the voting committee (which consisted of industry types from across the globe, not just the Bluff staff) did make some mistakes.
Mind you, no list is ever perfect unless it involves a list that we came up with, in which case said list in inarguable. Or if you’re making a list ranking the numerical value of numbers. Numbers don’t lie, bitch. But anyway, as we see it, here are the biggest mistakes in the list:
Biggest omission: Gotta be either Phil Hellmuth or Annie Duke. While Joe Sebok deserves recognition for his on-going role with Poker Road andPoker2Nite and his bazillion Twitter followers, not having a UB rep (a company which spends a LOT of money when not stealing a LOT of money) and inarguably two of the five most recognizable names in all of poker on the list doesn’t add up. Special mention to durrrr as a major oversight as well. He was probably the most discussed person in all of the poker community last year.
Biggest overranking: Joe Cada. That one was easy. While Cada should be on the list, he shouldn’t be ranked over Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey. Or Phil Hellmuth or Annie Duke. Or durrrr. Or just about anyone up to #16.
Best addition: Barry Shulman. Good to see Bluff finally recognizes their top competitor in the industry. Well done.
Other major changes we’d make: either put Barney Frank in the top 5 or don’t bother listing him at all; Brian Balsbaugh/Poker Royalty goes into the Top 10; and Mike Sexton either falls down to around 20 or is out. Great guy, but that’s more lifetime achievement than anything.
With that out of the way, here’s the Power 20 list. Go after the jump for places 6-20.
1. PokerStars 2. Full Tilt Poker 3. Mitch Garber 4. Howard Lederer 5. Ty Stewart [click to continue…]
:: One of isildur1’s nemesiseses, Brian Townsend, just gave a big chunk of his isildur1 winnings back. [link]
:: In other semi-related isildur1 nemesiseses news, it’s almost been a year since the “durrrr challenge” has begun, and the aforementioned durrrr now has over a $1M lead over Patrik Antonius. [link]
Meant to post this one last week. Sorry ’bout that, Feldman.
ESPN’s Inside Deal is back for its second season. Looks a little looser and more fun this go around. 2009 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Cada stops in the studio for a visit.
In completely unrelated news, never play this prank or this prank on Paul Darden.
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