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The PoRo $5k Fantasy Draft (VIDEO)

by Wicked Chops Entity on 9.14.2010 in Poker News | 2 comments

Watch World Championship of Fantasy Football 5k Poker Royalty Draft on RawVegas.tv


As evidenced by last week’s wildly unpopular episode of This Week in Poker, we’re fantasy football junkies (fuck baseball btw).

So we’ve gotta respect a $5k buy-in league.

Agency Poker Royalty has been holding their PoRo $5k league for five years running. First place banks $25,000. Solid roster of teams, including Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindgren, Josh Arieh/Nick Rainey, Martin de Knijff, and [a representative for] Phil Ivey.

On first glance, we like Negreanu’s team best, which probably means he’ll end up in last. We also fully expect the “ref” for their draft to end up giving massages at the Rio during next year’s WSOP.

Watch the vid above or go here.

Tagged as: Poker Royalty

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Poker Royalty Five Year Anniversary Party

by Wicked Chops Entity on 12.15.2008 in Poker News | no comments

Poker Royalty (the firm that reps Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Patrik Antonius, Gavin Smith, Erick Lindgren, etc.) had their five year anniversary party this weekend at Mix in Las Vegas.

Solid turnout and great party, although the below video feels almost like a retirement send-off for poker agent Brian Balsbaugh instead of just a party where lots of people's gfs/wives ended up puking.  

Watch Poker Royalty 5th Year Anniversary Party

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Peter Eastgate Signs with Poker Royalty, Is Going to Be Huge In Europe

by Wicked Chops Entity on 11.12.2008 in Poker News | no comments

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On the heels of banking 9 mil and becoming the youngest WSOP Main Event champ in history, Peter Eastgate has signed on with Poker Royalty for representation.

According to the press release, Eastgate will rely on PoRo for "worldwide management and marketing representation across all major platforms, including media, sponsorship, licensing, commercial endorsements and appearances."

Poker Royalty recently opened a European office, which would likely spearhead these efforts, because Eastgate is going to be huge in Europe. He probably already has a best selling album in Belgium.

Read the full press release here or after the jump.

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Tagged as: 2008 WSOP, Peter Eastgate, Poker News, Poker Royalty

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Brian Balsbaugh: The King of Poker Royalty

by Wicked Chops Entity on 5.25.2006 in Uncategorized | 3 comments

Slick, fast-talking, and cut-throat.

Brian_balsbaugh1_3Brian Balsbaugh doesn’t fit the profile of your typical agent.

Not that he isn‚Äôt slick, fast-talking, or cut-throat (and we mean this is the nicest sense, seriously).  To be a successful agent, these characteristics are almost prerequisites. 

What distinguishes Balsbaugh from your stereotypical agent is that, if he wasn‚Äôt an agent, he could be one of us, another one of those Wicked Chops Poker guys (again, we mean this is the nicest sense, seriously).  And it‚Äôs not just because he looks like he could still be carded when ordering drinks at bars although he‚Äôs well into his 30‚Äôs. 

While snapping some pics of him for this interview, “Bbals,” as he’s known in some circles, shined a classic shyster smile and pointed both fingers at the snapping camera lens, saying, “Hey, don’t you want the classic agent pose?”

That self-effacing self-awareness and regular-guy appeal has helped propel Balsbaugh to become the preeminent poker agent, while launching his company, Poker Royalty, to be the absolute dominant force in the player representation field.  No one else comes close to matching his stable of clients.   

Wicked Chops Poker sat down with Balsbaugh recently to find out how this Midwestern mid-tier golf agent became a totally unique Sin City success story.

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Tagged as: Brian Balsbaugh, Daniel Negreanu, David Williams, Erick Lindgren., Poker Royalty

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Coming This Week On Wicked Chops Poker…

by Wicked Chops Entity on 5.21.2006 in Self-Promotion | 3 comments

We here at Wicked Chops Poker are mildly interested in giving you a sense of what content to look forward to each week.  That’s why we only give you a "This Week On Wicked Chops Poker" on a sporadic basis.  On that note, here’s some content to look forward to this week on Wicked Chops Poker.

:: Heads-Up with TJ Cloutier.  Is there any tournament player in history with more wicked poker chops than TJ Cloutier?  We are honored to have interviewed him, and we’ll get that discussion up for you this week.

Brian_balsbaugh1_2 :: The Brian Balsbaugh Feature.  Balsbaugh, poker’s preeminent uber-agent, is so good at what he does, that he’s just about the only one who does what he does.  To boot, he’s a helluva cool, regular guy too.  Drew Rosenhaus he ain’t. 

:: The Conclusive Vegas Trip Report.  Two weeks ago, we left you with the ultimate Moonlighting-esque cliffhanger.  How did our Vegas trip end?  When did the bedlam ensue?  Those critical questions will be answered this week.

:: He Hate Us.  You think people hated He Hate Me?  This week we’ll list the Top 10 People who hate Wicked Chops Poker.  You will be shocked and awed like Baghdad circa 1991 + 2003 when you discover who really, really hates us. 

Katharinemcphee_taylorhicks1:: The BJ Nemeth Blogfile.  BJ Nemeth brought live tournament poker blogging to the masses.  Now he’s got his own blog, and will be featured in our latest Blogfile. 

:: The American Idol Prediction.  As far as you know, we’ve accurately predicted who will be bumped off American Idol every week during the final 12.  Find out who we think will win the American Idol crown this week between Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee.  This has absolutely nothing to do with poker.

:: The 2nd Annual Memorial Day Weekend Best Of…  Last May, we took Memorial Day weekend off and linked up a "Best Of…" from the past year.  But since we’d only been live for two months, the list wasn’t so much "extensive" as it was "not extensive."  This year, however, the list is so long, it’ll make The Hedgehog look like he just got out of a cold swimming pool. 

Tagged as: American Idol, BJ Nemeth, Brian Balsbaugh, Katharine McPhee, McPheever, Poker Royalty, Taylor Hicks, TJ Cloutier

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