Monday, March 13, 2006

Hmmmmm

Since I got knocked out of the EPT last week, something came to my attention. A certain player was chatting to Jen and Snoops of Blondepoker, and visibly expressed his delight at me being knocked out in 9th. Apparently he clapped his hands and said, “Thank fuck for that... thats great."

Who could this fine poker specimen be? None other than the European player of the year, Mickey Wernick. Whilst I have long had doubts over his playing ability, this proves what a nice chap he is as well. A truly great ambassador for Blue Square. They would have been far better sponsoring Jen Mason or James Dempsey. Whilst neither have the track record, I am sure that they would be far better representatives for the company.

8 comments:

Unknown said...

I'll mirror what was said above really.

Your blog is an excellent read and I was looking forward to watching you on the final table TV broadcast! Congratulations anyway -a real achievement.

snoopy1239 said...

Ben

I'm not going say either way if what your friend heard was true or not, but you should never let the opinion of others get you down, especially when it comes to poker.

You played a great game and lost a 50-50 on the bubble.

Take the positives out of your perfomances and move on as a bigger and better player.

snoops

Anonymous said...

hi ben,
why tarnish a great performance by going public about one comment you heard thru the grapevine.
people say all sorts of crap, have a word with him before the world & his wife start taking sides...god i'm showing my age now

The Camel said...

Young? Definitely.

Talented? For sure.

Good Looking????? Izzy, would you like to borrow my glasses?

In Amsterdam in 2004 I didn't play to win and have never forgiven myself. You played to win and came up short this time. You have nothing to feel gutted about. Go get 'em next time.

Rob Sherwood said...

Ben,

Congratulations. Superb result to finish in the top 9 in that tournie two years running. And €57k isn't to be sniffed at.

As for Mr Wernick, maybe you misunderstood the context. Perhaps he was saying it was great you were out so he could nip you. Or maybe he's jealous. He may have won the European Rankings last year but that doesn't mean he made a lot of profit as it seems he plays every single tournament.

Anyway the fact you wrote this on your blog proves you've been hanging around with Pommo a bit too much ;-)

Milkybarkid said...

I am away on holiday at the moment.

I will give a proper update about how the poker in Monte Carlo went when i return...

Milkybarkid said...

YoYo

The reason the made the comment public is because things had annoyed me in the past that i had kept quiet about. If i can't write what i want on my blog where can i put it?

Anonymous said...

true, true,
it's just once you state something like that, the floodgates seem to open & it's a free for all...have heat been in touch yet, lol
have a good break