Unless you spent the weekend rasslin’ gators, curing diseases or base jumping with one of those bat suits you weren’t anything nearly half as extreme as playing Cowboy Poker.
More intense than Hold’em and crazier than Badugi, Cowboy Poker requires balls, tenacity and… bulls.
Featured at Rodeos across North America, Cowboy Poker is pretty beautiful in its simplicity: a few cowboys (see: totall bad asses) sit in some chairs around a poker table. A bull is then released down the chute to charge at the table. Last player sitting wins. And, yeah, the bull seems to hate their flush draws more than a red cape.
This past weekend at the Canadian Finals Rodeo in Edmonton, Will Evans took down his third straight Cowboy Poker title and $500 in the process.
In truly awesome Canadian form, Evans compared the bull’s force to being about:
“tens times harder than a real hard bodycheck in hockey.”
I suppose that was approximated, but still. Holy @&$*.
The next time I sit down to an ‘intense’ SnG or cash game, I’ll think of Will Evans and realize onlinePLAYahh82930 isn’t nearly as intimidating as a bull.
Pictured: Erik Seidel on Curb… he’s the OTHER bald guy in the frame.
GSN created waves in the poker world when they decided to do away with one half of the High Stakes Poker broadcasting duo after firing A.J. Benza. The move was not only a shock to Benza who publicly complained on his blog about it, but it was also a shock to fans of the show since Benza and fellow co-host Gabe Kaplan played quite well off each other.
There aren’t too many poker autobiographies that I would be excited about. Doyle Brunson’s upcoming book, however, is one I’ll be buying. Godfather of Poker is slated for a November 11, 2009 release and is building a healthy buzz.
With the November Nine FINALLY coming up soon, we’re ready to go with more coverage, news and whatnot. It seemed like it was so far away, and now it’s almost here. It’s like Christmas… gambling Christmas.
Reality TV Update!
There are plenty of live and online poker players who will argue that they’re the best player alive. But few of these people can back up their argument with the kind of credentials that Phil Ivey can. Ivey has won numerous tournaments in his career and is often referred to as the best all-around poker player in the world. His accomplishments have gained him a celebrity status that has transcended the game of poker. In fact, Ivey has become such a big celebrity that ESPN decided to prominently feature him on both the cover of ESPN the Magazine and in an E:60 segment.
Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho have been on the bubble in almost every episode, but have still avoided elimination through the first four weeks of the competition.
