Life On Tilt

I'm pleased to announce I will be contributing a few articles to Poker Pro magazine starting with the edition that hits newsstands next week. Poker Pro is one of the leading international poker magazines and I'm writing a column under the working title "Adventures of a Poker Dad".

The first couple of articles chronicle my adventures in LA while filming Best Damn Poker Show with Fox Sports. I'm also working on an article exploring the impact of the Internet Gaming law that just had it's two year anniversary, the state of advergaming in the poker community and the new strains of poker working their way into the poker venues including a game with no river and another played with a sort-of pinochle deck. The former has been debuting at Treasure Island and will start appearing at an online site later this year.

I'm excited about this new opportunity to connect with more folks who understand and love the game of poker.

Keep in touch,

John

Yep, you read that right. Life on Tilt and I will be on season two of Best Damn Poker Show, which airs on the Fox Sports Network. I was in LA last month filming the episodes.

For the uninitiated, Best Damn Poker Show is part poker show and part reality show. 24 emerging poker pros are selected from among thousands of folks who audition. Poker pros Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth choose teams from the contestants to battle each other for bragging rights. Players are eliminated based on Annie and Phil's evaluation of their play during brief elimination matches.

The show first airs Monday, October 27. I can't reveal how it turns out, but I will advise you to tune in early if you'd like to see me and the book!

Note - since writing this, one of the hosts of the show has been cast on Celebrity Apprentice and the air dates of Best Damn Poker Show have been pushed to January to coincide with that program.

Okay, I'm going to try to purge my guilt of not adding to the blog by adding a few entries today.

I just returned from visiting the team at Poker Creations in Boston. They run an online site called National League of Poker, or NLOP for short. Beginning October 27, they will be running Life on Tilt tournaments nightly at 7 PM ET for six weeks. The tournament winners get an autographed copy of my book plus points to freeroll into real money tournaments. During the tournament, the skin of the site will change and feature quotes from my book as well as a trailer for the upcoming movie project.

Be sure to check out nlop.com and play...it's free and they have a bunch of other great cash and merchandise giveaways. Plus you can play against their spokesman, poker ambassador Mike Sexton.

Take time to Tilt,

John

The 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event is in full swing and Life on Tilt was there. With nearly 6,800 entry fees of $10,000, this year's world championship is the 2nd largest prize pool in history!

I was able to be out in Las Vegas for the first few days of the championship and just posted many photos from the trip (under "Downloads"..."Life on Tilt at the 2008 World Series of Poker"). You'll see many former poker world champs with yours truly. Click on the Details tab to see the captions.

Highlights from the trip include meeting many players who are characters in Tilt and having them read and react to their sections (thankfully in a positive way!), meeting Doyle Brunson - a true living legend and meeting many fans of Tilt. It was also interesting to meet the Vice President of the Phillipines and present him with a complimentary copy of Life on Tilt to commemorate his visit to sin city.

The Life On Tilt book launch event was a rousing success.  Click on any thumbnail for a larger image.  Thanks to everyone who attended.