@PTPRPOKER IN THE MEDIA!! POKER EH! WITH TYLER BONKOWSKI AND OWEN LAUKKANEN

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Poker EH! Canadian Poker Radio feat Tyler Bonkowski and Owen Laukkanen | QuadJacks Poker Radio Network April 12 2012
We were lucky enough to be joined by two great guests on Poker Eh! this week. Team 888 Poker Pro Tyler Bonkowski and author Owen Laukkanen join us to talk about what they know best!


Tyler Bonkowski is a young, talented poker player brimming with confidence … you would too if you were a signed poker pro, representing a site that is currently trending upwards in the poker landscape – did we mention that he’s already won a WSOP bracelet?

The Team 888 Poker Pro talks about his experience at his first WSOP final table and speaks to us about his ascension in the poker world.

Finally, Bonkowski shares his thoughts on (freshly-signed) fellow Team 888 member Georges St-Pierre, how he found out about the news, how he got to coach St-Pierre and what type of player Georges is at the poker table.

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Poker reporter, fisherman and now author – when it comes to careers, Owen Laukkanen sure knows how to pick the most stable ones!

The author of the critically acclaimed “The Professionals” – his debut thriller about four friends who turn to “low-stakes” kidnapping in order to earn a living – is certainly excited to see how his book has been received by so many, Laukkanen discusses how he came up with the idea for the book, how a sequel is already in the works.

“What the heck, I have a car!”

Did Laukkanen drive escorts in a previous career? Maybe not, but Laukkanen is a proud fisherman by trade and is a former writer for PokerListings, where he traveled the world covering poker tournaments.

Laukkanen talks about both subjects and tells us what’s next for the new author.

Join us for a wonderful conversation with one of Canada’s brightest young authors, we are sure we will all be seeing big things from Laukkanen in the very near future.

@PTPRPOKER IN THE MEDIA! PREVIEWING APR 12 EDITION OF POKER EH! ON QUADJACKS.COM

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Poker EH! Canadian Poker Radio Preview | QuadJacks Poker Radio Network Thursday April 12 2012
WSOP bracelet winner, Team 888 Poker Pro and the man in charge of taeching GSP the poker ropes Tyler Bonkowski as well as author, fisherman and former poker reporter Owen Laukkanen on Thursday's Poker Eh!

Join @EVhero and I live Thursday at 9PM ET, 6 PT.

@PTPRPOKER IN THE MEDIA! POKER EH! WITH GSP NEWS AND PETER JETTEN

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Poker EH! Canadian Poker Radio feat Peter Jetten | QuadJacks Poker Radio Network April 5, 2012
Peter Jetten is more than just a simple poker player. Along with poker, Jetten’s interests range from hockey, to music festivals to the art of fine dining. Join us as we interview “the most interesting man in the world”.

Is he a cash game master or a live tournament superstar? Is he a poker player or a hockey player? Is he a music lover or a foodie? Fact is, Peter Jetten is all those things.

“We’re already looking ahead to next season”

Peter and EVhero reminisce about old times at the Rounders Club in London, Peter talks about the crushing defeat in his men’s league hockey finals, his upcoming trip to the Coachella Music Festival in California and about some of his fine dining experiences, including his 40-course meal at El Bulli in Barcelona, Spain.

Jetten also tackles the very tough subject of his short-lived relationship with Full Tilt Poker. Jetten was signed as a Red Pro at Full Tilt in January of 2011. Three months later, Black Friday came along followed by the well known complications at Full Tilt.

You also don't want to miss the start of the show where EVhero and I discuss the latest in the GSP signing with 888 poker.

@PTPRPOKER IN THE MEDIA! 4/5/2012 POKER EH! PREVIEW

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Poker EH! Canadian Poker Radio Preview | QuadJacks Poker Radio Network Thursday April 5 2012
We are joined by famous Canadian pro Peter Jetten this week on Poker Eh! on QuadJacks Radio. Peter will talk poker, men's hockey, great food and Coachella!

Join @EVhero and I live Thursday at 9PM ET, 6 PT.

@PTPRPOKER IN THE MEDIA! POKER EH! MARCH 29 2012

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POKER EH! ON QUADJACKS RADIO
We turn the tables on EVhero this week as the interviewer becomes interviewee as we dissect and discuss his latest revelation –
that he has chosen to abandon creating and posting new videos on his popular YouTube channel in order to focus more on poker.

Jon Harnish also comes back to talk about big buy-in tournaments coming to a Canadian casino near you!

Poker EH! Canadian Poker Radio feat Jeremy Sibthorpe and Jon Harnish | QuadJacks Poker Radio Network March 29 2012

Poker Eh! co-host Jeremy Sibthorpe — a.k.a. EVhero — has been working hard at posting videos up on YouTube for over a year now. His videos range from live video from final tables, educating the masses on do’s and don’ts online and how he’s doing as he grinds it out daily online. His channel has been a very popular one and EVhero has fans that go as far down as Argentina!

Well, our man EVhero dropped a bombshell on the poker world earlier this week when he announced that he was no longer going to post videos on YouTube, at least for the time being.

Sibthorpe states that he needs more time to focus on his game and more time to stay away from poker. EVhero mentions that making these videos takes a ton of his time, and he admits to thinking about what he’s going to talk about during his next video and actually working on these videos while multi-tabling online, taking away from his focus.

“It’s one of the most stressful jobs”

We dive into a subject that seems to be taboo in poker — the burnout. Seems like many players around EVhero’s age are coming close or experiencing symptoms of burnout — the simple fact of the matter is — as EVhero explains — that poker isn’t for the faint of heart, whether it’s the crazy long hours, the lack of a balanced life, the fact that players don’t eat regular meals, more and more young poker players — especially online grinders — are feeling the effects, even at such a young age.

Regular contributor to Poker Eh! Jon Harnish of Canada Poker discussed big buy-in tournaments coming in the next few months in Canada, including a 10K buy-in tournament at the Playground near Montreal and the 25K buy-in qualifier to the One Drop 1M buy-in WSOP tournament at Casino du Lac Leamy minutes from Ottawa.

Jon also talks about the latest results from the Montreal PartyPoker Classic, including Kara Scott’s run at Le Windsor and Canadians looking for stakeholders in upcoming major tournaments and his love in putting money on some of those “horses”.

@PTPRPOKER IN THE MEDIA! - THU MAR 29 POKER EH! PREVIEW

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Poker EH! Canadian Poker Radio Preview | QuadJacks Poker Radio Network Thursday March 29 2012
We turn the tables on our friend and co-host Evhero, the man will switch from interviewer to interviewee and we dissect and discuss his latest revelation - that he will abandon his popular YouTube Channel for the time being, in order to focus more on his poker game.

Also, Jon Harnish will be back to talk about big buy-in events coming to a Canadian casino near you!

@PTPRPOKER ON THE RADIO!

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In case you missed it, here is an excerpt of the article that I wrote for QuadJacks.com following last Thursday's Poker Eh! on QuadJacks Radio...

Did Full Tilt Poker stick it to a charity? The curious case of FTP and the Montreal Poker Open. John Harnish joins us for a blow-by-blow account of how some Canadian poker players were innocent victims of Black Friday and the ongoing Full Tilt fiasco.

On Thursday’s episode of Poker Eh! on QuadJacks Poker Radio, Jeremy Sibthorpe (@EVhero) and Eric Danis (@PTPRpoker) were joined by John Harnish (@Jontm) to discuss the ongoing Montreal Poker Open controversy involving Full Tilt Poker and the Miriam Foundation.

The Montreal Poker Open is a yearly $275 buy-in No Limit Hold’Em Poker event with multiple rebuy opportunities held at Le Windsor in downtown Montreal. The tournament’s main focus is to amass funds for the Miriam Foundation, a charity that helps people with autism and developmental disabilities.

However, players play not only to help out a deserving cause, since once the tournament reaches the final 30, those players are then flown to Vegas in order to continue the tournament. The final 10 players also receive entry into the WSOP Main Event.

Mr. Harnish explains that due to the fact that this tournament was not played in a casino and instead was played at Le Windsor, the decision was made that all winners would have the monies collected added to their Full Tilt accounts.

On March 31, 2011, the final 30 players in the tournament qualified for the Vegas portion of the tournament. The tournament was to resume in late May, but April 15, 2011 – Black Friday – came along and everything changed.

The event went ahead with the finals and by the end of the Victoria Day Long Weekend (third weekend in May in Canada), our winners were declared.

>> Click to read the remainder of the article I posted on QuadJacks - as well as to listen to the re-broadcast of last Thursday's show.

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COMING UP THIS WEEK...

On this week's episode of Poker Eh! we welcome PokerStars Super Nova Elite Canadian poker player Kristen Bicknell (@KRISSYB24POKER) - join us for Poker Eh! Thursday at 9PM ET on QuadJacks.com.

Also, it's comeback week for @PKRGSSP on QuadJacks! The season debut was on Tuesday with the next episode coming Thursday at 8PM PT (11PM ET) - catch me every Thursday - where Jeff and I will discuss what's going on in the world of live tournament poker each week. Welcome back, Jeff!

LAST WEEK ON POKER EH! ON QUADJACKS RADIO

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On last Thursday's episode of Poker Eh! on QuadJacks Radio, @EVHero and I had the pleasure of welcoming Canadian PokerStars Pro Pat Pezzin to the show - and Pat did not let us down - a great interview!


Did you know that Pat was a world-class bocce player? Pat spent over 30 minutes with us talking everything poker ... oh, and he shares with us his passion for the Leafs!

@EVHero going to Costa Rica, I make my way to the NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa - that and so much more on last Thursday's episode!


Here it here:
>> POKER EH! JOINED BY POKERSTARS PRO PAT PEZZIN


Catch us tomorrow (Thursday) at 9PM ET, 6PM ET for another exciting episode of Poker Eh! on QuadJacks Radio!

LATEST POKER EH! EPISODE ON QUAD JACKS - HEY, THEY KEPT ME FOR AN HOUR!

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I was back on Quad Jacks Radio this past Thursday on the Poker Eh! Show with @Evhero and the lovely and talented @Zekday0 - this time, they decided to keep me on for the full hour - hell, they even put my face in the Toronto skyline (see picture at the top of this post) - they like me, they really like me ;)


We were joined by Jon Harnish from CANADAPOKER.com - Jon has tremendous knowledge of the Canadian poker scene, it was great to finally hear his voice after communicating via e-mail and Twitter for the longest time.

Hope you enjoy!

LISTEN HERE >> POKER EH! ON QUAD JACKS RADIO - JAN 19/2012


Eric