The last post before this one dated from the 30th of november, almost 2 months ago now. Although we cover a lot of news in the Poker Rail Radio show, I thought the time is right again to write a few things down.
Poker Rail Radio
It's been over a year since me and Lars started out, first purely for our own amusement, covering sunday night tournament action on our online radio broadcast. From january to september, we slowly pushed our peak number of listeners from 0 to about 60. After an investment in some recording material that I almost regretted at a one point, we were very happy when Pokerstars stepped up to support the radio show.
From september on, the weekly freeroll tournament that they offered, really boosted our numbers. With 250 listeners at peak times now, we reach about 500 people every sunday night. And we got what we wanted: the flemish and dutch players that we follow every week, start to get the respect and the fans they earn. It's like every sport professional: they make it look easy. But make no mistake, also these guys are only able to get a 10-15% in the money finishes, but they make their profits through rakeback, endurance and careful bankroll management. Props to all of them, they are the reason Poker Rail Radio is alive and kicking.
Spending time with the community of listeners is great. I really believe we're creating a solid dutch-flemish poker brotherhood (well ... we have a number of sisters, but it's still limited). Their number is now over 500 on Facebook. Join up, and see what I mean.
Losing a Pokerbrother
Luckily, he's not actually dead, but PopKoRn more or less drew a cross over his poker career. After introducing him to poker in 2005, we actually closed that year with the same amounts in our bankrolls, about $300. It didn't take long into 2006 before he was miles ahead of me in endurance and understanding of the game. He's got that gamer-mentality that enabled him to win at least 3 rake-races, playing over 30.000 hands of poker in one weekend.
In the summer of 2009, he sold everything he had in Belgium, and relocated back to Japan, where he spent most of the 2007-2008 academic year. As of january, he's on an epic quest to walk from the most southern point in Japan, all the way up to the north.
Hopefully, we'll see him again in Belgium and at the virtual poker tables. He posted his full story, and a goodbye on pokerclub.be.
New Project
I'm working hard on a new, poker related project that is aimed to launch early March. By writing it down here, I will really commit to this deadline. Although I can't reveal too much yet, it will be a useful, free service for Belgian poker players.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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