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Nothing gets us going like the start of another year. For the entities that comprise Wicked Chops Poker, each new year brings with it new challenges. To which exotic country shall we sail our yacht? What inventive way will we devise to dodge all of the paparazzi following us? Which revolutionist guerrilla movement in a third world nation will we prop up so we can establish a puppet regime?
So many things to do, so few entities to do them.
There’s plenty we’re looking forward to in the poker world during 2007 as well. While none of them involve overthrowing oppressive foreign governments, they are important to us, nonetheless. Or regardless. Or irregardless, if we talked stupidly.
The Wicked Chops Poker “Things We’re Looking Forward to in 2007” List ...
Shana Hiatt Returns to Televised Poker Shana Hiatt ranks right behind our current/first wives on the dream girl scale. Televised poker lost a little of its glow when she left WPT broadcasts back in 2005. However, after some wrangling over a noncompete clause and other legal mumbojumbo that we simply don’t have the time to analyze since we’re currently in the middle of brokering an arms deal for rebels in a country that rhymes with Penezuela, Hiatt is set to return on air for NBC’s Poker After Dark (slated to begin January 2nd, 2007). After some ups and downs in the poker world during 2006, it’s great to see 2007 ushered by one of our favorite personalities (and faces and bodies, for that matter).
The End of the Gold-Leyser WSOP Winnings Dispute
There’s been plenty of mud slung in the aftermath of the Jamie Gold/Crispin Leyser WSOP winnings lawsuit (yes, some of it by us). In fact, we had another big pile of mud in our hand a few seconds ago, but elected to put it down because 1) It’s not easy to type with one hand, and 2) Enough is enough. After nearly five months, we’ve learned that both sides have valid points, both sides have probably made some missteps in their handling of the case and, that for the good of the poker world, this thing needs to be put to bed.
Playing Some Damn Poker Again
From the above lawsuits to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, the poker world has taken some – dare we say – “bad beats” recently. It was bound to happen. Every bubble eventually gets burst, and poker was enjoying a Reagan-esque economic rise the past few years. So more than anything in 2007, we’re looking forward to everyone re-realizing something that Doyle Brunson always says. To paraphrase: “Poker really is the greatest game in the world.” Shuffle up and deal.
And Some Things We’re Not Looking Forward To…
Getting Punched in the Face
Listen, we know that some people don’t find our brand of snark humor funny so much as they find it insulting. Eventually, that pent-up hostility could very well transform itself from “pent-up hostility” to “punching us in the face.” Fortunately, if important poker news moves itself out of the courtroom and back to the tables in 2007, we’ll know plenty of lawyers looking for new clientele. As you can tell, the only violence we support involves foreign nationals and puppet regimes.
The Premier of Lucky You
Now with a targeted March release, Lucky You is getting pushed back more than the Titanic was ten years ago. Yep, right now you’re thinking, “Has it really been ten years since the classic lines ‘You jump, I jump,’ ‘You’re so stupid, Rose,’ and of course, ‘I’m king of the world!’ first graced themselves on the big screen?” Crazy, huh? But unlike the top-grossing movie in cinematic history, Lucky You doesn’t contain (as far as we know) groundbreaking, multi-million dollar CGI effects (or hopefully any lines on par with the ones in the previous sentence). What’s disconcerting, though, is that there hasn’t been a good poker movie since Rounders in 1998. So there’s a little thing called precedence that makes us think that this movie won’t be great unless someone changed the meaning of great to something the exact opposite of great. We can only hold out hope that WCP faves Curtis Hansen and Drew Barrymore, not to mention all of the poker greats involved in making the movie (Doyle Brunson, Jennifer Harmon, and Jason Lester, to name three), will keep this ship from sinking.
Getting Punched in the Face
Seriously, really not looking forward to this one.
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