The Twitterverse was abuzz this morning with the announcements of the two most recent nominees for the Women In Poker Hall of Fame, with poker professional Kathy Liebert breaking the news to her followers over Twitter.
“Was nominated in to the Women’s Poker Hall of Fame along with Jennifer Harman,” Liebert Tweeted to her followers before being flooded with congratulations from across the poker community. “Both well deserving. Congrats,” Matthew Glantz Tweeted following the announcement, with Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh adding her congratulations in through Twitter. Kara Scott summed up Liebert’s achievements, chirping, “Congratulations! Having long term poker success with so little site support – who else has accomplished close to that?! Incredible!”
As previously reported by Poker News Daily, Phil Laak suffered a serious accident involving an ATV while on vacation in Oregon. Laak Tweeted throughout the incident, the resulting trip to the hospital, and on his way home to Los Angeles on Friday, sending a Twitpic of a badly bruised eye and broken arm: “This one is in Vegas airport two days into my recovery. Will be in my bed in LA in a few hrs.” Sure enough, “The Unabomber” was in the City of Angels a few hours later with a great remedy for his injuries: “Jennifer is the best. Cuddling w/her is better for the pain than even my Percocet pain medicine.”
Several players took time to Tweet about Laak’s injuries and wish him well. 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Niner Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi was among those: “Hey Phil, Stay strong man and fast recovery!! Very sorry to hear the news. If you can stay up for days playing poker u can handle anything!” Chad Brown (“I want to wish my friend Phil Laak a speedy recovery”) and Jeff Madsen (“A moment of silence for unabomber’s elbow”) also Tweeted their good wishes.
One player looking to get into better shape is Daniel Negreanu. The PokerStars sponsored pro tweeted to his followers on Sunday, “Withering away! Lost 4 lbs in the last two days and I’m at 146. Haven’t been that low in like 12 years. No carbs no booze=no tummy.” Later on during the day, Negreanu noted the down side of weight loss when he said, “Wow I’m officially unable to digest alcohol. One glass of wine and I’m done. Losing 11 lbs and not drinking for months will do that I guess.” Liebert offered her suggestion for countering the effects of alcohol on Daniel by simply tweeting, “Eat meat be a real man.”
Several of the top players were taking part in the newly unveiled tournaments through the French sites that have recently been licensed by the French gaming authority ARJEL. Greg “FBT” Mueller Tweeted prior to a tournament, “It’s time to play my first tourney on FULL TILT POKER.FR. Come and sign up late or just sweat me and check out FTP.FR style.” PokerStars’ Victoria Coren took the opportunity to step to the French felt as well, Tweeting, “Playing the Sunday Special on PokerStars.fr. There’s a bounty on the pros, but I’m chip leader now so I can’t help greedily wanting to win.” No word on Mueller’s day, but Coren was able to Tweet after a five-hour run, “Grrr. All in with 66, out in 19th place. Won €480. Very unlucky at the end, so close to the final, but never mind.”
Amit “amak316” Makhija and Shannon Shorr entered into a Twitter discussion on how successful people remain that way. “I read a study that it takes 10k hrs of hard work to master any field, it broke down the hrs of many of the great successful people,” Makhija, a DoylesRoom pro, Tweeted. Shorr asked, “Very interesting. Have a link to the study?” In his reply, Makhija Tweeted, “It was in the book ‘Outliers,’ very interesting read. Breaks down the common traits of super successful people.”
The best Tweets of the weekend ran the gamut from philosophical to funny. “If you don’t plan for a rainy day you end up drenched,” Daniel Negreanu opined from the philosophical side. “Spontaneity makes life fun, but certain things need to be planned ahead or its chaos.” Maria Ho went for psychologically therapeutic and funny when she Tweeted, “Lost $$ playing poker online and now trying to make myself feel better with some retail therapy (shopping). Somehow I think this is counter productive.” Finally, Tatjana Pasalic went for the outright funny when she Tweeted, “Summer sure is my favorite week in Scotland. Bring on the 15 degrees and rain.”