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No clue if this is true, but...
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So, she goes to the bathroom, cleans up and then comes back to play.
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Sounds like she should be prosecuted.
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Again, as J.J. Liu's agent, I ask the 2+2 audience to please refrain from posting insensitive remarks or taking cheap shots at J.J., Dan Alspach, or myself in order to justify your existence.
At this time, I cannot comment on the specifics of the situation beyond what was already reported by the media.
Please respect J.J. and Dan's need for privacy. Thank you very much.
Oliver Tse
Oliver Tse Management Group, LLC
[email protected]
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its not ok for people to take cheap shots but its ok for you to try and ruin some NCAA kids life so you can make a mark on the world of poker journalism?
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I sound like a broken record, but I did NOT ruin a kid's life. That was never my intent. I don't know how many times I have to repeat posting what is below in order to get it through people's heads.
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I got myself involved in the Robert Neary case (2006 Aussie Millions runner-up and PartyPoker satellite qualifier who was on a golf scholarship at Sonoma State University in Northern California) because I felt that PartyPoker exploited Neary by forcing Neary to break an NCAA rule regarding endorsements by making Neary wear a PartyPoker logo, WITHOUT compensating Neary, in order for Neary to play the Aussie Millions.
(The FSN TV post-production unit was fully aware of the case as well during post-production and FSN has to tap dance around the entire case carefully in order to stay out of trouble with the NCAA.)
PartyPoker changed its logo rule for satellite qualifiers in time for the 2006 WSOP, as PartyPoker chose to follow PokerStars by removing the cost of the hotel room from the packages and offering a hotel room at PartyPoker's expense to its satellite qualifiers who agree to wear the PartyPoker.NET logo.
Ultimately, the PartyPoker satellite qualifiers at the 2006 WSOP benefitted because I got involved in the Robert Neary case.
As for Neary, the NCAA slapped him on the wrist by making him sit out one weekend tournament at the start of the 2006 golf season. Neary, Sonoma State golf coach Val Verhunce, and Sonoma State athletic director Bill Fusco were satisfied with the way NCAA handled the case. I have corresponded with both Verhunce and Fusco afterward and they both understood WHY I chose the particular course of action and they both understood that hundreds of PartyPoker WSOP qualifiers benefitted as a result.
The only "bad guy" in the Robert Neary case was PartyPoker, which had to clean up its act after the NCAA and I (with assists from former PokerPages editor Amy Calistri and Santa Rosa Press Democrat newspaper sports reporter Eric Branch and sports editor Jim Barger) got involved.
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Regardless of which side of the industry I am on (I was a freelance poker writer before I crossed over to the "dark side" by becoming a player agent last October), I was taught a long time ago by fellow WVBR-FM (Ithaca, NY) alumnus and current MSNBC personality Keith Olbermann to "take you job seriously, but not to take yourself too seriously".
I had a job to do when I got involved in the Neary case, and I now have a different job to do after J.J. and Dan hired me to be J.J.'s agent last October. Ultimately, I still have to do my job and take my job seriously, no matter what the job is. Having been an independent contractor/freelancer thoughout much of my adult life, I know that I am only as good as my last assignment.