[frommagio]

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Point well taken,and I apologize if my words were biting,but as a director of the PPA,it would not have hurt either for him to shoot me a PM as I asked nicely, and basically re-iterate what you guys just said,with a few reassurring choice words of encouragement,without any harm to him or the PPA?

I understand though ,and alot of my vented anger, towards the CEO Poker Tour has unfortunately not been well timed [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
I think its best, if I just keep my mouth shut,and let my lawyers deal with this,and even though the costs are coming out of my own pocket,if I AT LEAST STOP [censored] like this CEO TOUR garbage from happening to other innocent poker players in the future...... then I have made a pro-active contribution to the game in more ways than one!

~stephen feraca

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Stephen - I think you just made a good call there.

First of all, let me say that I completely agree that you were wronged individually, and that all the CEO Poker tournament players have been wronged as a group. I wish you good luck in pursuing your claims.

However, as for your comments (and I hate to say this): every time you open your mouth, you weaken your position.

If you don't treat others with respect, don't expect to win allies and friends easily. And if you don't care enough about your issues to express your arguments in standard written English, don't expect to influence people.

In an earlier post, you defended your third grade writing style as being an expression of your own individuality. That's fine, but you should also be aware of the costs. You're not going to convince others by personal insult, wild grammar, random capitalization/punctuation, and scatter-shot free association. In fact, even those who agree with you might not be willing to read through the drivel to recognize that fact. And like it or not, your writing is drivel - no matter how you feel about it.

Once again, good luck in pursuing your rightful claim. I hope you take this in the spirit that I wrote it, as a constructive criticism.

When you're in a hole, you need to stop digging. Listen to your lawyer, and please consider asking a mature and literate friend to review your future public communications before posting them.