sack316
08-13-2008, 04:02 AM
the following is a copy of a bulletin/blog post from my myspace page. A few of you on here were signed on as affiliates through myself on certain poker sites, but I felt it necessary to post my feelings and situation publicly in each avenue of which I am involved. This may not matter to anyone on the NPR side who reads this, but I still felt it right as a personal update to those who do care and to those who were a part of the "brand name" which has become (is/was) myself. I will not specify individuals in the interest of privacy, but any and all comment are... as always... very welcome...
also, please forgive any language issues as far as profanity goes, this is just a copy and paste from my own personal ventures. So the style and language may differ from my usual posts on here. my myspace page is http://www.myspace.com/sack316
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so true friends, that have been here for some time...
remember a few years ago and I started fucking up, and blah blah blah... then jail, then rehab, then jail for a little while again? Well most of you were there, and those that weren't are pretty well caught up now if you know me at all, you know the gory details. And if you weren't there, it's not hard to figure out. And if by some chance by knowing me you haven't figured out my past, feel free to ask me and I will tell you.
But today is a special day. An extra special kinda day, that nobody knows about. As my new default pic will allude to. Today my contract and obligations will officially expire to the people I shall whore out no more. Yes, those who were there will recall the days when I earned a poker sponsorship. It was exciting, it was "new" at the time. But soon government legislation followed, and narrowed down the options for both myself and the people I was working for at the time. I don't blame "those people" for what followed, but the bottom line is that it did wind up being bullshit... from whoever's ass it flowed.
In the end, I made my money, and they made their money off of me and my name at the time (at which time I was a reputable player and author for the poker game, for those who don't know). A matter of circumstance led to the disaster that followed after what seemed a marriage made in bliss between myself and not so said un-named company.
After some money bull crap, and “misunderstandings” with that company, I thought ways were parted. But apparently it was not so. See, I wanted to prove a point. A point Chris Ferguson had proven before. The point being that through smart money management and good play, that one could turn nothing into enough to buy into the main event at the WSOP. That would mean turning zero dollars into ten grand over a years time. I thought I could do that, and may well could have… but said company chimed in and pointed out that I worked for them during this time. And to their credit, they were right. I could freely take their money and play in any tournament for free in which they were a part of. Just as well I could take cash on any site they were affiliated with, and run with it as I pleased. But the bottom line was, whatever I did, they were a ten percent part of… period. I won’t even lie, they were legally correct… no matter how shitty it was, they owned my poker loving ass for a certain time frame.
So what choice did I have? I could either just lose my ass off and hope they dropped me. Nah, I got too much pride for that. Plus, losing is something that is just not in my system. So I do the next best thing,. I play the bare minimum to satisfy my contract for the last year or so, and call it good. They forged my name on repeated articles, they get my screen name showing up in tournaments, and they get what they bargained for. I got my part on day one. Let them have theirs the rest of the time. They got to feature “sack316” as a bounty in a tourney every month. They got to use what was once an up and coming name to sell their “product”. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t blame them for doing what they had to do given the situation at the time. It was a good deal at both ends before things changed. But once they did, I can’t be blamed either for getting mine and getting out.
So what does this mean… after all of the B.S.? It means that now legally my contract has expired. My own works, my personal thoughts as it relates to poker once again belong to only myself. Even better than that is that my own playing time is now just that… MY OWN playing time. With nobody getting a cut, with nobody selling the Sack name. Just me, and my own money out to conquer the world just as it was before this whole thing started.
So now, with no obligations to fill, and with no allegiances that I am forced to stand by due to prior obligations… let me state for the record that I will be playing exclusively at Full Tilt Poker… one of the few sites that stood by American players when the government was cracking down. Also, for the record… let me say fuck Pacific Poker (888.com) and party poker (partypoker.com) for turning their backs on us. We made you who you were, now you are nothing without us. We gambled with you, you shoulda taken a gamble on us. Full tilt, and very few others chose to stay the course… and they shall be rewarded for doing so.
As far as a personal standpoint… well I’m just saying I’m back bitches. Don’t dare call it a comeback though, you were all just striving to be me in the first place anyway. You followed along, now see what I can really do… when it’s just me against the world. No backers, no sponsors, no bullshit. No fancy “pro” tag on FTP… just me, my money, and my game showing you how it was meant to be done. The party is over bitches… daddy’s home again, and there ain’t nobody to hold me back now. And if by some chance you still don’t understand what’s going on, feel free to message me and I’ll be glad to try to explain it again. Otherwise, see ya on the tables. Just be ready to reload.
Sack (owns his own name again)
end post
also, please forgive any language issues as far as profanity goes, this is just a copy and paste from my own personal ventures. So the style and language may differ from my usual posts on here. my myspace page is http://www.myspace.com/sack316
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so true friends, that have been here for some time...
remember a few years ago and I started fucking up, and blah blah blah... then jail, then rehab, then jail for a little while again? Well most of you were there, and those that weren't are pretty well caught up now if you know me at all, you know the gory details. And if you weren't there, it's not hard to figure out. And if by some chance by knowing me you haven't figured out my past, feel free to ask me and I will tell you.
But today is a special day. An extra special kinda day, that nobody knows about. As my new default pic will allude to. Today my contract and obligations will officially expire to the people I shall whore out no more. Yes, those who were there will recall the days when I earned a poker sponsorship. It was exciting, it was "new" at the time. But soon government legislation followed, and narrowed down the options for both myself and the people I was working for at the time. I don't blame "those people" for what followed, but the bottom line is that it did wind up being bullshit... from whoever's ass it flowed.
In the end, I made my money, and they made their money off of me and my name at the time (at which time I was a reputable player and author for the poker game, for those who don't know). A matter of circumstance led to the disaster that followed after what seemed a marriage made in bliss between myself and not so said un-named company.
After some money bull crap, and “misunderstandings” with that company, I thought ways were parted. But apparently it was not so. See, I wanted to prove a point. A point Chris Ferguson had proven before. The point being that through smart money management and good play, that one could turn nothing into enough to buy into the main event at the WSOP. That would mean turning zero dollars into ten grand over a years time. I thought I could do that, and may well could have… but said company chimed in and pointed out that I worked for them during this time. And to their credit, they were right. I could freely take their money and play in any tournament for free in which they were a part of. Just as well I could take cash on any site they were affiliated with, and run with it as I pleased. But the bottom line was, whatever I did, they were a ten percent part of… period. I won’t even lie, they were legally correct… no matter how shitty it was, they owned my poker loving ass for a certain time frame.
So what choice did I have? I could either just lose my ass off and hope they dropped me. Nah, I got too much pride for that. Plus, losing is something that is just not in my system. So I do the next best thing,. I play the bare minimum to satisfy my contract for the last year or so, and call it good. They forged my name on repeated articles, they get my screen name showing up in tournaments, and they get what they bargained for. I got my part on day one. Let them have theirs the rest of the time. They got to feature “sack316” as a bounty in a tourney every month. They got to use what was once an up and coming name to sell their “product”. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t blame them for doing what they had to do given the situation at the time. It was a good deal at both ends before things changed. But once they did, I can’t be blamed either for getting mine and getting out.
So what does this mean… after all of the B.S.? It means that now legally my contract has expired. My own works, my personal thoughts as it relates to poker once again belong to only myself. Even better than that is that my own playing time is now just that… MY OWN playing time. With nobody getting a cut, with nobody selling the Sack name. Just me, and my own money out to conquer the world just as it was before this whole thing started.
So now, with no obligations to fill, and with no allegiances that I am forced to stand by due to prior obligations… let me state for the record that I will be playing exclusively at Full Tilt Poker… one of the few sites that stood by American players when the government was cracking down. Also, for the record… let me say fuck Pacific Poker (888.com) and party poker (partypoker.com) for turning their backs on us. We made you who you were, now you are nothing without us. We gambled with you, you shoulda taken a gamble on us. Full tilt, and very few others chose to stay the course… and they shall be rewarded for doing so.
As far as a personal standpoint… well I’m just saying I’m back bitches. Don’t dare call it a comeback though, you were all just striving to be me in the first place anyway. You followed along, now see what I can really do… when it’s just me against the world. No backers, no sponsors, no bullshit. No fancy “pro” tag on FTP… just me, my money, and my game showing you how it was meant to be done. The party is over bitches… daddy’s home again, and there ain’t nobody to hold me back now. And if by some chance you still don’t understand what’s going on, feel free to message me and I’ll be glad to try to explain it again. Otherwise, see ya on the tables. Just be ready to reload.
Sack (owns his own name again)
end post