First show of 2011?

[Enzown]

EDIT: I forgot there were two shows in early January, excuse the incorrect thread title.

I'm not going to whinge like some others have about there not being a show so far this year. But, can anyone tell me when the Beat is coming back.

Seems some stuff has finally happened in poker that's worth discussing (honestly who cares about tournament recaps).

So Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer is gone form Pokerstars Team Pro page, guess he's now a free agent. Is Pokerstars sheddign it's roster? Is Raymer worth signing by another site? Where would he fit?

Also the ESPN power rankings, Seidel at number 10! Are you kidding me? He won $3.4m this month. Are the scores weighted over the past year's votes or something?

[Gary Wise]

I actually ranked Erik 10th on my ranking. It's difficult to differentiate between a month's success, two years' success and ten years' success and we each do it differently. Like, do you really believe Seidel is a different player than he was a month ago when he wasn't on the list? He seldom plays online, is sometimes sporadic in entering live tournaments and doesn't play a lot of cash that's seen publicly, so its tough for me to rank him higher than I did. Hope that explains some of the thought process.

[The 6th Wilbury]

Originally Posted by Gary Wise

I actually ranked Erik 10th on my ranking. It's difficult to differentiate between a month's success, two years' success and ten years' success and we each do it differently. Like, do you really believe Seidel is a different player than he was a month ago when he wasn't on the list? He seldom plays online, is sometimes sporadic in entering live tournaments and doesn't play a lot of cash that's seen publicly, so its tough for me to rank him higher than I did. Hope that explains some of the thought process.

'Tis why I don't read much into those rankings.

But everything else on here makes perfect sense. Relatively speaking, Seidel is a one-trick pony. He just happens to be one of the very best at that one trick. (That he did a cameo in The Micros ups his stock in my book, too.)

When Ivey won his seventh bracelet, there was some talk about the when (not if) he would surpass Hellmuth. I think it was Adam Schwartz on the Pokercast who predicted Ivey would get to #13 before Hellmuth. But I'd like to see Seidel beat him there as well.

[railtank]

So when is the next show?

[BJ Nemeth]

We've run into some serious scheduling problems getting the team together, and we almost had a show Tuesday night (February 1st), but it fell apart at the last minute.

Trust me when I say that it's killing me that we haven't "accepted" our Bluff Reader's Choice Award by recording a show yet!