Dear Full Tilt…
October 29, 2007
October 30, 2007
Full Tilt Poker
Dear. Mr. and/or Ms. Full Tilt:
It may shock you but this letter is not a complaint - despite being bubble girl from sick river cards in no less than three SNGs tonight…but I digress. Rather, this is a letter of compliment and request. Okay, maybe more than a request. A grovel perhaps. Let me explain…no..there is no time, let me sum up.*1
First off, thank you for having such a fine, highly playable site with good support, a wide range of games and a strong dose of soft players. You have an excellent stable of pros, even including this guy, who I retain a strange fondness for despite all of his antics. Additionally, you add value to the growth of poker through books, videos, and podcasts. Last, and certainly not least, I highly value your ongoing sponsorship of support of the Aussie Millions at Crown Casino. Which brings me to my point.
The Amazing Al has brought to my attention the Battle of the Bloggers Tournament Series. I was thrilled - as an Australia based blogger, anything which gets more of my brethren down here on a more frequent basis is great news by me. I’m watching the results with great anticipation on who will be joining us in the peak of Melbourne summer next January. Heck, I can even cheer for my personal favourites.*2
While watching the fortunes of my favourite bloggers based upon their poker success at our “blogger online home games” is exciting, I’m equally enamoured of the opportunity of a blogger to write their way to the Aussie Millions. Yes, we as bloggers are (usually) reasonably good players - despite our attachment to playing The Hammer whenever possible. What makes us interesting poker players however is our ability to navel gaze to such an extent that we acquire a following of people interested in our observations on life, the universe and everything - including poker. So, two lucky bloggers will get to write their way to the Aussie Millions. Fantastic. It will make for good reading.
My request however is straightforward. While I reside permanently in Melbourne, Australia - up until two years ago my home was Toronto, Canada. It was close to several casinos, had a great poker sub culture and was a nifty five hour flight from Vegas and the WPBT conventions. Most importantly however, it was home to my best friend. The crazy woman I introduced to the game of poker one mad, mad afternoon many moons ago and to whom being on the other side of the planet from is a constant regret. She’s delighted other bloggers and poker readers alike with her irreverent, post-punk-meets-encroaching-middle-age writing style. Just seeing her blog stats makes me contort with envy. On top of that, she’s a great chick to have at a party. We know, we have pictures. *3
Unfortunately, said best friend is on a teachers salary which doesn’t cover the contingency of hopping a plane down under just for a game of cards or a martini or six. So Mr/Ms Full Tilt, here comes my grovel…..
Please, please, please give Katitude’s submission to the Write your Way to Australia promotion very serious consideration. She’s a great poker player, a fantastic blogger and would make an amazing ambassador. It’s not that I don’t love all the other fantastic bloggers out there..just that I’d really like to spend some time playing cards and being a degenerate with her on my home soil.
Thank you for your time and consideration and please review her submission*4 and the preceeding grovel favourably.
Best regards,
Louddwnunder
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*1 I’m sorry, I’ve watched The Princess Bride far too many times
*2 Here comes the grovel
*3 Not Safe For Work
*4 When she gets around to posting it
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