Joke

My good friend Shannon Shorr who is #2 in the Card Player "Player of the Year" race was recently excluded from the new Professional Poker League draft. This league is supposedly compirsed of the 64 strongest professionals in poker and definatly includes a lot of elite players, but also a TON of awful players. I'm very disappointed the Shannon wasn't include and was passed over in favor of the following "professionals":

19) Martin deKnijff - one of the more legit on this list, but really what has this guy done? Grade: F



27) Nick Schulman - A very good player and one I'd compare to Shannon, just not as acomplished: B-



28) Jack Fox - Seriously, did someone draft this guy as a joke?: D-



29) Josh Arieh - Terrible: F



32) Linda Johnson - Although a nice lady just not a player AT ALL: F



34) Esther Rossi -2 final tables and OVER $60,000 in winnings over the last 8 years!: F



35) Mimi Tran - If she says "I do it for Joshua" on TV I'll give her a D, but... : F



39) Jennifer Tilly - I'll take the doll in a 5k heads up match: F



40) Chip Jett - at least he isn't the creepiest guy in the world: F



41) Tony Guoga - I'm not sure if I'd play If I was Tony knowing Esther got drafted before me: F



42) Liz Lieu - Gets an F for Poker, but grand prize in the Sweet Hats Contest: F



43) Evelyn Ng - I'll give you TWO good reasons she's in: F



45) Mike Caro - They say those that can't play, teach... never more true: F

46) Phil Gordon - Rich former .com millionaire, and member of the much rspected "Tilt Boys": F-

47) David Williams - Has as much game as he does confidence in his sexuality: F

48) Amir Vahedi - I thought I saw this guy selling T-shirts "3 for $10" outside the Nugget this summer: F+, for the comback

Co Captain: T.J Cloutier - If this guy played cards as well as he Threw Dice he'd have 75 bracelets: F

Other players who got the shaft include:

Greg Raymer

Joe Hachem

Nam Lee

Phil Helmuth: F

Dan Harrington

Alex Jacob

J.C. Tran

Allen Cunnigham, obv didn't want to play: A+

Cliff "Johnny Bax" Josephy

Eril Sagstorm

Thank God they didn't include Shean Shiekan or Jamie Gold, that outstanding move may be enough to get me to watch a couple episodes now.

They obviously had to include some of the women because I think they had a "At least 1 women per team" rule. Which is really lame, and offensive to the women who actually would have made the cut.