Olá puebs, tudo bem? Como foram de final de semana? Espero que bem. Eu descansei, vi 2 filmes excelentes ("No Country for Old Men" e "Atonement") e domingo sofri como todo bom discrente deve em dia de Sunday Majors. Blefei meu stack nos 3 torneios que eu tinha stack, lol standard...

Agora uma notícia gigante (pelo menos eu achei). A figura mística e, diria até, legendária do Lee Jones, que antigamente era o manager do PokerStars e depois virou o diretor do EPT acaba de anunciar sua saída da empresa e sua entrada para a CardRunners. Pra quem não sabe, a CardRunners é um dos maiores sites de treinamento de poker (e absolutamente fundamental para qualquer jogador que queira melhorar), e os donos são os jogadores mais nojentos de feras do poker (online e live, e aliás, um não tem diferença do outro). Esses jogadores (e donos da CardRunners) são: Brian Townsend (só esse já vale por um exército), Taylor Caby, Brian Hastings, Cole South, Ryan Daut, Eric Liu, David "Raptor" Benefield, e Isaac "Menlo" Baron. O Lee Jones, que estava há tempos procurando um jeito de voltar a morar nos EUA, encontrou ao se juntar com esse grupo de "sickos" para ser o Chief Officer of Operations do site, cuidando de todo o conteúdo, mais várias surpresas que estão por vir. Sick move pela CR... NH, WP. Tudo de bom para o Lee Jones nessa sua nova empreitada, que certamente será um grande sucesso.

E aqui o que o próprio Lee Jones postou num dos fóruns mais lidos de poker da internet.

Hi folks -
Yes, it's true that I've joined Cardrunners as the COO.

My wife and I have had a great time in Europe, and I had a blast working for John Duthie and the EPT. But you know, England isn't home to us, and it was time to get back.

When I started looking around for opportunities in the U.S., I spoke to Taylor, and from the outset it felt great. He's a super sharp guy, as are Andrew and Brian.

The more we talked, the more it seemed like a good fit. They're young, energetic, and want to build a great business. I'm not as young, not as energetic, but I've been around the poker block 2-3 times, and the business block a few times more than that. I've seen a lot of good and bad management decisions in my time and have worked out why good and bad things happen to companies.

We ultimately decided that my experience and background was a good complement to their youth, energy, and talent.

So here I am.

To be extremely clear about this:
I no longer work for PokerStars or the EPT. My departure from both was amicable and I still have many friends in both organizations.
I will be doing day-to-day operations at Cardrunners. This is not an endorsement deal or anything like it. I'm here to work hard at producing the best possible poker instruction online.

I will definitely be making regular appearances at the poker forums. I dig the poker forum community a lot.

Anyway, I look forward to interacting with many of you online. Also, I'll be at the WSOP and various other live events - be sure to come say hi and introduce yourself if you see me.

Best regards,
Lee Jones
COO, Cardrunners LLC


Wow, just wow... é como o fim de uma era, e nem preciso desejar GL para o Lee nem para o pessoal da CardRunners, pq esses daí parecem sempre ter the nuts!