Unbranded Minute 3

Hi Citizens,

My good friend Mr Trivia and myself have done three of these Unbranded Minutes, so far. And we're happy with the results. Considering our Key Performance Indicators on this project are a dream I had under the influence of Sudafed, I'm a happy camper.

See you down at the nets!
Esteban

p.s. Click on vid to enlarge.

Rising From The Ashes

Citizens,

Poker used to be the implement one used to stir the ashes. Now the words 'Poker' and 'Ashes' are reborn in glorious combination as a pseudo-sporting tournament used to flog an online casino!

Last night, I was going the nod, dreaming of Judy Garland's smash performance at Carnegie Hall in '61. (What a fine double album...) Bedtime, methought, when suddenly roaring up out of black midnight on Channel 9 came the 2009 Poker Ashes series; Aussies vee Mother England.

According to the publicity, "The tournament is heads up, no limit Texas Hold'em." How good does that sound? Old warriors who once wielded the willow were back - facing off over a card table. Brilliant. And check out this line up: Shane Warne, Damien Martyn, Dean Jones and Jeff Thompson for the baggy green and Darren Gough, Mathew Hoggard, Min Patel and Gladstone Small playing for the Poms.

It was riveting stuff, I can tell you. Dean Jones donned a pair of shades, no doubt to hide his 'tell' because otherwise he'd have looked an absolute idiot wearing sunglasses inside. There were plenty of jibes and sledging going on between the teams and only a churl would suggest that all of this was only slightly better than an hour of Guthy-Renker selling cleaning products and mineral makeup.

If this sounds like your cup of Lipton's then check out the Poker Ashes 2009 site. Or maybe not because it tells you what the outcome of the series was.

See You Down The Nets,
Esteban