The Death of Poker Media?
Jonas Odman, VP of Bodog Network and Anonymous Tables
Zynga Ready for Real Money Gaming or Trying to Hide Failures?Yes, another site that obviously falls into the Gorilla Marketing group of online poker rooms, Sinful Poker, is offering a 69 cent satellite into a tournament that nets you:
* A trip to Costa Rica
* 3 Nights Hotel
* A Hooker
The absolute best part about this promotion is the following line in the terms and conditions:
The winner agrees to have their photo taken with a Hooker while wearing Sinful Poker Gear.
Now, when Ryan wins $120,000 at the LAPC he can easily justify his wife yelling at his mother that poker is not gambling but how do you tell your folks that that proud picture of you with a Costa Rican prostitute is proof of your skills as a poker player?
[tags]poker, costa rica, sinful poker, lapc, promotion, satellite[/tags]
Related Posts
-
GoldenPalace and the Olympics
-
Calvin Ayre Update
-
Rumors Put Absolute Scam at $7 Million
-
Full Tilt Poker WSOP Promos
Updates Emailed to You Hot Off the Press |
 |
Hi, my name is Bill Rini and this is my poker blog. I've been blogging about poker and the poker industry since around 2003-ish. Like most people I started out playing poker as entertainment in home games whenever we wanted to sit around and smoke cigars, drink beer, and eat pizza, and needed a good excuse. I started playing online shortly after the first online card rooms opened and it wasn't long before I was playing 20, 30, or even 40 hours a week or more. One day I received a phone call about a program manager position at Tiltware which was the company that consulted to Full Tilt Poker on software development and marketing. After Tiltware I spent about 2.5 years working at Party Poker where I was the poker room manager.
{ 7 comments… read them below or add one }
Or, if you can pony up the big bucks, you can buy in directly for $6.90!
That is funny!
Seems like a prize a married man might have a dilemma with…No wonder the wife didn’t like him playing poker :)
I’m usually not very anal about such things, but can I just point out that it’s “guerilla” marketing, not “gorilla” markeing. Thanks!
Jestocost: Well, it depends on whether or not you’re marketing to gorillas or guerillas. :-)
Yes, my bad. Thanks for catching it.
Hmm. Your answer has me on the horns of a dilemma, as I now can’t figure out if it would be better to play against gorillas, lemurs donkeys or fish. Presumably the gorillas would be more aggressive, which would require some adjustments in your play but could be more profitable in the long term.
Wow! This really takes the cake. This has got to be the worst promotion ever. Personally – I think the hooker should complain. She’s gotta spend time with someone who plays at Sinful Poker. It ain’t right.
I was going through your blog and somehow ended up on this entry. I got a huge laugh from it!!! As a working girl in Las Vegas and sometimes play poker around town, I couldn’t imagine this happening in Vegas but the picture in my head made for a funny site.