It has been an interesting year for Alex O’Brien. One year ago, O’Brien was the victor in the $100,000 Dan Bilzerian Birthday Freeroll, celebrating GGPoker’s signing of the controversial media figure (he certainly is not a poker player, by appearances). A year later, GGPoker has shown absolutely no action towards putting on this event, leading to an unlikely party stepping in to replace the reneging GGPoker and Bilzerian.
Is Bilzerian Scared?
Bilzerian was signed by GGPoker to an “ambassadorship” a year ago, at which time the trust fund baby was trashing poker player Vanessa Kade by calling her a “hoe (sic)” on his Twitter feed. Part of the “arrival” of Bilzerian to GGPoker was a $100,000 “Dan Bilzerian Birthday Freeroll,” in which the winner of the tournament would get the opportunity to play Bilzerian heads up, either live or online.
According to David K. Lappin of VegasSlotsOnline , however, GGPoker and Bilzerian have taken absolutely no action towards holding up their end of the deal, what is commonly known as “reneging.” Alex – or, better put, ALEXANDRA – O’Brien detailed out to Lappin that originally GGPoker was working with her in trying to set a date. She admitted to Lappin, however, that “ there were long periods of non-communication which made O’Brien feel like the match was “hanging over [her] like a cloud.” The point of a poker promotion is to create excitement for the winner. Instead, this became the cause of stress that made O’Brien feel disregarded.” (Quote from Lappin)
As a final attempt, O’Brien even offered to GGPoker a way out of their predicament and perhaps a way for Bilzerian to salvage his reputation and save face. O’Brien suggested that GGPoker should make a charitable donation to five organizations that O’Brien chose. GGPoker said that they were amenable to this course of action, since it appears that their “stud” isn’t man enough to play the match against a woman.
Then another party joined the conversation.
America’s Cardroom Offers Match for O’Brien
Watching from the sidelines, America’s Cardroom decided to toss their hat into the ring. They offered O’Brien the […]
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