Lithuanian-born superstar ties in with unique poker hand replayer that reenacts online poker action as a TV Show with real life actors, running commentary and more.

January 15 – Hall of Hands Limited announced today that it has joined forces with living poker legend Tony G to bring its revolutionary hand replayer with video reenactment and its unique brand of viral bragging and swagger to the poker-playing masses.

Hall of Hands has recently turned the world of poker replayers on its head by transforming a player’s poker hand into a dramatic and engaging TV show that can be shown to friends through social-media channels. Breathing real life into online poker, Hall of Hands has managed to recreate the real-time thrill and drama of a televised final table or even a local poker game among friends, and has successfully adapted these elements to online poker sharing and bragging.

With players able to replay any hand as a poker TV show, containing real-life actors, running commentary, hole-card cams and more, Hall of Hands is fast becoming the destination of choice for those looking to share their unique experiences at the table with friends or indeed with anyone interested in the game. Hall of Hands shows, which can instantly be posted on a Facebook wall at www.hallofhands.com and shared on a mobile device or by email, offer the latest thing in bragging rights and Lithuanian-born poker superstar Tony G, a man rarely accused of having nothing to say, can’t wait to get involved.

“I’m really excited about this one,” said the 38-year-old poker star, who kicks off the venture by launching Tony’s Top 10, a feature in which he comments on his favorite hand reenactments of the week.“Hall of Hands is a great social product for a great social game. Everyone wants to talk about poker. People are always telling me about the great hand they played last night. Now they can actually show me in a poker TV show. It’s also where I’m going to stick my big hands, so if people have comments, I want to hear them.”

Players of all the leading poker rooms who are looking to brag about their poker, simply need to install the free lightweight application, which stays active in the background while they play online. One click on a chosen played hand turns it into a poker show video within minutes.

Bringing in Tony G is another step toward establishing Hall of Hands as the No. 1 destination for poker-hand reenactment, says the company’s vice president of business development, Roy Samuelov.“We’ll be running a channel showing replays of Tony’s hands, a Tony G Poker Master Class and more. When you have a product that’s as fresh and exciting as ours, you need to tie in with the very best and biggest, and that’s what we’ve got with Tony G.”

About Hall of Hands

Hall of Hands (www.hallofhands.com) is a fast-growing social media company on its way to becoming the No. 1, authoritative destination for poker hand re-players. The Hall of Hands patent-pending technology is capable of transforming a player’s poker hand data into a dramatic and engaging TV show, perfectly placed to benefit from the “show my friends” essence of viral distribution through social-media channels. Hall of Hands, which is also a developer of cross brand and white-label solutions for gaming industry partners, has the unique ability to create a vibrant active community around poker hands and to open up new and exciting modes of communication with online players.

Contact

Roy Samuelov
VP Business Development
roys@hallofhands.com

*Source: Hall of Hands

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May 26 2012, Chad Holloway

With the 2012 World Series of Poker right around the corner, it was time for the seventh annual ESPN Fantasy Poker League, and I couldn’t have been more excited. This marked my third year as a participant, and I was seeking to win my second title in three years after winning the competition in 2010.

This year’s draft saw an eclectic mix of pros and prominent media members participate, though last year’s champion and former November Niner, Dennis Phillips, and two-time bracelet winner Mark Seif both had to miss the contest. With the addition of Josh Brikis, who has more than $1.4 million in career earnings, the total number of teams for this year’s draft stood at 10.

Here are the 10 teams/participants in the draft order: Lance Bradley, Brikis, myself, Eric Baldwin, Gary Wise, Daniel Negreanu, Dwyte Pilgrim, Chops of WickedChopsPoker, ESPN’s and the league’s commissioner Andrew Feldman, and Bernard Lee.

The invite-only league, which is built around the World Series of Poker, doesn’t feature a buy-in, but there are some major bragging rights on the line. Each participant utilizes their expertise to draft a team of eight players whom they think will find success at the WSOP. That team is then awarded points based upon the following criteria:

• 1 point for making the money
• 2 points for the top 50
• 5 points for top 20
• 10 points for the final table (defined as top nine in hold ‘em, eight in mixed and other games, six during shorthanded events, eight in heads-up (5-8th will be awarded 5th, etc).

In addition:

• 1 additional point for ninth
• 2 additional points for eighth
• 4 additional points for seventh
• 6 additional points for sixth
• 10 additional points for fifth
• 15 additional points for fourth
• 20 additional points for third
• 30 additional points for second
• 40 additional points for first
• Double points will be awarded for all events with a $10,000 buy-in or more.
• Players will earn one extra point by cashing per every 100 players in the field. For example, if you cash in a 2000-player event, you will earn an additional 20 points.
• Every team can drop one player and replace him or her with another player. Stats will only count once on your roster.

The draft proved to be a quick affair, and some interesting facts emerged:

• Last year’s number one pick, Eric Baldwin, dropped to the 70th overall pick this year. As Pilgrim explained, “He’s learned a thing or two” since making his pick last year.
• Phil Ivey was drafted second overall the past two years. Let’s hope it works out better for Brikis than it did for me last year when Ivey didn’t play!
• Seven of the first-round picks were also first-round picks last year. Eric Baldwin, Erick Lindgren and David Chiu were the players who fell out of the first round, while Steve Billirakis, Eugene Katchalov and Shawn Buchanan were the ones who jumped in.
• Last year Erick Lindgren was the fifth overall pick, but dropped to 68th this year; meanwhile, last year’s second-round picks Shannon Shorr, Men Nguyen, Scotty Nguyen, Mark Seif and Gavin Smith weren’t even selected this year.
• Other players not drafted this year included Huck Seed, Chau Giang, Andy Frankenberger, Ted Forrest, Andy Bloch, Galen Hall, Chad Brown and Jennifer Harman, just to name a few. Oh, and Chris Ferguson, he wasn’t selected either.

What’s even more interesting is that once the draft was completed (you can view the team rosters below), the Twitterverse chimed in:

Below is a round-by-round look at the 2012 ESPN Fantasy Poker League Draft:

Team Lance Bradley

Who do you think has the best team? Were there any players you were surprised to discover did not get drafted? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below. In the meantime, be sure to follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook.

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