Well, it's begun. It's not like we didn't see it coming. It was in all of the papers. I'm glad it's finally here.
It's 2007
I'm happy to say that this year is looking good so far.
On Jan. 20, my radio show, Poker Room Radio (www.pokerroomradio.com), moves to the largest talk station in Northern California -- KFBK, 1530-AM -- and begins simulcasting on KNEW 910-AM out of San Francisco.
A couple of weeks ago I was down in Pasadena and I picked up KFBK all the way down there. This move is great for building our listening audience.
If that's not enough a station in Los Angeles is negotiating picking up the show AND the largest advertising agency in Nevada is pitching us to casinos in Las Vegas. If we can pick up some sponsors in Vegas, the show will be broadcast there as well. Already Bay 101 is sponsoring our San Francisco broadcast and that's really big.
We may even be broadcasting our first KFBK show from Colusa Casino. They want us to broadcast live from their card room. People are noticing us and that's a great thing. (P.S. it gives me an "in" to perform in these casinos as well.)
It may not be long before you see my face on a billboard, because that deal is in the works, too. Watch out, San Francisco!
Now, this exposure has recently come to light. Last Tuesday night I played in a tournament at The Lucky Derby Casino in Citrus Heights. The manager put a $115 bounty on my head. (That's right, the white man put a bounty on the Indian's head. I think he attended sinsitivity training with Michael Richards.) All you had to do to collect the bounty was knock me out of the tournament.
Before the tournament began a man came up and said, "Hey, SpiritWalker, I just finished reading your poker blogs on The Reporter Web site." (www.thereporter.com, go to to "Chip Chat.") I was flattered. His name was Pat Lanius and he's a lawyer. Then he sat two seats to my left (read my blogs and you'll know why that's not a good thing). You guessed it. He took the bounty. I hate lawyers!
Hey, I wish you all the best for 2007.
The bottomline:
May you have all of the happiness you can handle.