The Year That Was 2010

I am not sure how everyone's poker year was but I had a blast! Life itself as usual mimicked my poker game with its ups and downs, a lot a of downs actually in both but a lot of ups and many surprises too! I had a blast in January at the Aussie Millions Poker Championship covering the tournament for Australian Poker Weekly, Woman Poker Player Magazine and for my own eyes also. It was a treat to see Marsha Waggoner inducted into the Australian Poker Hall of Fame and to see Annette Obrestad win her event and a gold ring. It was also a blast railing Sorel Mizzi on the final table, I must not be very patriotic was my determination on that! 2 Aussies at the final table and I was sitting with crew huggy! January also saw me have a fabulous birthday, meet with friends in real life such as Erik Aude' & Barry Woods.

February I set sail to Sydney with my son to meet up with Barry and Allyn Shulman where I toured the cruise boat they were holidaying on, have some dinner at the RockPool and share some special moments with my son in the pouring rain at various Sydney attractions. Meeting up with Barry and Allyn was one of the years most memorable times! They are such fabulous people and I class them as great friends!


WTF Poker was soon born and i found myself teaming up firstly with Hannah Elizabeth who definitely brings the broad back into broadcasting, she is one hell of a lady! Global time was an issue with that little project so we parted ways and I again teamed up with another co-host David Saab. Again, a traveling pro and time constraints causing issues saw WTF poker go on hold till i can get my own head around it!

Womens Poker News at this stage was also starting to rock along, health saw me slow down on that one, lets face it - there are only so many things a woman can do! Between Dr battles, livers shutting down, endometriosis and 4 kids, I had so much to do! Priorities saw WPN (Womens Poker News) go on hold - rest assured it WILL be back though just like WTF Poker!

I however continued a little writing as the year went along for a lot of different poker media outlets including: Woman Poker Player Magazine, Australian Poker Weekly (who has now had it's 100th edition!), Canadian Poker Tour Magazine, IPPAGlobal, Poker Pro Magazine Online, Poker Pro Magazine Canada, Poker Pro Magazine Europe, Poker Pro Magazine USA and of course this blog (to name a few). I wonder at times why i am not writing for more Australian Magazines, I guess its my lack of patriotism as I have determined my work is of high quality!

The fabulous Pokeriety also started up on facebook and I am hoping that ALL of you have become part of Team Down Under Danielle - If you have not as yet join up! Pokeriety is the game of fun and its totally free for you all to play. I am hoping the coming year will see our team onslaught the rest of the world. Again, it seems I am not patriotic, I could just have team Australia or Team Down Under, I have far too many friends abroad! Team Down Under Danielle is an indicator that I simply come from Down Under and have a Team Down Under me too, it also matches the blog you read.

I played very little online poker at the start of the year as I was so busy battling health issues, kids and what not but that did not stop FeltStars approaching me about a nice sponsorship deal which thrilled me to pieces! Needless to say, I took the deal, signed the paper and started having interviews rather then getting other peoples stories. Quite a change in lifestyle there! I am proudly a Team FeltStars Pro, the only female and currently 1 of 2 Aussies. FeltStars is growing rapidly and I love being part of our fabulous hard working team! I had quite nice few wins and placings from here on in soaring my cash rate a little higher with further study on my game and what i was doing wrong. I also headed to represent FeltStars at the only 2 tourneys I have been physically able to this year: Melbourne Champs teams event and ladies event. The teams event I went out against a gutshot straight flush and the ladies event not only did i play like crap but my opponents were terrible as i copped beat after beat that was just unbelievable. I certainly made up for the beats that night with bourbons!

The end of the year has seen me join forces with Per Hagen and Joe Wass at Poker Publicist where we create BUZZ about YOU just alike I created buzz about myself to get everything i have gotten to date in this crazy world of poker. Want to get endorsements or a sponsorship deal? I am the person to see! Let's Buzz YOU!

The most amazing thing this year for me poker wise was co-writing the song I'm ALL IN with Jimmie Lee Jersey outlaw which is only a few weeks away from releasing. Certainly I am one to step outside the square and this little project placed a cherry on top of the years poker ice cream! If i am not touring next year to spend 12 hours at a time in tourneys which I might still not be physically fit for, I will be hanging out the top of Jimmies Limo with Tyrone, Jimmie and 4 kids by my side drinking JD's lol.

I cant complain about my health anymore, i have just been cleared by the doctor liver wise, "live as normal, don't get legless and do not take nurophen" were the most wonderful words I heard this year, other then I LOVE YOU from my kids, Tyrone and my family and friends. I have much support this year and have given more in return, I would really like to thank and make mention to a new few special friends and friends of old in no particular order. If I missed you off my list it is simply as I am emotional thinking of everyone!

 Tyrone Hunter, My Kids, My brothers, sisters and parents, Maryann Morrison, Alfred Markarian, Michael Pickard, Team FeltStars, Aniket Warty, Matthew Moate and MITH, Jimmie Lee, Emma Grace, Den and Jen, Gary Benson, Marsha Waggoner, Ontilt Radio, Holdem Radio, barry and Allyn Shulman, Shane McDowell and Ontilt Clothing, APT, David Saab, Hannah Elisabeth, Queen Bee, Erik Aude', Constance Hammock, Barry Woods, Glen Franco, Amy and Jen from Womens Poker Hour, Joe and per Poker Publicist, Johnny QUADS! , PMS poker wear, ........ wow out of breath! ....... TJ from raise n fold, Chloe Rhys-Jones, rich, helle, odie (always in my mind) Ange my twin!!!!!!!! Look; there are FAR TOO MANY of you! Please add your name for me, we will be here ALL DAY otherwise lol. Add in comments and I will personally thank you! LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!! Happy New year 2011 everyone!

Lets hope we can legalize online poker worldwide! Here is a little drunken clip of me singing You're the Voice to top off my crazy year! Remember YOU ARE the VOICE, we all ARE! xoxo HAPPY NEW YEAR VOICES - THIS IS THE CLIP LOL!

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Woman Poker Player Magazine Tops News For Unique Visitors


I have been so excited this year, dubbed the year of the women of poker! It seems though I have only just realized in the past week the actual accomplishments and growth to the fullest extent when comparing poker news sites with Woman Poker Player Magazine soaring to the top of the charts!

As we come close the the end of 2010 and into 2011 the realization and truth is now here. Woman Poker Player Magazine has more unique and wonderful visitors then any of the popular news sites online!

With women reaching great heights in poker and focus by many people in poker on building the women poker community this was always expected I guess! Men always go where women are for obvious reasons and whether they want to admit it or not focus a lot of their attention on stories and articles as well as news. This is another thing that has gone in the favor of womanpokerplayer.com the men also love it! There is an abundance of strategy articles, poker news, poker stories, and most importantly "interesting content" that goes beyond the scope of "just poker news".

Just this morning I checked the traffic again. It has remained the same - the growth of womanpokerplayer.com magazine traffic is beyond comprehension. This graph clearly shows the growth so you can see!

Clicking on the graph will take you directly to the site comparison on the internet! Woman Poker player Magazine is shown in blue and as you can see it sure is growing!

A big congratulations to the women in poker, to the staff at Woman Poker Player Magazine and most importantly to Maryann Morrison who is the push behind womanpokerplayer.com and is always there for the women of poker regardless of what team, age, level of play or site they come from.

Women in poker and Woman Poker Player Magazine can stand very tall and proud! If you are not already part of this fabulous, friendly, informative community - be sure to go there and have a look and join up! There will be hundreds of people joining you each hour!

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Poker Songs Im ALL IN To Be Released January

I decided at the beginning of the year that there simply was not enough good poker songs for us to listen to. Certainly there wasn't any that I could play that really suited the feelings of actually playing poker. This resulted in my co-writing a song with Jimmie Lee Jersey Outlaw called I'm ALL IN; to be released in January 2011.

The poker songs that we have the option to listen to are well known and over played. How many times have most people played "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers and now "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga? It was this thought that made me do what I always do - create and write!

Over the years poker has changed. Back in the days of the dead man's hand quite possibly "On a warm summers evening, on a train bound to no-where" may have been suitable as would the words "You gotta know when to hold'em, know when to fold'em". Mostly we all look for big tournament wins now. The song I'm ALL IN is more based on these.

The song doesn't carry on about keeping a poker face, losing your shirt or knowing poker strategy. It is based on the feelings we have when playing a poker tournament and working our way to the big one, the big win, hitting that river card when we are all in and every feeling that we get from the second we make the all in call until that river card does hit for us!

The song isn't Lady Gaga style either. I am a rocker of old and Jimmie Lee is a rocker too, he usually has a bit of a country twists (country rock) and I think the song takes him just to the borderline of rock only. The song is very much "Jet" sounding.

I often wonder what possesses me to do such things and there is a good explanation for this little project! I almost went deaf as a child through rock music! My dad is a singer, song writer, guitarist. He played as back up band lead singer before AC/DC many times in Sydney when I was little and was well known around the Sydney Beach areas and most other parts of Australia. The death of Bon Scott had huge impact on our family and he lightened up on playing rock as AC/DC got their new singer which was obviously not him - he turned them down for the record because of me!

The rock however lives on in my family and will live forever now through Jimmie Lee, Jersey Outlaw and Poker. I would like to extend my blog post to thank Jimmie for taking my words into account and allowing me to be part of the song I'm ALL IN which I am hoping will be a huge hit. I will blog when it is released and you have the opportunity to order your copy. For the meantime you can see Jimmie's country rock albums which are already available and listen to a few of his hits at www.jimmieleeongs.com , for those wanting to see Jimmie live, I heard a whisper he is playing before legend George Thorogood very soon - stay TUNED! (Literally)

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Poker Defamation Through Lies of Intimacy Against Me

I do not like negativity of any kind directed toward the poker community or my poker associates. This blog post isn't about poker its about my reputation and individuals that do whatever they can to get themselves ahead. I am not naming names in this post but some people may realize who I refer to. Proof in this post I will not defer-mate anyone's character no matter how nasty they are to me. Anyone that knows me is aware I shoot straight and tell it how it is, if I would say something to someone else about you, its likely something I have already said to you, yourself! I hold back on being nasty so this does not happen often unless its the truth!

If I personally do something wrong by accident, I apologize! I have had personal grievances with a few close friends in the community and we have sorted things out as I am a decent and kind human being. That is why I write this post, being as I am - helpful and willing to help any poker player big or small with any poker related issue they have that isn't beyond my scope is my thing. When I help people out, talk to them, advise them, push them in the right direction or be there to hold them up when they are down I don't expect a back stabbing in return. I expect nothing.

I have offered my time and services on various poker community ventures and to various poker players who are losing themselves and their lively hood--> out of the kindness of my heart. A post was made on a forum once pushing to the fact that I "get some financial gain" through players getting sponsorships that are associated with me or even jobs in the industry. This is far from the truth, I sit here at the moment and appear to be helping everyone else except myself resulting in no money and no Christmas presents under my tree. Why? I have full opportunity and backing to but have not played much poker to actually earn money! Between illness and helping others I have been useless on a poker table when I have played lol.

The point: I help someone because I think they are a nice guy only to hear that they have said terrible things about me. For example, if some loser were to say they were intimate with me, it would only be in their pathetic dreams since I am in a relationship for one, and only felt pity for them when this same person did actually make a woeful pass at me. I would never deny alike any woman I use my womanly abilities to flirt and extract information from poker players but that's as far as I would ever go.

People who spread gossip to "try" to make themselves look better by stating obvious lies really have little self esteem or respect in the industry if they feel they have to stoop so low. Making up gossip you have banged me isn't going to get you anywhere guys - your chips stack isn't going to get bigger, nor is your bankroll. Simple fact of the matter is most people in the industry know I rarely leave home to be able to even bang my chips on a live poker table let alone you lol - I spend every night, at home, with my kids and boy friend. When at the casino I am always with family or close female friends.

I have learned a hard lesson again!

That is all!

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Poker Gifts Christmas Catalog for Every Player

It is that time of year when we are all buying Christmas gifts and when it comes to poker players we can be a hard bunch to buy for! If you have already brought your poker playing partner, dad, friend or companion a large gift, keep in mind there are many poker products which will never grow old, be treasured and very handy for poker players of all limits that you can fill stockings with as a last minute Christmas gift idea!


Firstly if your gift recipient plays mostly online poker they really should have a poker mouse! They are pretty much unbreakable - I have squeezed as hard as I can as I am having a poker fit! Most players haven’t brought this little beauty as yet - to know if your gift recipient has one look for a gun like object near their poker war station. It has a rolling ball on the top and a trigger, it cant be missed! It can be purchased and shipped in time for xmas at http://poker-mouse.com/ as you can see I alike a few others have mine!

There are countless amounts of books on the market. Poker Mathematics is always a favourite subject, people can go back and refer to it at any time. There are also some books that I have latched onto this year including Barry Shulmans 52 Tips For Texas Hold'em Poker, Larry Chiapelli's Chiapellis Live Poker Strategies, Tony Korfmans (this is as hilarious as hell) Texas Hold'em Poker, Gambling Balance by Linda Fitzgerald for those needing a good life balance and Joe Hachems pass the Sugar! Basically if you search the names of any of these you will find them!

There is always a subscription to a magazine which will make poker players happy. I love reading Poker News Magazine, Australian Poker Weekly and Poker Pro Mag! These will keep them happy for the rest of the year without a doubt!

Poker clothing is something poker players can never get enough of! This year I have added to my clothing pile from the following places: MITH Poker, PMS Poker Wear, Mean Green Poker, PokerGear.com.au. Between them all they have a fabulous range to suit everyone and anyone and it certainly beats wearing shirts that simply say a sites name!

Other considerations could be luggage, laptops and the like these however are far from stocking fillers! Good luck with your shopping – if you are buying for me, send none of the above as I obviously already have them – although more books and clothing I will never turn down nor will I turn down another game of online poker! ;-) :D

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Building Your Name Through Poker Publicist - My New Role!

I am so happy to announce that I have just joined the company Poker Publicist. I guess a quick copy and paste from the Poker Publicist website will indicate exactly what my new job role will be:

About Poker Publicist:

When it comes to publicity, exposure and buzz - there's no PR firm better than Poker Publicist!

Poker Publicist was founded by Per Hagen in 2010.

Per was also the founder of the leading poker agency Poker Icons, and BLUFF Magazine ranks Hagen as one of the 20 most influential people in the (poker) world.

Quote from the media:

"Included on his current roster are several world class and superstar poker players.
It seems as wherever you turn your head, Per Hagen has played a role in whatever is going on in the poker industry.
His network is enormous and he's the guy you want if you need anything done!"

Per and his team of experienced publicists design custom publicity campaigns to land clients national, local and international publicity.
We know both poker and mainstream news, we have the smarts and the connections to land publicity when and where you need it!

Poker Publicist understand that the hallmark of any good publicity campaign is consistent communication between the publicist and clients.
That's why they'll set appointments late at night or early in the morning if that's when a client is available to talk.

Inside Poker Publicist everybody work as a team for the clients - which means everyone works together to further the publicity needs of all and every clients.

If you need a publicist willing to work hard to push you to the top, then you've found the right firm!

Our team will help get you where you want to go and manage the media. Whether it's securing a big international interview or one on a local TV station, Per and his team will get the job done!

Beyond my personal game of poker and working as a FeltStars pro and columnist for various media outlets I am really happy to be working in this field of the poker industry - it perfectly compliments my marketing and ability to relate and help other players. If you know me personally, you would know I sometimes work 20 hour days to do just that: Help other players with their name and game as I perform my duties writing, on radio and what not.


 I think mostly the thing that excites me about this venture in my poker career is I will be working along side Per Hagen and Joe Wass who I am sure to get a lot more experience from in this sector of poker management and marketing. Per and Joe are very skilled; I am not saying that I am not skilled as I am highly skilled however their level of expertise in their fields are second to none!


 Anyway, I just thought I would keep everyone updated on what I am doing and of course point you to the fact that there are services alike Poker Publicist ready to "Create Buzz and Exposure about YOU!" Do let me know if you are wanting any assistance in this area and I shall get with my fellow team mates and we shall put our heads together!

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Life Reality for Poker Players

The Mayonnaise Jar

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle,
When 24 hours in a day is not enough;
remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee..

A professor stood before his philosophy class
and had some items in front of him.

When the class began, wordlessly,
he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar
and start to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured
it into the jar. He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again
if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of fine sand
and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else
He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded
With an unanimous 'yes.'

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table
and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively
filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed.

'Now,' said the professor, as the laughter subsided,
'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.

The golf balls are the important things - God, family,
children, health, friends, and favorite passions
Things that if everything else was lost
and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the things that matter like your job, house, and car.

The sand is everything else --
The small stuff.

'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued,
'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.
The same goes for life.

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff,
You will never have room for the things that are
important to you.

So...

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play with your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.

There will always be time
to clean the house and fix the dripping tap.

'Take care of the golf balls first --
The things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.'

One of the students raised her hand
and inquired what the coffee represented.

The professor smiled.

'I'm glad you asked'.

It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend...'

Please share this with other "Golf Balls"

I Just did!!!!!!!!

Author Unknown - Sent to me from Rich Harvard; forever my close friend!

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