Good Marketing Ploy
 

Easy way to get some mainstream media attention.

that is some pretty good marketing. unfortunately, the lack of outrage in the us about no nhl season seems to indicate that pokerroom wont get too much of a bump from it.

what if they dont play poker/???

Each side hires a top pro to play for them? Who would you pick?

Can't imagine anyone ever saying, welll....I don't really know how to play but I guess I'll put a few billion dollars on this one poker tournament, why not. :D

negreanu has to be on one side of the table, just because he is canadian and because he wears hockey jerseys a good amount of the time at the table.

i have absolutely no idea who takes the other side. maybe phil ivey, who they could call the jarome iginla of poker for this match.

What the hell - why not
 

It is a great piece of marketing, especially since the Press Release got picked up by the media.

And actually, they should do it, or a coin toss, or something. You figure the game is likely +EV for everyone, just to get it resolved. How much money is being lost by both sides by the season not happening?

Haha. Something like that wold never be settled over poker. Funny though.

This is good marketing, yes, but personally, I preferred when they had topless women painted to look like a deck of cards running around just before the WSOP. Now that's good stuff.

yeah, i think that spray painted boobs are probably a bit more eye-catching than their offer to settle the nhl problems. im not sure that either one of these promotions did much for them, but i guess they cant hurt at all.

Headline:

"Billions of dollars lost in one hand as AA is beat by 72os :eek: ."

This is true. I am no hermit and I honestly didn't even know about the situation until recently. The media in the US has just started making the NHL thing huge story.