John Kim Joins The Showdown
Poker News: John Kim (Nicolak) Joins The Showdown
For all those tuned in regularly to the web-based TV show, “The Showdown with Jon Friedberg” there’s a new face on the screen waiting to be spotted. It belongs to none other than cash game specialist and CardRunners instructor, John “Nicolak” Kim. The show is a favorite of poker fans and those of you who have missed it for some reason can expect to catch it on Poker News Daily, which telecasts streaming videos of two parts of the weekly installments.
The show is sponsored by UB.com, which enables all its members to view it after signing up to play at this website. If you haven’t signed up here just yet, all you need to do for availing the bonus code UBPND is to click by the home page and follow the simple steps to signing up as a regular member.
This week’s show highlight involved the host, Friedberg, kick-starting the show with a discussion on Jay Rosenkrantz, the former “2 Months, 2 Million Dollars” star. Krantz had earlier admitted to having used a roommate’s online account for logging in to the game play in a TwoPlusTwo, which caused Friedberg to assess the situation as Krantz having got flamed away in the play poker online forums for having done something wrong but having the nerve to publicly admit his unethical means of winning once he realized it was against the strict codes of the poker sites.
Friedberg also invited public opinion on this action of Rosenkrantz from poker fans and users of Twitter, the short message social networking site for celebrities and those who would rather rave and rant a little more about the issue are free to shoot off an e-mail at Friedberg’s ID, which is jonfriedberg@gmail.com
Earlier, a Full Tilt Poker professional, Daniel Negreanu had reacted negatively to the CEREUS Network site besides its latest star going on Twitter which Friedberg had not taken kindly to as Negreanu had pitched himself as the Number 1 ambassador for the website as well as the online gaming community worldwide (a comment aimed at Showdown viewers).
Friedberg was of the opinion that such comments were uncalled for and made Daniel as well as the whole poker industry look bad; he made it clear that Daniel should have exercised more restraint in his public commentary.
Kim, who had mentored Friedberg when he took the plunge from tournament play to cash games enjoyed the moniker of “Nicolak” was quick to clarify his reason for entering into a deal with CardRunners: “The main reason was I was allowed to give away tells and my play…it felt like a good time and I felt like poker has been good to me…so why not give something back?” Kim also admitted to having strongly felt that the sign up would open up more opportunities for him.
However, the most exciting part of the game show for Kim would definitely be the part that lets him immortalize his favorite game in a training video format that allow Friedberg to secure crucial aspects of his table strategy. So, catch new episodes of the show with Kim and Friedberg every Thursday for tough poker processes simplified for players wanting to transition from tournament to cash versions of the game!