This week's show
Ante Up! Nation,
It's been a rough week for Chris, who's been at home battling sickness. His battle will continue at home tomorrow, and we hope he'll be well enough to return to work next week.
Obviously, we haven't had the time to prepare a show in the manner we normally do, and added complications in the office are contributing to that challenge.
There's probably a case to be made for just taking this week off, letting Chris rest, resolving our other complications and coming back stronger next week. But we haven't missed a show since we started Ante Up! more than 2.5 years ago, and darn it, we decided we're just not ready to end that streak.
It'll be a shorter show (we'll skip a Main Topic, and maybe one or two of our regular features) and Chris will be calling in from his bed, but we promise that we'll give you everything we have to make it as enjoyable and informative as possible.
We hope to have the show posted on its normal schedule, but those added complications I mentioned may mean it won't get posted until Monday. We'll do our best.
Thanks for your understanding, and thanks for listening each and every week. We appreciate it.
- SCOTT
Christopher Cosenza is co-host of the longest running poker podcast on the planet, Ante Up! He started playing poker seriously in 2003 and his favorite players are Phil Ivey and Kenna James, though he tends to act like Phil Hellmuth if you make a bad play against him.
Scott Long, Ante Up!'s other co-host, is the author of the monthly Bet on It column in tbt*. He began gambling way too young (don't tell the fuzz!) and in the seventh grade, named his state "Gambleland" for a school project (State Animal? Loan shark, of course).
Get well Chris
Posted by: djm182 | January 10, 2008 at 09:41 PM
Chris, make sure you get better.
No problem with a shorter show, we veterans of the early shows can handle that. Here's a few topic suggestions: poker's popularity - big slick - small pairs. You see, enough material :D
Posted by: Erwin Blonk | January 11, 2008 at 08:29 AM
Or you could recap Pot Odds.
Better wait till Chris is healthier.
Get well soon.
Posted by: Mike | January 11, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Hey guys. Chris, I hope you feel better very soon. It always sucks to get ill and it gets in the way of things you want to do. At least you have time to work on your online poker, but not on the meds..lol!
Scott, would it be something to consider to go over the comparison between pot odds and card odds? When I am evaluating a decision on a big hand, I consider both the money in, the potental additional calls and the odds of making the hand from a draw or someone else outdrawing me. Just a thought of a topic.
Take care and have fun!
Posted by: John Grillo | January 11, 2008 at 01:41 PM
We Win ! You won the best poker podcast, results now posted on bluff. Congrats :)
Posted by: andrew | January 11, 2008 at 03:50 PM
Indeed, Ante Up wins the award, with "Bluff Poker Radio" and "Full Tilt Lessons from the Pros" receiving honorable mentions ...
Congratulations Chris and Scott - another award to add to the site!
Posted by: FrodoNL | January 11, 2008 at 05:10 PM
Best Wishes to Chris,
I hope you can keep your unbroken streak and post some kind of show this week that would be great come on Scott- A man down but you can still pull one out.
Is that right that Ante Up won Best Podcast at Bluff? that is really great I am real proud of you and the Nation.
Mark (Oxford England)
Posted by: Boil | January 11, 2008 at 05:36 PM
Get Well Soon, Chris!
Posted by: Michelle from Tampa | January 13, 2008 at 08:36 AM