Cardplayer is currently reporting that Joe Sebok has the chiplead in the WPT Winter Borgata Open currently underway in the US. I’ve always been a bit of a Sebok fan since I used to listen to “The Circuit” with Joe Sebok, Gavin Smith and Scott Huff. Not only was that a good show because it was a great way to keep up to date with whats happening in the poker world from afar, but those guys always managed to inject enough humour into it to make it a real fun listen. Over time they’ve evolved and Joe now runs his own site and podcast over at Poker Road.
Anyway in all the shows Joe always seems to come off as the guy who is trying hard but can never quite get the results or the accolades – being Barry Greenstein’s son it must be a fairly large shadow to live in. He’s also a guy that has taken up the game (relatively) recently so in some ways he’s easy to identify with, the newcomer battling to learn, improve and aspire to greatness in much the same way that all of us amateur grinders would love to. I’m not sure that Joe would agree with this impression, but for me at least I always hope to see him finally break through and take a WPT event down or win a WSOP bracelet – it would be inspiration to us all that with hard work you can come into this game and make an impression. Sure he’s got a great coach in Greenstein, but that must work both ways in terms of the expectation placed on him as well.
In any event, I’ll be cheering for Sebok to win, or at least make the final table. Go Joe!
UPDATE – clearly spoke to soon, just checked Cardplayer and Joe has busted.
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