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Clonie is a favorite of ours here at the site. She has been very kind to us over the last few months and we very much appreciate the time she took to do this.

This is our first installment of player interviews with more on the way. All readers are encouraged to submit questions and we will get them asked whenever possible!

Upcoming pros; Joe Sebok, Daniel Negreanu, Gavin Smith, Bart Hanson, Kenna James, Shannon Shore, & others!

I wanted to do something different and add some more content to the site on our non-comic days. Now if you look to the top of the website you can see our header image. It has the direct links to each area of the site. We just added the ‘Articles‘ section. If you have not yet seen it. Please take a look. This area will host all of our exclusive interviews and articles. Right now it is a little rough around the edges but I am currently working on a stand alone page for it. It will look better over the next few days.. check back.

“Random Questions” will be done Jon Stewart style. That is probably the best way to describe it. They will be laid back and easy going. Hopefully we can add a humorous twist to the plethora of pro interviews that are done. The questioning will come from various sources such as myself, the forum, and email submissions. The last question asked will be from the pro his/herself and will be presented to the next person we interview. A ‘pro to pro’…if you will.

That said… Some of our interviews such as the Bart Hanson (coming this week) are conducted by individual LaB staff members and will be approached as they see fit.

This is just the tip of the iceberg folks. I wish I could let you know what we have planned but it is a secret right now. sooooon.

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Life’s A Bluff – Random Questions –
Clonie Gowen

LaB: You have probably had your share of rude behavior from men at the table. Do you have any stories you can share where you might have had the last word?

Clonie Gowen: I was playing in Shreveport LA, and I hit a straight flush on this guy on the river. He gets up and kicked me. It wasn’t a joke, he seriously kicked me. About 9 guys jump up and deck this guy. The casino threw him out. He got the last kick, but I got the last word and a bruise

LaB: Are there “cliques” in the industry? Are there any known rivalries between them?

Clonie Gowen: Poker player are ultra competitive people, so on any given night, if you are sitting at the poker table with me, you are my enemy. With that said, I have a lot in common with the same people I play with everyday, and so we are also friends. Even though we sit across from each other and really want to bust each other on a daily basis, that is exactly what makes us friends. I respect people that respect me and so fourth. If a good friend plays me hard at the table.. that is a respectable thing…they are bringing their A game….which gives me so much pleasure when I crush them, and I get to reminded them of their stupid play…until the next game.

LaB: What is it like working inside the Team Full Tilt family? Do they have a New World Order manifesto yet?

Clonie Gowen: I remember the first time I ever had dinner with the team. It was Howard, Ivey, Ferguson, John Juanda, Sidel, Bloch and Lindgren, I was so nervous. Howard and Ivey we discussing a ridiculous math equation, and everyone looked at me…like I had an answer. I just said..”huh…I agree with Chris.” It is hard being part of a team, when you are surrounded by geniuses…I am not a genius I will admit that. But I’ve always been a nerd. I played dungeons and dragons in high school, 4 times a week so I fit in with that group pretty well. They are all nerds…yes NERDS…but they are the ultimate REVENGE OF THE NERDS! Full Tilt is the number one site that everyone wants to be a part of.

To read the rest of the interview, including Clonie claming she can beat Daniel Negreanu HEADS UP, click here.

- Frank Frisina

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We were lucky enough to get fan favorite Daniel Negreanu to sit down with us for another installment of Random Questions.

Only at Life’s A Bluff will you get poker comics, in-depth articles, & this kind of ‘in your face’ questioning.

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Life’s A Bluff – Random Questions –
Daniel Negreanu
LaB: Is your name really Daniel Negreanu?

DN: Actually it’s Danilov Nagasovic, but I figured that Daniel Negreanu was a much more common name that would be easier for people to pronounce. It was either Daniel Negreanu or Chuck Steele.

LaB: How do you pronounce that?… Danny-ell? Or Dan-yell?

DN: Dan-yell.

LaB: Your Mom makes you meals during your larger tournaments and sessions…does she get a cut and does she cater?

DN: She used to cater actually, for Phil Ivey, Allen Cunningham, and Layne Flack. The year my mother made Ivey food he won three bracelets and all he got her was some lousy flowers. I take much better care of her, bought her a house and all…

LaB: If you were in jail would she bake a cake for you and include a nail file?

DN: She’d go a step further and convince the cops that she’d give me a beating at home I’d never forget. That she could discipline me better than they could. She’d then feed the cops, and they’d have no choice but to let me go.

LaB: Would she drive the get away car?

DN: She’s a terrible driver. I would drive while she closed her eyes and said, “Daniel, don’t go so fast. You’ll get a ticket.”

LaB: Are you a part of a long standing secret Canadian plot to send comics and entertainers to the US to undermine its culture and take over from the inside out?

DN: First rule of C-Club, don’t talk about C-Club. Second rule of C-Club, don’t talk about C-Club… you get the picture.

LaB: Who would you like to see yourself go against in MTV’s Celebrity Death Match?? (is that show on anymore?)

DN: Angelina Jolie. Why?… er, just cause.

LaB: Poti tu speak si a scrie înauntru Român?

DN: I can speak Romanian and understand it, but I don’t read or write it too well.

LaB: Hockey season is here…your pick for the Super Bowl champion?

DN: Idiot, you must be American! It’s the Stanley Cup and I like the Anaheim Ducks (they dropped the Mighty part).

LaB: Everyone suggests that Ed Norton should play you in a movie. Who would play you in a cartoon?

DN: I’m thinking David Spade cause he has that annoying nasally voice that
often sounds a lot like mine.

LaB: What is the craziest thing you have seen someone do in a poker game?

DN: I didn’t actually see it, but Stu Ungar actually peeing on the dealer is right up there on the list of craziest things anyone has ever done at a poker table.

LaB: How about craziest prop bet you ever made and won?

DN: Well, one night at a playoff game in Sacramento between the Spurs and Kings, Phil Ivey and I were hiding bottle caps under our shoe and making the other guy guess what side is up. We were playing for $10,000 a pop and we ended up even in the end.

LaB: What’s with Mike Matusow?

DN: He’s just a kid in a man’s body. Couldn’t hurt a fly and is totally harmless. I can take Mike in small doses, after a while he gets on my nerves too, so you’re not alone there.

LaB: You are the producer of a reality show…. 6 poker players in a house. Name the players, location, & first person voted out.

DN: Has to be in Vegas.

Sam Grizzle for sure. This guy is hilarious

Phil Hellmuth. Without a doubt, he’d be the first to go.

Angelina Jolie… er, just cause. I know she doesn’t really play poker but she can learn!

Eskimo Clark. The dude needs a place to sleep, shave, and take a shower. Life in the van has to end sooner or later no?

Me. It would be fun to be there and listen to Sam Grizzle jab at Hellmuth. Plus… “you know who” would be there.

Mike Matusow. If I’m on the show, I’d need to have a guy in my pocket that I could manipulate mentally so he’d vote how I told him to. Mike’s mellonhead would be a piece of cake.

LaB: Did we land on the moon?

DN: Ok, this interviewer is definitely on something. Wasn’t sure till right then.

LaB: If yes… what about the Van Allen Belts??

DN: Huh?

LaB: If no…. then explain where cheese comes from?

DN: Definitely tripping. That stuff will kill you buddy, “just say no.”

LaB: Would you rather… sit in a room with Phil Hellmuth and listen to him talk about himself all day…. OR… would you rather jump off a cliff?

DN: Listen to Hellmuth. It’s great material for my blog (which you can find at www.fullcontactpoker.com, that’s fullcontactpoker.com). When Phil and I play poker, we don’t just play poker, we play Full Contact Poker. In your face, Full Contact Poker. (Hellmuth has been teaching me how to be subtle when plugging products or endorsements)

LaB: Question from Clonie Gowen… Who is the sickest gambler ever?

DN: Man, that’s a tough one. It’s a toss up between my two good buddies Erick Lindgren and Phil Ivey.

Daniel’s question for the next Life’s A Bluff ‘Random Questions’ interview;

Q: Daniel Negreanu has widely been recognized as the sexiest man in poker, what do you attribute that to?

Find out the answer to that question, and who answers it next week!

A big thanks to Daniel for his time. If you would like to know more about DN and don’t know where to look. Try fullcontactpoker.com and they may be able to point you in the right direction.

- Frank Frisina

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Contributors;

Frank Frisina
Adam LaBare
Matthew Waldron
Colleen Frisina
Theresa113
Kristin Cranford

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Life’s A Bluff – Interview –
Bart Hanson

This interview was done by our own Matt Waldron when he had a chance recently to spend the day with the good people over at the Bicycle Casino, and the Live at the Bike team.

Bart Hanson is a professional poker player and is the announcer on the LATB show. Bart knows his stuff and this was a very informative read.

The contest to win a poker padz will be the subject of the next blog post.
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- Frank Frisina

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