Tony G Heads Back to England – For Now
The WSOP is in full-swing, and Tony G isn’t seeing the kind of results he’d been hoping for. The Lithuanian born poker player known for telling his opponents to “get on the bike” talked big and expected to get some serious action at the tables at the WSOP. He even hinted that this was going to be his year to take home a bracelet, something he hasn’t achieved despite over $400K in cashes at WSOP events. It doesn’t look like that’s in the cards, though. He keeps busting out of events. In the $5K no-limit, he said “was good pre-flop and ran into bad endings that killed me.” He explained that he is experiencing burnout and is no longer having fun.
He was also highly disappointed at losing out on the opportunity to play for a spot at the the Tournament of Champions competition. In his blog, he wrote that he feels the WSOP is unfair in their way of choosing the competitors for this final spot. Annie Duke suggested that it should only be open to bracelet winners, perhaps the next nine players on the list after those selected by the voters. That would create a fair wild-card spot. Tony G commented that “I feel some of the choices are good ones, others are just wrong, and I would like to know who made the choices and why they made them. The WSOP is being unfair with this decision…”
Tony G is now back in London and says “I am really glad to have some time off and away from the WSOP.” In response to those criticizing his leaving the WSOP, he says “I play when I enjoy playing and I do my best. I don’t have to play on their schedule or on their idea of how I should react.” Despite earlier writings to the contrary, he plans to be back at the WSOP for the main event.
