Where I RISE to a New Challenge

Since my Martin Luther King-like announcement of two weeks ago ("Free at last!") I've been busy. There was a 6-day trip to NYC for a wedding and a funeral, where Dawn Summers made me watch more shitty TV in 2 days than I've watched in a year. There's been the arrival to Las Vegas of good poker friends for the WSOP and all the drinking, pai gow, and golf that such arrivals entail. There's also been all the work on my new project.

New project, you ask? Well of course. You didn't think I kissed PokerNews and all that WSOP money goodbye without having something else lined up, did you?

Tomorrow RISE Poker will go live. RISE is a collaboration between Poker Royalty, RISE Clothing, and the ZEN Entertainment Network. It's a membership-based poker site, which means it's perfectly legal in the US of A.

Let's throw Pokerati some link-love with a link to the RISE Poker launch press release.

Getting this sucker off the ground isn't going to be easy. In fact it's going to be bloody difficult. I'm very aware of that. But we've got some talented people working on the project. And me. Plus the point man, Chops, isn't a *total* dick. I feel like we've got a better shot than most.

To coincide with the launch, we're running a few promotions -- some freerolls, a bounty tournament, a WSOP Main Event promotion -- that should help get a few people in the door. At least, they *better* get people in the door or I'll be looking for work again sooner rather than later. So give us a whirl. You don't want me to be unemployed do you? (Dawn Summers is prohibited from replying to this question.)

This is the one. Stops time. Freeze ray. RISE Poker. Tell your friends.