Many may not know of Marc Joseph, head of the Sunbet Poker Tour (by Monster Jam Poker Tour MJPT) in South Africa. Joseph frequents WPT events in Cambodia and for the first time, he decided to give USOP a try. Joseph is currently playing the Madness Kick Off Event Day 1A, we caught up with him during the break.
SMP: Is this your first USOP event?
MJ: Yes it is.
SMP: How long did it take you from South Africa?
MJ: It took me 18 hours via Dubai
SMP: What made you decide to come?
MJ: Yes, I was just looking for nice event in Asia and the timing was good for me.
SMP: What events are you looking forward to?
MJ: Obviously the first event, I’m gonna look for some High Rollers. Unfortunately I can’t stay for the Main. I haven’t studied the schedule too much in depth but I’ll be playing as much as I can.
SMP: What is your impression so far?
MJ: It’s been nice! I mean the first day. The tournament seems well organized. Let’s see about the weather conditions and what ‘s happened. Yeah, everybody is a little bit down. But it looks like it will good series overall.
SMP: Why can’t you attend the Main Event?
MJ: I have to get back, I have to go work. I have a series in South Africa starting September 24.
SMP: Good luck to you!
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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