Brian Hastings: "I want to quit poker and move on."

Well-known poker player Brian Hastings just puiblished his newest blog entry where he revleals his thoughts that it's time for him to be moving on from poker tables as a full time job and focus on improving his newly founded company.

While Hastings didn’t disclose much about his new business yet, it appears to be a some kind of a tea trading/serving company:
“The time is now for me to shift my focus to my new company – UniTea (@uniteafl on Twitter and Instagram). More details on that in a blog to come. I feel reborn and I can’t wait for this new journey. If you didn’t notice, UniTea is a pun on unity, something we are in dire need of these days.”, Hastings writes.

Hastings also goes through some of the biggest scandals he has been involved during his time as a pro poker player. These include some multi-accounting cases and the biggest single-day win in the history of online poker against Isildur1.

Brian decided to share with his fans reasons why he wants to quit poker for good.

Hastings is not the first high-stakes player to move away from poker tables. For example, poker brothers Di “Urindanger” Dang and Hac “trex313” Dang opened up a restaurant called “Chasin’ Tails” in their home state in Virginia.

Full blog entry from Brian Hastings: click here

link?^_^

On November 28 2016 22:40 DooMeR wrote: link?^_^

Full blog: http://brianchastings.com/2016/11/why...ing-on-from-poker-as-a-full-time-job/

On November 28 2016 22:32 Defrag wrote: Hastings is not the first high-stakes player to move away from poker tables. For example, poker brothers Di “Urindanger” Dang and Hac “trex313” Dang opened up a restaurant called “Chasin’ Tails” in their home state in Virginia.

Their restaurant is doing quite well. It looks like they have two locations in Virginia.

Here's their main location: https://www.yelp.com/biz/chasin-tails-arlington-3

4 stars on Yelp with nearly 1100 reviews is legit. They are clearly doing something right.

Here's their restaurant's website: http://www.chasintailscrawfish.com/about

lol @ "these days". As if humanity was ever united to begin with.

Just being honest not very bullish on his Tea Startup...kinda random Good luck to him though hope he proves me wrong.

Hmm just read it and it doesnt really sit well with me. Usually i dont read too much into things that don't concern me. However, I feel like he comes off very narcissistic in his apologies. Its funny because I don't even think any of the hand buying and even the VPNing things are something I'd be that upset about. Its just the way he "apologizes" (though i suppose this isnt like an apology piece he wrote up. More of a summary with some regret thrown in) is more of him trying to jusitfy it so you can think he should get a pass. Instead of owning it. I mean i care more about his lack of ownership of the situation. Than i do about the situation at all LOL.

On November 29 2016 09:41 DooMeR wrote: Hmm just read it and it doesnt really sit well with me. Usually i dont read too much into things that don't concern me. However, I feel like he comes off very narcissistic in his apologies. Its funny because I don't even think any of the hand buying and even the VPNing things are something I'd be that upset about. Its just the way he "apologizes" (though i suppose this isnt like an apology piece he wrote up. More of a summary with some regret thrown in) is more of him trying to jusitfy it so you can think he should get a pass. Instead of owning it. I mean i care more about his lack of ownership of the situation. Than i do about the situation at all LOL.

not sure what piece you read but there is no intent of apology or remorse whatsoever on the hand buying thing.
it's mostly a "here are some bad things that happened to me as a naive kid which made me depressed, and now im ready to be more positive on life and move on"

That was when I first learned that poker media probably doesn’t have my best interests at heart. In the ensuing weeks, I received a lot of heat, albeit mostly from NVG-tards and failing players (most real pros had my back, FWIW). I remember being at an Indiana Jones show at Walt Disney World with my parents and frustratedly scrolling 2+2 watching my character be defamed. Eventually, FTP investigated, stripped my friend of red pro status for a month, and found that I did nothing wrong. Still, from time to time I would hear people label me a cheater. It ate at me some.

otherwise agreed, don't really think he did much wrong other than be too naively trusting of people without integrity and affected by the abuse of anonymous lowlives of nvg.

well he references it and is like " ye. it was meh but i was young so you know its whatevez"

Same as brood war right ?

Aka 2 months later "im back"

On November 29 2016 15:39 VanDerMeyde wrote: Same as brood war right ? Aka 2 months later "im back"

Its like retirement in MMA.

On November 29 2016 12:34 DooMeR wrote: well he references it and is like " ye. it was meh but i was young so you know its whatevez"

he essentially apologized while at the same time giving an excuse for his actions, therefore justifying his actions

this nullifies the original apology imo