DragTheBar.com Coach Wins World Series of Poker $10k H.O.R.S.E. Championship

Las Vegas, NV — June 29, 2010 —Poker training site DragTheBar (www.dragthebar.com) is celebrating a World Series of Poker victory by one of its coaches, Ian Gordon, who took home $611,666 in prize money with the H.O.R.S.E. championship Friday night.

Gordon, 24, is known online as “IggyMcFly.” The Missoula, MT native is a former astrophysics major at Washington State University who left school two years ago to focus on poker full time. He arrived at the final table of the H.O.R.S.E. championship with a thinner live poker resume than the other final eight players. He has had multiple six-figure tournament scores online and won the Wynn Classic three years ago.

The final table included two former WSOP gold bracelet winners, Richard Ashby and Nick Shulman, each with one victory to his name. Top pros Carlos Mortenson, Eugene Katchalov and Marco Traniello were also at the table.

“This is a huge step for me to get this,” Gordon said. “It’s a really big moment for me. It means a ton, especially since its the $10K H.O.R.S.E. which has field full of pros who all know what they’re doing. To be able to win that is special. You have to get a little lucky to win a tournament, but this feels really good to be able to hold my own against all the top pros and come out on top."

“I was trying to play hands individually and not think too much. I just had to focus and play the best I could.”

Gordon also coaches students in Pot-Limit Omaha and is a PLO coach at DragTheBar.com. “Ian is not only a great guy, but he has a sharp mind for the game and is a very versatile player,” said Hunter Bick, CEO of DragTheBar. “We’re incredibly proud to have him on our team. This might be his first bracelet, but I don’t think it’ll be his last.”

Gordon recently took a hiatus from DragTheBar.com to sharpen his mixed-game and tournament skills, "We're eager to get him back producing training videos, hopefully once the WSOP is over," added Bick.

DragTheBar.com boasts free membership and rakeback options at a variety of poker rooms. It also offers steep discounts for long-term membership purchases. The site’s training videos are not digital-rights managed (no DRM) and are compatible with Apple products. Alongside poker, the site also offers backgammon, coached by world champion Bill Robertie.

There is no activation fee for joining DragTheBar.com, which has one membership level for all stakes and multiple payment options. The site is presently offering a 7-day free trial to all prospective members and discounts on long-term memberships.

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New DragTheBar Limit Hold’em Coach

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — June 9, 2010 — Poker training site DragTheBar.com announced today it has added yet another coach to its outstanding lineup of coaches, Emil "darkhorse" Jonsson. This time DragTheBar is expanding its Limit Hold'em department, cementing its intentions to be a full-featured training site.

Jonsson is a Swedish professional player and coach who currently plays as high as $50/$100 Limit Hold'em, usually on the European poker sites, from heads up to full ring. He is an incredibly studious player with a creative and dynamic poker mind.

"We're very excited to be adding Emil to our team," DragTheBar.com founder and CEO Hunter Bick, "Limit Hold'em has been a huge success for us so far solely because of Paul "GiantBuddha" Hoppe, who has set a very high standard for our Limit content. That meant we had to make sure we found the right guy for our next Limit coach instead of just racing to add just anyone. Without question, Emil is that guy, he will be a perfect fit. I think our members will be thrilled when they see his first video, which is already in the library."

DTB's Limit Hold'em specialist Paul Hoppe added, "When Hunter asked me for a candidate for a new LHE coach, my first thought was Emil. What I appreciate most about Emil's approach to the game are his creative solutions and willingness to defy convention. Popular opinion can inhibit progress, but Emil never lets it get in his way. I have learned a lot from him myself and think his approach will provide an excellent complement to mine. Quite selfishly, I want to watch his videos, too!"

Emil "darkhorse" Jonsson's first video is already in the DTB video lobby, its the first part of his series titled "The Stockholm Syndrome" where he plays 2 shorthanded limit tables and explains what differentiates his approach to playing and studying poker.
DragTheBar.com boasts free membership and rakeback options at a variety of poker rooms. It also offers steep discounts for long-term membership purchases. The site's videos are not digital-rights managed (no DRM) and are compatible with Apple products. Alongside poker, DragTheBar also offers backgammon, coached by world champion Bill Robertie.

There is no activation fee for joining DragTheBar.com, which has one membership level for all stakes and multiple payment options. The site is presently offering a 7-day free trial to all prospective members.