Former journalist, Diamond Flush, who passed away this last year, will be honored at the iGaming North America awards as the recipient of the Operator of the Year award.

I never met Diamond Flush, but you learn a lot by the way a person writes. I know I would have liked her.

Tonight is the night that I will learn if I have won the European Poker Award (EPA) for Media Person of the Year. I won’t be there in person to collect it, should I win, so I pre-prepared a statement to be read in my absence should fortune favor the lad from the valleys.

The soul of that statement was about being different. If I win that award, it’s because the poker community celebrates unbiased opinion. That’s what sets me apart from everyone else. I’m not tied to a particular company. My thoughts and feelings are not held back. I wake up and write whatever I want.