A triumvirate of talking tales as the Dusk till Dawn owner, Rob Yong, talks about the British Poker Awards, former Aviation Club de France Tournament Director, Nicolas Fraïoli, talks about the loss of his job, and former Winamax Team Pro, Manuel Bevand, gets the opportunity to talk at a Ted conference.

The 2013 International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISTP), held at Wembley Stadium, remains the greatest poker tournament I have ever experienced.

You had to be there to experience the vastness of the operation. Nobody thought they would pull it off. Perhaps, these were the two reasons that nobody voted for it as Best Live Tournament at the European Poker Awards that year?

I’m not the only one who believes the public got that wrong.

“I made a mental note to boycott poker awards after the ISTP Wembley didn’t even win a bowl of rice, or get as much as a nomination at the European Poker Tour Awards.” Dusk till Dawn (DTD) owner Rob Yong wrote in his latest blog post.

Yong finally got over it. Being nominated for a ton of awards usually clears any blocked sinuses.

Yong and the team came away with three awards. He makes no mention of his personal award for Growth and Contribution and instead concentrates his word count on the hard work done by the World Poker Tour (WPT) team for the award winning WPT500 event.