Ramblings of a Poker Affiliate
Written by RogerCP | Monday, May 18th, 2009
I didn’t know what to title this post because as usual I don’t really talk about anything specific. This one in particular I’m just talking about what comes to my mind.
First off, it was a cool week with a couple of my buddies in town to watch the TPC Sawgrass tournament (famous for the water green 17th hole if you’re not familiar with golf) which most golfers consider the 5th major in golf. The tournament was solid as usual. I was backing out of a local barbeque place and almost ran over Sergio Garcia. “I said, watch out Sergio, I’ll run you over.” Sarah and my friends thought I was joking until they turned around and saw it really was Sergio. That wouldn’t have been good to hit the defending champion!
We did a little of this and that during the tournament and I was speaking with a big poker affiliate in the industry about this website. We got to talking about various things that I’m not going to talk about, so don’t ask. 
Basically this site has gotten a little too much for me to handle, and in order to take it to the next step I need assistance for a real player in the industry. This would be a huge opportunity if I take it, despite a few downfalls I see.
It would free me to work on a few other domains I’ve acquired and just let sit (list removed because of snake ass affiliates) Tracking down payments for this site is hard enough. That’s basically what it boils down to that I need help with, accounting, site redesign for SEO purposes, and someone I can tell what to do SEO wise. It’s not that I don’t know how to do these things, it’s just boring for me and not exciting anymore.
Enough of that, I finally figured out how to upload youtube videos without them looking like garbage thanks to my Dad’s friend Mark. (One funny dude I might add). I threw together a random compilation of stuff in this video, mainly I just wanted to see what I was doing wrong when I was hitting the boxing bag. So if there’s any experts out there I’m always down for some critisism. Nate Campbell (former world lightweight champion) has been nice enough to give me some pointers as well.
As you can see from latest posts Im pretty addicted to boxing. It’s such a great sport and so demanding. Just so I wouldnt feel like passing out after 3 rounds of sparring I’ve been doing 200 yard sprints a few times a week. I remember hitting the heavy bag in our 1 bedroom apartment when we were kids. The apartment was me, my dad, my brother, and Bosco our golden retriever. Bosco took over my bed, I had to sleep under it!
Like I said this post would be about randomness but I was thinking about a few things. I really need to get a second house somewhere, likely Puerto Rico. After talking to another affiliate it just seems so cool to be able to hop on a plane and have all your stuff in a different country (although I guess PR is considered a US Commonwealth). But for surfing it’s perfect because you don’t have to worry about carrying around heavy luggage that the airport is sure to ding to hell.
Anyways, Im off to bed. If you have some vids of yourself playing sports or doing what you do please post them! Some of you may know Mike Jonas he just launched sharkscopers and when I think of affiliates doing some sick shit I always think of him riding a bike on a “mikejonas.com” video he posted on his blog. I’m always looking for excuses not to do work.
And Jeremy if you read this, no porn of you and your wife please, at least not in public.
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· Written by RogerCP · Filed Under Compatible Poker Blog · 19 Comments
May 20th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Damn man, I had a few vintage honeymoon videos I was going to ship over.
How about a sports video of the only poker affiliate in the world that is learning how to ride a unicycle?
Nothing screams “baller” like a man on a unicycle.
May 22nd, 2009 at 7:57 pm
I grew up with a lot of big bro’s who would pound his scrawny ass into the ground,(if I wanted them to)who cares if he thinks he can box anyway??
Bag hitting girly man,he is I say.
May 23rd, 2009 at 3:55 am
JE- Vintage, well hell I’d say ship em, but someone might get mad at me….
May 23rd, 2009 at 4:00 am
Big Johnson – Normally I just delete troll posts but I got a good laugh out of yours.
“big bro’s who would pound his scrawny ass into the ground,(if I wanted them to)”
You have others do you dirty work for you huh? Lol. If you knew anything about boxing you’d know it’s an advantage to be tall and thin. I spar against people 6′4”, 200lbs (4 inches and 30-40 pounds more muscle than me) and get my ass kicked, I never said I wanted to be pro. It’s a sport and it’s fun to learn. Maybe you should as well instead of trolling behind a keyboard using fake names.
Btw, next time you troll remember you’re not invisible like you think you are. Your name, phone number, street adress, and ummm Basketball lessons are all easily accessible.
May 23rd, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Fuck that’s a sick vid dude. When i started watching I thought you were going to be a hacker.
Looks like you are putting your spare time to good use.
May 23rd, 2009 at 6:58 pm
P.s Just read the post by the other dude. What a fuckwit. I’m taking up the sport this year as well – mainly because of fitness and my mate is into martial arts.
Keep up the training man. Fitness is good for the brain.
May 23rd, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Thanks Nick. Yeah MMA is insane, those guys are crazy hardcore. It’s amazing how those guys can take those hits like that.
In a few months I’ll start Mua Tai kickboxing and I guess that’s where yoga starts like you said earlier. I just like to fuck with Carly cause she’s a vegan, does Yoga but still smokes. I want a pic of her doing a crazy yoga stance with a cig in her mouth, lol.
May 24th, 2009 at 7:15 am
I’ll take a vid on my next leisure day, until then here’s a little vintage gem from college. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4au1N1XBnO0 late night drunken tre flip
May 24th, 2009 at 10:46 am
I played poker against a guy at the casino that in into Mua Thai. he goes to Thailand for fights. One of the guys he trains with was on the Mua Thai version of The Contender. I think he went pretty well too.
Be cool to read some posts about how you go with it to see some comparisons.
May 24th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
I love how John has a video of his buddy puking in his archive. Just might have to pass on that vid, lol.
May 24th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Nice stuff Roger, I just spent a while catching up on all the posts and the last video was great! I’ve done a little boxing when I was in high school and you have nice form.
As for merging or selling your main site, I noticed it sounded like you seem to have a need to be challenged and poker marketing has probably gotten pretty boring. I think this is something people like us have to deal with, most people would kill to be able to do what we do, but we are never satisfied lol.
I was on senior staff at a billion dollar corporation when I was 21 years old, but I still felt a need to be challenged when that job was conquered so to speak. I still work in the corporate world, but now , my sites bring in more than my real job. Right now, I do both which is a challenge because there isn’t enough time in the day.
Anyway, people like you and many of us will find a challenge, overcome it, and seek a new challenge. Its just our nature and somewhat of a curse because we are hard to please.
Anyway, this is by far my favorite blog man, no matter what you do please keep blogging!
Randy
May 25th, 2009 at 4:34 am
You pretty much summed up what I couldn’t put in words Randy. Poker affiliating was so exciting at first but once you feel you’ve “peaked” so to speak, it’s just not the same. Plus Im not really a team type player so there’s only so much 1 person can and wants to do over and over.
Senior staff at a billion dollar (I’d assume fortune 500 company?) is pretty impressive. People who can run large companies or who are CEO’s impress me because it seems so difficult to handle people, both small and big.
May 25th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
careful where you buy a house in PR or any 3rd world place. once you leave, the cockroaches break in and steel all your stuff. they are really persistant and can get in through everything. you gotta get a house in a neighborhood like Base Ramey, PR, where the neighbors are close by. bars on the windows and doors. just some 1st hand advice for ya bro…over
May 26th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Hahaha yea I hear yah. Jay said they were pretty bad out in the water too, especially the big ones that liked foam material of boogy boards!
May 26th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Rog, you look sharp, fast, and crisp. I guess beating the hell out of that old heavy bag at Butch’s paid off. But I knew you you were always a bad ass, the way you protected your moms against ass holes who tried to take advantage. Keep at it man , boxing is a dicipline, the sweet science. Only real men who have been in the ring can relate.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Dude, is that your basement setup? Nice lil home training setup you have there.
I’d reccomend since you live in FL getting a second home out of the country, pick a surfing island and just do it (ok maybe pick one a boat can get to in a day if you don’t want to fly lol).
May 28th, 2009 at 4:20 am
Good luck with whatever it is you decide to do with the site Roger!
John – lesson learned – never to drink with you
May 28th, 2009 at 7:44 am
Thanks Cheryle, and yes I concur about John.
Mike, it’s actually a little boxing gym right down the road. If I ever get off my butt and build a house, there will be a boxing ring in it. Also, if anyone is interested in sparring but don’t want to look like they got beat by a baseball bat I just got this little sucker. Can barely even feel head shots! Great for learning.
http://store.titleboxing.com/titleboxing-everlast-facesaver-headgear1.html
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:37 pm
I still think I could beat you if we had a match.