PokerFraudAlert turns 8 years old today

[Dan Druff]

Thank you for sticking around and not abandoning this site for the many cooler and more trendy options than forums.

If you also listen to the radio show, thank you for sticking around and not abandoning it in favor of YouTube content.

It helps that most of us are old, so we don't like new things.

I have no plans to shut down this site anytime soon, so the status quo will remain. By comparison, the NWP forum lasted 5.5 years, and the Donkdown forum lasted about 2-3 years, depending upon when you want to consider it was "done". PFA has now lasted about the same amount of time as the two of them combined.

[SPIT this]

Don't tell 4dragons

[OSA]

Today is my grandma's bday too. She would have been like 90 something

[DonaldTrumpsHairPiece]

Congrats, 9 years is YUGE deal, basically in your decade stretch, nothing bigger than 9 years.

[JACKDANIELS]

to celebrate the occasion todge will be releasing an 8 minute shoot video on the poker fraud alert youtube channel

[JACKDANIELS]

BUCKLE UP FOLKS

[nunbeater]

Don't tell 4dragons

Fortunately for us now that PFA has hit the big 0-8 4dragons lost interest

[sah_24]

Happy B-day PFA

[Walter Sobchak]

Don't tell 4dragons

Eight year olds, Dude.

[splitthis]

Time flies, soon will be 15 years since neverwinpoker for me. It’s weird to know some of you all of that time without really knowing you.

[TheXFactor]

How long was NeverWinPoker.com an active website?

[garrett]

That dude in the grey shirt holding the beer, looks like 'Jdags' Jonh D'Agostino.

Representing South Jersey haha, he well came up not too far from Atlantic City. He was rounding A.C. and grinding the Borgata tournies back then =)

Maybe 2007ish, but that might not even be him. But for some reason that dude looks just like Jdags. He is a good poker player.

[tgull]

How long was NeverWinPoker.com an active website?

Who is that gal with the 90 degree lean? I remember her being a high end poker player, but its been like a decade since she was around, was she ever a member here? I think she began selling necklaces online if I remember.

[vegetera]

Times really flies. Congrats

[nightmarefish]

[Dan Druff]

Every so often, someone posts that pic, and asks who everyone is/was. My then-girlfriend Miri took the pic. It was from a party at the rented summer house of John D'Agostino and his longtime girlfriend (now wife) Marielaena Calabrese.

Here's who everyone is. I'll try to do this from front to back, but it's hard because everyone is jumbled. Picture was taken in 2008.

Front row (left to right)
Ben Yerushalaim (Vegas local poker pro, not on NWP)
Nicole_is_Nice (NWP member, dated Brandon for awhile)
Mariealena Calabrese/D'Agostino (John's girlfriend/wife) -- "Silence" on NWP
John D'Agostino -- jdags21 on NWP, though didn't really post after 2004
Justin Shronk -- es0terix on NWP, unfortunately passed away in 2009 at the age of 26. Had lifelong health issues, early death was not his fault in any way.
Tiffany Michelle -- poker media figure and sort-of actress who amazingly luckboxed into 17th place at the 2008 WSOP Main (this was shortly before that). Out of poker.
Scott Bohlman -- X on NWP. Still plays poker.
Colby Pitt -- Epistate on NWP. Not sure if he still plays. Every so often I would see him at Bellagio, but it's been years.

Second row:
Rob Perelman -- veeRob on NWP. Mostly a media figure who also played poker fairly well. Incredibly good at finding amazing travel deals.
Brandon "Drexel" Gerson
Micon
ADegenerate (real name Josh, I forget his last name)
Martha Micon

Back Row:
Dan Druff
Pat Cruse -- ThaKilla on NWP. Nice, softspoken religious Christian guy who grinded 10/20 NL. Not sure if he still plays.
fuhoser
scottyno
Brett Richey -- get crunk on NWP. Has retired from poker but is still active on poker social media, and is into crypto stuff now.

Most people in that picture were in their 20s at the time.

The exceptions were me (36), Mariealena (37), Brandon (32), and fuhoser (35).

[Dan Druff]

BTW, happy 9th birthday to PFA today.

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[WillieMcFML]

Don't tell 4dragons

one of the best posts to ever grace an 8th tier poker forum that is run at a loss

[limitles]

Thank you for sticking around and not abandoning this site for the many cooler and more trendy options than forums.

If you also listen to the radio show, thank you for sticking around and not abandoning it in favor of YouTube content.

It helps that most of us are old, so we don't like new things.

I have no plans to shut down this site anytime soon, so the status quo will remain. By comparison, the NWP forum lasted 5.5 years, and the Donkdown forum lasted about 2-3 years, depending upon when you want to consider it was "done". PFA has now lasted about the same amount of time as the two of them combined.

lol
if there was a trendier or cooler site out there
I'd be all over it

[desertrunner]

Happy Birthday PFA, hope everyone gets a flashlight today as a present.