Daily Rewind: Parvis On Lederer, WCOOP, University Poker & Jens Wins Again

In today's Daily Rewind we get Matthew Parvis's reaction to his interview with Howard Lederer, get the latest results from the WCOOP and checkout a university poker course. All that plus Jens Kyllonen wins again.

The Daily Rewind is your one-stop-shop for a sharp review of the day in poker. Join us here for a mix of the latest news and a more irreverent insight into the poker world. Today we discovered the following topics for you:

Parvis reaction

To some people he helped uncover the most information since Black Friday, to others he was a stumbling stooge who helped to construct a pre-rehearsed interview with Full Tilt's top guy.

Since the release of the first interview with Howard Lederer, Matthew Parvis has been the recipient of various criticisms and praise from the poker community.

While some have praised his efforts, others have dared to question how genuine the discussion was.

Regardless of the responses to the interview, the facts as presented by Lederer are out there for all to digest and in a follow-up to the piece Parvis has penned a PokerNews article entitled: The Process and Opinions.

The first point he refutes is the idea the interview was staged, as he writes: "Lederer did not have any approval of questions and did not see any list of questions leading up to the interview, nor did he have any say in the process of editing the final piece."

He also addresses the issue of the interview's production. In his words: "If I had to start from scratch and go through the process over again, the biggest change I would have made would have been to conduct the interview over two days not one."

In amongst a number of other points he makes, Parvis does agree that he could pressed Howard more on some topics but that he doesn’t think "following up hard in certain spots would have changed the overall outcome of the piece or provided any additional insight."

With more media outlets planning to question Howard, including PokerStrategy.com's own Open Letter, we could yet get the answers to exactly what happened at the company.
 

Parvis proud

WCOOP finale

This year's WCOOP comes to an exciting conclusion today with three lucrative events: the Sunday Million, the $10,000 8-Game event and the $5 million guaranteed finale.

Before the most anticipated event of the series starts, however, there needed to be two more winners crowned and yesterday "zackmorris99" and "babyjess28" were the two winners.

The former took down the $320 knockout event for $81,119, while the latter scooped the $2,100 H.O.R.S.E. event for $71,775.

Yesterday's third event, the $700 PLO heads-up tournament, is currently in progress and will conclude today.

To stay in touch with all the closing action from this year's WCOOP, tune into the event's dedicated radio show right here in the Daily Rewind.

A course on poker

Two Stanford professors, Matthew O. Jackson and Yoahav Shoham, have developed a course on game theory that breaks down various poker situations.

Included as part of Coursera's global programme of free courses offered by world-leading professors, the game theory classes will use the disciplines principles to dissect and analyse in-depth poker strategies.

Scheduled to start in January 2013, the course should not only educate but help prove to the masses that poker is a game of skill akin to other mind sports such as chess and backgammon.

High stakes corner

Jens 'jenskyllonen' Kyllonen topped the high stakes charts for the third day in a row yesterday after scooping $123,386 in just 421 hands.

However, his speedy session was topped by "Odd_Oddsen" who played just 102 hands before logging off with a profit of $101,930.

Completing the hit-and-run style winners yesterday was Alexander "Kanu7" Millar. The UK grinder banked $84,158 after playing just 203 hands.

Two players who saw their bankrolls go in the opposite direction were "patpatman" and Andreas "Skjervoy" Torbergsen. The former dropped $240,641 while the latter lost $135,587.

Daily Signoff

It's the phrase of the moment and thanks to some crafty editing we can see just how often Howard Lederer said "I don't know" during his interview.