DeucesCracked
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| Industry | Internet, Poker |
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| Founded | USA (January 2007) |
| Founder | Rob Cole Joe Tall Chris Vitch Chuck Danielsson Jay Rosenkrantz |
| Headquarters | Mount Robusto , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Poker training videos, Poker coaching |
| Website | deucescracked.com |
DeucesCracked is a poker instruction website business. DeucesCracked offers a fee-based service that provides access to their catalogue of poker instructional videos. As of August 2009, DeucesCracked had over 1000 videos in its catalogue.[1] Prior to founding DeucesCracked, Jay Rosenkrantz established a personal coaching company 3bet.net. Jay, alongside industry competitor and CardRunners professional Taylor Caby, featured in a Forbes Video Network documentary[2] that explored the world of online poker-coaching as an emerging business in 2007. The site is managed as an online entity with no central hedaquarters; the executive officers themselves work from Seattle, Southern California, and New York.[3]
The site was founded in January 2007 [4] by Rob "Entity" Cole, Joe "Joe Tall" Tall, Chris "DeathDonkey" Vitch, Chuck "danzasmack" Danielsson, and Jay "KRANTZ" Rosenkrantz.[5] Jay Rosenkrantz is a minor celebrity from the G4TV series 2 Months 2 Million. In November 2009, Jay's co-star Dani "Ansky" Stern joined Deucescracked as an executive producer after leaving a rival training site, PokerSavvyPlus.[6] Vanessa Selbst, an executive producer for the site, is a WSOP bracelet holder.
In 2009, DeucesCracked hosted a fund-raising Connect Four competition for the Lili Claire Foundation.[7] The event was hosted at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas and raised over $20,000.
Seasons
DeucesCracked organises a majority of it's video content into eight-week seasons. There are typically six seasons in a calendar year, with "sweeps-weeks" in-between seasons to cover the remaining time, which typically include miscellaneous or entertainment content. Each season consists of several video series, with at least one series allocated to each day of the week. Each series is typically eight videos in length.[8]
DeucesCracked has produced video series covering a variety of poker games, including, No Limit Texas Hold'Em, Limit Texas Hold'Em, Pot Limit Omaha, 2-7 Triple Draw, Stud Hi, Stud 8-or-Better, and Razz. It has also produced material covering H.O.R.S.E., 8-game, and 7-game mix.
Individual Series
In 2010 the users of DeucesCracked nominated the video series Eightfold Path to Poker Enlightenment with Tommy Angelo and Wayne Lively as the Best Overall Series.[9]
References
- ^ "Jason 'pr1nnyraid' Rosenkrantz Interview". Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ "Poker Whizzes Take To Teaching". Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ "http://www.pokercurious.com/articles/view/spotlight-on-deucescracked/". Retrieved 2006-14-06.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); External link in|title= - ^ "www.deucescracked.com is go for launch!". Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ "Deuces Cracked Review, by Poker Ttraining Reviews". Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ "Ansky is now joining Deucescracked as an executive producer". Retrieved 2006-14-06.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "2 Months, $2 Million: Deuces Cracked Fundraiser Takes Center Stage". Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ "DC Video Guide (Updated - Sept 2009 with links!)" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ "The DeucesCracked Awards 2010". Retrieved 2009-05-27.
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