Wise Hand Poker

Hey folks,

I'm sorry it's been a while since I've posted. I'm in the midst of an extremely busy stretch right now; one that I hope should clear itself a little in the next week or two. Still, there's something going on right now that I feel like I should address briefly here.

I've been banned from 2+2 and people seem to be displeased about it, which is gratifying. I want to thank everyone who's come to my defense in this issue. That said, while I'm not prepared to delve into the minutia yet (I'm going to post something more thorough on Monday), I need to address a post Mason Malmuth just made.

In that post, Mason wrote the following:

"Furthermore, in a private conversation with Gary Wise a couple of weeks ago, we tried to make this point clear to him as well, but he refused to listen to what we said and thus our conversation did not last very long."

This is the latest in a string of outright lies told by Mason. He attempted no such thing. The only conversation he and I have had lately came the night that Mark Newhouse appeared on Wise Hand Poker Radio. Mark had been banned that day as a part of Mason's I-tried-to-exploit-Brandi-and-it-blew-up-in-my-face purge, so to inspire interest in the show I had the banner trumpeting him as a guest changed to include 'The recently banned' in front of his name.

Half an hour before the show, I received a call from Mark. He informed me that he'd just spoken to mason, that the ban had been lifted and that mason had asked that Mark pass a message on to me. That message was "If he in any way does anything to harm me or my company, he will feel the full wrath of 2+2." Considering David Sklansky, a part of the company, had less than a week before been revealed to have threatened physical harm to Brandi Hawbaker (with acid??), I took the threat as a serious one to both my livelihood and physical being. I also considered delivering the message through a friend to be a remarkably cowardly act. I was pissed.

I called Mason up and identified myself. His first words were "Let me make something very clear..." at which point I cut him off, yelling angrily until he hung up the phone. Neither I nor Newhouse had any affiliation with neverwinpoker.com at the time. For that matter, I'd never so much as posted there. The chances that conversation was going to relate specifically to neverwinpoker were less than good.

Mason's practiced a lot of hypocrisy throughout the last few days, and I've tried to stay quiet and hope a more civil resolution could be reached. I see now that he's going to continue to lie in an attempt at damage control; fortunately, it seems that every time he does so, he pours kerosene on the fire. I'll address the rest and the bigger issues involved in a few days when I have a more level head and fewer looming deadlines. Take care,

Gary Wise
www.wisehandpoker.com

PS: I should add here, the most ludicrous aspect of Mason's message to me was that if he'd ever listened to my show, he'd know it's as far from inflammatory as any on the air. His reputation would have been safe from me in taking any action except the one he did.