The article I wrote about the IPT is in the January/February 2007 issue of Details magazine. It just hit the stands today.
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I am looking forward to it. 
I just now tried to find it online, and I noticed that the cover of the magazine this month is of Matt Damon! His movie "Rounders" really captured the poker circuit. Would love to see him do a movie about pool!
I will be getting a Designs magazine on my next errand out of the house! Thanks for the heads-up!
JAM
I just now tried to find it online, and I noticed that the cover of the magazine this month is of Matt Damon! His movie "Rounders" really captured the poker circuit. Would love to see him do a movie about pool!
I will be getting a Designs magazine on my next errand out of the house! Thanks for the heads-up!
JAM
It's Details magazine, and the person on the cover of the January/February issue is Patrick Dempsey.JAM said:I am looking forward to it.
I just now tried to find it online, and I noticed that the cover of the magazine this month is of Matt Damon! His movie "Rounders" really captured the poker circuit. Would love to see him do a movie about pool!
I will be getting a Designs magazine on my next errand out of the house! Thanks for the heads-up!
JAM
J.D. Dolan said:
You're right. I was looking at the wrong Details magazine picture.
Patrick Dempsey, it is. I'm going to go get it, pronto!
Here's the link: http://men.style.com/details/features/archive/0701
JAM
I got it!
The only words I can think of after I read this article by J.D. Dolan is: RIGHT ON THE MONEY! [Pun intended]
The article is entitled "The Hustler." There were several color pictures in the article, which begins on page 154, and it provides in-depth detail, covering all sides of the IPT story, IMHO.
Rodney Morris was interviewed, and there was an interesting picture of a serious-looking Rodney, Tony Crosby, and Steve Moore, holding their cue sticks, standing in the well-known Capone Billiards in Spring Hill, Florida.
I don't want to give too much of the article away, but there were some details in the article that I did not know about. So it is most definitely worth the read.
Some quotes that really resonated with me, on page 159: "When a player says, 'I'm going to play in this tournament and I hope it pays,' and it doesn't -- well, those things happen."..."People say, 'Oh, the players are getting screwed'..."No, Kevin Trudeau gets screwed! I'm the sucker."
EXCELLENT article, and I highly recommend any interested parties to get Details magainze to real the full scoop!
JAM
The only words I can think of after I read this article by J.D. Dolan is: RIGHT ON THE MONEY! [Pun intended]
The article is entitled "The Hustler." There were several color pictures in the article, which begins on page 154, and it provides in-depth detail, covering all sides of the IPT story, IMHO.
Rodney Morris was interviewed, and there was an interesting picture of a serious-looking Rodney, Tony Crosby, and Steve Moore, holding their cue sticks, standing in the well-known Capone Billiards in Spring Hill, Florida.
I don't want to give too much of the article away, but there were some details in the article that I did not know about. So it is most definitely worth the read.
Some quotes that really resonated with me, on page 159: "When a player says, 'I'm going to play in this tournament and I hope it pays,' and it doesn't -- well, those things happen."..."People say, 'Oh, the players are getting screwed'..."No, Kevin Trudeau gets screwed! I'm the sucker."
EXCELLENT article, and I highly recommend any interested parties to get Details magainze to real the full scoop!
JAM
JAM said:The only words I can think of after I read this article by J.D. Dolan is: RIGHT ON THE MONEY! [Pun intended]
The article is entitled "The Hustler." There were several color pictures in the article, which begins on page 154, and it provides in-depth detail, covering all sides of the IPT story, IMHO.
Rodney Morris was interviewed, and there was an interesting picture of a serious-looking Rodney, Tony Crosby, and Steve Moore, holding their cue sticks, standing in the well-known Capone Billiards in Spring Hill, Florida.
I don't want to give too much of the article away, but there were some details in the article that I did not know about. So it is most definitely worth the read.
Some quotes that really resonated with me, on page 159: "When a player says, 'I'm going to play in this tournament and I hope it pays,' and it doesn't -- well, those things happen."..."People say, 'Oh, the players are getting screwed'..."No, Kevin Trudeau gets screwed! I'm the sucker."
EXCELLENT article, and I highly recommend any interested parties to get Details magainze to real the full scoop!
JAM
JAM, I haven't read the article but you've certainly peaked my interest. Maybe you can please explain. Was the quoted statement outlined in blue in your post made by KT? If so, was he serious, or merely caught off guard and trying to deflect personal responsibility by using a little "I'm the victim" spin?
And lastly, if the statement was his quote from the magazine article. Do you personally agree with him? From some of your recent posts, I wouldn't think so, but your word "resonated" wasn't clear to me, whether it was a positive or negative resonance.
Just curious about my comprehension.
Thanks,
Jim
jimmyg said:
It was a quote from Kevin Trudeau, but I do not want to take it out of context. I believe that Kevin Trudeau is stuck big time with the IPT venture.
Me personally, I understand all points of views and empathize, of course, with the players.
jimmyg said:And lastly, if the statement was his quote from the magazine article. Do you personally agree with him? From some of your recent posts, I wouldn't think so, but your word "resonated" wasn't clear to me, whether it was a positive or negative resonance.
Just curious about my comprehension.
I believe that the "vision" when it first came to the fore was sincerely made, with good intentions, unlike some other strong views in the other direction.
However, the vision did not come to fruition fully, at least at the time of this writing. What bothers me the most today is the lack of communication to those pool players who did give it their all. To leave them hanging on a tree limb like this is deplorable.
I now understand why Mr. Trudeau has a full-time personal assistant when he is in public. The lack of communication, as it pertains to the IPT, could be misconstrued.
JMHO, FWIW!
JAM
I'd like to thank all the AZBers who helped with the researching of the magazine article. I'd asked the magazine for quite a bit more space to chronicle the whole IPT mess, and I only got about half of what I wanted. I wish I'd been able to cover more of the players (and fans, and business owners, and others) who were affected by the collapse of the IPT.
As Timberly alluded to in a different thread, the article might be difficult to stomach because it reveals Trudeau's glaring contradictions and double-speak. Believe me, the writing of the piece was also difficult, and for the same reasons.
I think the magazine is on the stands all over the country now, and I'll be interested to know how you feel about it. It's the January/February issue of Details magazine, and it has Patrick Dempsey (the guy from Grey's Anatomy) on the cover.
J.D. Dolan
As Timberly alluded to in a different thread, the article might be difficult to stomach because it reveals Trudeau's glaring contradictions and double-speak. Believe me, the writing of the piece was also difficult, and for the same reasons.
I think the magazine is on the stands all over the country now, and I'll be interested to know how you feel about it. It's the January/February issue of Details magazine, and it has Patrick Dempsey (the guy from Grey's Anatomy) on the cover.
J.D. Dolan
I'm sure Details doesn't want you to post the full, unedited version. But if there were some way (email?) for you to distribute the full version, I'm sure there are a lot of people here -- me, for example -- who would like to read it.J.D. Dolan said:
Details magazine
I don't think it would be appropriate for me to post it (or send it electronically), but the magazine's all over the country. Your grocery store probably carries it.
Thanks,
J.D.
Cory in DC said:
I don't think it would be appropriate for me to post it (or send it electronically), but the magazine's all over the country. Your grocery store probably carries it.
Thanks,
J.D.
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Fry's still has the December issue with Matt Damon on the cover. Gosh they have a lot of ads.J.D. Dolan said:
Honestly, this whole IPT is so depressing, I kind of had to force myself to make a special trip to pick up the copy of the article.
Having read it I have to say it is a very well written, and honest account of the IPT situation. It is geared mostly for those who are not familiar with the situation, and I think in a relatively short amount of space, it covers the issue on an emotional level brilliantly. The phrase that really stuck with me was "cheerless hope" when it was used to describe the IPT players feelings on the future of the IPT and Kevin Trudeau.
There was something technical that interested me though. I noticed a quote from Peter Kjaer, CEO of Ho Gaming Solutions commenting in reference to the online gaming law changes, that he didn't understand how a law that was passed three weeks after Reno could have affected the payout.
Mr. Dolan, if you're are still around these parts, was this quote from an interview that you had with Mr. Kjaer and were you able to confirm that Kevin Trudeau and Ho Interactive were negotiating in the manner that Kevin Trudeau described in his Emails to the players? As far as I can tell, this is the first time I've heard any significant person from Ho Interactive acknowledging that the IPT even existed. Would you be able to provide any more details on on these negotiations than what we've already been told by Kevin Trudeau?
Again, great article and good luck!
Having read it I have to say it is a very well written, and honest account of the IPT situation. It is geared mostly for those who are not familiar with the situation, and I think in a relatively short amount of space, it covers the issue on an emotional level brilliantly. The phrase that really stuck with me was "cheerless hope" when it was used to describe the IPT players feelings on the future of the IPT and Kevin Trudeau.
There was something technical that interested me though. I noticed a quote from Peter Kjaer, CEO of Ho Gaming Solutions commenting in reference to the online gaming law changes, that he didn't understand how a law that was passed three weeks after Reno could have affected the payout.
Mr. Dolan, if you're are still around these parts, was this quote from an interview that you had with Mr. Kjaer and were you able to confirm that Kevin Trudeau and Ho Interactive were negotiating in the manner that Kevin Trudeau described in his Emails to the players? As far as I can tell, this is the first time I've heard any significant person from Ho Interactive acknowledging that the IPT even existed. Would you be able to provide any more details on on these negotiations than what we've already been told by Kevin Trudeau?
Again, great article and good luck!
I think the first sentences of the article speaks volumes: When infomercial king and convicted felon Kevin Trudeau launched the International Pool Tour, he promised its players stardom, riches, and legitimacy. Now the tour has collapsed, the players are owed millions, and the question is: Will Trudeau end up behind the eight ball?
Before Kevin Trudeau hit the pool scene, pool in America was suffering, and the reasons are multi-faceted with a variety of opinions as to why.
When Kevin Trudeau's Vision was launched in Orlando at The King of the Hill a little over one year ago, it gave existing professional players hope for a future.
Pool's toughest critics here in the States come from within its own culture, and right after the very first IPT membership meeting, even after several million dollars were paid out to BCA Hall of Famers, American legends, and foreign pros, Trudeau's vision was doomed before it even got off the ground. The players were happy. The critics, though, were a constant.
In my heart of hearts, I believe Kevin Trudeau had good intentions and wanted elevate pool in America, and so what if he wanted to profit. His intention was to include the players in the profit as well. Little did he know how tough the American pool culture was.
Today, the future of the IPT is uncertain. I think that communication was a big problem with the IPT. From the get-go, the only form of getting the IPT message out there was via word of mouth and the Internet. The short one year of the IPT tour's existence, questions from the very IPT members themselves often went unanswered.
I think today, the critics are dancing the Teaberry Jig on the tombstone of the IPT. In fact, they were dancing the jig when they buried it, before it even got off the ground.
For the life of me, I cannot understand why the American media did not make any mention of the multi-million-dollar tournaments, but, hey, that's pool in America. The American media must believe that its audience would rather see hot dog-eating contests, I guess.
The IPT players pocketed some dough following the IPT tournament trail, and the latest check received by IPT members acknowledges that there are monies still owed for the Reno tournament. The biggest loser to date, though, is Kevin Trudeau, and if the IPT is, in fact, dead, I will not dance the Teaberry Jig with the rest of the critics. The American pool culture critics are blinded by hatred and negativity, the same hatred and negativity that existed before Kevin Trudeau entered the pool scene. We've come full circle, folks! JMHO, FWIW!
JAM
Before Kevin Trudeau hit the pool scene, pool in America was suffering, and the reasons are multi-faceted with a variety of opinions as to why.
When Kevin Trudeau's Vision was launched in Orlando at The King of the Hill a little over one year ago, it gave existing professional players hope for a future.
Pool's toughest critics here in the States come from within its own culture, and right after the very first IPT membership meeting, even after several million dollars were paid out to BCA Hall of Famers, American legends, and foreign pros, Trudeau's vision was doomed before it even got off the ground. The players were happy. The critics, though, were a constant.
In my heart of hearts, I believe Kevin Trudeau had good intentions and wanted elevate pool in America, and so what if he wanted to profit. His intention was to include the players in the profit as well. Little did he know how tough the American pool culture was.
Today, the future of the IPT is uncertain. I think that communication was a big problem with the IPT. From the get-go, the only form of getting the IPT message out there was via word of mouth and the Internet. The short one year of the IPT tour's existence, questions from the very IPT members themselves often went unanswered.
I think today, the critics are dancing the Teaberry Jig on the tombstone of the IPT. In fact, they were dancing the jig when they buried it, before it even got off the ground.
For the life of me, I cannot understand why the American media did not make any mention of the multi-million-dollar tournaments, but, hey, that's pool in America. The American media must believe that its audience would rather see hot dog-eating contests, I guess.
The IPT players pocketed some dough following the IPT tournament trail, and the latest check received by IPT members acknowledges that there are monies still owed for the Reno tournament. The biggest loser to date, though, is Kevin Trudeau, and if the IPT is, in fact, dead, I will not dance the Teaberry Jig with the rest of the critics. The American pool culture critics are blinded by hatred and negativity, the same hatred and negativity that existed before Kevin Trudeau entered the pool scene. We've come full circle, folks! JMHO, FWIW!
JAM
Details magazine
Yes, that was from an interview I had with Peter Kjaer, husband of Angela Ho and son-in-law of Stanley Ho. Trudeau and Kjaer (and Angela Ho) were indeed in negotiations, although it's a stretch to say that these negotiations were exactly as Trudeau described them.
Trudeau never mentioned that the IPT's success was contingent upon this funding; in fact, he implied that he was so rich that the whole thing would be a big party even if it failed.
Trudeau was in negotiations with Ho Gaming Solutions, but he presented this, as he seems to present nearly everything, with a distinctly twisted point of view. Remember his statement about the IPT's King of the Hill show being #1 on the Versus network? Not true, according to the network. Remember his statement that the IPT was represented by the William Morris Agency? Not true, according to the agency.
Trudeau described the Ho deal as a "merger," although it's hard to imagine why any business would want to "merge" with the IPT when the IPT didn't even have enough money to pay off its players, and its claims of success were flatly untrue.
As far as I can tell, Trudeau would describe a pile of horse shit as negotiations for a pony.
J.D.
Da Poet said:
Yes, that was from an interview I had with Peter Kjaer, husband of Angela Ho and son-in-law of Stanley Ho. Trudeau and Kjaer (and Angela Ho) were indeed in negotiations, although it's a stretch to say that these negotiations were exactly as Trudeau described them.
Trudeau never mentioned that the IPT's success was contingent upon this funding; in fact, he implied that he was so rich that the whole thing would be a big party even if it failed.
Trudeau was in negotiations with Ho Gaming Solutions, but he presented this, as he seems to present nearly everything, with a distinctly twisted point of view. Remember his statement about the IPT's King of the Hill show being #1 on the Versus network? Not true, according to the network. Remember his statement that the IPT was represented by the William Morris Agency? Not true, according to the agency.
Trudeau described the Ho deal as a "merger," although it's hard to imagine why any business would want to "merge" with the IPT when the IPT didn't even have enough money to pay off its players, and its claims of success were flatly untrue.
As far as I can tell, Trudeau would describe a pile of horse shit as negotiations for a pony.
J.D.
Details magazine
Thanks. I'm at work on a screenplay based on the life of Ralph Greenleaf. I also play pool nearly every day (I have a Diamond Pro table in my writing studio, and I've played with a Szamboti, a Hercek, a Scruggs, a Bender, a Kersenbrock, and god knows how many other cues; I'm currently playing with a Cantando.) I also play in banks and the one pocket at the Derby City Classic, and you can often find me in the AZB/OnePocket.Org room, where I'm usually trying to piece together somebody's screen name with his/her pool name with his/her real name.
I may write a book about the whole IPT fiasco.
macguy said:
Thanks. I'm at work on a screenplay based on the life of Ralph Greenleaf. I also play pool nearly every day (I have a Diamond Pro table in my writing studio, and I've played with a Szamboti, a Hercek, a Scruggs, a Bender, a Kersenbrock, and god knows how many other cues; I'm currently playing with a Cantando.) I also play in banks and the one pocket at the Derby City Classic, and you can often find me in the AZB/OnePocket.Org room, where I'm usually trying to piece together somebody's screen name with his/her pool name with his/her real name.
I may write a book about the whole IPT fiasco.