Cole South Leaves CardRunners
In a stunning sudden announcement from the online poker world, one of CardRunners top teaching professionals and a part owner of the poker training site has decided to leave the company. The site itself is currently undergoing maintenance, with a new version announced for April 30th.
In an announcement on his blog yesterday, Cole “CTS” South revealed that, due to pressures in his life, he would no longer be teaching at the popular training site and would also divest himself of his part ownership. “This decision has more to do with myself than CardRunners”, South explained in his post. “In the past year I have, at the same time, been a full time student, a professional poker player, and an owner/instructor of a poker training site, and I’ve found myself spread too thin. Leaving CardRunners has been an incredibly tough decision for me, but it will allow me to focus on playing poker and completing my degree (South is a junior majoring in economics at Georgetown University).”
South will depart CardRunners at the end of April, which is tomorrow, and CardRunners is apparently taking this opportunity to make a few changes to the online training site. For people who currently go to the CardRunners site, there is a statement from the company that says, “Effective 11:59 PM EST on Friday, April 30th, we will launch a new and improved version of CardRunners. The website is currently undergoing maintenance.”
Along with this statement is the announcement of a list of new instructors for the site.
For those who peruse the names on the list, most notable is that of Matt Matros. Mostly known for his third place finish behind eventual champion Martin de Knijff and runner up Hasan Habib at the 2004 World Poker Tour Championship, Matros is also the author of 2005’s “The Making Of A Poker Player.” Since that 2004 finish on the tournament circuit, however, Matros has only broken six figures once in the past six years.
The breakdown on the CardRunners site indicates that several people are going to handle different aspects of poker. Matros heads the No Limit Hold’em team, Tom “LearnedfromTV” Chambers offers his knowledge of Pot Limit Omaha and other notable players handle such aspects as Omaha Hi/Lo, Stud and Razz, Sit and Go strategy and Limit Hold’em.
There have been questions about the timing of the announcement by South that he is leaving CardRunners. On many forums there are congratulatory posts, but others are looking a bit deeper into the situation. Poster “doncolo” on Two Plus Two says in his post that “…they’re (outside people) saying that before **** hits the fan, he’s taking his money and running,” in response to a previous comment. Another poster, “utor,” echoes “doncolo’s” statement, writing, “Cole just might be leaving cuz he knows that some type of **** is gonna hit some type of fan for CR in the near or distant future. It’s somewhat difficult for me to understand that someone would give up ownership in a VERY profitable business for the “spread too thin” reason he provided.”
Chambers came onto the thread to silence all the critics of South’s decision. “(The chance that South will create his own poker training site would be) vvv low based on my less than complete knowledge of things.” he states in the thread and effectively shuts down the speculation. “Btw I was recruited for CR before the Isildur thing (where South, Brian Townsend and Brian Hastings compiled information on Isildur1 and were able to vanquish the Swede in violation of Full Tilt Poker’s TOC) and they told me this (South’s departure) was a strong possibility…it has nothing to do with that or any other **** to hit the fan.”
South was well respected for his useful training videos and the non-stop assistance he provided on the internet about the game of poker. Once he completes his studies at Georgetown, perhaps Cole South will fully immerse himself in the world of poker once again.
Related Online Poker News:
- The Nightly Turbo: Cole South Quits CardRunners, Brandon Adams on 60 Minutes, and More
- The Online Railbird Report: Sahamies Scores Big Against South and Hastings
- Team CardRunners Instructors Battle on “Poker After Dark” Cash Game–February 16th
- Brian Townsend Steps Down as CardRunners Lead Instructor
- Cole South – Poker Player Profile
- Brian Townsend – Poker Player Profile
- Andrew Wiggins Discusses Future of CardRunners
- The Online Railbird Report: Sahamies and South Lead the Pack
- Vital Myth – CardRunners Analysis Video
- Timex – Training Video from Cardrunners
- Cole South, Phil Ivey Dominate Gus Hansen Sunday
- Betting Strategy with CardRunners
Poker glossary:
- ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
- BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
- RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
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