The four players along with Strazynski started off reminiscing about the events of that fateful day. I can t believe it s been 10 years, said Matusow. I think about the scars every day. To me, it seems like yesterday.
Ruddock said that the world of poker media got flipped upside down following Black Friday. It was certainly an interesting time to cover the industry [.] you couldn t fall back on your knowledge solely of poker, I had to really invest in my knowledge of legislative deals, regulation and all that stuff.
In terms of worlds flipping upside down, that was what happened to the world of Eric Hollreiser who had only just joined PokerStars.