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Ali Nejad Talks Poker Music

Posted by Dave McCarthy | Filed under Bloggers Corner

I love public radio. Southern California’s KCRW has a great program called the Guest DJ Project where famous personalities come to the studio to discuss five of their favorite songs. Today, poker commentator and Friend of Full Tilt Ali Nejad joined the ranks of Scarlet Johansson, Tony Hawk, and others who have visited KCRW’s studios to share their music.

Ali talks life, philosophy, and good music for poker against the backdrop of five wide ranging tracks. He also makes an interesting comment on what he suspects the top pros are listening to on their headphones.

You can find Ali’s interview – and plenty of other good ones – at the Guest DJ Project’s page.

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The Pros Speak: Ali Nejad

Posted by The Captain | Filed under The Pros Speak

Watching the pros play in televised tournaments like Poker After Dark, everything seems to play out according to a master plan. After hours of footage have been edited and put out for mass consumption, we get a slick presentation of the best of it – which makes for some pretty entertaining poker TV.

But what’s it really like to be there, in front of the cameras, knowing that every move you make is going to be put out there for everyone else to watch? Recently, Ali Nejad was good enough to share his recollections of his first appearance as a player on Poker After Dark and what it was like for him. While he’s got years of experience giving professional commentary on the game, that experience at the table didn’t play out the way he hoped. Here’s what happened – in his own words:

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