Poker Players have Stalkers Now?

In past decades, we’ve seen numerous movie stars and musicians being stalked by members of the public.  Their obvious fame and camera time sometimes earns them some overzealous fans who will do just about anything to be like their idols – or be with them.  But I do have to admit that I’ve never really heard of such a thing as a person stalking a poker player…..at least until now.

Patrik Antonius – also known as one of poker’s biggest heartthrobs (if there is such a thing haha) – is the poker player in question who’s being stalked.  However, it’s not by some crazed woman who’s looking to get a piece of Antonius, but rather it is a person who’s posing as Antonius on Twitter.  This goes beyond just posing as Antonius though since the person is also following Antonius’ movements very closely so they have something to twitter about each day.

What’s kind of funny about the situation is that a lot of the posts are trash talk aimed at fellow pro Doyle Brunson.  Some of the posts mention stuff about how Patrik supposedly bluffed Doyle all night and there is even one post which says that Brunson is too senile to play against Antonius anymore.  Understandably thinking Patrik sent the texts; Brunson was a little angry about the situation and said something to Antonius about them.  Luckily, Patrik Antonius didn’t actually send the texts so he has nothing to worry about in that regards.

Still, it has to be annoying to have somebody sending out texts like that and pretending to be you.  I’m not sure about the legality of this situation or if the person who’s doing the twittering can be prosecuted, but hopefully for Patrik this thing comes to an end soon.