Over the past several years, Poker Road Radio has become one of the premier poker radio shows in the business. However, lately people have been noticing a major lack of podcasts from the show thats run by Barry Greenstein and Joe Sebok. The absence of podcasts has led some people to speculate that the show may be dead.

Posters on the TwoPlusTwo forums have been very active on this subject, with corporalburgundy leading off the thread by writing:

Nothing from this years WSOP yet. I didnt expect Sebok to be on the show, but I was at least expecting some action from Gobboboy and the rest of the B-Team.

Some people even took an opportunity to connect Joe Seboks involvement with UB to Poker Roads lack of podcasts. Here are a couple of posts that specifically mention Sebok:

LongTimeGrind Sebok shoved all in with his integrity and PRR drawing dead. He got what he deserved.

SleepyLaBeef I have to say, Im pretty surprised at Seboks silence after being released from UB. Is he just sad that the forum trolls all hate him? If youre gonna be that thin-skinned, I think youre in the wrong industry. Hes obviously someone who generates strong feelings, good or bad, which means hes a voice people want to hear from.

Like many of us, I lost a ton of respect for Sebok when he joined UB, and lost even more when he didnt do what he said he would. Nonetheless, I would like to hear his first hand accounts of his experiences with UB, as well as the future of Poker Road, which was a positive force for poker for several years. Wake up, Joey!

One hopeful thought on the Poker Road Radio issue comes from Stone_Palace, who believes that the show could come back strong if poker is legalized in the US. He posted this:

I would say more like hibernating. Both sites owners have enough of a track record to see they wont have a shot at turning a profit as long as online poker is not available to US residents. If online poker does become FULLY legitimized (with the deep pockedted Caesars and MGM coming into the fold), I believe these sites will become profitable fast.

Thats why you wont see a Thanks, but were shutting down type post from either site, and there will probably be some occasional content on both too just biding their time for now in case online comes back to the States.

With PokerRoad BarryG took a high risk gamble with a high risk payoff. It hasnt paid off yet, likely wont, but he still has some outssame with Phil Galfond and his partner(s) re: PokerStatictheyre just employing a small bit of their bankroll on what was perceived to be a juicy poker game with different rules.

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