Chris Vaughn Fired From Bluff

[cardcore 0]

From: TexasHoldem.comChris Vaughn, the player who sold his account to Sorel Mizzi late in the Full Tilt Poker $750k guaranteed tournament, was terminated from his position as managing editor at Bluff Magazine.The statement from Bluff is as follows:Bluff Media, publisher of Bluff Magazine, has made the decision to terminate Chris Vaughn as Managing Editor. In light of Chris’ involvement, recently admitted facts and the feedback obtained from industry professionals, it became apparent that the credibility required to perform the job functions of Managing Editor of Bluff Magazine at our company’s level of standards have become severely diminished. While we regret having to make this decision, we believe that it is the best alternative for all parties involved, including Chris, Bluff Media and the poker playing community at large. We wish Chris the best of luck.This announcement comes days after Bluff Magazine made this announcement:Bluff Media in no way, shape, or form condones the actions of Chris Vaughn. We were extremely unhappy, and disappointed. However we feel that Chris has always acted in a professional manner at BLUFF in the past, and we have no plans for terminating his employment with the company. He has been given a warning, and is on probation. We hope that we can all move past this, and learn from it.There is no word who will assume Chris' managerial duties at Bluff Magazine.Apparently they had no plans to terminate his employment, but the outside pressure was too much, maybe?

[Ouch-8s 5]

how exactly is it bad business?

[loogie 115]

Exactly. This is good business.

[cardcore 0]

Exactly. This is good business.

yeah i tried to edit the topic, it's not bad business, just shitty to do after the first statement they issued, imoDefinitely good business, but not very nice after they threw his weight behind him in his pokernews interview, whether or not he deserved it

[Ouch-8s 5]

yeah i tried to edit the topic, it's not bad business, just shitty to do after the first statement they issued, imoDefinitely good business, but not very nice after they threw his weight behind him in his pokernews interview, whether or not he deserved it

Not very nice? Yeah, ok, I can give you that. But I don't think they exactly threw [their] weight behind him; they did almost the opposite.

[Buckeye Hughes 0]

Bluff Mag should be politicians the way they flip flop. In no way do I condone his actions, but lol at the firing after they issued the other statement.

[IWANTTOBERICHDAMMIT 0]

From: <a href="http://www.texasholdem.com/news.php?id=391" target="_blank">http://www.texasholdem.com/news.php?id=391</a>Chris Vaughn, the player who sold his account to Sorel Mizzi late in the Full Tilt Poker $750k guaranteed tournament, was terminated from his position as managing editor at Bluff Magazine.The statement from Bluff is as follows:Bluff Media, publisher of Bluff Magazine, has made the decision to terminate Chris Vaughn as Managing Editor. In light of Chris’ involvement, recently admitted facts and the feedback obtained from industry professionals, it became apparent that the credibility required to perform the job functions of Managing Editor of Bluff Magazine at our company’s level of standards have become severely diminished. While we regret having to make this decision, we believe that it is the best alternative for all parties involved, including Chris, Bluff Media and the poker playing community at large. We wish Chris the best of luck.This announcement comes days after Bluff Magazine made this announcement:Bluff Media in no way, shape, or form condones the actions of Chris Vaughn. We were extremely unhappy, and disappointed. However we feel that Chris has always acted in a professional manner at BLUFF in the past, and we have no plans for terminating his employment with the company. He has been given a warning, and is on probation. We hope that we can all move past this, and learn from it.There is no word who will assume Chris' managerial duties at Bluff Magazine.Apparently they had no plans to terminate his employment, but the outside pressure was too much, maybe?

poor guy.. now he'll have to MoneyMaker his money away.

[Buildy Smith 0]

Bluff Mag should be politicians the way they flip flop. In no way do I condone his actions, but lol at the firing after they issued the other statement.

Living up to their name....

[ratwastard 0]

what a joke giving in to a bunch of crybaby poker players

[Ouch-8s 5]

Sigh. It is not 'flip flopping' if you make a mistake and then fix it.

[WhatArunAA 0]

They prolly succombed to the media pressure.. do you blame them though??? This could cost them millions and its probably not worth it for a cheating editor.

[checkymcfold 0]

Sigh. It is not 'flip flopping' if you make a mistake and then fix it.

QFT

[jkalib 0]

Sigh. It is not 'flip flopping' if you make a mistake and then fix it.

Which is why I got divorced, and not flip flopped.

[kepper 0]

He probably shouldn't have done that interview with pokernews cause now he is an admitted cheater instead of a "suspected" cheater. I suspect it's easier to fire someone who admitted to some kind of wrongdoing.

[Ouch-8s 5]

Which is why I got divorced, and not flip flopped.

ok, I did a spit-take. nice work.

[Bluff Media 0]

FCP Members,I made a post on the Bluff and P5 forums and thought it was only fair to provide FCP with the same respect as the other two. Therefore, below you will see my response as to why our former employee was let go!I appreciate your time given to read the below response. ______________________________________________This will be my one and only post addressing the subject of CV being fired. First, this was one of the most difficult decisions we have ever had to make. I can also assure everyone that despite being urged to terminate Chris by the various forums, this was not why we came to the decision we did. We had every intention of supporting Chris and move past what had happened, which is why we made our initial statement. However, there were recent developments that made his dismissal unavoidable. Again, this had nothing to do with forum outcry’s or the threat of advertisers canceling ad buys. Without going into any details, we did NOT just flip flop from one extreme to the other. We were put into a very difficult position we never anticipated having to deal with. Additionally, had Chris not been in LV all of last week, our second statement would have come much sooner and our first one would have been retracted. We have done our best to make what we believe to be the right decision. We don’t ask for your support, just your understanding that this could not have gone down any other way!

[Buckeye Hughes 0]

Eric, let me say for all of us thanks for posting. However, I for one don't see how you came to the extreme opposite of the original decision so quickly. Why not release a statement saying you were looking at the situation as a whole and then would make a decision? What did Chris being in Vegas have to do with this? This seems to me like when a sports team announces they have "full faith" in a manager/coach, then firing him shortly thereafter.FWIW, I agree with the final decision, just not how it came about.

[Bluff Media 0]

Buck, I do understand your point! Although, you will have to give me the benefit of the doubt, trust me when I state there were things that occurred that made it quite easy for our decision to change so drastically and quickly. Yes, we could have made the announcement last week, but we felt it would be best to speak to Chris in person rather then via the phone or email. Despite what occurred, Chris was a valued member of our staff and he did really great work for Bluff. A face to face meeting was the only proper way (IMO) to move past this.

[zimmer4141 0]

Damn, I feel bad for him.Wait a minute, no I don't.

[Suited_Up 2]

More incriminating circumstances hmmm? We need all these interweb investigators to get on this one....Intriguing.

[Buckeye Hughes 0]

More incriminating circumstances hmmm? We need all these interweb investigators to get on this one....Intriguing.

Paging Nat Arem

[Buckeye Hughes 0]

Buck, I do understand your point! Although, you will have to give me the benefit of the doubt, trust me when I state there were things that occurred that made it quite easy for our decision to change so drastically and quickly. Yes, we could have made the announcement last week, but we felt it would be best to speak to Chris in person rather then via the phone or email. Despite what occurred, Chris was a valued member of our staff and he did really great work for Bluff. A face to face meeting was the only proper way (IMO) to move past this.

Point taken and understood

[Cappy37 0]

I think it would only be fitting that Sorel replaces Vaughn's roster spot on Bluff magazine.Agreed?

[Buckeye Hughes 0]

I think it would only be fitting that Sorel replaces Vaughn's roster spot on Bluff magazine.Agreed?

Cmon its potripper FTW....cant deny the original superuser

[GWCGWC 83]

I'm gone for two weeks and miss all the good stuff.CardCore: Shame on you for lobbing all those softballs in your interview with CV. You could have had the lead with this story. BluffMedia: kudos for finally doing the right thing. It's too bad you couldn't come to this decision based solely on the FTP scandal.