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Tony G a Euro-Parliament Representative
Posted by: James Carter. - Tue, 2014-05-27 05:12
When it comes to personal success in life, Tony G is quite probably at the top of the list of most successful people in the world. Whatever the “The Australian Airbag” puts his mind to, he succeeds at, and now that includes having become a European parliament representative.
To those who may not know it: although Tony G speaks with a definite Aussie accent and some may think he’s from Down Under, he’s originally from Lithuania and it was through the Lithuanian political scene that he worked his way into the EU parliament.
Despite the fact that all over Europe, anti-EU agendas and parties have been gaining ground lately, the ex-
PartyPoker pro hitched his ride into the parliament by way of the very pro-Europe Liberal party.
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Although his Liberal party only tallied 16.52% of the votes (still an impressive number), within the party, Tony G was the most voted candidate, so that handed him yet another personal victory.
Exactly what sort of resonance on the way the game of poker is viewed in the EU Tony G’s presence in the parliament will have, remains to be seen. What is certain though is the fact that poker has just acquired a very vocal supporter. Guoga is definitely not the person to just sit on his hands, content with melting into the background and picking up the lavish salary and benefits that come with his newly earned position while not speaking up. In fact, he is probably the polar opposite of this typology (which certainly does exist), so those hoping that he’ll make a difference for the game are probably right to do so.
The poker community was thus rightfully enthused about the news, people expressing their support and congratulating him by the hundreds on his Twitter and Facebook pages.
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