Pro poker player/songwriter Jason Mershon is offering half of his WSOP final table winnings to the first 15,000 fans who download his new song “Playin Poker for a Livin”. The deal, which was offered through Mershon’s website www.playinpokerforalivin.com, covers the 2010 WSOP.
Mershon spoke about his new song by saying, “It’s just my way of saying ‘thank you’ to those fans who like my new song.” Mershon continued by saying, “I wrote the song to humorously tell what it’s really like being a professional poker player, the sarcastic attitudes of many professional poker players, and the monotony of actually playing poker for a living and grinding out the long hours in a casino card room.”
And while the tone of Jason Mershon’s song may not be serious, the actual song itself is definitely getting some good praise from players and poker insiders who say it’s the best poker song in years. Mershon has spent most of his working career in the entertainment industry, and he has already put out a hit song called “Rock and Roll Heaven”, which won two awards at the 2006 Los Angeles Music Awards.
Since winning the awards for Rock and Roll Heaven, Mershon has put much of his focus towards his professional poker career. Jason commented on his poker abilities by saying, “I probably spend 90% of my time playing in cash games, but I’m also considered a pretty good tournament player as well. So, I don’t want people to think I’m dead money in the World Series of Poker.”
Mershon finished summing up his chances at making a run in the 2010 WSOP by saying, “I think I’ve got as good a chance as any in making the Final Table. I used to play with World Series of Poker champ Jerry Yang on a regular basis in California before he won the Main Event in 2006, and I’ve also held my own with many of the other well-known pros in tournaments and cash games alike. I think the past few years have proven that almost anyone has a chance in The Main Event.”
