Brandon "shanetrain22" Shane was a well-known American online poker tournament grinder before Black Friday rocked the world on April 15, 2011. Many American poker players were left in the dark when the biggest online poker networks in the world were permanently blocked by the US Department of Justice from offering services to players in the country.
Shane explained that due to being staked for his tournaments, the effects of Black Friday were not as big as it was to other players who either were left without a source of income or moved on a full-time basis out of the United States.