Written today, two months later - Mike Matusow approached me from Amazon Blue #295, his island in a sea of about 20 tables contesting the $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship. Mike didn’t know I was going to be here and we had spoken just once so far during the Series and not about this tournament. Even so, ...
This is part-confession, part-apology. Day 1-A of the Main Event starts in exactly six minutes. This post will be short because, at the moment Sasquatch or Wayne Newton or whoever says “shuffle up and deal,” I want to be in my car, driving away from Las Vegas. The start of the Main Event, last year, was ...
LA PROFESSORA Twenty-five years ago, my boss, Fritz Brace, a phenomenal trial lawyer and stern mentor, would sometimes say to me when I would leave the office for an important court hearing or deposition, “Come home with your shield – or on it.” As a young attorney, feeling very unsure and overmatched, I took it as ...
World Series of Poker Day 1 recap: Casino Employees and $50k Championship The World Series of Poker has come a long way since Benny Binion invited six of the most formidable poker players to battle it out in his casino for the title of Best Poker Player in the World. The current incarnation of the WSOP ...