Day 3 – Saturday, June 19 At 2am on Saturday, Chip Jett busted me in 31st place. If I was destined not to win the event – and with zero chips left and a Stromboli winding through my large intestine, it’s safe to say I was out of the running – Chip was one of my ...
I never really saw Chip Jett during the first day of the $1,500 HORSE, but I knew he was there. I could, however, hear him. Chip Jett and I go back a few years. Even though we’ve never socialized, I feel like I know him pretty well. Apart from that familiarity everyone feels with the regulars on ...
Just seventeen hands into Event #31, tournament director Jack Effel had an insurrection on his hands. That he hadn’t seen it coming testifies to the number of things the WSOP TD has on his mind, because it was predictable, even inevitable. It was definitely a situation in which Jack had forgotten, at this peril, the ...
Less than two days before, at 5 PM on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, I started the event with high hopes and excitement over an enjoyable table draw. When you become an experienced tournament poker player, familiar faces at your table are a mixed blessing. If you recognize them, it is likely because they are successful ...