If you know me, you know I love poker. I studied it with the same passion I pursued magic. I've got a sizable library on the subject (20+ books) and each one has been read and re-read.
During it's online hey-day: online poker was my livelihood (a tough way to make an easy living!)
I grinded .50-$1 multi-tables and low limit tournies on Party Poker, Pokerstars and any other site offering an edge. Ah the good old days (of spending 50 hours a week, staring at a computer screen... Heh. some things never change.) I played and I managed a network of poker sites: "The Shark Poker Tour" (and "Online Shark")
Memories.
So, anyway... to the point of this post.
As I type: the World Series of Poker is happening in Vegas
http://www.wsop.com/2012/
ESPN seems to be doing a good job of covering the action
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/poker/index
The event that is REALLY interesting me is "THE BIG ONE"
a 1,000,000 *yes One Million dollar buy-in Tourney
http://www.wsop.com/2012/thebigone/
42 People Registered so far
Starts July 1st
I'll be watching
An online magic journal for things I find interesting. You'll find reviews of magic books, tricks and DVD's and I'll occasionally teach how to do a unique magic effect. In short: this is my web sandbox: I hope you find it useful.
just a sub-note:
ReplyDeletehow cool is it that Antonio Esfandiari "The Magician" won this event! An $18 million dollar payday
Not too shabby