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Many Parties, Little Sleep
The story at the WSOP right now is the frenzy that’s descended upon the place. There are masses of people here. Hundreds of hopefuls enter the super satellites that start several times a day. With everyone in town, this is the time when the companies who are capitalizing on the poker boom can reach out to their consumers. In many cases, they’re doing it very well.
Last night was the Full Tilt party at Pure, the nightclub in Caesar’s Palace. There was plenty of top-shelf booze (Tanqueary for me, please!) and a bevy of B-list celebrities. Jose Canseco and Shannon Elizabeth were there, looking huge and beautiful, respectively. One of the cast members from Mad TV was there, falling over drunk.
Fresh sushi was available and the Pussy Cat dolls, Pure’s shapely singer-grinders, did their thing. I saw Robin Leach talking with Jim McMannus, while in the background Marcel Luske stood on an elevated platform doing a happy and extremely goofy dance.
The players drank, the media drank, the celebrities drank. Everyone was happy.
I started a conversation and found that the man I was talking to authored Freakonomics. I was too drunk to express my appreciation for his work. He’s doing a study on poker players, I think.
The Main Event starts tomorrow. The parties end and we’ll all get back to work.
