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Yesterday evening Full Tilt hosted a welcome part for the pros and online qualifiers. It was a beautiful night, and everyone seemed happy enough to ignore their jet lag for a few hours. Some Aussie-themed entertainers were hired to work the room. A snake handler introduced us to a variety of local pythons, and a croc handler performed a similar service.
Chris Ferguson with a black python
But the highlight was the whip master, who gave demonstrations and lessons.
After the jump, you’ll see some images of beautiful women wielding whips. You’ll also hear from Gavin Smith as he discusses an insane prop bet he made with Erick Lindgren.
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Before I get on with this post, I need to thank my friend Michael Craig, who has graciously allowed me to share this space while I write missives from the Aussie Millions in Melbourne, Australia.
But I’m not there yet. I’m writing this post from 38,000 feet, aboard a Qantas 747 making its way across what the pilot called “the vast Pacific.” My travels started 26 hours ago, in Brooklyn, NY. Since that time I’ve taken one train (LIRR), one monorail (JFK AirTrain), and two planes (JFK->LAX; LAX->Melbourne). I still have a charted bus ride (airport to hotel) and about 3 hours of travel ahead of me.
I did the same trip last year, and I leaned that preparation is vital for these monstrous travel days. Good reading and viewing materials are essential, but hardly enough. Batteries only last so long, and there are a limited number of hours you can spend reading in the course of the day. Sleep does not come easily for many fliers, myself included.
I’ve done enough traveling with Full Tilt to pick up some pointers on how professional poker players pass these stretches of time. I’ve observed and learned. I thought I’d pass this knowledge onto you, so that your next long trip is a bit more pleasant.
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I played the Bellagio Second Chance Tournament a few times while I was in Vegas in April, never with much success. I did, however, meet some interesting people.
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This is about a trip I took to Ted Forrest’s girlfriend Roxana’s house one night. It would be my first meeting with Ted since he won the WPT Shooting Stars championship. This is only part of the entry, though the original only catches glimpses of the bizarre and exciting energy field that surrounds Forrest in his daily life.
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The Bellagio Five-Star is one of the premiere events of the poker circuit. It’s spring, it’s Vegas, the World Series is just around the corner, it’s Doug Dalton and Jack McClelland, and it’s the Bellagio. It also concludes with the WPT Championship, though the significance of that event is burned into my brain by the memory of Steve Lipscomb flipping out during a talk with Chris Ferguson minutes after the 2006 event began. I made two trips to Las Vegas, once during the preliminary events (mostly to play) and once during the Championship (entirely to watch).
What interested me about my blog entries during this period were the little things. It wasn’t about final tables or confrontations but just what an interesting place Las Vegas is when you are an outsider like me, but you’re friends with professional gamblers and you’ve visited the town hundreds of times over the previous twenty years.
Like looking out my window at the Bellagio at the exact same view I saw as a ten year-old from my parents’ room at the Dunes, in 1969, the first time I ever laid eyes on Las Vegas.
Like meeting Amarillo Slim. Like meeting Eskimo Clark. Like meeting one of the old regulars from the Mayfair Club. Like running into Mike Matusow twice in one day.
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Full Tilt just announced the schedule for FTOPS VII, the series of tournaments which, if they didn’t exist, I’d have enough extra money in my account to buy into the World Series of Poker Main Event. But I am undeterred. This is a such a cool series of tournaments that, my past 99 failures notwithstanding, I’m going to try again. FTOPS VII runs from February 6 to February 17. Here is the schedule:
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Happy New Year!
My Dad used to own season-tickets for the Detroit Lions. He might still own them but I know he doesn’t like going to the games much. In fact, he never seemed to like it much but he once had FIFTY season-tickets. His uncle, a bizarre and colorful character named Barney who died in about 1970, was an usher at Tiger Stadium and bought them back in the Fifties, mostly likely reselling them as some part of a scam. My Dad inherited the tickets and continued selling them, though I don’t think he had inclination for graft of Barney.
Anyway … Dad told me the Lions would always announce their ticket-price increases on New Year because that was the day the fewest people read the paper.
In that spirit, here are my New Year’s announcements:
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