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#677 – Michael Craig Responds to Julius Goat’s Challenge
Last week, a guest blogger for Full Tilt’s Poker on the Rail named Julius Goat commemorated Full Tilt’s introduction of micro-stakes tables by challenging Michael Craig to a match along the lines of Tom Dwan’s challenge.
Dear Mr. Goat:
This is Shauna, Michael Craig’s assistant. Michael is far too busy preparing to report on the NBC Heads-Up Championship to respond to every inquiry, fan letter, challenge, and jury summons. He passed along a few comments to me and asked that I “get rid of it before it starts to stink.”
Michael told me he vaguely recalls corresponding with you sometime in the distant past and will accept your challenge, if you agree to these modifications:
• Michael told me he will play “that Goat dude, and I don’t care what the stakes are … as long as they are micro-stakes.”
• The challenge will be 50 hands each in 3 forms of poker: no-limit hold ‘em, pot limit Omaha, and HORSE.
• Michael has no need for your money. In the alternative, he needs a lot more than $15. If you want $5 in the unlikely event that you are ahead, Michael agrees, provided he has six months to pay, or can pay on an installment plan. But if you lose – and Michael assures me you will lose -you have to sacrifice something more precious than money. Goats are supposed to eat anything, right? If you lose, Michael gets to pick one alleged food item for sale at the World Series of Poker and you have to eat it. There are two provisos to this rule: (a) you have to pay for the item, provided the cost is under $15 dollars, and (b) if you do not attend the World Series in person, Michael is allowed to shove the food item in an envelope and ship it to wherever you are, and you will take photographic evidence of said consumption.
• The loser will write up the results, with the winner’s comments appearing in italics. At the winner’s option, he may write up the results with the loser’s comments in italics. Both parties will use best efforts to publish the results.
• As a (former) lawyer Michael would like to categorically deny the accusations in your letter. He will refrain from suing you for libel if you promise not to counter-sue. (Apparently, before I met Michael, he had to give up several meritorious law suits due to counter claims.)
Let him know wether this is acceptable.
Game on!
Shauna
P.S. The spelling of “wether” is not an error. Michael told me it is an apt description of you; look it up.
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