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Andy Bloch, telling stories about men having sex behind his hotel? Andy Bloch, betting the props? Apparently, Andy Bloch in cash games is a lot different than the Andy Bloch I THOUGHT I knew really well from the past two years.
Now, he’s proving to be the Action Man.
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It’s about 2:30 PM as I write this. Cards have been in the air for 30 minutes. Because of the complexities of the production and the uniqueness of the game, they’ve played under 10 hands. But there has been some ACTION, and the promise of A LOT MORE.
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It’s about 4:10 AM in London. I started researching my version of the final table of the first WSOP-E Main Event when I left my room at 9:15 AM to meet Harrah’s No. 2 at the WSOP, Ty Stewart. As I described in #247, I wanted to follow him the whole day and night and write about it from his perspective, sharing with you all the decisions he has to make and all the circumstances that figure in those decisions.
It was very interesting and I have a lot of material. It probably won’t be until I return to the States on Thursday that I can even get started on it. Monday is a recovery day and a day to handle other business, and prepare for the Million Dollar Cash Game. Tuesday and Wednesday will be devoted to providing real-time coverage of that unique event. But I have to tell you a little.
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7:03 PM – Outside an entrance to the Shadow Bar, I see 5 men sitting in intense conversation. I recognize three of them: Jeffrey Pollack, Ty Stewart, and Craig Abrahams (who I just met on Friday; he’s Harrah’s Director of Broadcasting and New Media).
I wonder what they’re talking about? With 13 players left in the Main Event of the first WSOP-Europe, especially because the field has narrowed so quickly in the last 5 hours and they are doing so much for the first time and so much on the fly, it can’t be anything routine.
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Late, late, late in the Shadow Bar last week, when Jennifer Harman and Thomas Bihl were heads-up, I found myself standing with Gary Thompson and a charming woman named Stacie. She was obviously connected with the tournament somehow, or she was some awesome kind of poker junkie because she was hanging around the tournament on a Sunday at 3:15 AM. She was, however, debating whether to stay to the end.
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Walking along the upper level of The Empire, I see from the video monitor that they are on break, with 13 players left. It’s 7 PM and it’s gone FAST today. Just 5 hours ago, there were 32. I want to find out who is still left – most of these players are unfamiliar to me so I want to find out if Annette Obrestad is still playing, because the concept of an 18 year-old female WSOP European Champion is intriguing; Gus Hansen, because he’s with Full Tilt and attracts a lot of attention; and Annie Duke, because she’s my friend.
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I am writing this from a café a block away from the Royal Opera House. It’s 6:15 PM on Monday, September 10. In 30 minutes, I’m meeting Tony Holden for the premiere of the new opera season and a new production, Iphigenia en Tauride.
It’s hard to believe I’ve been here a week – that it’s been that short AND that long. As much as I love London, I find two things about it I don’t like – the food and the expense. And I don’t mind the expense very much.
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Last weekend, Mike Gracz, winner of both a World Series bracelet and a WPT event, was arrested in his home state of North Carolina along with 60 others on the misdemeanor charge of “engaging in a game of chance.” Another 10 were charged with “operating a game of chance.”
What mystified me about this story is how I learned of it. When I signed on to AOL on September 11, it was the lead story on the Welcome page. On September 11.
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On Monday, Thomas Bihl was the first player eliminated from the Main Event. The first WSOP-E bracelet winner, on one of the opening hands, received two queens. The first represented Jennifer Harman, the last and most troublesome of the 104 players vanquished on the way to his HORSE title. What he didn’t realize until too late was that while Harman was busy carving up a nearby table, the other queen was flesh and blood in the form of the woman across from him with a pair of sixes, who made a set on the flop and quads on the turn, after which Thomas put in the last of his chips.
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It seemed a long walk along Park Lane to get to Marble Arch. I had bought a pair of Mephisto walking shoes before the trip for $250 but my feet were throbbing, especially my left foot, as we passed the Dorchester, a luxury auto dealer who offered bulletproofing, and the other tenants fronting Hyde Park, one of London’s richest and most exclusive areas.
Ted and Tibor both decided they needed a bathroom, and fast. They were about to cross into the Park and take their chances in the bushes when we saw a subway entrance that promised a bathroom. We trudged down the stairs and I realized this did not resemble a London Underground station.
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