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I sat behind Clonie Gowen when she played Kristy Gazes in the first round of the NBC Heads-Up Championship back in March. The match was much anticipated (as much as something can be anticipated in the short period between the pairings party and the match itself) because both were women, both attractive, both friends, and both affiliated with Full Tilt. They even upped the stakes by buying identical pairs of Jimmy Chu high-heels after the pairings party and declaring that the loser had to pay, or pay for the winner’s next pair.
Clonie was feeling good about the state of her game, and she tends to shine when the spotlight is on. So it was disheartening when nothing went right in the match against Kristy. Gazes played great, both in that match and throughout the Heads-Up Championship, but she was also foiling Clonie with good cards. When Clonie made a move, Kristy had a hand. When Clonie had a hand, Kristy had a better one. Gowen was immediately behind, the margin soon became large, and the match was quickly over. The disappointment was evident on Clonie’s face when I approached her a moment later.
“I feel like I just had bad sex.”
Now I know what she meant.
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We’re just a few minutes before starting FTOPS #4, the $1,000 + $60 buy-in NLHE hosted by Gavin Smith. Well over 800 starters, including yours truly. First prize may exceed $200,000.
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I returned from my Dad’s birthday party in time to catch the final table of the second FTOPS event, Pot Limit Omaha with rebuys.
But first, the tease.
My Full Tilt tournament-director buddy, Disco Stu, dropped this tidbit in my lap: the winner of FTOPS #1 last night, get_that, has made the final table of the WSOP Main Event within the last three years.
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It’s killing me that I’m not playing in this one. The number of hundred-dollar rebuys I could have blown is unimaginable. At least I know I could have bought my way to the first break, something my skill was unable to achieve for me yesterday. With or without me, the FTOPS goes on, and today it’s Pot Limit Omaha with rebuys, hosted by Eric Froelich.
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FTOPS is going to be very, very big. Tonight’s $200 +$16 NLHE had a $300,000 Guarantee, meaning they expected around 1,500 to play. They got 2,573 for a prize pool of over half a million dollars. I contributed my share and grabbed myself a primo seat on the rail to watch almost all of it.
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[Note: This is a multipart series, which is largely written. I'll be sharing it periodically during the FTOPS. I'm playing tonight in FTOPS #1. I willi be missing the beginning of FTOPS #2 and #3 but will be around for Gavin Smith's $1000 buy-in NLHE in FTOPS #4. I will try to keep you updated on my own performance, the play of the pros, and any other interesting stuff as the FTOPS proceeds.]
I spent the evening of April 19 in the showroom of Fletcher Jones Imports, a Mercedes dealership on West Sahara in Las Vegas. I was advising Ted Forrest on the particulars of buying a new car, in this case a Mercedes S 550. We spent most of it in the company of Davi “DJ” Juneja, a car salesman who must meditate a lot because he had to be a Zen master to handle what we put him through.
So how did we get here? Why was Ted Forrest buying a new car? Believe me; it wasn’t his idea. And why was I here advising him and taking notes? The answers to these questions are long and, maybe, not completely satisfying ….
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I am honestly not writing this to brag. At least, I am not writing it ENTIRELY to brag.
For the second time in four days, I won the $13,000 Guarantee on Full Tilt. I want people to know about this for the simple reason that I spent a year learning how to play tournament poker from a dozen of the best in the world. My education is being published in book form and on June 1, when Warner Books releases THE FULL TILT POKER STRATEGY GUIDE: TOURNAMENT EDITION, everyone will have a chance to learn what I learned.
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I’m completing my first month as a “red” Full Tilt Pro. It’s been a remarkable experience and I’d like to share several aspects with you. Maybe this can also serve as a place I can send people when they see me on Full Tilt in red and ask “Who is Michael Craig?”
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Earth Man, Pretty Woman
On Saturday night, I got to visit with Richard Brodie and share a cigar. He called me up and told me he had a last minute opening for me to join him at some ultra-luxe VIP event at the Wynn. I was wearing shorts and sandals and playing a slot machine, so I raced upstairs to change, then to the car, then through traffic, then through the Wynn to the far-off banquet room where the event was being held. Brodie called me twice to ask what was taking so long.
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The Tiger and the Iceman
Leaving the Bellagio on Monday, April 9, I stopped for breakfast in the hotel. I always feel awkward eating alone and usually bring something to read. But my car was packed to the gills and I walked in empty handed. Luckily, I found a copy of M Magazine, “the lifestyle magazine of MGM Mirage.” There was a Q & A with Tiger Woods about his TigerJam charity event, scheduled this year for May 26 at Mandalay Bay.
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