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An Appointment with a Bottle of Champagne — Nine Years Later

An Appointment with a Bottle of Champagne — Nine Years Later

Posted by on Jul 25, 2015 in Blog, General Poker, Personal | 1 comment

 

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Following PART 1 and PART 2, here’s the story of my favorite dinner of the 2015 World Series of Poker, in other words — my top choice out of 51 such engagements.  There’s also a brief interlude of thanks to some friends who presented me with various gift bottles of wine and assorted liquors, which sufficiently swayed me enough to write positive things about them here. 

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My Favorite Dinners (2015 World Series of Poker)

My Favorite Dinners (2015 World Series of Poker)

Posted by on Jul 17, 2015 in Blog, Personal | 3 comments

 

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Oh, What a Night! An amazing cast of poker characters — including Tony Hachem, Shane Warne, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem, Brian Rast, Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari, and his Dad, me on the bottom left, and lots of other cool people, too. At the SECOND BEST dinner I attended at the 2015 WSOP What was the best? Read on.

 

Between May 26 and July 15, I worked 51 consecutive days and nights at the 2015 World Series of Poker.  These moments were the best of those days and nights.

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Thoughts on Oklahoma Johnny Hale’s Pledge of Allegiance Controversy at the WSOP

Thoughts on Oklahoma Johnny Hale’s Pledge of Allegiance Controversy at the WSOP

Posted by on Jun 20, 2015 in Blog, Personal, Politics, Rants and Raves, World Series of Poker | 19 comments

 

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The views expressed are strictly my own and do not reflect the opinions nor the positions of the World Series of Poker, Caesars Interactive Entertainment, or the Rio Las Vegas.

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Quit Badgering Me With Small Talk

Quit Badgering Me With Small Talk

Posted by on Jun 15, 2015 in Blog, Personal, Rants and Raves, World Series of Poker | 9 comments

 

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I hate small talk.

What’s the most annoying string of words that stream from the human mouth, other than “Can I  borrow money?”  Consider these three words:  How are you?  Other variations of this persistent irritation include the following — How’s it going?  What’s going on?  You doing okay?

Quit it.  Just stop.  I’m begging you.

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