Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Poker's Next Ambassador?
Wow. Very exciting stuff from the 2007 WSOP. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Check out the Video. I predict another surge in poker's popularity just based on the likability of this year's winner. Compare the likability Jerry Yang to the previous two main event champions (Gold and Hachem). There just couldn't be a sharper contrast.
My three big observations from this year's main event....
#1 - I think we've seen a pretty rapid acceleration of Asian and Middle Eastern players in the top tiers of poker. Am I wrong here or have there been an whole lot of Asians or Middle Easterners making final tables and winning bracelets this year?
#2 - So I've been playing a bunch of on-line SNGs lately. I'm guessing that I play between 5 and 10 of these per week. I thought I was racking up some pretty good experience. Then, I read the story that this year's fifth place player and new poker millionaire, Hevad RainKhan, was investigated once for playing more than 40 SNGs simultaneously on PokerStars. He is claiming that he has played over 35,000 SNGs on PokerStars. I figure it will only take me about 67 years to play 35K SNGs at my current pace. How can an ordinary, working man, such as myself compete with that type of experience? The answer - I can't.
#3 - I watched some of the bracelet events on ESPN. As the cameras pan across the vast Amazon room at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino, I realized how much I really wanted to get back there. It's really an exciting and fun place to be. Next year fo' shizzle!.....and the trip will most definitely include an afternoon of watching NBA summer league action at the Thomas and Mack.
My three big observations from this year's main event....
#1 - I think we've seen a pretty rapid acceleration of Asian and Middle Eastern players in the top tiers of poker. Am I wrong here or have there been an whole lot of Asians or Middle Easterners making final tables and winning bracelets this year?
#2 - So I've been playing a bunch of on-line SNGs lately. I'm guessing that I play between 5 and 10 of these per week. I thought I was racking up some pretty good experience. Then, I read the story that this year's fifth place player and new poker millionaire, Hevad RainKhan, was investigated once for playing more than 40 SNGs simultaneously on PokerStars. He is claiming that he has played over 35,000 SNGs on PokerStars. I figure it will only take me about 67 years to play 35K SNGs at my current pace. How can an ordinary, working man, such as myself compete with that type of experience? The answer - I can't.
#3 - I watched some of the bracelet events on ESPN. As the cameras pan across the vast Amazon room at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino, I realized how much I really wanted to get back there. It's really an exciting and fun place to be. Next year fo' shizzle!.....and the trip will most definitely include an afternoon of watching NBA summer league action at the Thomas and Mack.
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Watching NBA Summer League action and hangin out with Chris McCoskey and Cheike Samb was definitely a highlight to the trip.
And you hanging out with Chauncey and Tyrone Lue at the Spearmint Rhino...A memory that will last a life time.
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And you hanging out with Chauncey and Tyrone Lue at the Spearmint Rhino...A memory that will last a life time.
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