Friday Feb. 19
My last meeting of a very long day is with a guy named Jim
Hess who is an LA manager that I’m hoping to work with not only because from
all accounts he’s an excellent manager and a good egg, but also because I keep
hearing he’s a poker guy. So much so that in addition to many actors, he also represents Daniel Negreanu and
Phil Helmuth. Our meeting is at 5:00 PM but (as you can imagine) we get to
yacking and I don’t end up leaving his office until about 6 PM. Problem is that
the satellite for tomorrow’s $1650 buy-in started at 5:00 and late registration
ends at precisely 7:15.
Hess who is an LA manager that I’m hoping to work with not only because from
all accounts he’s an excellent manager and a good egg, but also because I keep
hearing he’s a poker guy. So much so that in addition to many actors, he also represents Daniel Negreanu and
Phil Helmuth. Our meeting is at 5:00 PM but (as you can imagine) we get to
yacking and I don’t end up leaving his office until about 6 PM. Problem is that
the satellite for tomorrow’s $1650 buy-in started at 5:00 and late registration
ends at precisely 7:15.
If you know anything about LA traffic you know that the only
way I could get from Beverly Hills to Commerce Casino at the height of
rush hour in 75 minutes would be to have super powers. And if I had super
powers why the fuck would I be wasting my time with poker when I could spend
that valuable time using my x-ray vision to see through women’s dresses?!
way I could get from Beverly Hills to Commerce Casino at the height of
rush hour in 75 minutes would be to have super powers. And if I had super
powers why the fuck would I be wasting my time with poker when I could spend
that valuable time using my x-ray vision to see through women’s dresses?!
I get a little lucky though, and what would be a 25 minute
drive with no traffic, takes exactly 74 rush hour minutes. Exactly. I drop my
convertible Mustang off to the apple-polishing valet guy at 7:14 and take the stairs to the second
floor ballroom two at a time, and I register at exactly 7:15. Exactly.
drive with no traffic, takes exactly 74 rush hour minutes. Exactly. I drop my
convertible Mustang off to the apple-polishing valet guy at 7:14 and take the stairs to the second
floor ballroom two at a time, and I register at exactly 7:15. Exactly.
I sit down with a stack of 8000 and the blinds are already
300-600. I get dead cards for the first two rounds and now I’m at 3100 with the
BB about to be 1000 and I’m wondering why I even made the effort. I finally
look down at AQ and shove and get called by A8 only to chop it on an ugly
river. Not my night, you say? Pshaw, I say. From that point on I grinded that
little stack into a monster and was one of 23 (out of 187) winners of a seat for
the next day’s tournament. Nice. Saves me the 1650 samolians I was prepared to
shell out.
James Woods, the actor, is in the house, and apparently he has played in virtually every tournament and satellite available since the series started three weeks ago. And he won the OMAHA $1100 buy-in which paid 21K for first. He looks just like James Woods but older. Here he is.
300-600. I get dead cards for the first two rounds and now I’m at 3100 with the
BB about to be 1000 and I’m wondering why I even made the effort. I finally
look down at AQ and shove and get called by A8 only to chop it on an ugly
river. Not my night, you say? Pshaw, I say. From that point on I grinded that
little stack into a monster and was one of 23 (out of 187) winners of a seat for
the next day’s tournament. Nice. Saves me the 1650 samolians I was prepared to
shell out.
James Woods, the actor, is in the house, and apparently he has played in virtually every tournament and satellite available since the series started three weeks ago. And he won the OMAHA $1100 buy-in which paid 21K for first. He looks just like James Woods but older. Here he is.
Stay tuned for more.
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