8 months later...

Well, it has been 8 months since the World Series of Poker and our prop bet, but we are still managing to get press on our crazy adventure. I suppose our antics made quite an impact because just the other day I got my newsletter from the Casino City Times and the headline read, "The top 10 craziest prop bets!" Well, believe it or not we made the list at number 7! This list wasn't limited to poker as well, there were 2 bets that made the list and one was from an episode of the television show Cheers, and another was from an episode of Seinfeld. So it looks like this year will have to be bigger, better, and a little bit more crazy. It will be hard to top, but if anyone can do it, we can. Here is the link to the article from the Casino City Times. Top 10 Bets,"Casino City Times"

My early days of playing poker

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Video from Day 3 and the morning after

Making the final day, and down to the final 2 tables. Finishing well in the money at 17th place. And more importantly I am 2-0 on my prop bets with Gregg. Maybe I will give him hand in washing all of those cars...Nah it's way to hot!

Day 2 Video from the Florida State Poker Championships

Heading back for Day 2 with all the three starting days combined, around 170 players remain.

The Florida State Poker Championships Recap

The Florida State Poker Championships have come to an end. The field started with 410 of the top players in Florida including pros Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, Michael
"The Grinder" Mizrachi, Robert Mizrachi, David "Chino" Rheem Tom McEvoy, Adam "Roothlus" Levy, Hayden Fortinni, and Mike Beasley. There were 3 day 1's and then Day 2 on Monday and the final day was today Tuesday August Tenth. I played some great poker. My day one was on Friday the 6th and I got no cards all day. I really had to work to make it through the day. Lots of bluffs and stealing pots kept me alive to day 2. I made it to Day 2 with about 33k in chips, the average at the time was around 54k. So I was a little short, but I knew I could make it work. Well, within the first few hours I was up to over 100k. I got there by knocking someone out with quad kings. I did make a mistake and took a hit, but played great when Mike Matusow came to my table and tripled up in 2 hands. At about 10 pm the money bubble burst at 41 people. I made the money! We still had 2 hours of play to go. I ended up the day with 259k, below average, but there were only 21 players left and I was moving on to day 3. Day 3 came and a few got knocked out early and I made it to the final 2 tables. The blinds and antes were very big and I wasn't getting any cards. Finally I picked up pocket Queens and pushed all in. I was just hoping to pick up the blinds and antes, but got called by 2 players. One person turned over Ace Queen and the Big Blind had Pocket Kings. The flop came with 2 aces and I was drawing dead. I ended up finishing in 17th place. Getting knocked out was bittersweet because had I won the pot I would have been chip leader and who knows what happens from there, but I cannot dwell on that. I played great and I am proud to be in the top 4 percent of players in Florida. Mike Matusow went on to win the tourney and losing to a world champion is nothing to be ashamed of. All in all, a great experience, and a great tournament! I would like to thank the Isle Casino and the staff for their great hospitality and putting on an incredible tournament. I would also like to thank Ultimate Bet for providing gear to give out. It was a great success all around. Thanks again to all my supporters and fans for rooting me on, it felt great. See you at the next tournament!

I am through to the final day of the Florida State Poker Championships!

Well, Day 2 has come to a close, and once again I am still alive. After playing from noon to midnight I am exhausted. It was definitely a tough day with pros Tom McEvoy, David "Chino" Rheem, Adam "Roothlus" Levy, The Grinder, Robert Mizrachi, and Hayden Fortinni all falling by the way side. I am also 2-0 on my "prop" bet competition with Gregg "Manimack" Mardirosian going out just outside of the money in 52nd place. He did a great job and played great though. I started the day with only 33,000 chips and was up and down all day. I finally got some cards and even knocked someone out with quad Kings. That never hurts. But once again my cards went dead and I had to play my heart out to keep my chips up to make it to the final 3 tables. Especially now that the antes are 1000 and the blinds are 6,000 and 12,000. We ended the day just after midnight with 19 people remaining. I have a chipstack of about 260,000. I think I am still below the average because some people got knocked out at the end chipping up some big stacks. I am looking forward to going back for the final day 3 and I am going to play my heart out. I played well, and whatever happens I am very proud of myself, even getting some praise from Mike "the mouth" Matusow. So wish me luck, and I will be posting again with my final results at the end of the day. Thanks to all who have supported me through this experience, it has been great! You are all dear and invaluable to me, you know who you are. In the picture, I am straight ahead with Mike Matusow to my left and Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson from the Super Bowl XII Dallas Cowboys. (with the cigar)