Friday, May 2, 2008
THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER DID WHAT TO WHAT?
You're playing in a poker tournament along with, say, 5,483 other contestants. Day 1 goes by and you've survived, Day 2 comes and goes and you're still stockpiling chips, Day 3 arrives and you start barreling over your opponents with your chip stacks, and pretty soon you find yourself at the final table. Nine players left. You feel like you're on the roll of a lifetime; you're playing the rush, as they say. Now you're ready to take on the lights and the atmosphere of the feature table at the Rio...
...and you've gotta wait four months.
The World Series of Poker announced that for this year's main event, which will take place in the first half of July, play will stop once the final table of nine players is set...and will not continue until November.
My initial reaction was, "WTF"? Note: I actually said the letters in that abbreviation.
Man, I hope this works. Right now it sounds incredibly silly.
Kentucky Derby pick: I don't know anything about horse racing, really. But I do think that the favorite Big Brown's being stuck in position 20 means he has a considerable portion of track to make up during the run. It's not a whole lot but down the stretch it could make the difference. My guess is Colonel John. Take that, Vegas!
...and you've gotta wait four months.
The World Series of Poker announced that for this year's main event, which will take place in the first half of July, play will stop once the final table of nine players is set...and will not continue until November.
My initial reaction was, "WTF"? Note: I actually said the letters in that abbreviation.
Man, I hope this works. Right now it sounds incredibly silly.
Kentucky Derby pick: I don't know anything about horse racing, really. But I do think that the favorite Big Brown's being stuck in position 20 means he has a considerable portion of track to make up during the run. It's not a whole lot but down the stretch it could make the difference. My guess is Colonel John. Take that, Vegas!
