12 Jul 2010
World Series of Poker – Update
Although about 2/3 of the field is gone, Allyn and I are still in. Unfortunately Happy, who had a stream of bad luck, went out late in Day 2.
7,319 players paid $10,000 each to play in this year’s event. The prize pool is about $68,000,000 (after fees and other costs). 747 people will “make the money” ranging from about $19,000 to almost $9,000,000 for the winner.
The field was so large that the first day took four heats and the second day took two.
The remaining 35% of the field will return Monday to play day 3. It will take eight days of play to eliminate all but the final nine players who will return in November for the final table.
More later.
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12 Jun 2010
Men Playing in World Series of Poker Ladies’ Event
A few men used discrimination law to force their way into the WSOP Ladies’ Event. Nobody dislikes discrimination more than I do. These jerks made a mockery of this needed legislation.
The real issue at hand is whether there should be ladies only events. The general theory against it is that poker can be played on a level playing field. There is merit to that argument, especially for professional and other experienced ladies.
More compelling though is that these type of events are good for poker. Ladies represent only about 5 – 10% of the normal tournament population. This event attracts over 1,000 women, many of whom have never played in a tournament before, let alone the World Series.
Poker is very intimidating for anybody the first couple times out. Women just feel more comfortable with women in uncomfortable circumstances. The Ladies' Only Even allows women to comfortably enter the community and grow along with it. Certainly, we will see many of them entering more live tournaments shortly.
Besides, there is extra camaraderie, and it is extra fun for them. That is exactly why I enjoy Senior Events.
If we had a way of verifying entry legitimacy, I would be a fan of having a tournament just for people who have never entered one before. I would be extra lax on rule enforcement, and even encourage the players to ask questions about rules during the event.
By the way, even though I feel so strongly about allowing these special events, they do not qualify for Card Player’s Player of the Year points. Since they are not open to everybody, that would not be equitable.
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01 Jun 2010
World Series of Poker Happenings
The WSOP is off and running. Ty Stewart and his team are to be commended for making it a much smoother and pleasant operation this year.
Happy and I had a TV shoot with Norman Chad, ESPN’s WSOP announcer.
It will be on prior to the showing of the first event this year. It was great fun hearing him refer to poker in 2009 as “The Year of the Shulmans.”
The guy in the picture with me is Randy Couture. We have a lot in common. We both were raised in the Seattle area, and both now live in Las Vegas.
Unlike me, he went on to become the state high school wresting champion, and a college All American.
He is a five time UFC Champion (Ultimate Fighting Championship), and is generally credited with bringing mixed martial arts into the mainstream of American pop culture and sports.
He has a firm handshake.
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28 May 2010
World Series of Poker
Now that I am home, I am getting ready for The World Series of Poker, which will consume several weeks for me starting tomorrow, Saturday, May 29.
I will not be doing daily updates on JetSetWay.com, as I don’t want to inundate family and friends with a barrage of poker info.
I will be switching to my blog CardPlayer.com, which is mainly for poker.
Additionally, I will have short regular updates on Twitter for those who may choose to receive tournament status reports.
The Tweet updates can be found at CardPlayer.com/poker-twitter
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26 May 2010
Igor and Natalia
NEVER have I seen dancers who can perform at the level of Igor Dogoter and Natalia Gorshkova, and I have seen many. Besides living in Las Vegas I have had the privilege of viewing about 100 musicals between New York’s Broadway and London’s West End.
But forget about my opinion; they won the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP of Ballroom Dancing.
So what do they have to do with JetSetWay? Well they just received their green cards and they can now work in the U.S. Allyn and I have been fortunate to watch them many times on cruises during the last three years, and we have become good friends.
They have just moved to Las Vegas with no job, no manager, and no clue as to how to get discovered. However they have total confidence that they will figure things out. I have no doubt at all.
Maybe somebody out there can help point them in the right direction.
They are world-class amazing performers.
For those of you who wonder why we cruise, below are six clips of their performances from our 2010 World Cruise:
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slu9qP-9Q5w
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYDv9cMauR4
3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1m7J3YOZzs
4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYp3z4dFE7A
5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUiebIVCuT8
6) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrF97roLjtI
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