BLOGGERS TOURNAMENT:COUP’S VIEW

I would like to thank Max Pescatori for spending the entire day with the bloggers at Sam’s Town yesterday. Max,in EU bandana, also cajoled Evelyn Ng into attending just to listen to Charlie Shoten’s presentation and Max allowed Felicia Lee to return home to Arizona with a cowboy hat!

Marcel Luske and young Russian Kirill Girasimov also saw the Vegas eastern block from the back of a limo.

The tournament was tough. As Max said, “This is more intense than a million dollar tournament.” The final four featured two Euro males and two young females. I received a jacket specially made by Check n Raise Poker for my fourth place plus a unique t shirt from All In apparel which should have said, “I didn’t dominate the table.”
After I said farewell to my new blogger friends, I was driven by Max, in his Mini Cooper, to the Bellagio where I was pleased to see both Evelyn and Kirill finish in the money in the $3000 buy in NLHE tournament. That’s good Karma.

I also watched John Juanda heads up against Howard Lederer. That was nearly as intense as the bloggers tournament. Tobey Maquire was in a large cash game with WSOP champ Greg Raymer and Erick Lindgren.

Dick Gatewood provided us with a great breakfast and a good tournament structure. Thanks to Ron Rose for donating copies of his excellent coffee table poker book, “Poker Aces.”

Lets do it again, soon. Any blogger who did not attend, you missed a memorable day. Thanks also to the Pokerprof and Flipchipro for providing the tournament with some dead money.