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BY: PADRAIG PARKINSON

July 15, 2008 04:25 AM

Just for One Day

For the first time in my life, I cried after getting knocked out of a poker tournament. It wasn't for me, it was for Rob. Rob was the man who made poker what it is today. He was the inspiration behind Late Night Poker, The Poker Show and everything that was a million miles ahead of...

July 13, 2008 07:05 AM

To Play or Not to Play ?

This place wears everybody down eventually. You'd hardly recognise that confident lot that breezed into town about six weeks ago thinking and acting like it was going to be so easy. Their own mothers wouldn't know most of them now. At least the noise level has gone down. The free drink...

July 08, 2008 05:14 PM

Inspiration from Stu

I was at the cage in the Bellagio the other day. While I was hanging about waiting to get my affairs sorted out I overheard a conversation between two of the cashiers. They were looking at two photographs of a guy and one said to the other: "This can't be the same guy, he looks forty...

July 04, 2008 09:04 PM

Whiskey in the Jar

They say God made whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world. They're right of course but every now and again He cuts us a little bit of slack, just for the laugh. This year he chose the $10 000 pot-limit Omaha to give us a day out. And what a day out it was. Two Irish made the final...

July 03, 2008 08:36 AM

Stu, Doyle, Johnny, Dan, Phil… and Billy

There's a new champion every day now. Some great, some good and some that would send you back to buying lottery tickets with new fire in your belly. That's why there is a game. Over time, you can work out which is which. Some guys get lucky once, the true greats write history. The stats...

June 27, 2008 09:27 AM

Magic Potions

I set a new record the other day. Last year I was the youngest player ever to lose his money in a senior's event at the WSOP. This year I became the only guy in the history of the event to lose his money before his 51st birthday. When I decide to set records, I don't fuck about....

June 25, 2008 01:52 AM

Why it Can't Wait Until November

Lots of Europeans think American comedy went into terminal decline after Bilko. They are sorely mistaken. My favourite comedy show on American TV is called "The News". A few days ago they hit new heights. They opened up with a pretty good "Ten Percent of Americans Think Obama is a...

June 19, 2008 05:07 PM

A Mile in Another Man's Shoes

It's a winning or a losing thing. Depending on your stack size, a player walking by the Rio with a ridiculous brand new nickname can make you feel like either laughing or puking. If Martin Wilson had been born 30 years later he'd probably be known as "Supersonic Marty" if his...

June 11, 2008 03:46 AM

Broken Dreams

A dream is what's brought us all here. Dreams are fine unless they become an obsession and start to eat you up inside. The guy who said, "If you can dream it, you can do it" was a tad optimistic at best. He may well have been an idiot. What if everybody has the same dream? I spent...

June 06, 2008 01:21 AM

Treacherous Kickers

I made my first mistake of this year's World Series of Poker about a month before we came here. I booked our flight on American Airlines rather than Air France. I like American Airlines but confidence is what this game is all about and Air France inspire a lot of this by not asking for...

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