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PLO a bust

by Lee Watkinson |  Published: Feb 17, '09

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Just got back to my room after busting out of the $5000+$5000 Pot Limit Omaha at the Commerce. I got it in with the nut straight in a three way pot where I could only lose if the board paired, it did. It was a good event only 50 players, but still over $200k for 1st place.
I was eating lunch with Erck Seidel before the event talking about my experience with the jewelry at the Grammys last week and I mentioned that one of my favorite people I met there was Bob, one of the Drug Counselor on "Celebrity Rehab". I told Erick how they had invited him to the event and not told him it was a formal dress event. Bob had come dressed as he always does and was more comfortable hanging out with us in the gifting suite, then being the only guy in the ballrom not wearing black.
Erick had never seen Celebrity Rehab (I am adicted, to the show), but when I said that Bob used to be the lead singer for a band, called Thelonious Monster, Erick lit up and said "Bob Forrest?!, he had one of the greatest albums ever! Bicycle Thief, with the guy from Red Hot Chilli Peppers!"
Erick hadn't heard what had happened to Bob and feared the worst, because he new he was a wildman with a bad drug problem back in the day. He said it totally made his day to hear that Bob was doing well.
Erick let me borrow his ipod later at the table to listen to some of Bicycle Thief, and it is, in fact, some fantastic music.
Well I am out of here in the morning and I will, be back Saturday for the main event.

Lee Watkinson has accumulated nearly $4 million in tournament winnings over his career. His accomplishments include a World Series bracelet in the 2006 $10,000 pot-limit Omaha event and an eighth-place finish in the 2007 WSOP main event. Lee is a Full Tilt Pro and uses his poker winnings to help a chimpanzee rescue charity. Learn more about Lee at his website, www.leewatkinson.com.

 
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