As I have posted previously (and what should be abundantly clear), I have always enjoyed a good poker game. I, along with millions of other poker players, have watched the World Series of Poker grow at a phenomenal rate since amateur Chris Moneymaker won the whole thing in 2003, winning his seat through a $40 buy in tournament through PokerStars.
Ever since then, I have watched the coverage every year on ESPN, envious of the people that got a chance to go play in the biggest poker tournament in the world. Well, now I have my chance.
My wife, the saint, who has indulged my poker playing these last few years, gave me a choice for my 50th birthday. I could go play golf at Pebble Beach, or play at the World Series of Poker. It was a harder choice to make than you might imagine. After all, this is a POKER blog, not a golf blog. I mean, my two favorite hobbies are golf and poker. The more I though about it, I decided to play the WSOP, for a couple of reasons. One, no one could afford to go with me to Pebble Beach, and I didn't want to spend my birthday alone. Second, there is a decent chance that my wife would go with me to Pebble Beach in several years after the kids move out and go to college. There is NO way my wife will ever go to a poker tournament with me. I think she would rather have her wisdom teeth taken out than play poker. So that left me with the WSOP.
My brother and I head out to Las Vegas next Thursday, and I am playing in the $1000 buy in bracelet event #36. I also have a lot of friends here in the Dallas area that are going as well. I hope that I have a lot of good news to report when I get back. Who knows, maybe I might win the darn thing.
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