Swimming with Sharks

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It's Day 2 of the $10k 6-Handed Championship. I realize I'm nervous in a way I haven't been all summer. Maybe it's because I know it's the last…
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Rec
A group of young women in matching shirts jaywalk in front of Paris as cars blare their horns. The laggard yells out, “so if we don’t get arrested then…
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Storms
I’m at the Venetian for the WPT $5k Main Event. It’s a big tournament, with a $4M prize pool guarantee that’s likely to get smashed. A player at my…
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Hero Calls
Today I’m playing the $5k 8-Handed Freezeout at Paris. It's a great structure but I expect a tough field. Twenty minutes in, I'm put to the test. I pick…
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Cracked
I'm back for Day 2 of the $2.5k, along with 256 other players, but only 205 of us will get paid. I’m 12th in chips, the first time this summer I’ve…
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Big Stack
319 of us are back for Day 3 of the One Drop. I sit with 16 big blinds, ready to practice patience, ready to repeat my run up from a short stack…
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Snowmen
I'm back for Day 2 of the One More for One Drop. Late registration is still open for the next two levels, and the number of entries keep ticking up. I'm…
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Swings
Almost 3,000 players from across four flights converge today for Day 3 of the Main Event. We’re down from 8,663 entries, the second biggest field Main…
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Survival
I took the day off yesterday given my final table run at the Venetian. But my insomnia sinks it’s claws in me, tearing away all night. I get up late…
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Final Table
I still have a couple days before Day 2 of the Main. Given the schedule, if I want to play, I need to enter one day tournaments — any longer risks…
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Turbo
I have a few days off before I come back for Day 2 of the Main, so I enter the $1k Million Dollar bounty tournament. It's a fun format — after the first…
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Lilac
Pink and orange hues crest the mountain before blending into the deep blue desert sky. We hit the runway with a thunderous roar. I'm back. Sixteen hours…
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