World
Poker Open - Day 6
I
walked into the dealer break room today
and saw four or five day shift dealers
relaxing. The thing most remarkable to
me was that they were smiling, all of
them. Six days into the tournament and
still smiling. We have to be doing something
right. One of them asked how we were going
to expand our tournament space to accommodate
next years growth. Good question I thought.
But what a nice problem to have.
One
notable personality seen was Scotty Nguyen.
Yep Scotty's here. I understand he went
out to Beale Street in Memphis tonight.
I've never been there at night and made
a mental note to do so after the World
Poker Open is over.
Would
have walked right pass Dewey Weum if he
hadn't spoke to me directly. Nice to have
a conversation with someone that doesn't
involve a food comp. Dewey's a great guy
and I like him a lot. Saw the other Dewey
too, Dewey Tomko. I wonder if there was
ever a final table that included Weum,
Tomko and Ungar. Dewey, Dewey and Stuey.
Sounds like a law firm. Also in attendance
was Dr. Max Stern and his always gracious,
smiling wife Maria. Ken Skyhawk Flaton
showed up here today also. Seems like
everyone is here and the amazing thing
is they are all happy to be here too.
Here's
a come on this didn't really happen story.
A player who will go nameless mailed in
a $10,000 check to cover the entry for
our final event and couldn't understand
why we hadn't received it. He eventually
got the letter returned to him and the
reason was he forgot to stick a 34 cent
stamp on it. Ripley's you listening?
Thanks
for reading. It's been a long day. It
amazes me how much intensity this tournament
places on it's workers and yet how well
they handle it. The staff here is great.
I'd go to bat for any one of them, and
that includes the temporary hires. Don't
believe me? Come on down to the Gold Strike/Horseshoe
World Poker Open and see for yourself.
Gary (...) Philips
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