Man, 24 year old actress/singer Tiffany Michelle is kicking ASS and taking names in this year's World Series of Poker Main Event.
She's currently 6th with only 38 players left out of a starting field of 6844. She's playing great poker. Every well known pro, except Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow' is out of the tourney.
It's fun as some multimillion dollar pots go by.
Last year's winner ($9 million and change) was an immigrant psychologist named Jerry Yang. He was so poor in his native Cambodia that all they had to play with was an inflated pig's bladder. He came with his family after surviving the Pol Pot regime and years in refugee camps to earn a Master's Degree.
The greatest thing I read while the final table was playing was that he used breaks to go into the bathroom and pray. He promised God he'd use his winnings to help people. He's done just that - building schools, a hospital, and setting up scholarship programs all over the place in partnership with other poker players pro and amateur alike. Great guy who deserved to win. He started as the short stack at the final table and knocked out every other player. Amazing to watch last year.
This year, they're not going to play the final table (everyone who makes it there is an instant millionaire) until November. They're going to do a reality type show about the players to build interest. Should be pretty cool.
It's also refreshing to see good play. I play online, but I've pretty much quit (after winning several large tournaments) because the players in the lower stakes tournaments I play ($10-20 buyins) play any two cards and call anything. Tired of "bad beats' by idiots who must be drunk or something, but manage to beat my AA pocket pair with crap cards that catch lucky boards. LOL
WSOP.com has a running "Updates' section if anyone is interested in reading the blog describing key hands.
