True Story…
When I landed in Las Vegas last Tuesday morning, I noticed the stitching was unraveling on my Chuck Taylors. My new black slip-ons from Zappos had been on my feet only four hours (three of which were inflight) before the tragedy occurred. I knew Zappos would remedy the problem efficiently, however, they actually exceeded my expectation. They told me to keep them, sent a new pair overnight and upgraded my account to VIP. Even better, I was polite and friendly so my upgrade didn’t cost me an emotional hangover.
The only correlation between my unraveling Chucks and Phil Ivey winning his 8th WSOP bracelet was that they happened the same morning. But that particular morning, well… things went from weird to wild. Two hours later, I was on the Amazon Ballroom floor walking towards the last media soul remaining… BJ Nemeth. It was 11am and Nemeth hadn’t been to sleep yet, however, he still managed to find an accurate answer to everything. His sleep deprivation exceeded mine, therefore, I gave him my semi-final opinion on which pics to upload and he (loving my pics) encouraged the Allen “Badass Chainsaw” Kessler post. Kessler made his seventh cash yesterday. Badass.
In the middle of our giddy delirium, we somehow created The WSOP Talent Show. I won’t be entering because, unfortunately for the audience, I retired the kazoo in 1999. Instead, I’m going to ask BJ if he can perform a scene from Legends of the Fall wearing a bearskin coat. Another poker media star… I hear Benjo is an excellent stand-up comic but I think he has better odds winning as a banjo player. None of this makes any sense other than finding an opportunity to write Benjo and the Banjo and BJ and the Bear.
I know this post begins with true story but that was to throw in a little excitement. Kind of a bait and switch, not really, more like….hmmm, boring but mostly true except the bear and the banjo. Plus, now that I’ve said this post was boring… it pretty much makes the entire story true. Just reducing liability.
In Tejas for a few days as I get my baby chicks off to camp. Then I return to the Amazon jungle on the 30th. I will have new Converse (again) and I might even take the Zappos tour.
If you’re interested in entering a Talent Show…ask BJ Nemeth. See his great WSOP photos here.
Ah the fuzziness has set in and what better person to share it with than a sleep deprived BJ.