Cool first day at the Venetian yesterday for the start of the NAPT event. My sense at day’s end was that most everyone — players, tourney organizers, media — felt it more than met expectations. As you’ve probably read elsewhere, the turnout was huge, with 872 players altogether, making the prize pool somewhere in the neighborhood of $4 million
Lennox Chance of AFC Kickboxing and Nick Pace of TSMMA enter the cage to do the dance. Some of you may remember Pace knocking out his opponent with a flying knee at a Bellator event last year. Well, I interviewed Pace after that and he informed me that, yes, he does actually know how to levitate, so we’ll see if he repeats the feat tonight
Next up: Brendan Barrett of Brutal MMA and Joe Abouata of Wilkie’s Warriors in a heavyweight bout. Abouata is what you’d get if you crossed a human’s DNA with a Harley Davidson, but Barrett’s always been a tough, top-level guy
While I’ve been playing online poker for some time, I actually have very little experience with depositing funds onto sites. (Thinly-veiled brag there, as they’d say on the forums.) I opened accounts before the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 became law. Thus was I able to use Neteller to open my first account, then simply shift moneys around to open others
Share World Poker Tour , one of the most recognized names in internationally televised gaming and entertainment, is about to enter the list of the longest running TV shows in U.S history. When the 178th WPT episode airs on Fox Sports Net (FSN), the series will surpass other long running shows such as L.A. Law (171 episodes), Flintstones (166 episodes), Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Magnum PI (each with 162 episodes); and will be right behind classics such as Seinfeld (179 episodes), Golden Girls (180 episodes) and I Love Lucy (179 episodes)
