When To Rob A Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions And Well-Intended Rants - Plot & Excerpts
Levitt still clings to adolescent fantasies of being a professional golfer. Dubner still worships the Pittsburgh Steelers with the intensity of an eleven-year-old. And, somehow, we keep ending up together in Las Vegas. I Hope Phil Gordon Wins the World Series of Poker(SJD) The main event of the World Series of Poker is just getting under way at the Rio in Las Vegas. Why do I want Phil Gordon to win? It’s not just because he’s such a nice guy, or because he’s so smart, or because of his philanthropic endeavors, or even because he’s so tall. It has to do with the game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, aka Rochambeau. Levitt and I were in Vegas recently to do research with a bunch of world-class poker players. Part of that research included a sixty-four-player Rochambeau charity tournament that Phil Gordon organized, and which Annie Duke won. One night, Gordon and his Full Tilt Poker pals threw a big party at Pure, the sleek nightclub at Caesars Palace. It was big and noisy and fun, and I had a long and interesting conversation with Phil Gordon about a number of things.
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