Last night, I went to the NBC Heads-Up Championship drawing party with my friends Alec Torelli and Luke Kim.† When we were in LA for the LAPC commerce event, Alec ran around enthusiastically telling everyone in the immediate vicinity that he got into the NBC Heads-up Championship immediately after reading the email form.† Later in a more calm mood, he †read the whole email and realized that he was only invited to the pre-party, not the actual tournament.† I found this quite humorous as he had to explain this to several people who were at the party who he had informed that he was invited.† I love seeing Alec in pain.†

Immediately upon getting there I saw the legendary Finnish player Ziigmund who is known to enjoy a drink or two.† So I instantly walked up to him and insisted that him and his friend yasper take tequila shots with me.† He resisted at first but I eventually goaded him into doing a shot with me J.

Another amusing anecdote was meeting Phil Ivey.† He is arguably the most famous poker player, but I blatantly asked him, ìSo, whatís your name?î† Ivey is a great hand-reader, so he could tell that I was joking and gave a wry smile.

I also got involved in pure gambling with Erick Lindgren, Alec, and Luke.† Curiously, there were 127 dice strewn around Pure Nightclub, so we decided that the highest roll would scoop.† I broke about even shooting dice with E-Dog, Alec and Luke. with wagers ranging from $400 to $1000.

Off to a poker game.† More soon.† Didnít want to be boned for $50.