Above: The August 10 version of Card Player magazine has Brian Rast on the cover. He won the $50K Player's Championship at the WSOP this summer. He also won a bracelet in a $1,500 pot-limit hold'em event.
In an interview, Rast says:
There's a reason why people like tournaments. They're exciting, and there's an opportunity to make a big, life-changing score, but they are also extremely volatile, and variance has a way of picking on some people. Until this summer, I had to force myself into believing that my time was coming after so many near misses.
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On May 13, 2008, I started my blog and made my first post. I had been checking out other blogs and read that Smokee had started a series of free poker tournaments for bloggers. Being
I had been thinking about blogging anyway and the chance to play in a tournament with other bloggers was too tempting. I didn't know how to sign up, but Katitude helped by sending Smokee an e-mail and that was 900 posts ago. Thanks to all of you who come here.
See you at 1800.
ReplyDeleteWrite and we shall read.
ReplyDeleteHBJ : Quite some achievement. And no doubt some following. Although I'm not into the Poker stuf, I like your bridge blogs, location descriptions and stunning photographs.
ReplyDeleteAnd the big wins have made it all just a little more fun.
ReplyDeleteWOW! 900 MOJOisms!
ReplyDeleteCongrats my friend.
900? You da man Mojo. I just barely crossed 100
ReplyDeleteSo by the time you reach 1500 you will have won your first WSOP bracelet?
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