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@NikkiLimo did have a point though about running tournaments and make them look like cash games. The OG Poker After Dark way back in the day used bundles of cash for their winner take all SNGs for NBC. Also always using the dollar sign $ behind chip counts.
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You can't reference the Phil Laak 115 hours straight without mentioning the greatest poker clip of all time.
In 2010, Phil Laak played poker for 115 hours straight and broke the world record.
On June 2, he sat down at a $10/$20 no-limit game at the Bellagio, and he didn’t plan on getting up anytime soon.
To break the record, he had to pass 72 hours. He was allowed one 5-minute break an hour. He had no caffeine, just a spoonful of amino acids now and then. Every dollar he raised went to Camp Sunshine, a camp for kids with life-threatening illnesses.
Hours 37 and 67 nearly broke him. At hour 72, he started to feel better. It helped that his partner, Jennifer Tilly, was by his side, even taking shifts on the crew that documented everything for Guinness.
Around hour 77, he was down $17K. Then he got it all in with pocket aces against Antonio Esfandiari’s queens. They ran it four times, the aces held every time, and the Bellagio poker room went wild.
Then he just kept playing. He finally stopped at 115 hours, 43 hours past the old record, and walked away $6,766 up.
16 years later, Guinness still lists him as the record holder.
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The Reserve sent this out yesterday. I think the turn out for this event will be pretty big considering how starved for poker the Detroit area is.
Only 400 spots for parking in the main lot. There is a shuttle service running 9am to Midnight which is about a mile away. @WSOP
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lol, isn't this basic BBQ dad stuff.
No "baseball" player is capable of doing this. They need a "glove" to catch a ball which is softer than a cricket ball and is hit way slower.💀
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Baseball players have made numerous barehanded and one-handed catches in MLB games. Baseballs exit the bat at much higher speeds than struck cricket balls; cricket balls are harder and heavier.
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Everyone in the comments saying I have the poster, but thats not the poster. This was the poster inside the album. @GregRenoff did an amazing write up about the shoot. medium.com/cuepoint/the-priv…
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Lets blame that thing that happened 6 years ago that we got 300k cash for. Nobody born after 1970 has ever said "Hey, lets go to Sign of The Beefcarver"
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Agreed, commercials are getting out of hand and I just want to share the joy of america's pasttime with my children.
The generation complaining about this grew up in an era when SNL had to parody all of the bikini beer ads.
Hey @MLB - wanna get more kids watching baseball?
Maybe start with the commercials.
Watching the playoffs tonight with my kids and here's the rundown:
- Megan Fox selling ED pills in a red bodysuit
- The scariest movie trailer you've ever seen
- Sydney Sweeney in zero clothes promoting betting on sports
Leagues can't figure out why kids don't watch.
You don't need a Nickelodeon game. You're not the Savannah Bananas.
Just show baseball in a way I can leave on in my house.
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