Tony Guerrera

I'm sitting in my apartment in Pasadena, diligently working on Tournament Killer Poker by the Numbers and missing all the action going on at Commerce's LA Poker Classic. To rub salt in the wounds, John Vorhaus (JV), Mr. Killer Poker himself, gives me a call to tell me about how he just won $200 in a prop bet. The story, as I gathered from him over the phone a few minutes ago, went as follows.

JV was at a table in tonight's $540 NLHE tournament, and he and another player noticed a camera overhead. The other guy said that he'd offer JV $100 to moon the camera. JV faked for his belt and the guy went for his wallet. At that point, JV said it would have to be $200. Another guy at the table said he'd throw in $100. So, much to the dismay of the player sitting next to him, JV mooned the camera and came out $200 richer. Moral of this story: always look for ways to profit at the poker table outside of simply playing awesome poker!

Unfortunately, JV was knocked out tonight's tournament before the dinner break, meaning that he didn't follow up his huge performance from Tuesday's $540 event (he placed 18/730 in that one for a nice payday). I'm confident that he'll get a big final table someday soon though (besides his final table at the senior's event at the 2006 WSOP). Wow...I can't believe that a guy old enough to play in the senior's event at the WSOP is mooning cameras!

Do you know why I'm so confident? After being busted from the $540 tourney, JV took the $200 he got for mooning the camera, entered a Super Satellite, and won a seat into the $10,000 main event! He won't be playing with $10,000 or even $200 on the line; instead, his ass will be on the line! I'll be rooting for JV not only because he's a great friend with his ass on the line, but also because a televised final table would be huge for my book sales...go Killer Poker