WSOP Interns

In case it's not clear, we love the VIP room. I know that we previously stated that Humberto was our favorite player, but I think we are allowed to have more than one. Right? Right. Flaminio Malaguti and Joe Reitman definitely rank up there with Humberto.

I know they may not be the most famous poker players in the world, but if you don't know them, you should check them out. Flaminio is from Venice, Italy, and is a former professional soccer star in his homeland and also appeared in some movies. I hung out with him (in the VIP room, of course) and he taught me how to play Deuce to Seven, Triple Draw. A very easy game to play, but I would get destroyed in the real world. He is also really charitable. With the Ante up for Africa event coming up, Flaminio, Justin (another intern), Alan (my supervisor), and myself talked about the crisis in Darfur for probably around an hour. He is very passionate about the cause and is going to do a documentary in which ALL proceeds will go to Darfur. Watch him play at the charity event on July 5.

Over the past couple days, Amity and I have been hanging out with Joe Reitman a lot. He is an actor/poker player/director/writer from Boston. Probably one of the coolest guys I've met... ever. (Gary Wise is the coolest, obviously.) He has shown us some of his short films, including one entitled "Leo," which he is entering into one of the film festivals this year, Sundance maybe. Another cool thing he has done is let us read his scripts that he sent to the Craig Ferguson show. He gets word on if they like them sometime after July 4th. Best of luck, Joe. I thought they were funny, hopefully Craig will too. One last thing about Joe, he said Amity and I could be his interns. P.A.s actually. (That's short for Personal Assistants, if you were curious.). So if anyone asks, I'm Joe Reitman's P.A.

Moving from one Ferguson to another, I played Chris Ferguson in pool. Devotees will remember that I beat Johnny Chan in pool earlier in the Series. I was not as fortunate this time. But Chris Ferguson and geometry? Come on, of course he's good. That makes me 1 and 1 against Main Event winners. But wait, since Johnny won the Main Event twice, should I get two wins for beating him? On a side note, while playing, Chris took off his hat and jacket, and he just didn't look like Chris Ferguson anymore.

Now for the coolest media guy I've met... (Okay, 2nd to Gary Wise) Eric Brewstein from No Limit Management. Besides the fact that he wears shirts that are drawn on with a sharpie, he is a really interesting guy. Not only does he keep us entertained, but he got us those awesome Full Tilt patches that I always see Ivey and Lederer wearing. Heck yes! He also said that all his interns get glocks, then he said he'd get me a glock, so ifso-facto, he offered me a job.

Okay, I'm done. No blog from Amity this time. I know, I know, slacker right? Not really though. Contrary to what you may think from all this VIP time, we have been really busy here lately, so if you will excuse me, its time to get back to work...

--H