By now perhaps most are aware of the $1 million dollar buy-in World Series of Poker tournament that took place in Las Vegas this past week. Entrants were required to buy in with $1 million dollars. The final table was shown on live TV on Tuesday night -- with a 15-minute delay in the broadcast. The winner's take was just over $18 million!
I have enjoyed playing poker ever since a group of my then current math students taught me how to play. I was the head coach of our school's math team, and the night before a tournament I had entertained a group of the boys at my house. We did a lot of preparation for the tournament, but since all work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy, the guys and I decided to play some cards as a way of taking a break. The boys suggested poker; I had never played poker before; they offered to teach me; the rest is history.
For several years I made regular trips to Tunica, Mississippi, to play in the poker rooms there. Overall, my net take over the years amounts to perhaps about $1500 -- not enough to declare that I actually won anything.
In the meantime, I have enjoyed the fact that poker is offered online. I have played a lot of poker online. Recently I placed 23rd out of 2700 entrants in a Freeroll tournament that paid out real money -- $200 total. My take for finishing 23rd? One dollar!
Paul Newman, playing the part of Fast Eddie Felson in the movie The Color of Money, famously said: "Money won is sweeter than money earned."
How sweet it is! Even if only $1.
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