"I Like to Play Cards"
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Vern Laing, down to about 12,000 at present, just called across the table to our current chip leader, Igor Sharaskin, who is sitting behind a massive stack of about 182,000.
"What's your name?" asked Laing. "Igor," came the reply. "You look like you'll make a good champion," said Laing with a smile.
"Better than yourself?" asked Laing's neighbor, Tyler Fields, sitting to his right. "Well..." said Laing, indicating the small size of his remaining stack, which he can hold in one hand.
Laing continued. "I have one simple announced goal here," he said. "To make the money." He went on to explain that he'd never played PLO/8 before, but had picked up some tips from friends, from playing with Phil Hellmuth and others on Day 1, and even from Wikipedia.
"Why did you enter?" asked someone of Laing on learning he'd never played before. Laing shrugged.
"I like to play cards," he answered, and the table nodded approvingly.
Laing has to outlast five more players to make that goal of his, as 95 currently remain.