{"id":5506,"date":"2010-07-04T21:09:04","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T20:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=5506"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:12:00","slug":"checkraising-the-devilfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/checkraising-the-devilfish.html","title":{"rendered":"Jesse May: Checkraising the Devilfish"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I\u2019ve now been in town nearly 48 hours<\/a>. I\u2019ve been up for the last 24, got so drunk I can\u2019t remember what happened, had a great bowl of Pho, a gourmet dinner in the Wynn, cheered on the Devilfish, and scared away Brian Townsend. Feels like Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Poker has gone ahead and grown up without me<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s only been two years since I was last here for the WSOP, but I feel like poker has gone ahead and grown up without me. The space in the Rio for the tournament is so massive!<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t get to watch as much poker as I would have liked to yesterday, but I did have fun sweating Dave \u201cThe Devilfish\u201d Ulliot from the rail for a while at the last three tables of the 10k PLO event.<\/p>\n

Show 2 (July 4th) is online now! Click the play button to listen:<\/strong><\/p>\n[podcast]http:\/\/www.thepokershowlive.com\/media\/mp3\/186.mp3[\/podcast]\nPrefer to download? Right click here<\/a> and Save As.<\/p>\n

The Devilfish is awesome to watch when he\u2019s deep in tournaments. He always plays to the crowd, getting up from his seat in between hands to go and charm ladies on the rail, keeping up a steady patter with Tom Dwan, and acknowledging familiar faces with his eyebrows over the top of his sunglasses.<\/p>\n

He was carrying around an advance copy of his new autobiography, due in stores in September. It\u2019s a thick looking book, but then again the Devilfish has had quite a life. From the rough edges of Hull to the biggest games of Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Is it as good as Checkraising the Devil?<\/h3>\n

\u201cIs it as good as Checkraising the Devil?\u201d I asked him, referring to Mike Matusow\u2019s recent autobiography that has taken the poker world by storm for its brutal honesty. \u201cThis first page here is better than that whole book!\u201d Devilfish laughed, pointing to his blank title page. \u201cAnd there\u2019s nothing on it!\u201d<\/p>\n

Today is July 4th, and I\u2019m headed over to the Rio this evening to try and meet up with some of the Party Poker qualifiers<\/a>, who will be getting a seminar courtesy of Mike Sexton<\/a>, Kara Scott and other Team PartyPoker pros.\u00a0Those words will be worth their weight in gold.<\/p>\n

Mike is tied for second on the list of most cashes in the Main Event, and Kara has only played the Main event twice, yet made it deep into the money on both occasions.\u00a0The Main Event is special, it takes a lot of patience, nerve, and timing. I can\u2019t wait to hear what Mike and Kara have to say about it. And I\u2019d bet on both of them to cash again this year.<\/p>\n

It is hot in Vegas, but only just over 100 degrees. The last couple times I was out this time of year, I remember the thermometer tipping 120. 100 degrees is fairly manageable. I can\u2019t wait to get over and see the new Aria casino and poker room, which everyone is raving about. There\u2019s always a new and bigger and better in Vegas, that\u2019s part of its charm!<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve now been in town nearly 48 hours. I\u2019ve been up for the last 24, got so drunk I can\u2019t remember what happened, had a great bowl of Pho, a gourmet dinner in the Wynn, cheered on the Devilfish, and scared away Brian Townsend. Feels like Las Vegas. Poker has gone ahead and grown up<\/p>\n

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