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I know I haven’t posted since the tournament–and I feel really, truly bad about it–so I wanted to share one story with you.

Very deep into the event, with the tables playing shorthanded (maybe there were 14 players left?), Erik Seidel opened on the button and a young player called him on the big blind. (The age limit for this tournament was 19, so this young player might’ve been very young indeed, but I don’t know for sure.) The flop came down ace-high with two diamonds and the young player led out with a bet. Seidel called. The turn brought a blank and the young player checked. Seidel bet, and young player called. The river brought the third diamond and young player checked again. Seidel tossed a big stack of chips into the pot, and they scattered around his area of the table and took a while to count, but they represented a big bet on Seidel’s part. The young player went into the tank for a long time and eventually called, immediately tabling a weak ace, for top pair-no kicker. Erik tabled two diamonds for the flush and raked in the pot.

As Erik stacked up the chips, the young guy said to him, “please tell me you’re sometimes floating there.”

And then Seidel: “I don’t even know what that means.”

Hah!

I’m heading to Foxwoods next week for the main event of World Poker Finals. In the meantime, remember to vote! And in case you’re unclear who to vote for, know that Barack Obama’s campaign has said that he believes internet gambling should be regulated (i.e., legal), and John McCain has said, “I haven’t thought about the issue.”

Good luck to everyone playing poker the next few days. I’ll post again soon.