I recently played poker for money for the first time, and I lost a lot of money: $6. (I actually ealier beat the money stealer at his favorite game of Scrabble, which to me is priceless, so I'm not too upset.) This combined with watching hours and hours of some poker tournament on ESPN at the various hotels I've stayed at has given me the idea to have my own poker tournament, and it would be entitled "World Class Poker." What would make this tournament "World Class" you must be thinking. Surely not the players, could he really afford ot bring in Chris Moneymaker or Eddie Lee? Of course not! What would make my tournament "world class" are the stakes. Each player would buy in for the world average weekly wage. The figure of $1 per day has been quoted to me by a fairly reliable source as the daily wage averaged over the entire world, and this would make for a buy in of $5. Look for this tournament to be hosted in an apartment near you sometime soon.
Posted by tdupuy at June 20, 2004 2:37 AM