It's taught me more about human interaction, which is a big thing on stage.
Chris Moneymaker
That's really cool, where can I get one of those?
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A sort of reaffirmation of a man's station in life.
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Other than that and the fact that I don't have to work any more my life hasn't changed a bit
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I'd guess that out of the last 365 days I've been on the road about 180 of them,.. That's the only drawback to all of this. It keeps me away from home too much.
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But I don't see it that way.
You have it or you don't,.. I think I have it.
It was about midway through the (2003) tournament
Then suddenly it's all over and you've won, and then it's just a matter of it sinking in. I guess that's where I am now.
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I have had the privilege to work with Jeff and his team on a series of licensed products and I was honored to be asked to co-host this tournament with him.
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human stage big thing
But I want people to understand that poker's not all glamorous, it's not all being on TV and making tons of money. It's a hard life. It's a lot of travel. It's a lot of weird hours.
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I don't play a lot of tournaments, but if I don't win a tournament in a year, people are like, 'What in the world is going on?' People don't realize how hard it is to win tournaments. You're not going to go out and play 10 tournaments and win one of them. Your odds aren't that good.
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I've talked a lot with Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem. Being on Team PokerStars with them has helped me out quite a bit. I've traveled around Europe playing with them. I've also talked with Robert Williamson here and there and Jim Worth. So I've had some good people to talk to and bounce ideas off of.
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If you want to make money and have action, you need to work from like, 10 p.m. To 6 a.m. Those are the hours. That just doesn't fit with a lot of people's schedules. And that's just the start of it. You've got to realize what you are getting into.
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If you're a poker player and you show up at a casino at 8 a.m., you're going to be by yourself or with some people that are rocks and just don't give you any action.
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