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Padraig Parkinson came to say hello while I was railbirding Tim on Sunday and it didn't take long for him to have me in stitches. "Where's Phil Helmuth" he shouted at the top of his voice in the poker room (co-incidentally Helmuth had made an excruciatingly embarrassing entrance a few hours earlier). Most people just turned and observed but one old boy came over smiling to Padraig and informed him in equally loud tones "Phil's on the TV table! He's right over there". The Phil Helmuth hat and tee-shirt immediately informed all of us around Padraig that this guy was at worst a relative but certainly a fan.
Of course this didn't stop Padraig, "He's over there! Thank God, that fecker owes me money, he won't be able to hide from me this time" he replied. The look on that old boys face will be with me forever.
I got in on the fun with something I always do whenever I'm lurking around the main event. (FYI I have never played in it). Whenever I see someone I half know (and am not really bothered whether I ever see them again) and they ask me how I'm getting on, I always give the same standard reply. "Unbelievable, I just lost a 150,000 pot with Aces and I'm out". There is one chap in particular that is starting to feel so sorry for me I'm actually starting to feel guilty. This is about the 6th year in a row I've told him the same story and still he believes it. Perhaps he might have even thought of backing me but now thinks I'm so unlucky he will save his money for a luckier player instead.
Finally a question for any of you legal eagles out there, posed by a good friend Julian Gardner last night. A few of us were having a chat when Keith the camel Hawkins described how he was playing on a table with the one blind entrant in the main event. He explained that because the blind player obviously cannot see his cards he has an assistant with him who whispers to him his cards and what the action has been up until it gets to him. Julian's question was what are the legalities on suing his assistant if he is given the wrong information? This isn't as unlikely as it sounds especially if the assistant fancies herself as a bit of a player. For example if the blind man is a bit of a rock she could tell him his jack six off suit is a pair of Aces and he should shovel the lot in.
Having said that, it's not the worst idea: it seemed to work for Jamie Gold.
Comments (3)
Well done Marty, what a win.