Twenty years ago, when my poker was on the stage of evolution called “card which is stronger?” I accidentally came across an early edition of the journal, like those that you are currently reading, and read an article on a decent poker player and writer Susie Isaacs (Susie Isaacs). I was so impressed that she wrote that soon he began to write about poker. You will probably decide that all of his writing career, I was obliged to Susie and the unusual article. What was she? I’ll talk about it at the end of this article, but do not ask to jump through the pages, because I have no less important offer. As some know, I have a lot of what I do in the poker community. At one time I was a speaker, a commentator of poker tournaments on television, blogger, consultant, oh, yes, I even made the final table World Series of Poker, as we say our urchin everywhere ripe. Perhaps because I am such a ubiquitous and can be due to the fact that I skillfully execute their role, but recently in my apartment there was a very strange phone call from the anonymous person who works now in a private company Harrah’s Entertainment. The caller, call it, for example “large stack”, told me the amazing news about the WSOP this year. When I asked him if I could share this news with you, my dear readers, he said something like, “What do you think, moron, which I’ll call?” Well, well, it’s done. As you know, this year’s WSOP held from May 30 to July 17, and scheduled more than 55 tournaments, tournaments do not think a “second chance” raffles bracelets as a consolation prize, and activities related to the double discount. And news that I told “big stack” was to schedule a new tournament, which has never been performed. Ladies and gentlemen, you are ready to take part in WSOSP (World Series of Strip Poker), World Series of strip poker? Better hurry up with the answer, because coming up soon significant innovations. I even know what you think, you think it was a joke, right? Strip poker is not a real poker is a game for fun, in fact, just an excuse to drink tequila and undress. I voiced these thoughts, but the “big stack”, once again, called me a jerk, and told him to shut up and listen to what I actually did. It seemed that the “think tank” composed of the heads of Harrah’s (and this may include, but may not include players of the Advisory Board), beating over how to implement strip-poker in real poker. They concluded that the main problems related to this game with a different number and nature of interest rates, and the difficulty is how to evaluate them, for example, if you put a jacket or shoes against the cap. Plus, no matter how many layers of clothing you wear a precaution, these rates will still be insufficient to began a lively game of poker. To solve these problems, the tournament will be structured as follows: for each player at the beginning of the tournament will be on 10 items of clothing. Moreover, the garment is considered to be “all that can be removed” from her dress and finishing ring. But by itself will not wear in-game. Instead, each player will start-up capital of $ 2,000 chips, blinds with the standard structure as for any WSOP tournament with rebuys. But – that’s the lies the beauty of this plan – when a player has no chips left, but he wants to buy them, he or she can not carry out Buy-in cash, and using the subject’s wardrobe. Everyone who takes part in the tournament comes to secure, and it has 10 potential riba, and the choice of when and how to use them and use if at all. I knew immediately that it was precisely this is the real game, the strategy of strip poker. Indeed, the modest, quiet and weak players, having lost their chips, can not use the rebuy and just walk away from the table. Loose players – and the word “loser” gets a whole new meaning – can be immediately and frequently exercise the right to Buy-in chips, as long as they are things that have real value. Players who use their own purposes to stress the raffle prizes, can change their tactics, and force other participants to make rebuys. And every wrong decision brings them closer to full nudity. And any thing that is not removed to Buy-in chips to be removed in later tournaments, as the blinds. This will mean the end of the informal dokupochnogo period, and the blinds will be, say, 1,000-2,000, players will still be able to exchange the latest object of his clothes in one big blind and the only chance for glory at the WSOP. As for WSOP glory, according to the “big stack”, it will strip poker in the first place. Since many players crave gold WSOP, Harrah’s executives decided to give them a chance, albeit an extreme. Moreover a new idea came to mind channel ESPN, which plans to broadcast the tournament on the new channel ESPNX, which also will show the transfer of dedicated snowboarders naked, and fights both sexes, buttered. It is not known whether these events to comment on Norman Chad (Norman Chad) and Lon MakEhern (Lon McEachern), sincerely hope not. I asked the opinion reasonably “large stack”, I’m sure if he really what people want to participate in the tournament. He suggested that some naturally refuse, because spending too much time at the poker table, but not in the gym. Others may deem it transcendent, since their opponents will see them in hideous shape in the later stages of the tournament. But for Hollywood, “Narcissus” and strong body of people recently who are in the poker industry, such obstacles are not a limiting factor, they make the game more interesting and more acute. And what do you say? Are you ready to play in the tournament World Series of Strip Poker? Probably this year, it will be very little the WSOP on the number of participants, therefore, you have the chance to stand out. If you’re willing to stake their dignity, as doing it with chips, then go ahead. To paraphrase Karl Marx, you also have nothing to lose except the clothes. And finally, the most important thing. Article written by Susie back in 1988, one of its many splendid articles devoted to the day of fools and the stories of drawings, which she wrote and year after year. I always loved reading her article, I hope you like – mine.
