I’m off to the WSOP (World Series of Poker) July 4th. Its one of the unchecked items on my bucket list and I’m thrilled to get the chance to play Texas Hold’em with the best poker players in the world. I have no delusions of grandeur, of outplaying the Daniel Negreanu’s, Phil Ivey’s or the Doyle Brunson’s, but as any poker player knows, luck gives even the least of us a fighting chance. It’s not the money. If I win anything, its going to charity. No, it’s the adrenaline rush of re-raising a guy who’s got you beat with nothing more than a flush draw and watching him fold his hand. It’s knowing that each time you play a hand there’s a good chance it could end with you getting up from your seat and hopping a plane home. Poker is a brutal game. No limit Texas hold’em is as Doyle Brunson says “the Cadillac of Poker” because its an unforgiving test of wills and skills where one mistake and you’re on you’re way home minus your money and your pride. Gotta love it!