It’s Thursday, so you’ve got another Green Felt Journal column to read in Vegas Seven. This week, you can read my column on one of the first players to bust out in the main event; I wrote about my time at the tournament a few days ago, and here are the literary results:
So what about those players who don’t have a shot at walking into history this November? The ones who gambled early and gambled big but came up short?
The first player busted out after little more than a half-hour, and didn’t care to share his feelings about his quick exit.
Peter Turmezey, a 24-year-old professional player from Budapest, Hungary, lasted longer, but in the end the results were the same: His $10,000 bought him just 74 minutes of poker action.
via Hungarian pro stays positive after quick exit from WSOP | Vegas Seven.
He seemed like a nice guy; I felt bad that he was out so quickly. But he seemed pretty philosophical about it, which I guess is the key to being able to bounce back from something like this.