Really, everyone's everwhere. I tried to do a quick survey of the tables, but with every seat filled with someone of interest, and all-in poker causing constant re-shifting, there's just no way to get it all down.
Every time I get my mitts on a story, I start to head back to my laptop only to find ten new stories, with each of those tqangenting into ten more and so on, and so on. For the rest of the night, I'm going to share sporadic thoughts in point form, because thet'll be the best way to pack the information in. Here's the first batch:
- I just interviewed Laura Prepon. Very chill for a competiitve poker player who just got knocked out. She told me they used to play low-stakes on That 70's Show, which would explain why so many of it's alumni are regular players now. Laura told me being bluffed out of a pot is a lot worse for her than losing money. She's all about the competiiton.
Laura will be appearing on ABC's October Road on March 15e.
- Marlon Wayans, upon getting knocked out, asked for a rebuy. When he was refused, he sat depressed at his former table, which consisted of Vince Vaughan, Ron Livingston and a slew of other celebs.
- Paris Hilton is such a big star that even table-mate Mike Sexton was sputtering in her presence. Paris doesn't seem to know much about poker, but the cameras magically find their way to her every time she's in a hand.
- I asked Jason Mewes for a message to pass to his bevy of Internet followers. "I eat *ss" was his reply, but he added that if I thought of something funny, I could change it. Mewes, his hair chopped off, looks like a functioning member of Hollywood society. I'm a big fan.
- Marlon Wayans and Timothy Busfield starred in my second and third favorite fims ever; Field of Dreams and Requiem for a Dream. This has been a fun night.