As I mentioned, I’m sitting in 7D – coach class for the rest of us. And who do you think is sitting right behind me? Now, this is a flight destined for Las Vegas right? I’ve got this Ken guy practicing his lap-top poker across the aisle and behind me is … The Prince of Poker? OK, doesn’t ring a bell yet? How about The Train? Gee, I thought as a poker aficianado that you’d have guessed who I’m getting my poker strategy in-flight from when reading the title of this blog entry.

Yes, none other than the winner of five World Series of Poker bracelets: Scotty Nguyen, winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event. He gave me all sorts of tips and of course gave me the “good luck”. Here’s Scotty and I (hey, we’re buds now) at the Las Vegas Airport:

And speaking of “good luck,” here’s proof:

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