All In by Jerry Yang

Author:Jerry Yang
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781605421841
Publisher: Medallion Press
Published: 2011-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

After my first day of play, I felt this conviction more than ever. Sitting alone in the smelly hotel room after hanging up with my brother, I began to seriously ponder the possibility of cashing out. Even if I finished in six hundred twenty-first place, the $20,000 would change my family’s life. The thought excited me but also filled me with a great sense of responsibility. I knew I needed to use whatever I won wisely, to seek God’s plan for the money and my life.

That’s why I prayed so much at the poker table.

Believe me when I say the praying you might have seen me do on the ESPN broadcast of the tournament was minimal compared to the amount I did back at my hotel. You would have prayed, too, walking through this neighborhood.

During my days off, I went back to the Rio, camera in hand, and did all the touristy things, collecting more autographs and taking my picture with the celebrities who were milling around. A lot of famous actors play poker. I even met Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire, which thrilled me.

Every time I went back to the Rio, I entered the Amazon Room and watched, always leaving feeling more determined to do well, more focused on my game, and ready to get back to the table to see where this ride might take me. I’d come to Vegas to have fun. Now, with almost 100,000 in chips, I had to get much more serious.

Back at my hotel, I pulled out some of the notes I’d made both during the first round and prior to coming to Las Vegas. After I won my seat in the main event, I went back over the televised poker tournaments I’d recorded and made careful notes on how each pro played. I wanted to be prepared if I found myself at the table with one of them. I also reviewed strategy in the poker books I’d read and reread many times. The caliber of play from this point forward would improve dramatically, and I didn’t want to get pulled into rookie mistakes.

In poker, as in any sport, if you’re more prepared than your opponents, you stand a better chance of winning. If I lost, it would not be for lack of planning.

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