Calistri's Corner

I know a lot of my peers were curious about the question I asked during the WSOP’s latest conference call. No. I did not ask about an overabundance of chips at last year’s event. I asked about chocolate. But what I really wanted to ask about was Viagra.

Harrah’s signed on Hershey’s as the “Official Chocolate of the 2007 WSOP.” I was happy to hear the news, speculating that the media might just be the recipient of free chocolate during the WSOP; which was confirmed on the conference call. When Harrah’s also reported that additional mainstream sponsorhips were in the works, all I could wonder about was….erectile dysfunction. I’m sorry, but I’m still emotionally scarred from spending an entire summer staring at the 2005 Levitra final tables.  I worried that if I was ever so lucky to make a final table at the WSOP, the last thing I wanted to be thinking about was erectile function or dysfunction…or erectiles of any kind, for that matter. And while it didn’t “come up” during the call, I have made inquiries and insiders assure me that dick boosters are not in the WSOP advertising mix for 2007.

As I pondered poker and e.d., I was reminded of a story a friend told me about a poker cruise he was on. He was at a table with a husband and wife, who were seated across the table from one another. It was getting late and the wife said she was turning in. The husband said he’d probably call it a night after another hour of play. At that point, the wife pulled something out her purse - and then she shot a little blue pill across the full length of the felt and said, “See you in a hour.” And who said subtlety was a lost art.

Although not poker related, there was a story in the NYT’s today about a health insurance company who was taken to court for not covering birth control pills. While I had no real issue with the judges’ findings that the company did not have to cover the cost of the pills, I had a lot of trouble with their logic. They opined that the company was not in violation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act because “contraception is not related to pregnancy.”  The insurance company, did, however cover the cost of Viagra.  This left me wondering - what part of the insemination equation didn’t these guys understand.

And no. I have no idea why this was today’s subject matter.         Â

This entry was posted on Saturday, March 17th, 2007 at 5:53 pm and is filed under Uncategorized.