It was shorthanded to TW3. The Brits do satire well and that was that days Colbert Report. The group included writers that would go on to do Monte Python. This week that was didn't need writers. The plot just moved along on its own.
Last weekend I did an article for Monday release. I was in a bit of a rut getting decent topics and figured I'd struggle to get the next week completed with a few more. Silly goose. If I'd only relied on the cast, I'd have known that that bloody work ethic that showed up somehow late in life had a bit of karma coming. (The article mentioned is still in the can.)
Helmuth and Harrahs management managed to hold hands. I wrote a cynical piece about it that really didn't try to express my wrath or at least not to the degree it might. Instant replay is a part of football. They are even talking about adding it to certain baseball situations. There's a lot of agonizing in those processes. Justly so. While umpires etc. are human, they are also in the moment. When they blow it, it isn't usually game changing to major proportion.
Poker is a very structured sport. It is on that structure we bring our frailties. That the challenge. To have the field as level as humans can make it is our hope but it is also our right. Mr. Pollack 'meeting' with Mr. Helmuth was inappropriate from the get go. If Mr. Helmuth had a beef, the person to resolve it was the Tournament Director.
The situation that occurred took place in front of staff responsible for enforcement of the rules of play and conduct. And, they really were never disputed