Avi Freeman is at the final two tables of the $5000 Pot-Limit Omaha event
at the World Series of Poker:
http://www.pokerpages.com/tournament/result8742.htm
Pre-congratulations to Avi on making it that far in one of the toughest
events against one of the toughest fields of the WSOP.
Minor correction: Freedman
OT notes: Many of your fellow network engineers play poker, and, having
sat at a table with Avi and some other Akamai folks, I wouldn't want to meet
them at WSOP with a lower chip count 
PS - If you are interested in the Texas Reunion in SF, drop me a line.
This is not for people from Texas. 
Tim
Avi Freeman is at the final two tables of the $5000 Pot-Limit Omaha event
at the World Series of Poker:http://www.pokerpages.com/tournament/result8742.htm
Pre-congratulations to Avi on making it that far in one of the toughest
events against one of the toughest fields of the WSOP.Minor correction: Freedman
He made the money, but has to go back at 2 PM (PST) for the final round. This is pretty impressive given that 1) He has had about 4 hours sleep (on an airplane) in the 48 before the tournament and B) Avi only paid $5K, no rebuys, no add ons. The top player had to buy more chips multiple times. Right now Avi is guaranteed a $10K profit no matter what. Some of the other people are not guaranteed a profit unless they make it to the top 5 or so.
Funny stories about his tournament play: During the 1 hour dinner break, Avi wen to play a cash game instead of eating. And this morning, he spent a couple hours on his computer fixing his personal server instead of sleeping some more. (Worse, he had to do it over a modem!)
OT notes: Many of your fellow network engineers play poker, and, having
sat at a table with Avi and some other Akamai folks, I wouldn't want to meet
them at WSOP with a lower chip countPS - If you are interested in the Texas Reunion in SF, drop me a line.
This is not for people from Texas.
I am soooooooo in.
"Patrick W.Gilmore" wrote:
Right now Avi is guaranteed a $10K profit no
matter what. Some of the other people are not guaranteed a profit
unless they make it to the top 5 or so.
I guess he's done slightly better than that ;-).
Place Name Prize
5 Avi Freeman(sic) (Philadelphia, PA) $90,000
*Don't* get suckered in to playing with him if he makes it to SF
August 17th, 10PM on ESPN. Having watched most of the final table until Avi busted out, I'm really looking forward to seeing the hole cards
Does anyone know if this "episode" will contain an interview or anything
with Avi? IIRC, it's typical of WSOP to show a brief interview with the
players that make it to the final table. I want to see the glazed-over
look from the WSOP announcers when they read his bio. ("ache-a-me - it
sounds like some sort of pain relief medication...")
Congrats on your win Avi! I know a lot of Tivo's will be busy on 8/17.
Maybe when he has some free time he can grace us (or inet-access) with
some stories. God I hope he didn't lose to Phil Helmuth (sp?)
This may also be off-topic, but what's with the rumours I heard
of Avi being kicked out of the conference? I'm certain there
must be more to the story than that, but since Avi has been such
a strong positive influence on the NANOG community for so long,
I gotta ask....