Cue the Conversation
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Maybe Joe Tehan is trying to loosen up his opponent, or maybe they've both just gotten settled into this little tennis match. Either way, the table talk has started for the first time since they returned from dinner.
Fantasy football was the first topic of conversation, both men telling the game's version of bad beat stories about their poor draft choices and their injury-ridden lineups. A few other topics came and went quickly, and Chris DeMaci eventually said something about Halle Berry.
"You know Allen Bari?" Tehan asked.
"No, no. I said Halle Berry," DeMaci responded. "I do know Al Bari though, we're not like good friends but I know him and I've played with him a bunch.
Tehan had a story. "He and I played an insane pot together on, like, the first hand of the tournament."
"Yeah, he's been known to get a lot of chips in with not that much. Even on Day 1," DeMaci kept going. "He, like, seven-bet someone on Day 1 of the Bellagio."
"Yeah," Tehan said. "We both got a lot in with not that much on that hand." There were smiles exchanged, and Tehan began to inquire about his opponent's poker background. "Have you always played tournaments?"
"No, I played cash for 6 years before I started playing tournaments."
"Tournaments are tough," Tehan empathized.
DeMaci concluded the conversation. "Tournaments are making me hate poker. I never used to hate poker before."
We've never been in the spot these two guys are in, but there's nothing we'd hate about being guaranteed to walk out the door with at least $440,000 in our pockets from a poker tournament.