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Gold shows Midas Touch at WSOP

Article by Lynda Collins

Just call him Goldfinger, the man with the Midas touch.

Just about everything Jamie Gold touched the past week turned to, well, gold — million worth.

The 37-year-old Hollywood talent agent ran roughshod over a field of 8,773 players, including some of poker’s brightest stars, in winning the 37th World Series of Poker’s ,000 buy-in Texas No-Limit Hold’em event at Harrah’s Rio Hotel and Casino.

Gold, who won the day’s first pot as well as its last, claimed his title in the wee hours of Friday morning after busting out seven of his eight opponents at the Final Table and 16 of the last 27 survivors.

En route to the championship, he methodically built the largest chip stack in WSOP history, at times more than doubling the stack of his closest opponent.

By the time he and runnerup Paul Wasicka of Westminster, Colo., who collected .1 million, entered their abbreviated heads-up session, Gold had 85 percent of the chips spread out in front of him.

“Phenomenal,” “incredible” and “stupendous” were just a few of the adjectives observers showered on Gold.

“Unbelievable,” was Gold’s choice of words.

The first thing an exhuberant Gold did after hugging friends, family and fans was call his father, who suffers from Lou Gerhig’s Disease and couldn’t be present.

That caused obvious emotional stress as Gold lowered his head into his hands, his mood suddenly becoming reflective.

“He’d gladly give back the million if it would cure his father,” confided one of Gold’s friends

“What I want to do in life is make great entertainment,” said Gold, whose client list reads like a Who’s Who in Hollywood.

“Otherwise, all I want to do is play poker.

“I’m supposed to be in charge of a major production right now, but I got two weeks off because they (his associates) knew how much this meant to me and they believed in me.”

It took more than 12 hours for the first five finalists to bust out, but less than 90 minutes for elimination of the other three, including two-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Allen Cunningham of Las Vegas, the player many felt would face Gold in heads-up play.

Cunningham, to his utter dismay, finished fourth, earning .628 million.

A large crowd of fellow pros had turned out to lend their support, including Daniel Negreanu, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, Robert Williamson III, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and Jennifer Harman.

“I want Allen to win because a lot of people don’t realize what a great player he is,” Harman said.

Three-time WSOP champ Johnny Chan, on the other hand, served as Gold’s main advisor, huddling with him often to offer pointers.

The only professional at the Final Table, Cunningham was so distraught at losing what may be his only real shot at the championship, he declined to be interviewed by ESPN, which was taping the tournament, and stiffed a large assemblage of reporters from throughout the world who had gathered in the media center.

In eliminating Cunningham, third-place finisher Michael Binger of Atherton, Calif., raised to ,100,000 from the cutoff.

Gold called from the button and Cunningham moved all-in for .5 million from the big blind.

Binger folded and Gold made the call.

Cunningham showed the 10 of clubs and 10 of hearts, while Gold turned over the jack and king of diamonds.

The board came ace of spades, king of spades, eight of hearts, 7 of clubs and 3 of spades.

Binger, winner of .1 million, followed Cunningham out the door 45 minutes later.

Gold limped in from the button and Wasicka from the small blind.

Binger raised to .5 million from the big blind.

Gold and Wasicka both called and the flop came 10 of clubs, 6 of spades and and 5 of spades.

Wasicka checked, Binger bet .5 million and Gold moved all-in.

Wasicka folded and Binger called, displaying the 10 and ace of hearts.

Gold turned over the 4 of spades and 3 of clubs for an open-ended straight draw.

The turn was the 7 of clubs and Gold made his straight.

The river was the queen of spades and it was revealed that had Wasicka not folded, he would’ve won the hand with a flush.

The consensus opinion was the Coloradan simply was eyeing a runnerup finish at that point and wanted to get Binger out of the way., something which Wasicka denied during his press conference.

The 2006 WSOP became history about 40 minutes later.

Gold raised to .7 million and Wasicka called.

The flop came queen of clubs, 8 of hearts and 5 of hearts.

Wasicka bet .5 million and Gold went all-in.

Wasicka called and turned over a pair of 10s, while Gold showed the queen of spades and 9 of clubs for a pair of queens.

Fourth Street was the ace of diamonds and the river was the four of clubs as Gold’s ladies held up.

Despite his record-shattering performace, there was widespread murmuring that Gold, whose previous earnings totaled just ,000, had failed to win the respect of most professionals.

“In poker, you have to earn respect,” media relations director Nolan Dalla said.

“Money is not respect.

“There are many flashes in the pan who come and go.

“I’d never heard of Mr. Gold before.

“He was an unknown in the poker world.

“It’s sort of like the Kentucky Derby.

“You have a new champion every year.

“But how many Triple Crown winners have we had?

“They’re the great ones.

“What Jamie Gold has done is truly remarkable and the winner deserves respect.

“He may be one of the best, but in poker you have to pay your dues and that means winning more than one tournament.”

Gold’s Final Table rivals weren’t into dissing the champ.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Rhett Butler of Rockville, Md., who fell victim to the high price of blinds and antes.

“He forces people to make plays.”

“He’s a very good player who plays the big stack well,” Binger added.

“He’s like a vacuum cleaner and he can catch the bluffs.”

Daniel Nassif was the first to bust out at the Final Table.

He was followed, in order, by Erik Friburg, Doug Kim, Richard Lee, Butler, Cunningham, Binger and Wasicka.

About the Author

Lynda Collins is a documented member of the Professional Handicappers League.
Read all of her articles at www.procappers.com/Lynda_Collins.htm

Highrises – Fact, Fiction, Fun, and For Sale

Article by Brian Enright

Unlike the term “skyscraper”, the term “highrise” has a fairly widely accepted definition, though the definition DOES vary somewhat depending on the perspective of the definer. According to Emporis, a real estate data firm headquartered in Germany, a highrise is a multi-storied building with a minimum of 12 floors, OR reaching a height of at least 115 feet. While these are probably the most widely accepted requirements, there are others.

The International Conference on Fire Safety in High-Rise Buildings defines a highrise as “any structure where the height can have a serious impact on evacuation”, while many in the construction industry consider anything between 75 – 491 feet a highrise, and anything over 492 a skyscraper. Regardless of the minimum height, the maximum height is going UP all the time, so, if living above the city – or even above the clouds – is you thing, read on.

Highrise history goes back a long way, back at least to the Romans who had buildings up to 8 stories high, despite the fact that technology did not allow for water to be pumped up that far. Walled cities in the middle ages meant city space was limited, giving “rise” to highrises from 11 to 14 stories in 16th century Britain. One of the big drawbacks about these historic highrises was the obvious lack of elevators, forcing the unlucky residents to climb many, many steps. The 202 foot London Monument, completed in 1677 (and still standing!), has 311 steps winding up its spiral staircase, while Toronto’s CN Tower, completed in 1976 boasts a ridiculous 2,579 stairs – the tallest metal staircase in the world! Not surprisingly, it was the invention of elevators, along with water pumps, steel, and steel-reinforced concrete that gave us the modern highrise.

Steel was very important in the development of the highrise. In 1884 Architect William Le Baron Jenney designed a building whose entire weight was supported by a steel frame. It was Chicago’s Home Insurance Building, only ten stories high, but the first of its kind: the world’s first skyscraper. At around this time, England was also building towers and highrises, including Shell Mex House which actually measured taller than the Home Insurance Building. A complaint from Queen Victoria soon put a stop to English highrises, however, but by this time Chicago’s attention had turned eastward, to what would become the tallest city in America.

While Chicago has the tallest building in the U.S. (the Sears Tower – 1,729 ft) New York City has the most tall buildings – a whopping 195 buildings OVER 492 feet. And while New York will be challenging Chicago’s tallest building title with the construction of Freedom Tower (1,776 ft), Chicago will trump that in 2010 with the construction of the Chicago Spire (2,000 ft.). And on it goes. While Chicago and New York have the tallest and the best, most North American cities have a couple of noteworthy skyscrapers. San Francisco has the regal Trans America Pyramid, Atlanta has the 1023 foot Bank of America Plaza, Philadelphia has the new deco style One Liberty Place, and Cleveland – yes, even Cleveland – has the lofty Key Tower.

While the bigger skyscrapers have traditionally been built as a combination of office space and a massive symbol of a city’s economic power, today, many of the nation’s tallest buildings offer condominium and loft space. Some, like Chicago’s Spire, with 1,200 luxury condos, are completely residential, others, are a mix of condos, hotel suites, and retail space. Las Vegas’s City Center is a prime example of the latter type of real estate development: four unique and spectacular towers, offering a range of luxurious condos atop 500,000 square feet of retail space, services and amenities. These are just some of the more extravagant examples of the types of amazing homes available today in America’s highrises.

About the Author

Brian Enright is a representative of Highrises.com your first stop for Chicago Condos and Las Vegas Condos. Highrises.com provides customers with all the information they could ever need to find the perfect highrise condo.

From the top floor in the south tower of Four Queens Hotel Casino, my view from room 1849. Looking at Four Queens north tower, the Fremont Street canopy, Gold Spike, Lady Luck, Binions, Fitzgeralds … at 5:42AM one fine December 2009 morning.
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