I am having so much fun… playing for 10 cents on UltimateBet.com. So UB just launched its STEPs program. They have ten steps to the World Series of Poker starting at 10 cents. If you are one of the first ten people to make it all the way to a $12,000 package from Step 1, you also win an $8,500 Aruba package. Now, mind you, I am not eligible for this promotion, but I do think that winning a WSOP seat for 10 cents would be freaking hilarious. I immediately called up “Hollywood” Dave Stann and made a challenge with him. The first person to win a WSOP package all the way from Step 1 not only gets bragging rights (which is the most important thing), but also dinner for four at the restaurant of their choice. We both live in Los Angeles, so that can get very pricey. I am planning to choose Cut in the Beverly Wilshire, where dinner for four will run a couple of grand.
My boyfriend, Joe, also has gotten in on the action, so now there are three of us trying to do this. He is moaning about playing for hours on end for 30 cents since neither of us has gotten past Step 3 yet. Personally, I am having a blast. I think I get as excited about winning my Step 2 ticket (worth 30 cents) as I do about making the final table of a WSOP event. I am not kidding. I am getting very competitive about this.
Today, I was on a very long conference call for the competition committee of the Players Advisory Council. You know, a long call figuring out tournament structures and whatnot. Last night before bed, I won a Step 2 ticket, so I used it during the call today and won my Step 3 ticket! Woohoo! I only started this thing last night and I am already to Step 3. I must really rock at this poker thing.
All right, I admit it. I am playing my Step 3 while I am writing this. That is probably bad for both the quality of this blog and the quality of my play in the sit and go. But I am trying to become a better multi-tasker and, frankly, I need to spend every spare minute I have trying to win this WSOP package because I will not have “Hollywood” Dave or my boyfriend beat me in this prop bet. It would be so humiliating.
By the way, I know you are wondering, I am not knocked out of Step 3 yet. Yup. Still in it. Going for Step 4. That’s right.
In other news, “The Celebrity Apprentice” has kicked off. So far, I am not unhappy. You might have seen me trying to get a point across about where we should be selling cupcakes where I am trying to get everyone to hear that the location they are picking is the exact location the women went to last season and got really criticized for. Joan Rivers was insisting on the Penn Station area and that is exactly where the women went in Season 1 and got crushed for it. No one was listening to that (I guess no one watched the last season), but luckily Brande Roderick chimed in that she could get the folks in the Playboy Building to come buy cupcakes, so we end up at 57th and 5th. Go Brande!
I come across exactly as I expected. I am pushy, but only where I back it up with actual knowledge. I don’t pretend to know everything. I just drew on the previous season to make the point. I am always okay with being pushy if I back it up with hard work and being right about something! If they overrule me after I made the point about the previous season and we get in the boardroom and get criticized for the location, I get to say I told them so. Always cover your ass, right? That is one of the main things “Celebrity Apprentice” teaches you. Make your objection. On camera. Then, if no one listens and the project fails, you get to say I told you so! Who doesn’t love a good “I told you so,” anyway? Come on. Be honest. That might be better than chocolate.
By the way, I am still in Step 3. I haven’t won a pot yet. But I am sure you were looking for an update. This is big money stuff. A one dollar entry for Step 4 is on the line. I am crossing my fingers.
