How I got on the show.

Once I found out about the WSOB II tournament, I sent an application to GSN to become a contestant. A few weeks later I received a call from them that they wanted to do a phone interview and also to send in a current photograph of me (which I did). About a week and half after the phone interview, they called and told me I was selected to be one of the 40 contestants for the show.

Just by being selected I won a minimum of $500, a free stay at the Golden Nugget hotel/casino, and food comped for the week. Not bad and I haven't even played a hand of blackjack yet! Life is good and it could only get better.

When I arrived at the Golden Nugget, I checked in with the GSN staff (which, by the way, were all great). I also checked-out the set they had constructed for the tournament and saw all the cameras. That’s when it finally hit me. I was about to be on TV playing in front of thousands if not millions of people. I started thinking about last years WSOB Tournament and how everybody (including me) critiqued the players and how we ripped them when they screwed up. Can you say stage fright...LOL.

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