That Jeff Madsen guy who I tangled with several times at the first table on Friday drew a lot of attention from the cameras and the crowd because he showed up (about half an hour after play began) dressed like a jester or the joker from a deck of playing cards.
As he arrived at the table, Madsen didn't even wait for anyone to ask about his get-up. “All I can say,” he said, “is don't make stupid prop bets.”
Turns out he had a three-way proposition bet with a couple other young-gun poker pros, Joe Sebok and Gavin Smith. I didn't get all the details but it sounded like they wagered that whichever of them lost the most money in a certain amount of time would have to dress like a joker in the World Series.
How fun to be 20 years old, or whatever they are.
Anyway, Madsen had a good sense of humor about it, especially given the number of spectators, reporters and cameras in his face.
At one point, he spotted the poker babe and fellow pro Liz Lieu seated at the table next to ours, seated almost at my right elbow, in fact. Lieu was decked out in a designer dress of some kind, with perfectly coifed hair, makeup, the whole bit.
“Liz,” Madsen shouted over the clamor. “You look ridiculous today.”
Everybody laughed.
My guess is that I'm a good bet to be on TV when ESPN airs its World Series coverage later this month, just because he was the most photogenic thing happening on Day One, and the cameras seemed to be trained on our table all afternoon.
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