That really affected me, and I've been playing tournaments ever since. Yes, but he travels to the poker tournaments more for me than for himself. We went to Philadelphia last month for 10 days for the bridge nationals, and we traveled to Switzerland a few years ago for the internationals. Sometimes, we play partners at the bridge tournaments, if he is not working with a client. Marc primarily plays seven-card stud when we are here at the Mirage.
Bridge tournaments have no money prizes, just trophies and points in the national rankings.
Bridge isn't really a gambling endeavor to Marc. People pay him to play with them as their partner, similar to employing a tennis or golf pro to help you to improve your game. It may be a difficult concept for poker players to understand. Tournaments remind me of bridge because they are so structured. I think that I am a better tournament player than I am a ring-game player because I'm not very disciplined.