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May 2008
 Chris Ferguson wins the NBC Heads-Up Championship
The sage was set. Chris Ferguson had taken a 1-0 lead on Ted Forrest in the best-of-three finals at the 2006 NBC Heads Up Championship. Could he
eliminate Forrest and go on to win his first heads-up title, which he failed to do the previous year against Phil Hellmuth? Unfortunately for Ferguson,
Forrest came back to win the last two matches and Ferguson was unsure when he would get this opportunity again. It didn't take long, however, and after an
early exit in 2007, Ferguson made his case this year for being the best heads-up tournament player in the world.
After maneuvering through a bracket that was as tough as any in the tournament, Ferguson had one final obstacle: a match against his close friend Andy Bloch.
Would history repeat itself, or would Ferguson be able to do what he had failed to do in the past? This time the roles would be reversed, and it was Ferguson who found himself down
1-0 to Andy Bloch. Ferguson roared back and tied the match at one apiece before finally tasting victory...
 First look at 21: The real story of the MIT Blackjack Team
The movie 21 is now showing in theaters across the country. Featuring a
stellar cast that includes Kevin Spacey and Laurence Fishburne, this tale of the
MIT blackjack team that took Vegas for millions has all the necessary ingredients
to succeed at the box office. With plenty of fast-paced action, a glitzy tour of the
Vegas casino underbelly, and enough drama to keep even the most die-hard soap
opera fans glued to their seats, 21 capitalizes on one of the most common themes of
modern society — the desire to beat the system.
Based on the non-fiction novel Bringing Down the House by
Ben Mezerich, 21 has a lot
to live up to if it wants to top
the book’s skillful storytelling.
The book documents the
ins and outs of team member
Kevin Lewis, the highs and lows of the
card-counting lifestyle, the wild dichotomy
of a blackjack team, and explains how a
group of college students legally won millions
at the blackjack tables.
 Gary Wise welcomes us to the Think Tank
Consider this an effort to educate the world a little better about the
goings on, issues and mind-set of the online poker world. The end
result should be some entertaining chatter, some education and a
lot more interaction between the best online poker players in the
world and our readers.
Each week, we’re going to choose one question. For our first two discussions, we've picked the topics, but that's only a temporary fix.
We'll be choosing future topics based on submissions from our readers at www.espon.com/poker.
Once a given week's topic is selected, we'll pose it to an e-mail list we've put together consisting of some of the top online players in the world.
Thuse far, we have nine participants, all of whom find the roots of their success in the online world...
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