Stark Gathering for Some Magic

The industry is littered with players who used Magic: The Gathering as a gateway game into poker. Eric Froehlich and David Williams are two prime example. Add another player to that list in Ben Stark, who began playing the game in 1999 and then had back-to-back Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Top 8s (Pro Tour Kobe & Pro Tour San Diego) in 2004 before winning Pro Tour Paris in 2011.

According to his Wiki page: "The 2012-13 Pro Tour Season proved to be another very successful season for Stark. Stark made the Top 8 of four Grand Prix events, including a win at Grand Prix Indianapolis, and made his fourth Pro Tour Top 8 at Pro Tour Gatecrash."

Stark appears to be in town for this weekend's Magic: The Gathering Modern Masters Sealed Deck / Booster Draft Grand Prix here in Las Vegas, the first major tournament in Sin City in a decade.

Perhaps he'll be wearing a gold bracelet to that tournament if he's able to get something going in this one!