Nguyen Acknowledges Kessler

We'll admit it. When Kenny Nguyen isn't at a poker tournament, it's hard to get out of bed and come to work in the morning. Fortunately for us, Nguyen is here this week, and he's begun to wake up here at about 10:00 P.M. "I stayed too long at the cash games last night," he told us earlier through half-open eyes.

At last check, however, Nguyen is doing quite well today, up over 100,000 now. And he's getting chatty. At the adjacent table, Allen Kessler stood up for a quick stretch break, catching the eye of Nguyen. "Hey, Allen Kessler," he began. "How many you got?"

Kessler shrugged, "Seventeen."

"That's all?!" Nguyen asked with a needle.

Kessler defended his stack, "Hey, that's a lot for me. Did you see where I was earlier?"

Nguyen acknowledged the greatness. "I know. You da best short-stack player in da world!"

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