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The first thing that he said as he sat down beside me at the poker table was, \u201c Either I\u2019ve had too much to drink or it\u2019s really hot in here.\u201d His voice was thick and clouded, like humidity or smog. He looked like a guy you\u2019d see leaving an alley in haste.<\/p>\n

We were at the Madison Pub\u2019s regular Tuesday night game. Perhaps 50 people were there to play Texas Hold \u2018Em, with the winner receiving a $25 gift certificate for the place. I\u2019m a bad poker player who is almost completely ignorant of the protocols at the table. I play cards with the same amount of intelligence and design as I play a scratch-and-win ticket. I also talk constantly, always telling people I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m doing, and so for most serious players\u2014even in a no money game– I\u2019m a really irritating presence. To make matters worse on this night, I kept winning.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

(This is a rough approximation of me at the table)<\/p>\n

Drunk guy: This is bullshit, man!<\/p>\n

Me: I play by my gut. I play the person, not the cards.<\/p>\n

Drunk guy: Are you saying you played me?<\/p>\n

Me: What I\u2019m saying is that I just got lucky. Honestly, I\u2019m a beginner and I really don\u2019t know what I\u2019m doing.<\/p>\n

Drunk guy: I see through you, you fucker. Don\u2019t keep feeding me that bullshit line, okay?<\/p>\n

And then he glowered at me, rolling up his sleeves to reveal his white supremacist tattoos. I pretended to suddenly become transfixed by something that was happening on the TV.<\/p>\n

This tension continued for another half hour, eventually culminating with the drunk guy accusing my friend and I of being cheats, before our table was broken up by the powers that be, and we were sent to different games like a bunch of delinquent children in need of a time-out.<\/p>\n

After I was eventually bounced from the tournament, I started to play pool, where I met a woman named Mary. This woman had met actress and model Milla Jovovich on the set of one of the Resident Evil movies that was shot in Toronto and proudly announced that she had her cell phone number. Although she would not divulge the number to me, she agreed to act as an emissary and send some question to her on my behalf.<\/p>\n

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These are the ten questions:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. How many actors have you had sex with?<\/li>\n
  2. How many actresses have you had sex with?<\/li>\n
  3. Would you be interested in funding and starring in a movie about a couple of Poker Grifters who go from moneyless game to moneyless game in pursuit of the validation and love that eluded them as children? It will be an Oscar caliber screenplay.<\/li>\n
  4. If a ghost lived in one of your many zillion dollar mansions, what name would you give it?<\/li>\n
  5. Have you ever caused a ruckus on a plane? If so, please explain.<\/li>\n
  6. What music do you put on when you\u2019re feeling like doing it?<\/li>\n
  7. Where do super-models hang out in Toronto?<\/li>\n
  8. What is the best way to approach a supermodel? I\u2019ve heard that they\u2019re easily startled.<\/li>\n
  9. Do you eat Kale? My wife says it\u2019s a SUPERFOOD, but I\u2019m suspicious.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    10. The troops, are you for them or against them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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