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This is an obsession that has gone far enough. Vegas Dave we saw you cheering like your child just won the special olympics javelin throw at last year's WSOP while you were on television, with a homeless beard and raider jersey. I don't know what your obession with this Jeff Platt fellow is but it has gone on long enough. We don't know who Jeff Platt is, where he is from, and what his intentions are. But, I assume they are unholy and we will not allow his ill-willed initiatives to harm you any further. It stops now!
 
Vegas Dave
Jeff Platt out in 60th, ladies and gentleman!
Applause, exit stage right.
Last year it took me 8000 words to describe what was one of the best experiences of my life; Jeff's 2014 poker run. You could read about that here; http://www.davesdime.com/jeff-platt-finishes-203rd-world-series-poker-main-event-view-rail/

This year, I don't know if I'm even going to attempt it. It would probably take me 40,000 words. And at that point, I might as well just wait until he wins the damn thing over the next few years so that I can write a proper poker biography.

I had the good fortune this time around of being joined every step of the way by Marcelo Figueroa, who's friendship I value every day and who's involvement in this year's run made the journey that much more amazing. We also had Jeff's best friend Chad Albert and his father Todd Platt join us on the rail in the later stages, and I couldn't have hand-picked three better people in the world to be out there with me rooting Jeff on.

It was an emotional roller coaster and an amazing experience. And for me, after 29.5 frigging years on this planet, it helped my finally realize what I'm passionate about.

My friends. This may seem simple and obvious, but I don't just mean that I care about them and love them. That's obvious enough. But seeing Jeff succeed along this run... seeing Marcelo hit a nice sports play... seeing the joy in Chad's and Todd's faces... it all just culminates into me realizing that this is what I want in life.

I want the people I care about to be happy. To succeed. To soar. And if I'm going to help them do that, I too must be happy, succeed, and soar. I need to put myself in a position to be healthier and happier and more successful so that I can help help them do the same. They, too, will lift me to new heights.

For the first time in as long as I can remember, I have complete clarity. I'm excited for tomorrow.
And I'm even more excited for 2016, when I'll be right back on that damn rail watching my favorite poker player do his thing.
Congratulations, Jeff. You are the man.
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Soar Vegas Dave, soar !!
 
Quite a few times in my life, I have heard addicts talk about people who have saved their lives - literally - and prevented families from being torn apart and children from situations where they might be traumatized for life if not in fact killed.

Those talks are generally a couple notches down the gushiness scale from that VD article.
 
Fat guy kinda looks like Dave, but this picture is from July 10... Dave doesn't look that big and beards don't grow anywhere near that fast:

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