July 26, 2010
hello world!
I'm slowly readjusting to civilian life post WSOP. Â Shopping for groceries is a surreal experience. Â You half expect the cashier is looking at you waiting for you to signal hit, stay or double down.
Vegas this summer was different than the Vegas of summers past. Â In 2007 I beat David Benyamine out of a 300k pot at 7am on the tail end of a Spearmint Rhino trip. Â In 2008 I lost that legendarily large pot against Patrik Antonius. Â 2009 placed me into the surreal world of a reality television show. In 2010 I took a much needed vacation. Â I went to the movies. Â Worked out. Â Watched the World Cup. Â Read books by the pool. Â In a hammock. Â Played some tournaments. I even had a deep run in the Main Event (I came in 684th, my first ME cash, a nice merit badge but honestly who isn't disappointed when they have a whole buncha chips that late in the game and doesn't see November?)
Tonight I head out west with Chuck to run some DC strategy with the men behind the curtain. Â Expect more frequent updates now that routine has returned. Â I'm currently knee deep in reading 40 screenplays in 40 days, writing crossfit for my alter-ego. Â In the past few days I've read (and watched) Die Hard, Thelma and Louise and The Shawshank Redemption. Â The next 7 scripts are some of my favorites: The Matrix, Network, Memento, Toy Story, Shakespeare in Love, Pulp Fiction and Casablanca.
Poker videos? Â They're coming soon. Â On a Sunday in August for sure. Â Fender and I are meeting up this week to talk about where to take our series. Â After feeling burnt out for awhile, I'm getting my sea legs back, little by little.
PS I think we can blame the dearth of blogging on my new fascination with Twitter. Â It's just so easy to spew thoughts in 140 characters or less!
13 Comments:
QED42 posted on July 26, 2010 at 18:16 PM
I hope you are going to include once upon a time in the west in your 40 screen plays. Morton/the railways make an interesting metaphor for government involvement in online poker, especially given the French example.
FenderJaguar posted on July 26, 2010 at 22:24 PM
Where we're going we don't need roads....
BrianJensen posted on July 26, 2010 at 23:15 PM
It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. - Hit it.
DntWryUllWin posted on July 27, 2010 at 05:53 AM
I never got to watch your reality tv show on G4. Are the episodes on here or can you find them on the net?
inavacuum posted on July 27, 2010 at 11:50 AM
Leonard Shelby: [running] OK, so what am I doing?
[sees Dodd also running]
Leonard Shelby: Oh, I'm chasing this guy.
[Dodd shoots at Leonard]
Leonard Shelby: No... he's chasing me.
Memento must have been awesome to construct.
aMunkWins posted on July 27, 2010 at 23:11 PM
Looking forward to some nice Highstakes HU content from you :)
zachd2323 posted on July 28, 2010 at 05:41 AM
Just watched Memento the other day....one of favorites as well.
KRANTZ posted on July 28, 2010 at 07:24 AM
QED- not on my list of 40 but will def read it. Prob not til these are done but right after, I've never seen the movie either...
DntWry - you can buy the whole season on iTunes for like $13 or so. If you're non-US you can prob find them somewhere on the interwebs with some savvy googling
QED42 posted on July 29, 2010 at 17:11 PM
Krantz, that is a travesty that you've never seen it! Leone is my favourite director and Once upon a time in the west is his master piece. It's also a great reference point back to so many of the westerns that came before it. Maybe we need a DC movie club :)
1BYONE posted on July 30, 2010 at 10:39 AM
When you gonna hit back the nose bleed stakes at FTP Krantz? Good to see your blog updated !
DiggerTheDog posted on August 05, 2010 at 14:55 PM
Jay - Dont ask me why it took so long - but I watched fight club for the first time a couple of days ago - your thoughts on the movie?
Melville posted on August 11, 2010 at 09:47 AM
A special read: Naploeon by Kubrick. Was never made, but he worked on in (for years, I think):
www.donkeyontheedge.com/i/napoleon.pdf
And just in case you missed this:
http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/There's-Something-About-Mary.html
hope you're splendid
Mel
ktpyro81 posted on August 14, 2010 at 16:26 PM
Krantz - Since you always give great poker advice, I'll share some great screenwriting advice I heard recently. Alex Kurtzman is a Wesleyan alum and he came and spoke during graduation weekend. He said when you're reading scripts its better to read the previous drafts of scripts rather than the final version since it teaches you how the writers got there. He said their is only one way to write a scene well, but it takes a couple tries to get there.
He later discussed how to write well and fast. He said that organization is key. He said that he learned how to write fast while working on the Hercules show. He said making outlines has helped him immensely in his career thus far. Anyways, I hope this helps.
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