Posted By Jeff Fletcher on June 2, 2010 10:00 am

Every year since 2006 I have taken a brief hiatus from my life as a baseball writer to indulge my love for poker by playing in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. That time is now.

I’m starting Event 8 at noon today, and I am planning to play as many as three WSOP events, and one at the Venetian, between now and Saturday night. Of course, I may just win Event 8, which will take three days, and then fly home Saturday morning on my new jet.

If you want to watch my progress, follow my WSOP Twitter account. I’ll be posting pictures, audio reports, videos (maybe) and, of course, updates on my chip-count. Good luck to me!