Daniel "Don't Call Me Deepak" Chopra

What is up with this dude? I checked in on the B.C. Open scores, and again, he is on the top of the board. If PGA Tour events were 18 or 36 holes, he may have won $5 million already this year... he seems to get out to the front more consistently than anyone.

As a side note, I also just realized that this tourney is being "Presented By Turning Stone Resort." Let me tell you a little bit about Turning Stone...

1. If you had a map of "nowhere" you could find it by looking smack in the middle of said map.

2. The casino itself is OK... the poker room is absolutely wonderful. I usually joke that bad poker players have to count using their fingers and toes. Well, it is even worse when they have webbed feet, like in upstate New York... relying on a Base-9 or Base-8 system to calculate "outs" in poker is not a profitable way to play. My one night playing a small $5-10 Limit Hold-em game, I cleaned the table for over $700 in 4 hours... and I was shitfaced. One one hand, I "flopped" FOUR ACES, and kept getting raised and re-raised to the max by TWO guys who were trying to bluff me. Now that is fun stuff.

3. If you want to go to Turning Stone and enjoy an adult beverage, bring your own. Yup, it is an alcohol free environment. When Petra and I sat down at a Blackjack table upon arrival, I ordered the customary Jack and Coke. Waitress said "I can get that... hold the Jack." It was later explained to us that the Indian Tribe that runs the place made a deal with the state government... if they didn't serve alcohol, they could let 18 and over gamble... and the one thing that that area of upstate New York has is 18 and over kids, because of the number of colleges. You can, however, bring in your own. This explains how I was "shitfaced" in a dry casino... Petra and I went to a local liquor store, loaded up, went back to our suite, drank like it was an Olympic event, then went down over (separate buildings... stupid) casino.

4. The "Lodge Resort" or whatever it is called is one of the nicest places I've ever stayed. It has the feeling of an upscale ski resort... something you might find in Aspen or Reno... it is strangely out of place in this shit hole.