How to Get Into the World Series of Poker: Trade Your Way In!

We came across an interesting story today about a writer for one of our favorite poker and gambling news sites, the Casino City Times. It seems that one of their staff is attempting to trade his way up from a sixty cent winning at an online poker tournament all the way to a seat at the World Series of Poker.

Here is Aaron's story:

Last summer, I won sixty cents in a free poker tournament at PKR.com. I planned on playing until I lost it all, but PKR.com decided not to take U.S. players for real-money games when Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. I cashed out and asked my readers what I should do with my sixty-cent check. One suggested I try to trade it for something better. So here I am, trying turn my sixty-cent check into a World Series of Poker Main Event entry through a series of trades. And while my plan may seem ridiculous, it's no more ridiculous than the UIGEA.

This reminds us of an Internet phenomenon called One Red Paperclip, where a very clever guy named Kyle MacDonald managed to make a series of trades starting with one red paperclip, and ending up with a HOUSE!

Aaron currently has made a trade for the sixty cents for 500 novelty poker chips from GoldenPalace.com, and he managed to trade those for a basketball signed by the 1975-76 Indiana Pacers.

It sounds like Aaron is being smart, and is definitely well on his way to getting that seat!

We will be watching his progress, and rooting him on!

Follow Aaron's Trading Quest over at his website: Sixty Cent Main Event

Read more about Aaron and his stories over at the Casino City Times

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April 18, 2007

How to Get Into the World Series of Poker: Trade Your Way In!