J. Santos continues to send us cartoons in plain, unmarked envelopes from destinations far from Las Vegas. I'm not surprised that he chooses to spend most of the summers out of Vegas. I suspect that he may be in the LA area, probably hanging out at one of the tourist crowded beaches in and around Huntington. He often earns extra money selling his art to the beach crowd. If you happen to see an aging short, thin guy with a bunch of painted wooden cats you've probably met Santos. He usually sells the cats on eBay for enough to keep him in his drug of choice, Coors.
I consider our website lucky to have him doing the cartoons for the Poker Prof's Blog. The guy is really a talented artist and has created some highly collectable pieces. Unfortunately, he seems to be lacking in the skills to market his works, often deciding at the last minute to pull his stuff from an exhibit because he doesn't like or trust the dealer doing the show. I think he fears making any commitment that would limit his ability to be a true free spirit. Whatever Santos' adversion to success, I'm happy he continues to do the poker cartoons for us.
Now for some poker related things. The Legends of Poker tournament is well under way at The Bicycle Club in Los Angeles with events going off everyday throught the first of September. The WPT sanctioned five day championship begins on August 27th and runs two first flights on the first two days then plays down to the final table. The event will be filmed for later broadcast on the Travel Channel's WPT Series. Following the Championship event there will be a Ladies Poker Party on the 31st of August and then a No-limit Hold'em WPT Ladies Night Out invitational event on September 1st.
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