Spencer Aguiar

I grew up with the great David "Chip" Reese as a mentor. Many in the poker world consider Chip the greatest cash-game player in history because of his ability to play his A-game when any amount of money was on the line. My favorite gambling memory doesn't stem from pure monetary value. Instead, it comes from the first bet I ever placed when I was only five or six years old. My family flew up with Chip on his private jet to stay in his Montana home. His son, Casey, made a wager that I couldn't eat an entire plate of marshmallows one night around the campfire. One thing led to the next (most notably me puking in the backwoods), although a winning bet was made on my part that night when 50-pound me devoured the entire plate and caused Casey to run to Chip to retrieve 20 dollars. Who else can say they won their first bet and got paid out by the greatest poker player ever?