Not that Shannon noticed. She is used to men routinely shedding at least 30 IQ points in an effort to impress her. As we walked out of the room, I could feel the stares. One player said as Shannon passed, “You dropped something.” She looked at her purse and the floor, then at him. “My heart.”

“Wow, guys still use that line?” she whispered as we walked on.

Joe Reitman, of all people, wouldn’t let it die quietly. During the second break, I passed him in an aisle and asked him how his girlfriend Annie Duke was faring in the Mixed Split event, then in the middle of Day 2.

...

He continued to bust my balls until I realized mea culpa was my only way out.

“Joe, I admit that acted like an idiot. I imagine a lot of guys act like idiots around Shannon Elizabeth. But it’s not like I MARRIED her or something.”

That left Reitman speechless, which is actually quite an achievement.