$350 + $50
Even-StevensWhen he worked one hour from Atlantic City, Matt Stevens didn't frequent Jersey casinos very often as he focused on his television career. Now, after 29 years of tv, he's at Borgata looking at a possible career change.
"I stopped playing for awhile, but now I'm giving it shot," says the former WCAU-TV, Philadelphia general assignment reporter. Stevens is currently in between jobs and is getting full support from his family in Brecksville, OH (suburban Cleveland).
"As long as I'm bringing home some dollars, I'm alright," adding, "I've been paying the bills and then some." Stevens' wife Margaret and three children, 17-years old Tess, Perris (14) & Griffin (10) are adjusting to his travel schedule, which he keeps to three or four day trips to places like AC, Tunica and Mohegan.
"I'm proving I can do this," Stevens says after seriously considering a pro career at the start of 2010. "So far so good," he says after 5 top 10 finishes so far this year, including a win.
Stevens first found success in the California poker rooms in the late 1980s and early 90s, when he was a reporter for KNBC & KCAL, but when he came to Philadelphia it was all about work. And now, "it would have to be job I really want," he says about returning to tv.
In this tournament Stevens chip stack is back to even after his flopped straight in Omaha is rundown by the 6♦ 7♦ x x for a rivered flush. "This is the level that will make or break you," he says, "the limits are starting to get high."
Stevens' specialty is the mixed games, but plays no-limit as well and his hoping to expand his poker schedule.
Players are currently on dinner break and will return to Level 9 (blinds 300/600 & limits 600/1,200).
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