Daily WSOP report: June 5th

This is the kind of stuff that makes a man wonder if poker is a meritocracy, a circus, or just a buffet line where the Lord occasionally hands the amateur the biggest plate. Naseem Salem, a 57-year-old dude from SoCal, wandered into the $10K GGMillion$ High Roller and beat a final table stacked with enough bracelets to open a downtown Vegas pawn shop. First bracelet. Million bucks--with a Vegas earthquake included, because apparently subtlety took the day off. Meanwhile, Nick Palma is out here trying to survive the WSOP the only way a real poker pro can: miso salmon, Elton John, and a healthy disdain for Phil Hellmuth’s general Phil Hellmuthness. One guy proved it’s never too late to win the big one. The other proved summer in Vegas will turn any man into a monk, a maniac, or both. Or it could do you worse and turn you into Norman Chad. 

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