Still Ticking Like an American Watch

We had to do a double-take this afternoon to make sure we were actually seeing Mike "Timex" McDonald in the field. Timex's future on the felt was seemingly up in the air after a recent blog entry in which he detailed his exit from the mainstream poker scene. Here's an excerpt from CardRunners:

In poker although I've met tons of people I really like and had tons of cool experiences I just kind of feel like there is nowhere to go from here in poker. I can't really think of anyone who is more engrossed in the poker world than me who I aspire to be like and poker seems to be a lot more isolating than I initially realized.

I guess what really stemmed all my thinking is that lately despite playing lots of poker and enjoying it plenty, I feel unfulfilled by it and think it can cause me to feel unfulfilled about other things in my life.

During the first break, Glo pulled him aside to clear things up and to chat about the future now in San Remo. Check out Timex's thoughtful replies:

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