The Bass Caddy
"I'm what you call a bass caddy," Samuel Whitstine said.
"I just make sure the boat stays afloat."
Whitstine is sitting about eight feet away from his wife on the edge of the room, just watching her play poker.
He says he tried his hand at a satellite and cash games earlier today and those didn't go so well, so now he's on the rail watching his wife of almost 50 years play.
The couple will celebrate their 50th anniversary in October. They grew up together in Pineville, Lousiana and got together after they played Mary and Joseph in a church play.
Jonell is doing the playing and she has already doubled her stack and sent one player to the rail. She says that she always says she's gonna "fish" the tournament. She also says her family is highly competitive.
She spent years on the Women's Bassmaster Tour, traveling the states and fishing competitively. She also said her two daughters joined her for a while. Samuel said he was just the bass caddy with a big smile on his face as he sat on the rail just a few feet away from his wife.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |