The Blank Page

"Can I borrow a piece of paper?"

So asked a player at Table 32 as we passed by. "I need to take notes on the players at this table... they're very good," he explained.

As we obliged by handing a sheet to the player, we scanned the table to see Victor Ramdin, Ross Santos, and Nancy Birnbaum among those seated, with Birnbaum in the process of adding a few more chips to her stack after winning a small hand off of Ramdin.

"Bet you don't have a pen," said another player, and the one with the piece of paper nodded with a smile. "I'll write in blood," he said as he positioned the blank sheet next to his chips.

Then, after a beat, he added... "Any volunteers?"