Our reporter was grabbing chip counts of Steve Dannenmann when Dannenmann noticed what he was doing. "31,000!" Dannenmann yelled. "And that's U.S. dollars, none of this Euro-stuff!" In 2005, Dannenmann came runner-up to Joe Hachem in the World Series of Poker Main Event. Smiling, our reporter asked, "What is that in Aussie dollars?"
"Oh man, I was over that until you brought it up. $25,000 worth of therapy I spent to get over it..." Dannenmann joked with our reporter.