The Daily Shot: Countdown

You show up a day early with nothing but a few bucks and a dream and you walk up to the registration table and hand them your multi-colored money in exchange for the chance to play your heart out in a series of extremely expensive single-elimination tournaments. And then you win.

Canadian Nationals. You show up a day early with nothing but a few bucks and a dream (*and the money was tight, you sold a Morphling for thirty…

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