Somehow I ended up at a party last night with Howard Lederer and Annie Duke, and was able to watch them watch themselves on ESPN as Annie eliminated her brother Howard from competition and went on to win the $2 million Tournament of Champions at the World Series of Poker. (The show had been taped weeks ago, and both had been sworn to secrecy, although Annie's victory had been leaked to the press in the meantime.) Compelling stuff, even if the room was somewhat cowed by the proximity of so much poker talent: there was a poker table set up in the back of the room, but nobody much felt like playing in the presence of two poker gods, and since two of the participants were in the room, we couldn't even make smart comments about the ESPN telecast. (It reminds me of the time Nat found himself sitting behind this guy at a screening of Project Grizzly, and spent the entire screening afraid to laugh.) Annie's surprisingly hot for a 39-year-old mother of four, especially in person. (There's an intellectual pin-up.) Now she's famous, and with two more victories like this, she'll almost be rich enough to invest with a hedge fund.