Instead, Royale’s $50 freeplay, a lure from online poker room GGPoker to get him back on the tables, wound up snagging him a seat at the prestigious World Series of Poker tournament. Or at least, everybody but West Vancouver performance coach Slava Royale. There’s no disappointment quite like it, receiving a Free Play lottery ticket or a free spin on the slot machine, presuming it’s a gift from the universe and visualizing how the cash will be spent, only to be met with emptiness when the win inevitably doesn’t pull through.
