Writing
Gary followed a popular trend in his early years on the Magic: the Gathering Pro Tour, putting his experiences into tournament reports in order to share them with the Magic community. He developed a following and became the first paid writer for the Magic Dojo, a now-defunct website that served as the heart of the online Magic community in the late 90's.
After a second stint with the Dojo, Gary was hired by sideboard.com, the official website of the Magic:the Gathering Pro Tour as staff writer and columnist. He served in that capacity from 1998-2003.
Wise traveled to Vegas and stayed the full six weeks during the 2004 World Series, his first foray into the tournament poker world. A year later, he embarked on his poker writing career, co-founding wisehandpoker.com and the Wise Hand of the Day, which can be found on websites across the internet.
The beginning of his writing career signaled the end of his professional poker pursuits, with the demands of running a business not allowing time for both. He still plays 10–15 hours a week.
Gary now writes for Bluff Magazine and World Poker Tour and his poker-based writing has been featured in a number of other paper and online publications including ESPN.
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