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.
The beginning of his writing career signalled the end of his professional poker pursuits, with the demands of running a business not allowing time for both.
[8][9] These included annual forays on to the front page carousel for the World Series of Poker, at which he was a regular attendee on ESPN's behalf.
Michael's example as director of "Club three" in Toronto, curiosity with the mathematics and literature of sports and other games, and constant participation in varied competitions, served as the example Gary would ultimately follow.
He's focused primarily on the cultural fabric their stories weave, recording the oral histories of the games he's covered for posterity.
He earned repeated appearances in Magic's Masters Series, a lucrative invite-only tournament in which all thirty-two participants received payments.