Julius Hodge certainly has the ability to go the distance on the World Series of Poker. Hodge, a player Miller helped recruit to NC State when he served as an assistant to Herb Sendek, played the recruiting game as well as anyone ever has. Sendek had seen every one of Hodge's games in July and the staff used all of its evaluation time to watch him play. Miller himself spent countless hours courting Hodge and his high school coach, Gary DeCesare. Hodge never showed his hand, and in turn, some of America's best coaches and most experienced recruiters had no idea what he was thinking.