WSOP Recap: Arriving in Vegas
So we land in Vegas & catch the cab to MGM. Check into the room, put our bags up, & start looking for Party Poker reps, but none can be found. Screw it, let's go roaming for a while.
We head down to "Restaurant Row" & have lunch at Nathan's. Famous for hot dogs, I have chicken fingers, of course. And they were awesome. And what the hell happened to cheap pricing for food in Vegas?! Holy hell! The wife & I set aside $100 a day for food & we blew through it everyday. Whoa! No fancy dining for us.
We finally find some Party reps at the Welcome Party. I inquired as to why our packages of goodies weren't in the room. They reminded me that they needed the signed release form from me before they could give us the goodies. Oops! Took the release form to the front desk & they said they would bring it to our room sometime that evening since there were so many. Cool.
To kill time we head to the Rio so I can get my Table & Seat assignment. When we get there we check out the Poker Lifestyle Expo in the large room right next to the Amazon Room. All I can say about the Expo is WOW. Every internet room you've heard of & some you haven't had boothes. And the girls...man o man. Scantily clad women everywhere. So much so that my wife was getting a little jealous, er, disgusted. I could spend a whole post on the Bodog booth. Wow.
While there I saw TJ Cloutier, Dutch Boyd, Johnny Chan, Ron "The Hedgehog" Jeremy, Vince & Dick Van Patten, and various other pros. I've never really been one to "stargaze" but hey, I'm a fan, and I get a kinda thrill seeing some of these players in person.
After getting my assignments I ran into both of my friends from Houston that won seats to the Main Event, Tommy & AJ. They had both registered & were scheduled to play on Day 1(b), or Saturday, the day before me. Spent some time catching up & discussing what we were doing the next day (Friday). We decided to play the 12:00 Caesars tournament then play some cash later.
The wife & I left our friends & ate at the Tilted Kilt while watching the Carnival festivities above us. Pretty cool stuff.
From the Rio we went back to the MGM where our goodies still weren't in the room yet. I called the front desk & they told me that there were so many to hand out they couldn't get to them all. They'd have to bring them by tomorrow starting at 9:00. Cool. The wife & I turned in early for the long day following.
I'll get into the poker playing & my start of dead cards next time. Take care.
We head down to "Restaurant Row" & have lunch at Nathan's. Famous for hot dogs, I have chicken fingers, of course. And they were awesome. And what the hell happened to cheap pricing for food in Vegas?! Holy hell! The wife & I set aside $100 a day for food & we blew through it everyday. Whoa! No fancy dining for us.
We finally find some Party reps at the Welcome Party. I inquired as to why our packages of goodies weren't in the room. They reminded me that they needed the signed release form from me before they could give us the goodies. Oops! Took the release form to the front desk & they said they would bring it to our room sometime that evening since there were so many. Cool.
To kill time we head to the Rio so I can get my Table & Seat assignment. When we get there we check out the Poker Lifestyle Expo in the large room right next to the Amazon Room. All I can say about the Expo is WOW. Every internet room you've heard of & some you haven't had boothes. And the girls...man o man. Scantily clad women everywhere. So much so that my wife was getting a little jealous, er, disgusted. I could spend a whole post on the Bodog booth. Wow.
While there I saw TJ Cloutier, Dutch Boyd, Johnny Chan, Ron "The Hedgehog" Jeremy, Vince & Dick Van Patten, and various other pros. I've never really been one to "stargaze" but hey, I'm a fan, and I get a kinda thrill seeing some of these players in person.
After getting my assignments I ran into both of my friends from Houston that won seats to the Main Event, Tommy & AJ. They had both registered & were scheduled to play on Day 1(b), or Saturday, the day before me. Spent some time catching up & discussing what we were doing the next day (Friday). We decided to play the 12:00 Caesars tournament then play some cash later.
The wife & I left our friends & ate at the Tilted Kilt while watching the Carnival festivities above us. Pretty cool stuff.
From the Rio we went back to the MGM where our goodies still weren't in the room yet. I called the front desk & they told me that there were so many to hand out they couldn't get to them all. They'd have to bring them by tomorrow starting at 9:00. Cool. The wife & I turned in early for the long day following.
I'll get into the poker playing & my start of dead cards next time. Take care.
posted by SugarlandStump at 11:46 AM
1 Comments:
welcome back my friend......looking forward to hearing more of the trip!
As drewspop said previously......what an awesome experience regardless of the outcome!
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