Arrived into Vegas last night at around 9pm to temperatures hovering over 105 F. The funniest thing I heard on the flight in, was a guy I was sitting with and his buddy telling me that they will be golfing on Sunday on a reduced twilight rate. Twilight golf starts here at 8:10 AM, it's that f****n hot.
I rented a big black Impala (Texas licence plated...how Hold 'Em appropriate) with cool robust air conditioning, and headed over the the Rio Suites home of the WSOP 2007. Met up with Gaby (poker supe) for a much needed bite to eat and it was suggested I register for the tournament now (meaning 11 PM last night) because the registration line ups can be 2-3 hours long the day of the event you want to play in.
The registration area is located at the entrance where the WSOP is being played. It seemed like there was 400+ tables still busy with games. Walking in, the first 20-30 tables are reserved for satellites, behind those tables are about 40-50 cash games ranging from 4-8 limit too serious NL buy ins, and adjacent to those tables are the remaining players from yesterdays events. I believe there were about 179 players remaining in one area of yesterday's Event 25 $2000 NLHE with 150 to be in the cash. Of course amongst those remaining, every table had at least one or two household named pro....David "Devilfish" Ulliott, Annie Duke, John Juanda...blah blah blah blah blah. I don't get star struck when it comes to poker, BUT another funny thing from yesterday, Scotty Nguyen handing out his cell number to some young ditzy broads that went "ga-ga" bumping into him in the events lobby. He looked like a little MAN WHORE with that greasy mullet going on. Can't you hear him now with his trademark, 'ALL YOU CAN EAT BABY'.???
Anyways, after a short 20 min. wait in the registration line, I bucked up the $1500.00 for Event 27, noon start time, and this is where I sit:
Table 52 Seat 9 (out of 300 Tables).
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Taker down RayRay. You better still be playing when I get in at 9 tonight. GL GL to you and yo' bro!
SMACK SOME SERIOUS POKER ASS RAYRAY!!! Try to put Helmuth on tilt, I love a man with his jacket zipped up and over his face so you can't see any tells. Give him a BIG kiss for me RayRay! And in the immortal words of Big John the UFC Ref, "you ready?" "you ready?" "OK LET'S GET IT ON!!!!!"
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