more 'Back from Vegas'

I am going to take notes.. on the next trip... I think it is going to be mandatory..

There is just so much to write.... so much has been written... some by me, but, mostly by others.. and still yet, more to come.....

All the more common adjectives apply.. great, fantastic, unbelievable, fun, exciting.... it is a trip I hope to take several times before I die......

I did not participate in any of the extra blogger activities you will read about in the other write ups.. I only made it to the tournament on Saturday.. this was by choice... more than by chance.. April did call me several times to let me know where everyone was.. the timing was just off.. You see.. I am not as young as I used to be, and my companion, as beautiful as she is, is even more so not as young as we used to be.. so, altho we wanted to be up, about, and awake, for the entire 5 day trip.. our bodies forbade it... we each just pretty much shut down after about 14 hours...

We did have one heck of a time just checking out the strip on our own tho....





On Thursday, we pretty much just ate.. We ate at the Imperial Buffet for breakfast, and later that day for late lunch, early supper. We were quite stuffed.... We went back out on the strip Thursday night and checked it out even more... I forgot my camera, and alas, have no pictures to share.. she did bring hers, but, it is not a digital.. we are waiting for them to get developed...

Friday was Ethel M. Chocolate factory and Hoover Dam..
( not letting me upload the photos )

Friday night was the Fremont Experience.. pretty cool..

( not letting me upload the photos )

The Saturday WPBT event was absolutely the most exciting poker related event I have ever been a part of... this is when I got to meet some bloggers for the first time.

( I'd show you some photos, but, alas, blogspot is being a prissy bitch )

From memory only:

I met Pauly, Derek, Joanne, Factgirl, StudioGlyphic, F Train, Linda, Wil, Otis, Iggy, Grubster, AlcantHang, Bill and several others I just do not remember...

I wanted to meet all the bloggers, I truly did... and I expect to, during all the future get togethers...

The tournament was nice to me... I finished 90th out of about 108 entries... I drew table 5 seat 10, which started me off on the button.. StudioGlyhic, our WPBT Winter Classic II champion, was seated to my right, and I can honestly tell you.. he looked nothing like the champion he turned out to be.. during the first few orbits of the tournament.. F Train was in seat 7... ( these are the only two I 'met' ). Studio because he was right there, and F Train busted me out.

Out table started out way tight... any raise would take the blinds.. 'any raise'.. and I tested that theory a couple times myself.. I made it thru the to the 1st break.. and when the blinds were at 100/200, I found KQs in middle to late position.. I raised 3xBB to 600.. everyone folded or had already folded cept for the Trainster... he thought a bit and put me all in.. ( he had me covered by about 500 or so ).. crap... I wanted to fold.. but, I had learned from play, from books, and from reading blogs.. DO NOT MAKE ANY HASTY DECISIONS so, I went to the tank.. Ftrain was prolly the most aggressive player at our table, and I was prolly the most tight... he knew I would not raise unless I had a strong hand, and I knew he was capable of bluffing, and or raising with anything from Ace sooted to mid pair... I was watching him as I was thinking.. and his vein in his neck was pumping furiously.. he would not look at me.. I put him on ATsooted, or a mid pair.. he took to long to raise, for a high pair.... I called...

My KQs found itself up agaisnt AQ... butthole... ;) I didn't mind the Ace so much, but, my Queen was dead.... I needed clubs, or a K... the entire board turned up red, if memory serves, and all 10 or less... i go get drunk now..

And did I ever get drunk...I went to eat when they got down to 3 tables.. ate there at their Pizza place.. best damn pizza I ever had in my life.. and I will never be so drunk as to not know when I am eating good pizza or not....

Got back when they were down to 4 or so... watched the HU match, and I was routing for She-Verb.. I actually picked her to win, way early on.. when she was short stacked... she almost came thru for me.. heh..

I missed the Shoot out in the Desert.....

My companion and I spent the rest of Saturday night on the Duece ( double decker strip bus ) (( never take the duece prime time saturday night, it takes forever )). We went to the M&M world.. 6 or so floors of M&M stuff... I bought one magnet for my fridge, my sole souvenier, aside from the photos and the memories... oh, and my big giant 46oz daiquiri cup..

We hung around the casino on Sunday, just relaxing and waiting for our shuttle back to the airport...

Neither of us wanted to leave.... it was bitter sweet...

Next trip.. I WILL play mixed games with which ever blogger I can find.. and I will beg April to help me out with this, again, promising to show up... :)

( Thanks April.... )

So Peace, and if you didn't go this time, make damn sure you go next time...