Sorry for the delay, both G and Me have been swamped at work and with kids baseball at night…well you know how it goes here in the land of SteakMatters. Enjoy:
The World Series of Poker: Cross it off the list. It was awesome to be at the Rio to experience the World Series. We got to see the Doyle Brunson (aka Texas Dolly); Greg Reimer (aka Fossilman); and Daniel Nagraeau (aka Poker Kid) filming his video blog at the back entrance to the Rio. There were several tournaments going on and a satellite play as well. What an experience.
Spin of the Wheel: G and I were watching a roulette table at the Bellagio. Dude walks up, puts 2 - $500 chips on RED. It hits – “Paying two Purples” calls out the dealer. Dude walks takes his money and walks away. Dealer starts the wheel again, dude walks back, another 2 - $500 chips on RED. BAM! It hits again. – “Paying $1000” calls out the dealer. Just like that. In 90 seconds this dude's up two grand. As we were leaving for the airport the next afternoon, we saw him again, laying down $700 for chips. Couldn’t stick around to see how he did.
Caesar’s: We had a reception the last night of the conference at Caesar’s. Due to all the players in town for the WSOP, our event got moved from the Ceaser’s Poker Room to the convention center. It was first class, the Poker Room Manager (aka Upstate Jim), laid the place out. We had a huge ball room, plasma TVs to watch the first game of the Celts/Lakers; 2 bars with top shelf; food: tenderloin (pic above, service by Silent Ed, was awesome. As you can imagine, that’s just about all me and G ate. Well we did drink, too, a little.); salad, fruit, walking apps, etc.; and 15 poker tables with dealers for a friendly no-cash, no-limit tournament, for the conference attendees. I made it to the last 4 tables where my Kings were no match for pocket Aces. G on the other hand (pun intended) represented by winning the whole damn thing, pushing all in with a king high.
Larger than Life: After cleaning up at the tournament, we headed down to see the Poker Room. While we were walking through the sports book, I was reviewing my blackberry, when I looked up just as I was about to run into this big dude, in a casual black sport coat, black shirt and black pants. As there was no changing course for this guy, I jumped out of the way and excused myself for my absent-mindedness. That’s when I heard, “That’s alright.” followed by a chuckle. I knew that voice and that laugh, but it took a quick conversation with G to realize I was nearly mowed down by Louie Anderson. He was pretty cool, walking around, talking to gamblers. I guess he’s a pretty regular player.
- POTUS
The World Series of Poker: Cross it off the list. It was awesome to be at the Rio to experience the World Series. We got to see the Doyle Brunson (aka Texas Dolly); Greg Reimer (aka Fossilman); and Daniel Nagraeau (aka Poker Kid) filming his video blog at the back entrance to the Rio. There were several tournaments going on and a satellite play as well. What an experience.
Spin of the Wheel: G and I were watching a roulette table at the Bellagio. Dude walks up, puts 2 - $500 chips on RED. It hits – “Paying two Purples” calls out the dealer. Dude walks takes his money and walks away. Dealer starts the wheel again, dude walks back, another 2 - $500 chips on RED. BAM! It hits again. – “Paying $1000” calls out the dealer. Just like that. In 90 seconds this dude's up two grand. As we were leaving for the airport the next afternoon, we saw him again, laying down $700 for chips. Couldn’t stick around to see how he did.
Caesar’s: We had a reception the last night of the conference at Caesar’s. Due to all the players in town for the WSOP, our event got moved from the Ceaser’s Poker Room to the convention center. It was first class, the Poker Room Manager (aka Upstate Jim), laid the place out. We had a huge ball room, plasma TVs to watch the first game of the Celts/Lakers; 2 bars with top shelf; food: tenderloin (pic above, service by Silent Ed, was awesome. As you can imagine, that’s just about all me and G ate. Well we did drink, too, a little.); salad, fruit, walking apps, etc.; and 15 poker tables with dealers for a friendly no-cash, no-limit tournament, for the conference attendees. I made it to the last 4 tables where my Kings were no match for pocket Aces. G on the other hand (pun intended) represented by winning the whole damn thing, pushing all in with a king high.
Larger than Life: After cleaning up at the tournament, we headed down to see the Poker Room. While we were walking through the sports book, I was reviewing my blackberry, when I looked up just as I was about to run into this big dude, in a casual black sport coat, black shirt and black pants. As there was no changing course for this guy, I jumped out of the way and excused myself for my absent-mindedness. That’s when I heard, “That’s alright.” followed by a chuckle. I knew that voice and that laugh, but it took a quick conversation with G to realize I was nearly mowed down by Louie Anderson. He was pretty cool, walking around, talking to gamblers. I guess he’s a pretty regular player.
- POTUS
1 comments:
This is "silent" ed from caesar's, and i would just like to say thank you on behalf of banquet cooks.
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