Main event experiences

As you'll be aware, yesterday was day 1a of the main event. I headed over to the Rio shortly before play commenced with my friend Neilmc who was playing. Any attempt to watch the play was completely futile, as he was placed as far away from the rail as possible. So instead i took a stroll round the room looking for other team pr members, pros, celebrities, and just to generally soak up the atmosphere.

The buzz around the place was really quite special, and to be honest more so than i thought. Having played in two of the warm up events i figured that it wouldn't be much different - there were actually less people playing yesterday than in the two events i played.

An hour before the dinner break, the buzz had worn off, but i wanted to hang around to see how the team was doing, so headed up to the Pokerroom suite, where snacks and drinks were laid on. I met a few guys who i've only ever bumped in to online - Wieringen, Billy Billiard, and we had a good laugh being entertained by David of PR Promotional fame's stories - the content of which differed dramatically minute by minute.

When i eventually left the Rio and headed back to the Mandalay, i was kind of at a loose end. I still hadn't decided which day i would be playing the main event. Originally i wanted to play on Sunday, but due to all the independance day activities it is sold out - so i had a coinflip between friday and saturday.

Prons and cons were drawn up, but i still couldn't decide.

Friday pros: If i bust early there's the party to go to.
I won't have to worry about taking it easy on the Friday night before Saturday
It has been playing on my mind that i need to sort it out asap.

Friday cons: I might miss the party
My friend thinks it may be unlucky for a Brit to play on Independance day..

Saturday pros: Americans will be hungover and play poorly
I can go to the party

Saturday cons: I'd have to have an early night on the friday and miss the party.

Still unable to decide i pulled out the trusty coin, it told me i should play on Saturday, and who am i to go against the coin? Saturday it is!

My two Californian friends from University arrived yesterday for the weekend (Heidi and Dominique), so last night was spent getting them acclimatised to Vegas. We played penny slots, while constantly ordering drinks, trying to win a BMW, then after Heidi demanded we play the game "with the spinning ball on the wheel", we headed over to the roulette table.

Dominique by this stage had a perma grin on her face due to umpteen Gin and tonics, while Heidi was still rather compus mentus, and was intriguied to know what on earth we were betting on. - The answer to that as far as myself and Neilmc were concerned was just the opposite of whatever the beej bet on. I ran unbelievably well and trebled my initial buy in. If i can run as well as that in the main event, it's all over!

Gl to the team starting today, hopefully i can take advantage of those drunk americans tomorrow!