Next stop main event

This morning i rose at the early hour of 12pm and we made a group decision to head to the Venetian to show the girls the sites of Vegas including the gondola ride and of course the forum shops in Caesars.

Having jumped in the taxi at 1.30 and instructed the taxi driver to head to the Venetian, i received a text message from a good friend telling me he was at the ESPN featured table sat next to Erik Lindgren and that he had just doubled. At that point i made the executive decision that we were heading to the Rio to soak up the atmosphere.

On arrival we realised that despite him being sat 10 yards away we couldn't really see anything, so after we head for lunch it was only myself who returned to cheer on my Italian friend.

He doubled early, but a few hours after i left i got the text saying he had busted running AK into 44 on a AA4 flop (he thinks he should have folded) then KK into AA the very next hand.

I headed back to the Rio to eventually register for the main event. As planned i will be taking my seat tomorrow (saturday), although i did have another conundrum when i approached the desk.

"Which day do you want to register sir?"
"Err... isn't sunday sold out?"
"Oh yes it is, but i have been told it will reopen"
"Ok, so why are you asking me which day if only one is available?" - i didn't say this part as I'm sure it would have sounded rather rude...

At this point i got confirmation that sunday would reopen tomorrow night, i backed away from the counter, then realised i really didn't want to go on the word of the cashier, and i just wanted to get going.

"Saturday is fine" i said as i approached the kiosk.

And that was that, gg $10k and I'm in the main event!

With it being the 4th of July there was a concert and fireworks, and team PR made the trip down to the "beach" for a fun show, although few knew who the band were... The fireworks were great, until the final song "Born in the USA" launched into the remix after the first few bars - when i say the remix i'm actually attempting humour as the CD was skipping. Considering they must have spent thousands on the fireworks it was particularly funny that they couldn't fix the CD and for 2 minutes it continued to skip.

It is now approaching midnight, and with play beginning in 12 hours it's now time to rest, but as i type i have 4 friends in the room sipping wine from the bottle and planning a night out... hard to resist, but all i need to remember is that i just stumped up $10k to play in a poker tourny, and if i turned up hungover or even drunk it would be retarded.

Let's hope they don't make too much noise when they roll in in the early hours.

Hopefully my next entry will be one of joy. Neilmc is on 36k after the first day, and we have a bit of a sidebet on, so if you hear about me 4 bet bluffing with 2 minutes to go and going out to AA with 72o - that's why....