WBPT Part IV

Part I - Wednesday, Thursday
Part II - Friday
Part III - Saturday
Sunday

• Slept 7 glorious hours and woke up about 10:30


• Packed, and checked out of The ORLEANS


• Just so you know, The Orleans is WilWheatonApproved, and the Plaza is not


• Headed down to the Wynn to check out the poker room and possibly play some of the $5/$10 NL game


• Wow, was the card room dead


• So, since Wynn was pretty empty, I figured I might have a shot at the Bellagio $10/$20 NL game


• Ok ok, you can quit laughing now


• No really, you can, any time now


• At least I self parked this time, so when I got there, saw the packed room at 1 pm on a Sunday, I didn’t have to tip the valet for almost parking my car


• Called Eva to see what was up, and if she wanted to eat


• Eva already had half a sandwich, so I grabbed some Wendy’s and headed down to the Plaza to catch up with the contingent


• Saw Geek, Pauly, Derek, BG and a WSoP entrant playing in the Plaza tournament, and Hank and April playing in a $3/6 game


• Scarfed down my Wendy’s (mmm spicy chicken) at the poker table behind Pauly, and put my name on the NL list


• While waiting, go play craps, and win $64 playing the DON’T


• I always play the don’t, as you get better odds for winning


• Hank says it’s just bad karma, and I’m going to lose at poker for winning while betting the don’t


• I think it’s just bad karma to tell Hank that I won while betting the don’t


• I proceed to blame Hdub when I lose my $300 buyin with set over set


• And then just to add insult to injury, that got the guy even, and he picked up his chips and left, dammit!


• I hate that so very very much


• Played a little longer, and Eva joined me to play


• Pauly and the Grub stopped by, and I’m sure I looked horribly hung-over, which I wasn’t


• No, really, I wasn’t, I was just entirely sleep deprived


• You could bang cymbals in my ear and I wouldn’t wince, and I didn’t have a headache, I just wanted to go back to sleep


• Watched BG’s friend Nate win the Plaza tournament


• Cashed out


• Gave everyone who was left a hug


• Retrieved my car, and zipped off to the airport, got on the plane, and landed in Phoenix about ½ hour late


• And very very tired


• And I still had to log in and check the email I accumulated over the last week, since I didn’t crack open my laptop once the entire weekend


• Which means it was a very very good vacation

Lessons Learned:

• Come a couple days earlier than everyone else if I want to play “real” poker


• When everyone else comes into town, don’t bother playing poker, just drink and visit with people


• Everything in Vegas is better when you wear a tiara (and if you’re reading this and have tiara pictures, PLEASE send them to me)


• I could have gotten $20 from the Geek instead of just $12


• I have a serious name-warp when it comes to CHRISHAL


• Phil Gordon is super freaking tall


• Renting a car in Vegas is definitely the way to go


• I am not better than Felicia at mixed games, but then again who is?


• Next time, I’m pushing for everyone to stay at the Orleans.


• If you need convincing, guys, they have the skimpiest cocktail waitress outfits I saw all weekend


• Plus $5 craps


• Plus a shuttle to the strip


• Plus, hello, bowling!

So when are we going next?