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Posts - Décembre, 3, 2008

• Day Off

  Décembre 03, 2008

  (Blog of 2006 WSOP)

  Since play was completed on Day 2B, we have a day off before Day 3. I guess I’ve been remiss in my blogging. I forgot to mention a couple of important things going on today.

  Since I had to pay for my own hotel, I only booked for one week at the Orleans. With nothing to do during dinner breaks, I decided that I would move over to the Gold Coast so I could go to my room and still make it back for play to resume. I would have moved over to the Rio but I’m on a shoestring budget so Gold Coast it is. The Gold Coast isn’t quite as nice as the Orleans but I’m just needing a bed and a place to relax anyway so no problem. I get my things together and take the free shuttle over to the Gold Coast and check in. Now I can prepare for the most important event today…..the arrival of my wife.

  Yesterday, during Day 2B, I was up to over $65K in chips and things were looking very promising. So I called my wife during one of the breaks and had her go ahead and book a flight out to Vegas. I looked like a shoe-in to get to the money and there’s nobody else in this world that I’d rather be there than my wife. She has totally supported all of my poker and gambling trips so I want to share this time with her. After being card dead for hours on end, the prospects are not nearly as promising anymore. But the flight was booked and she’ll be here soon. Time for me to take a cab out to the airport and meet her.

  OK. I have to say something about the cab ride out here. It was like watching a movie from the backseat. I really disassociated myself from all that was happening before my very eyes. I remember the ride over to the hotel from the airport was dull, uneventful. I figured a trip back to the airport would be just as boring. Nope. I’m not sure where my driver trained, but if I owned a team in NASCAR, I’d put him in the seat. I told him that I was headed back to the airport to pick up my wife and we were off like a bat out of hell. Traffic was a little heavy but that didn’t slow him down. He cut through parking lots, squeezed our way into lanes that were not empty, and just about 2 wheeled it around every turn. Thank God I was just a passenger. We made it and now I’m waiting for my wife to come out. Damn 9/11. I would have loved to meet her at the gate.

  Her plane should be landing now so it won’t be too long. Once she comes out, we’ll cab it back to the Gold Coast and get some dinner. Nothing heavy. I have to stay right because tomorrow is Bubble Day. We’ll find out if this trip was worth it or not then. With my stack, I’ll need some help early.

  Well, there she comes, a site for sore eyes. I haven’t seen her in a week so I’ll just pick this back up tomorrow, Day 3.

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