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• The Tension Builds--Day 1A

  Outubro 10, 2008

  I don’t have to play today (thank God after last night) but I figure I’ll go over to the Rio and check out the action on opening day. I also need to go to the 888.com suite and pick up my 888.com gear and apparel. I also want to check out the Lifestyles Expo. So after a quick shower, I take a shuttle over to the Gold Coast and walk over to the Rio.

  While the casino is not as “busy” as it was last night. It’s clear that there’s a poker tournament going on. Good Lord at all the poker site apparel. You name the site and I bet that I’ve seen somebody wearing their shirt or hat or both. There’s a tension in the air already and there’s still an hour to go before the Main Event starts. I figure I’ll go ahead and stop by the 888.com suite and pick up everything before then so let’s find the right elevators.

  Here’s the room. “Good morning, everyone”. These are the same people from last night and most are looking worse for wear. “I need a XXL”. 4 shirts, a hat, and a bag later and I’ve got everything. 1 golf shirt, 1 dress shirt, 1 turtle neck, and 1 soccer jersey. These are real nice but there ain’t no way you’re going to see this fat man in a shiny blue soccer jersey. It just ain’t going to happen.

  All of a sudden there’s a call from downstairs. Apparently, a decision was made that no gambling site apparel can be worn during the Main Event. This does not affect the “.net” gear since those are the free-play sites. Only the “.com” sites are affected. You’d think that there was a fire with all of the running around. OK, they seem to have come to a compromise. The apparel can be worn as long as the “.com” is not visible. If you tape over .com, you can wear the 888 gear. Now how retarded is that? How many people will see 888 + black tape and not know that it’s really 888.com? OK, whatever. The stock in 3M tape just went up 5 points. With that crisis averted, I think I’ll get out of everybody’s way and head down to the Lifestyles Expo.

  The Lifestyles Expo is a poker shopper’s heaven. Almost every online site has a booth. Plus any poker supply, gear, or apparel that you can think of is represented. There are booths selling card protectors, sun glasses, shirts, tables, and just about anything else poker related that you can think of. I might as well go ahead and get the WSOP souvenirs that I want while I’m here.

  OK, I’ve walked around and seen everything that I wanted to see before playing. The Amazon Room is huge. It seems much bigger than it looks like on TV. I’ve been outside and seen where the lavatories and the food tent is located so I won’t wander around during breaks. There’s also a Milwaukee’s Best Light tent where you can lounge a little bit and relax if need be.

  Now, let me go ahead and address this. I’m glad that I’m 40 and happily married. Because if I wasn’t, there is nothing but distractions running around here. I’ll say it simply. I don’t think that they could make shorts any smaller, shirts any tighter, or girls (to me) any better looking than what they have parading nonstop around here. The Milwaukee’s Best Light girls and the Absolute Poker girls would be especially distracting. If these girls wore any less clothes, they’d be naked. I heard later that these companies had hired all of the girls from all of the strip clubs in Vegas to come over here and wear their apparel. I don’t know but I’d believe it.

  Shuffle up and deal!! The cards are in the air for Day 1A. There’s still a lot of tension in the air. Watching other people play doesn’t interest me so I guess I’ll head back over to the Orleans and start getting ready for Day 1C. But that’s another post……..

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