Sunday, June 29, 2008

Another trip to the Rio and moving to MGM

Yesterday we all went to the Rio and Hui played a couple of satellites. He ended up splitting for first in both of them so nice job Hui. Me and Andy lined up for about an hour to the buffet which probably wasnt worth the wait. On the plus side they had free champagne so I managed to drink probably half a bottle over lunch (well, breakfast for us).


After that we walked over to the poker room and we ran into David Sklansky and I got a photo with him. We also saw Amarillo Slim playing in one of the events. After Hui finished his satellite we went to the bowling alley. Just outside it we ran into Johnny Chan (TV poker pro and founder of the poker site i play at chanpoker.com). I was wearing my chanpoker hoodie as usual and he was pretty happy to get a photo with me wearing it. After that we went bowling and promptly got hustled out of $50 by Andy.

Later that afternoon Hui was playing more satellites at the Rio and me and Andy went to Planet Hollywood to play the cash games. We played for around 2 hours and both finished around $100 in front. It was a satisfying session because I really didnt pick up any big hands, but i was patient and was able to pick up small pots and basically accumulate chips without too many worries.

Today we checked into the MGM grand, its the best place we have stayed in during the trip by a mile. 3 Plasmas, an actual kitchen, 2 bathrooms. Really good pool and gym facilities etc.. We are here for the last 4 nights of the trip. Tonight were probably just going to the gym and then play some live and the tomorrow we are probably going to a show.

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