WSOP 2008, Part 1 (6/28)
While I am at the WSOP, I will not be blogging as in-depth as I normally do. When I get back, I will provide some hand analysis from actual hands that I played.. .
I was anxious all day Friday. From the time I got up, I just could not wait to get the day over. I left work after lunch, went home, and started to whittle down my “to do” list.
Ray and I had a BerksirePoker.net chartity tournament that evening to benefit the Babe Ruth World Series. There were 60 players (thank you Ethan, Aaron, John, and Mike for playing!) and we were done around midnight. After breaking everything down and unloading, I got home around 1:30.
My flight left Albany, NY at 5:45, so I had no time to sleep. I finished getting ready, and off we went. I slept the whole way to Chicago, and then most of the way to Las Vegas. We landed at 10am Pacific Time, caught a shuttle to The Rio. Luckily, they had a room ready this early.
Donna and I napped for awhile, then explored the Rio. Naturally, I wanted to see the WSOP area. We made our way to the Amazon Room. I have to say, I have never seen so many poker tables in one place - ever. They even had an entire conference room devoted to satellites. WOW!
I wanted to play poker so bad, but I promised myself that I would not play the first day that I arrived. I knew I would be running on next to no sleep, and I would not be on my A-Game. So, I did the next best thing. I fired up my laptop and played some poker online. I thought this was amusing. I am in Las Vegas, at the Rio where the WSOP is being played, and here I am playing online poker.
I finally ran out of energy around 11pm. I retired to bed for a good night sleep.
Tomorrow I will be hitting the tables hard.