Saturday, July 22, 2006
Monday, July 10, 2006
I'm Back From Vegas Bitches!
There has been so much going on in life since I last updated you - where to start? I think first the big news: our family is moving to Ireland. We have spent the past month preparing our house to be rented and getting our ducks in a row to leave at the beginning of August or thereabouts. I hope to write a little bit every day about the entire experience of moving a family of poker players (ok, Calvin more a video gamer) to a new country.
But today we aren't talking about that. Today it is time for a Las Vegas Poker Recap! I'll keep it in little bite size pieces so you can read it in the bathroom.
Day One
It was July 7 - fhwrdh and my 12th wedding anniversary... little did we know, one Degree All In Moment may have made it our last. (dun dUN DUNNNNNN)
Our goal was to kiss the kids, fly to Vegas, drop the bags and head to the Rio to register me for the WSOP Ladies event on July 9 (thats my birthday y'all!) and that is what we did. I am not even going to review the Excalibur Hotel room we stayed at - suffice to say that there is no fluffy bathrobe and the sheets had poop on them. Yes poop.
Down at the Rio we swept through the WSOP Tourney area. I followed fh through the room as he pointed out pros. I wasn't wearing my glasses plus I don't care about poker pros very much so I just nodded my head and enjoyed the crowded blur.
We made our way to the cage and purchased my seat at the Ladies event it was pretty cool handing over 1k in an envelope and getting this:
Squeel!
After a refreshing nap, we went over to meet the other bloggers at the MGM Grand Poker Room. Bloggers everywhere! At the HORSE table were Absinthe, Colombo and the Mrs., Eva Can Hang, Falstaff, my husband, Felicia, and... dang I cant remember who else! (email me please and I'll add you). I am frightened of stud and razz (ok and Omaha too - gimme a break I have two little kids) so I decided to play some 2-4 limit where I am the queen of the table!
Name on the list, check. Time to buy some chips! The elderly woman at the cage calls me honey and I open my wallet and take out a hunny.
FG (that's me, bitches!) "100 chips please!"
Elderly Lady "100 whites?"
FG "are whites one dollar?"
EL "Yes. What game are you buy into?"
FG "the 2-4"
EL "you are going to need more than that! You need at LEAST 200 for that game!"
FG "OK you are the expert! Ill take 200 whites!"
I'm starting to think that maybe she thought I was buying in to the no limit but no worries, I got me two racks of pretty white chips and I am ready to use them! But its not my turn to sit down yet, so I head to the bar where there is Joe Speaker, Iggy, Al, and many more hanging out. Jkat bought me a drink and soon my name was called for my table. I carefully carried my wineglass and my 2 racks of white beauties to the table.
"Hi everyone!" I exclaimed as I tried to fit my wineglass into the drink holder cup on the table (tip: regular wine glasses don't fit). I began unloading chips, nodding at Helixx down at the other end when suddenly the table began laughing. I pretty much ignored it with the firm knowledge that my fly was up and there were nothing hangin out of my nose and began to play my poker.
Fun poker commenced and I won a few pots and started making friends with the fella on the other side of me - one lady from Simi Valley was so nice we chatted and bonded over our suburban life.
"So were you wondering why everyone was laughing when you sat down?"
"I was!"
"When the last guy got up and left, the dealer said he wanted the next person in that seat to be a pretty drunk girl with a lot of money."
Thats it for day one - more tomorrow bitches!
But today we aren't talking about that. Today it is time for a Las Vegas Poker Recap! I'll keep it in little bite size pieces so you can read it in the bathroom.
Day One
It was July 7 - fhwrdh and my 12th wedding anniversary... little did we know, one Degree All In Moment may have made it our last. (dun dUN DUNNNNNN)
Our goal was to kiss the kids, fly to Vegas, drop the bags and head to the Rio to register me for the WSOP Ladies event on July 9 (thats my birthday y'all!) and that is what we did. I am not even going to review the Excalibur Hotel room we stayed at - suffice to say that there is no fluffy bathrobe and the sheets had poop on them. Yes poop.
Down at the Rio we swept through the WSOP Tourney area. I followed fh through the room as he pointed out pros. I wasn't wearing my glasses plus I don't care about poker pros very much so I just nodded my head and enjoyed the crowded blur.
We made our way to the cage and purchased my seat at the Ladies event it was pretty cool handing over 1k in an envelope and getting this:
Squeel!
After a refreshing nap, we went over to meet the other bloggers at the MGM Grand Poker Room. Bloggers everywhere! At the HORSE table were Absinthe, Colombo and the Mrs., Eva Can Hang, Falstaff, my husband, Felicia, and... dang I cant remember who else! (email me please and I'll add you). I am frightened of stud and razz (ok and Omaha too - gimme a break I have two little kids) so I decided to play some 2-4 limit where I am the queen of the table!
Name on the list, check. Time to buy some chips! The elderly woman at the cage calls me honey and I open my wallet and take out a hunny.
FG (that's me, bitches!) "100 chips please!"
Elderly Lady "100 whites?"
FG "are whites one dollar?"
EL "Yes. What game are you buy into?"
FG "the 2-4"
EL "you are going to need more than that! You need at LEAST 200 for that game!"
FG "OK you are the expert! Ill take 200 whites!"
I'm starting to think that maybe she thought I was buying in to the no limit but no worries, I got me two racks of pretty white chips and I am ready to use them! But its not my turn to sit down yet, so I head to the bar where there is Joe Speaker, Iggy, Al, and many more hanging out. Jkat bought me a drink and soon my name was called for my table. I carefully carried my wineglass and my 2 racks of white beauties to the table.
"Hi everyone!" I exclaimed as I tried to fit my wineglass into the drink holder cup on the table (tip: regular wine glasses don't fit). I began unloading chips, nodding at Helixx down at the other end when suddenly the table began laughing. I pretty much ignored it with the firm knowledge that my fly was up and there were nothing hangin out of my nose and began to play my poker.
Fun poker commenced and I won a few pots and started making friends with the fella on the other side of me - one lady from Simi Valley was so nice we chatted and bonded over our suburban life.
"So were you wondering why everyone was laughing when you sat down?"
"I was!"
"When the last guy got up and left, the dealer said he wanted the next person in that seat to be a pretty drunk girl with a lot of money."
Thats it for day one - more tomorrow bitches!
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