VISIONS OF GRANDEUR IN LAS VEGAS

A few ( four ) of the boys from the Thursday night, sometimes Monday night, poker group invaded Las Vegas to play in the World Series of Poker over 50 Texas Hold Em tournement. We all arrived full of enthusiasm and with visions of grandeur AND this lasted until about 11pm on the first day when the last of us was eliminated. Personally I was knocked out around 10pm in 490th place out of 2218 entrants. I was not displeased.

However, it was amazing to walk into a series of rooms and see up to 4 tournements going on at the same time with upwards of 5000 people milling about, both participating and observing. The tournement was very well organized and well run allowing everyone to get the most out of the experience.

Overall, a good time was had by all. We got to play in a few tournements, ate some good food and enjoyed one anothers company. We did spent most of the time indoors as the average daytime temperature was 105 degrees.

I met a lot of very nice people from all over the world and I hope I run into them next year as I will definitely return next year. A good time was had by all.

The Combatants: Mark, Mohammed, Eddie, Yours Truly