Saturday
I didn't sleep well and woke up rather early on Saturday. Once everyone finally came around we went to Caesar's Palace and ate at Spago's, which I guess is supposed to be the first restaurant that Wolfgang Puck ever opened. I failed to see what was so spectacular about the place though.
After Caesar's we went to the Venetian, where Michael and Aaron played some Blackjack and Pai Gow Poker. I wasn't in the mood to play a house-edge game at the time, so I just chilled and walked around the casino (which by the way was very nice, maybe 2nd nicest only to the Wynn).
After all this, we went back to the Rio and met up with Mike's friend Dan. I was very aware of Dan before this trip, and was excited to meet him. He plays high-stakes No Limit on Ultimate Bet under the screenname "TheGiftOfGab". I like watching the high stakes games when I'm bored (which tends to be quite often) - so I am very familiar with Dan's superb poker abilities. I was excited to meet him, and kinda jealous when I saw his massive stack of $100 dollar bills he had sitting on the table next to his huge chip stacks in the cash game he was playing. I would not really get the chance to talk to Dan until Monday.
Now, Mike was playing in the WSOP Main Event, and after Day One, had a chip stack of 26k. Day 2 was on Sunday and he wanted to be lights-out by 2:00 am so he could be good and rested for the tournament. This was fine by me, as I was quite beat after not getting much sleep the night before. So we (Aaron, Mike, and I - Warren stayed up all night and played poker - more on this character later) called it an early night - no we did not cuddle.
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