Tuesday:
I had a 10:05pm flight out of Vegas. I got online when I woke up to message a friend on Nubblies (Magiclit) to see if she wanted to meet up before I left town. We agreed to meet at Mandalay Bay at 7:30 for a beer or two (or in her case, four) before I left town.
After squaring things away in the room, Mike and I made the long walk to the poker room. Mike (being the rich Jew-bastard that he is
[that's just the jealousy talking]) bought in to the $1,000 WSOP event that I nearly played in. I walked around and took a few pictures while occasionally checking in on Mike to see how he was doing. Here are some pictures:
Actress Jennifer Tilly pushin' everyone around. On this hand I was watching, Jennifer limped in late position. The flop came 458. A guy bet out, and Jennifer quickly called with a trembling hand, I immediately thought "she's got 67". I stuck around to watch her take a mountain of chips off of her opponent - with a 67 offsuit.
This was my first glimpse of poker legend TJ Cloutier (right). Costa Rican Superstar Humberto Brenes (left) had the unfortunate draw of sitting to TJ's right.
Dutch Boyd tells the ESPN cameras "what happened" shortly after being eliminated.
Mike contemplates his play in the $1,000 event. The tournament did not last long for him. He was cold-decked the whole time, and eventually lost a race for all his chips an hour into the tournament.
Men 'the Master' Nguyen chatting away. When I walked up to the table, he was bragging to everyone about how he tied Phil Hellmuth for "Most All Time Cashes" the night before. When he saw me taking his picture, he told the table (in a heavy Asian accent), "see baby! everyone loves Men the Master! strangers take my picture and touch me!" I just winked at him and walked away.
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