WSOP... more like WSOpeepee muhahaha

The title should sum this one up pretty well.  The first 90% of the summer is off to a poor start.  I'm 0 for my last bagillion in tournaments since the final table of the Venetian event with the exception of a mincash in a Venetian $1600 , and have only made day 2 in once.  I bubbled that tournament when AK lost all in pre to AQ for a double average stack with ~300 left.

I haven't played much cash unfortunately and am stuck a bit due to a few drunken sessions with friends.  Hopefully I can put in some hours in the next couple of weeks and make this summer not a complete waste monetarily.  I've got 2 weeks of tournaments I'm really looking forward to, and will hopefully play some 5/10 and 10/25 cash on the side.  Somehow, the only game I'm beating so far this trip is the table game ultimate texas holdem, which is a pretty fun game where we're convinced the player has an edge.  But I won't bore you with the details there.

I left off my last post with my roommate Sadan being 3-handed in the first $1k wsop event.  He ended up chopping it heads up and got a bit over $500,000 for his efforts, but unfortunately lost the heads up match after about 6 hours so we don't have a bracelet in the house.

There's about 1 week left and then the main event, so hopefully I can string a few good days together and maybe win a bracelet of my own.  Or at least cash in something, that'd be a welcome change!  I just finished up day 1 of the $2,500 mixed holdem event (half limit holdem and half no limit) and I'm 5th in chips with 135 or so left.  The top 54 pay so this would be a nice change right before the main event.  I'd event settle for the $300k or so and a bracelet.

A few buddies from home came out a few weeks ago (yah I haven't blogged in a while), and I finally took a day off to play some golf and have a nice dinner.  It was over 100 degrees on the course, so the scores weren't too great, but the dinner was out of this world.  We ate at Picasso at the Bellagio and were seated on the patio right in front of the fountain show.  It was incredible, and so was the food.  Here's some pictures from that night...

Lobsta Salad

Absurdly good oysters

Scallop with a large potato chip thingy

Foie Gras.  I know it's fancy and all, but tasted pretty horrible to me

Zoidberg deer

Colorado lamb

Ze fountains

A bit more has happened in the past couple of weeks.  I haven't been partying too much however as I've been busy every day with tournaments, but we've definitely gone to a few dinners, and maybe a club or 2.  Good times were likely had, but I don't remember much from those nights.

Speedle and company will be coming in to town in a few days as well as some others, so expect some interesting stories pretty soon.

Adios,
- nit on tilt